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- StarsKyôko KoizumiHazuki KimuraManatsu KimuraThe murder of a young girl is never solved. Her mother who is torn by grief puts a curse on the four of the girl's classmates. These four girls are forced into adulthood which eventually triggers a tragic chain of events.
- StarsSeiyô UchinoTakeru SatohTakako TokiwaIchikawa Yasuo, who goes by the nickname Yasu, is a 'dumb' man unequal anywhere in the world. He has not had schooling, is boorish and would immediately let his fists fly if he loses his cool. But Yasu is different from the ordinary fool in that he is a "doting parent". He grew up without parents and does not knows what it is like to be close, but he and his wife love each other and live happily as they watch their son Akira grow up. However, when Akira is 3 years old, they are suddenly struck by tragedy. Yasu loses his wife in a freak accident. Although overcome with guilt and sorrow, Yasu puts it behind him and tries to raise his beloved son with the help of his friends.
- CreatorMasayuki KusumiStarsYutaka MatsushigeTomoki UekusaAtsushi KashiwagiA solitary businessman travels across Japan, eating at its various establishments and experiencing the various delicacies of Japanese cuisine.
- StarsSadao AbeMana AshidaFuku SuzukiMamoru Takagi's best friend suddenly dies from cancer, leaving behind his twin children, Kaoru and Tomoki. The children's mother had abandoned them when they were young, and they had no other dependents left. The twins' relatives argue over who will take responsibility for them. In the end, the twins are separated. However, the twins are extremely close, and both run away from their respective foster families. Marumo manages to find them, and after a brief struggle to bring them back, Marumo gives in and agrees that the twins can stay with him.
- StarsEita NagayamaMachiko OnoYôko MakiA romantic home comedy about 30-year-olds with an immature view on marriage that focuses on themes related to married couples and families in general.
- StarsMasato SakaiAya UetoMitsuhiro OikawaAn idealistic banker takes on corruption and wrongdoing at his corporate bank. He must use his financial expertise, his instincts about human nature, and his skills of improvisation to try to stay one step ahead of his powerful enemies.
- StarsHikari MitsushimaShun OguriRai TakahashiA determined single woman raising two children despite her struggles in life with her health.
- StarsHidetoshi NishijimaTeruyuki KagawaYôko MakiPolice superintendent Kuraki investigates a killer's existence alongside detectives Osugi and Miki after losing his wife in a bombing tied to a secret mission that shakes the nation, with Miki holding the key to solving the incident.
- CreatorKazuhiko ShimamotoStarsYûya YagiraMizuki YamamotoTsuyoshi MuroSet in the early 1980's, Moyuru (Yuya Yagira) is a student at an art school in Osaka. He is full of passion and desire in his pursuit to become a manga writer. He also doesn't lack confidence in his abilities. Right before summer vacation, Moyuru makes a decision. He decides to take his manga manuscripts to a publishing company in Tokyo.
- StarsMasaki SudaMei NaganoRyôta Katayose10 days away from graduation, homeroom teacher Hiiragi, stands in front of his students and tells them they have now become his hostages. He says that no one can leave unless someone can tell him the reason behind a past student's suicide.
- StarsKasumi ArimuraKengo KôraMitsuki TakahataSix young men and women who move from the countryside to the big city of Tokyo, each with their own dreams and aspirations. Among them is Sugihara Oto and Soda Ren. After her mother died, Oto was raised by adoptive parents in Hokkaido. Although she has given up on having any high hopes or big dreams for her future, she still remains positive and faces life with optimistic attitude. One day, she finds out the fact that her adoptive parents are planning to marry her to the wealthy man in town in order to solve their financial debt. Soda Ren was raised by his grandfather in Fukushima. Ren works hard on one job after another in order to earn the money to buy back his grandfather's land so that they can start farming again. By chance, Oto and Ren meet in Hokkaido and they decide to move to Tokyo to find new life to change their fate and future. However, as soon as they arrive Tokyo, they get separated in the crowds.
- StarsHideaki ItôYoshino KimuraSaki AibuMochizuki Kohei married Maria, the beautiful and talented daughter of a wealthy family. He quit his job at a medium-sized advertising agency to run a cafe and appears to have everything going well with him. Although Kohei pretends to be the perfect husband, he feels suffocated by his wife's consideration and restrictions and plots her murder at the instigation of his cafe partner and lover Kitasato Anna. However, the situation drastically changes just as he makes the decision to kill Maria. When Kohei returns home, she has been kidnapped and the kidnapper demands an enormous ransom. To make things worse, he is made a suspect at some point in this kidnapping case and driven into a corner. In the middle of this, Maria's frightening true face which was completely unknown to Kohei gradually emerges.
- StarsTôru NakamuraAyako ImotoYûdai ChibaMachi Sangenya is an excellent real estate agent who will do anything to sell the property to her customers, including meeting their families and solving their personal problems.
- StarsTakako MatsuHikari MitsushimaIssei TakahashiMaki, Suzume, Iemori, and Beppu accidentally met in a karaoke one day while bringing instruments. They then decided to form a musical quartet and live together in Karuizawa during the winter.
- StarsMitsuki TakahataHitomi KurokiSaburô TokitôKahoko is an overprotected 21-year-old girl who relies on her parents. Her life changes once she meets a young man who grew up in different circumstances. She discovers her inner strength while helping her family overcome many obstacles.
- StarsSatomi IshiharaMasataka KubotaYutaka MatsushigeStories of Unnatural Death Investigation, a Japanese non-governmental organization as they work on unnatural death cases and try to reveal the truth behind the deaths.
- StarsMasami NagasawaMasahiro HigashideFumiyo KohinataDako (Masami Nagasawa) is a con woman who takes money from wealthy people like yakuza bosses and evil businessmen. She works with Boku-chan (Masahiro Higashide) and Richard (Fumiyo Kohinata) to carry their plans using fantastic teamwork.
- StarsKoji YakushoKento YamazakiRyoma TakeuchiKouichi Miyazawa runs a small, but longstanding company which makes tabi (traditional Japanese socks). He is the CEO of the fourth generation company with about 20 employees. Due to a decrease of demand for tabi, the company is struggling to keep afloat. Kouichi thinks about launching a new product line: running shoes. For the company's survival, Koichi begins to develop running shoes using their accumulated knowledge for making tabi.
- StarsTakayuki YamadaMasaki SudaKumiko AsôFreelance programmer Sakagami Keishi is paralyzed in the lower half of his body because of an unknown illness and confined to a wheelchair.
- StarsMeiko KajiHidetoshi NishijimaYurika NakamuraKakei Shiro is a 45 year old lawyer who works at a small law firm. His partner, Yabuki Kenji, is an affable hairdresser in his 40s. They have been together for three years yet Shiro has never told anyone that Kenji is his partner.
- StarsSairi ItôMikako TabeNana KataseSanako Moriwaka is single and works in the accounting department of a soap company. For her job, she checks receipts and bills. Each slip that she reviews, mentions only the dollar amount and a brief reason for the expense. When Sanako reviews the slips, she can often discern suspicious facts surrounding the expense or even troubles in the lives of the employee.
- StarsHaru KurokiTomoya NakamuraYoshiko MitaNagi seems to have it all: a good job, a boyfriend, friends at work. Unfortunately, she overhears her coworkers and boyfriend dissing her, so she stays home from work, and no one comes to see her. She decides to quit, and move to the country, and let her curly hair hang free.
- CreatorMaki EnjojiStarsMone KamishiraishiTakeru SatohKatsuya MaigumaNanase Sakura met Doctor Kairi Tendo and fell in love with him. She then studied hard to became a nurse and finally meets Kairi Tendo again. But she realizes that he has a totally different personality than what she imagined.
- StarsMieko HaradaKaya KiyoharaTôma IkutaAn unemployed guy who gets pushed into real life by his sister.
- StarsErika TodaTomoya NagaseShunsuke MichiedaNow sidelined due to injury and age, former pro-wrestling star Juichi Miyama was once groomed by his father, Jusaburo, an acclaimed Noh actor and "Living National Treasure," to be his successor. However, Juichi rebelled, left home, and cut off ties with his family. Now he's just learned that his father, having miraculously survived a critical illness, intends to marry his young caregiver and leave all his money to her. So Juichi decides to return home to help with his father's care, setting the stage for a showdown between Juichi's family on one side and his father's mysterious caregiver on the other.
- StarsKasumi ArimuraMasaki SudaRyunosuke KamikiThe story of the unpopular comedy trio Macbeth, a waitress, and the waitress' younger sister who are stuck in a situation that anyone would call a failure in their life.
- StarsGô AyanoKoshi MizukamiKumiko AsôA new detective in the Mobile Investigative Unit (known as "MIU") of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department who does not trust other people works with an inexperienced detective and attempts to solve cases within 24 hours.
- StarsMoeka HoshiRyûhei MatsudaTakako MatsuTowako Omameda recently became the president of the construction company "Shirokuma Housing". She has experienced three divorces and is currently living with her 15-year-old daughter, Uta. Although Towako has been divorced thrice, she remains bright and lives her life strongly. However, her life is constantly disrupted by her three trouble-making ex-husbands.
- StarsMasataka KubotaKento YamazakiMio YûkiLight Yagami, an ordinary university student, receives a death note which changes his life. The death note awakens his warped sense of justice and genius.
- StarsTomohisa YamashitaChiaki KuriyamaMasataka KubotaA medical procedure allows the developmentally disabled to become geniuses. It follows the patient who is experimented on and his new relationships.
- StarsNana EikuraKeisuke KoideMasataka KubotaUniversity students Sugishita Nozomi, Naruse Shinji, Ando Nozomi and Nishizaki Masato end up coming upon the scene of the murder of the Noguchi couple, because of a plan they had devised. Nishizaki is arrested at the scene and is given a 10-year prison term because of his voluntary confession. 10 years later, Takano Shigeru, a former police officer who has misgivings about the verdict of this case, starts to pursue the truth. He is convinced that it all began as a result of an incident caused by Nozomi and Naruse on an island in the Seto Inland Sea on the summer 15 years ago. "They committed a crime at that time. It was for the sake of each N."
- StarsRyôhei AbeAkiraShô AoyagiThe legend begins at a certain town that used to be under the rule of a legendary organization called "Mugen". And fighting against the rule of this town's overlords were two legendary brothers - the brutal and unbeatable Amamiya Brothers.
- StarsShô SakuraiKeiko KitagawaKippei ShînaKageyama is a butler working for a rich heiress, Reiko Hosho. Needed by detectives, Reiko is a novice detective that lacks a few deductive skills. Because of this, Kageyama is relied on by Reiko to help solve cases. Kageyama isn't afraid to use sharp words against Reiko either. This drama not only focuses on the detective cases, but the relationship between butler and heiress.
- StarsMasato SakaiAnne WatanabeRyô NishikidoDetective Date Kazuyoshi appears gentle by day, pouring efforts into each case. By night, his anger towards criminals transforms him into a cruel punisher, raising questions about justice and evil.
- CreatorSatoru HiuraStarsHaruka AyaseNaohito FujikiYuka ItayaWhen she's not at her fancy job, Hotaru just wants to relax at home - until her landlord's son shows up, and it's none other than her fastidious boss.
- StarsHaruka AyaseTakayuki YamadaKimiko YoOne boy kills his father to save his first love. One girl takes the life of her mother to protect the boy. The two commit a crime to hide another, and move on with life, turning their backs against the sun.
- StarsTakayuki YamadaHaruka AyaseNaoto Ogata"I thought I might be using a lifetime's happiness in a moment. I was that happy and she was that beautiful.
- StarsRyûta SatôHayato IchiharaKeisuke KoideKoichi Kawato is the new Japanese Literature teacher at the ill-famed Futakotamagawa high school, whose baseball club is composed of thugs and bullies who have been suspended for a year from all school competitions, for causing a brawl during an official match. The newly appointed teacher finds that the club members left are only interested in women, smoking and doing nothing until, under Kawato's guidance, they discover their dream of going to the Koshien high school baseball tournament. However, the road to Koshien is far from easy as many obstacles await them.
- CreatorNahoko UehashiStarsHaruka AyaseMasahiro HigashideFumino KimuraA mysterious spear-wielding woman named Balsa arrives in the New Yogo Kingdom. After saving Prince Chagum from a thinly veiled assassination attempt, ordered by his own father, Balsa is tasked to protect him from his father.
- StarsKazuya KamenashiHaruka AyaseErika TodaA poor man falls in love with a rich woman in the 20s. Her outlook on life is like a middle school girl and his outlook on life is like an old man. She shows him that not all rich girls are stuck up, that some are humble and sweet and good to disabled children.
- StarsHaruka AyaseHaruma MiuraAsami MizukawaTeenager Kathy suddenly realizes that she must learn to come to terms with her love, friendships and morality as she finds out the haunting truth that awaits her.
- StarsTakeru SatohHaruka AyaseYumi AsôAkiko Iwaki is a career woman who works very hard at her job. She gets married to Ryoichi Miyamoto who has a daughter. Akiko must now deal with housework and raising her stepdaughter.
- StarsMichiko KichiseTôma IkutaRyôko KobayashiThis drama is a remake of the popular suspense drama The Devil that aired in Korea in 2007. A two-faced lawyer, a Detective and a woman with Token-object reading abilities are linked to a mysterious series of murders about revenge.
- StarsHiroki NarimiyaYutaka MatsushigeTakashi KashiwabaraHoney and Clover follows the lives of five college students and their love triangles.
- StarsTomoya NagaseMika NakashimaYoshiyoshi ArakawaA 30-year-old single detective, who is under the illusion that he is popular with females is called 'Unubore' by friends. He is an ultra romantic and susceptible to conceitedness. He has such a strong desire to marry to the extent that he has bought an apartment for his newlywed life. He falls in love with female criminals at first sight each time. While the sheer desire to meet wraps around him, he will get proof that the female is the culprit. And so, he will thrust both the arrest warrant and marriage papers at her, proposing with the words, "If you marry me, I won't arrest you." If that still does not work, he will hold out an engagement ring and his handcuffs. In the end, the criminal will choose to be arrested and his heart will be broken. He will cry as he puts the handcuffs on her.
- StarsShunsuke KazamaTôma IkutaYûki HimuraAkihabara is a Tokyo district full of mangas, anime, electronics, video games, figurines, etc. It is a place that gathers fanatics of such themes, people who are commonly referred to as otaku. Page, Box, Akira, Taiko, Daruma, and Izumu are six otaku each with his/her own troubles and sought relief through a website called "Yui's Lifeguard." When site owner Yui died of a mysterious death, the six who are each experts in their own fields gathered to form "Akihabara@DEEP", a "trouble shooter" group that vows to protect Akihabara and solve the problems of its inhabitants.
- StarsShioli KutsunaRyohei SuzukiYuriko IshidaToru is a young part-timer who has no interest in social issues. He gets called in as a juror in the trial of a woman labeled as a "witch", charged with a murder over an enormous inheritance. Though it appears that she is definitely guilty, one by one the jurors begin casting their votes for "not guilty." From the shadows, there is a mysterious organization buying control of the jury. At the same time, strange events start happening around Toru. When another juror is threatened, Toru is determined to save her. However, Toru's girlfriend, a newspaper reporter, seems suspicious of their relationship. And so, Toru begins his lonely fight for the truth.
- StarsTôma IkutaShun OguriJuri UenoIkuo and Tatsuya grow up in an orphanage, tragically witnessing their beloved teacher's murder. Years later, Ikuo is now a detective while Tatsuya leads a crime syndicate. Resolved to find the perpetrator, they can only trust each other.
- StarsTôma IkutaYôko MakiKenta KiritaniThe drama is set at the beautiful Shimanto River in the Kochi prefecture and revolves around a group of seven men and women and the unfolding of their lives.
- StarsEita NagayamaRyûhei MatsudaFusako UrabeTada Keisuke and Gyoten Haruhiko are two friends who work as "Benri-ya" (Handymen, Jack of all trades) in a fictional city called Mahoro in Japan. The story is different between each episode ( Not counting episodes 9-10 and 11-12) So each episode has a different thing going on. The two protagonists find themselves doing strange tasks, meeting strange people and constantly struggling for cash.
- StarsYutaka TakenouchiMackenyuHaru KurokiIruma Michio is a devil-may-care, unorthodox criminal judge at the Tokyo District Court's first criminal court. He used to be a lawyer and was deeply involved in a past case that was behind his transformation into a judge. Iruma personally inspects crime scenes to prevent a miscarriage of justice and bring the truth to light. Although his demeanour is far from the image of a stuff judge, he is feared by lawyers as well as prosecutors because he is not bound by obligations, prejudices and preconceptions and has an inquiring mind that probes cases thoroughly. On the other hand, the judge Sakama Chizuru is the complete opposite of Iruma. A graduate of Tokyo University's Faculty of Law, she is an elite among elites. She has been transferred to the first criminal court to reform it due to the unbelievably small number of cases that are closed. This is the equivalent of a company in the red to the extent of going bankrupt. As someone who takes great pride in maintaining public order by handling cases accurately and promptly, Chizuru cannot understand Iruma's style which frustrates her to no end. However, when she realises that Iruma believes in treating a case as an individual's life, she is faced with the question, "What can a judge do aside from issuing a ruling?"
- StarsKaoru KobayashiMansaku FuwaToshiki AyataShinya Shokudo is a tv series from Japan since 2009. It tells many stories about ordinary people eat in shinya shokudo, which means a restaurant at midnight. This small restaurant opens from 12 in the evening to 7 in the morning.
- StarsMirei KiritaniMao DaichiMayuko KawakitaTokita Mayuko who was majored in textile technology moved to Tokyo and finally found a job in Ginza. Mayuko's dream is to develop new kinds of fabric, but she ends up working in a handmade luxury lingerie atelier called Emotion.
- StarsYûki FurukawaTomoka KurotaniReo UchikawaAfter finding his mom killed, Satoru's time-traveling ability takes him back 18 years for a chance to prevent her death and those of three classmates.
- StarsNaoto TakenakaTetsuji TamayamaHonami SuzukiA 60 year old retired salary-man finds new purpose in exploring the food of his neighborhood. Aided by his fantasy companion, a samurai who inspires him to boldly experience this new chapter of his life.
- StarsKei TanakaKôtarô YoshidaKento HayashiThe expanded version of the 2016 TV special. Soichi Haruta is unpopular among women due to his poor social skills. However, he accidentally finds out both, his middle-aged boss, and his colleague have a crush on him. But they are men.
- StarsMatsuya OnoeRen IshikawaSarutoki MinagawaA stoic book salesman leads a double life as he plays hooky from work to write his sweets blog. In his journey to attain a glimpse of sweets heaven Kantaro samples various Japanese and Western sweets.
- DirectorNaoko OgigamiStarsTôma IkutaKenta KiritaniMugi KadowakiTomo, an 11-year old girl, discovers her mother has abandoned her. Tomo's uncle and his transgender girlfriend, Rinko, take her in. Together they tackle the task of knitting 108 of Rinko's special hopes and dreams, one stitch at a time.
- CreatorHaro AsoStarsKento YamazakiTao TsuchiyaNijirô MurakamiObsessed gamer Arisu suddenly finds himself in a strange, emptied-out version of Tokyo in which he and his friends must compete in dangerous games in order to survive.
- CreatorYue TakasukaStarsHaruka FukuharaShun'ya ShiraishiMoe AraiNao rents her dream apartment, but things are not what they seem when she finds out she will be sharing it with high school heart throb Uehara.
- StarsTakayuki YamadaShinnosuke MitsushimaMisato MoritaFollows the story of Toru Muranishi's unusual and dramatic life filled with big ambitions as well as spectacular setbacks in his attempt to turn Japan's porn industry on its head.
- CreatorShiki KawabataStarsKaya KiyoharaDaiki ShigeokaTomohiro KamiyamaIn this sci-fi teen drama based on a Japanese comic book series, 2 high school girls swapped bodies. After the unattractive girl switched with a cute popular girl, she refused to switch back.
- StarsYôjirô NodaRila FukushimaRena MatsuiA frustrated writer has 5 mysterious women turn up at his house, all seemingly invited and all must adhere to strict rules, they all pay him a million yen as rent. Who is responsible for the invites?
- CreatorJ.T. RogersStarsAnsel ElgortKen WatanabeRachel KellerA Western journalist working for a publication in Tokyo takes on one of the city's most powerful crime bosses.
- CreatorIra IshidaStarsTomoya NagaseAi KatôYôsuke KubozukaMakoto who lives in Ikebukuro West Gate Park, an area known for juvenile delinquency and gangs, tries to solve the mystery of the death of a friend, he finds himself very indisposed in many mysteries and problems.
- StarsMasahiro MotokiAleksandr VeremyukHiroshi AbeThe 19th Century was a turbulent one for Japan. Enduring the throes of change brought about by the Meiji era, it still struggled to join the world and be considered a "civilized, modern nation." After 300 years, samurai turned to labor, farmers sought other industries, and technology became king. Saka no Ue no Kumo covers the later years of the Meiji, when Japan-still wrestling with its identity-fought the little discussed Russo-Japanese War.We join the story with brothers Akiyama Yoshifuru and Akiyama Saneyuki, and their friend, the poet Masaoka Shiki, as they face these travails with decided Japanese spirit.
- StarsMasahiro NakaiKen WatanabeYasuko MatsuyukiEiryo Waga(Nakai Masahiro) is a famous pianist hiding a dark past. A man from Waga's childhood appears before him after one of his performances and to prevent his secrets from being revealed, Waga murders him in cold blood. While leaving the scene Waga bumps into Naruse Asami(Matsuyuki Yasuko) but flees before she can properly identify him. Detective Imanishi(Ken Watanabe) and his partner are sent to the scene and thus begins a murder mystery with Waga trying to elude the detectives while trying to come to grips with his own demons at the same time.
- StarsShun OguriSatomi IshiharaSaki AibuHyuga Toru who run an internet website from his small room and doesn't like to socialize makes a lot of money. He then meets Sawaki Chihiro, a hardworking student who by an unexpected occurrence begins to work for Toru.
- CreatorShotaro IshinomoriStarsRen KiriyamaMasaki SudaHikaru YamamotoA detective, Hidari Shotaro, and an unknown library-boy, Phillip, combine to become a half-green half-black hero to protect Fuuto City by using Gaia Memories.
- StarsMasaki SudaSairi ItôMatsuya OnoeFollows mystery-solving college student Kuno Totono. At the beginning of the story, the police bring him in for questioning on suspicion of murdering his classmate.
- StarsSatomi IshiharaMasaki SudaTsubasa HondaKouno Etsuko joins a publishing company with her sights set on becoming a fashion editor. But she is assigned to the proofreading department which examines and fixes errors in manuscripts.
- StarsKento YamazakiMackenyuMasaki SudaA man's past has made him detest love and human relationships. He has become single-mindedly materialistic and greedy for power. This jerk is faced with a woman who literally possesses a kiss of death that yanks him back to the past again and again. What will he do now?
- StarsYôko MakiMasahiro HigashideFumi NikaidôTanaka Tamako had been working for a male-dominated restaurant business but was betrayed by her boyfriend who was hired as the chef. In addition, she is taken to the police as a result of an incident she caused because her friend Fujimura Satsuki was subjected to sexual harassment. Tamako resigns from her unreasonable company and starts a bistro selling homemade pot-au-feu on a rooftop in an alley in Jingumae, Tokyo. This is the story of females who are labeled "write-offs" and the restaurant they have established in order for them to get out from life's abyss. They battle difficulties and search for ways to change their lives as they experience the joys of work. This is a problem restaurant because they are all females with problems, but it is certainly not lousy. The women who have a common enemy - men, and the restaurant unites them in a fight to the death.
- StarsTakayuki YamadaHaruka KinamiTsuyoshi MuroThe Hero Yoshihiko returns with his three companions to find seven people chosen by fate to battle the Demon King.
- StarsJun MatsumotoMei HataTeruyuki KagawaThe conviction rate for criminal offenses in Japan is 99.9%. This is a drama about a team of criminal lawyers trying to find the truth that may have been hidden in the other 0.1%.
- CreatorKozueko MorimotoStarsYukie NakamaKatsuhisa NamaseKen UtsuiGokusen is the story of Kumiko Yamaguchi, aka. Yankumi, a fourth generation crime syndicate member. She's gone straight and wants to be a teacher though, but she's one you don't want to mess with.
- StarsSatoshi TsumabukiKô ShibasakiHiroki NarimiyaYuuki Kai is a senior at a university studying social welfare psychology and trying to find a job. One day, he encounters a girl, Hagio Sae, playing the violin, and becomes intrigued.
- StarsRyôko YonekuraIttoku KishibeYuki UchidaDaimon Michiko is a freelance surgeon who wanders from hospital to hospital because the harsh environment led many doctors to retire. However, Michiko doesn't look like a doctor at all with her flashy clothes and eccentric attitude.
- StarsMaika YamamotoAkifumi UchidaMaki ShintaHiroki's sister was killed by a friend. Hiroki then meets the killer's sister, Futaba, 15 years after the incident. Both of their families have been burdened with grief, but through their meeting they struggle to find a brighter tomorrow.
- StarsYûki AmamiYutaka TakenouchiTetsuji TamayamaThis series revolves around a group of peculiar detectives in a new division created to fight against an increase in atrocious crimes. Osawa Eriko is a beautiful career woman who has just returned from training in the U.S. and is appointed as the "boss" of this division. But despite her intelligence and capabilities, she can never understand a man's heart, so she remains unable to find a husband. In fact, her assignment in the U.S. was really a demotion after she ruined her career track over a man. So why was she chosen as the boss of the new division? Even though the detectives are talented, they all have some kind of issue or flaw, and they are considered to be the "problem children" of the police force. In the end, the division's true purpose is just to isolate these problematic detectives.
- StarsTakayuki YamadaMirai MoriyamaEita NagayamaTwo years ago, five high-school boys brought fame to a small town in Japan. What was so unique was that they formed a "men's synchronized swimming club." Their involvement and struggles while learning synchronized swimming - known to be a sport for girls - brought much attention to their school and town. Two years have passed since that summer, and the boys of Tadano High School are still in the club. The Fuji Television drama "Water Boys" shows how these young boys fight to learn synchronized swimming, fall in love, and enjoy friendship with one another.
- StarsSatomi IshiharaTomohisa YamashitaKei Tanaka"From Five to Nine" is a romantic comedy drama. It is a story of girl who works as an English teacher and dreams of moving to New York, but unexpectedly, she encounters a handsome monk, and the story begins.
- CreatorYayoi OgawaStarsKoyukiJun MatsumotoSatomi IshiharaSmart, successful and good-looking Iwaya Sumire works for a big newspaper. However, her boss asks her to leave for being too "perfect" a woman. Feeling angry and dejected Iwaya returns home depressed, and most of all lonely. However, when she finds an unconscious young man lying in a box out the front of her home and takes him in. He looks like a dog she used to own called Momo. She dub shim Momo and decides to "keep him as a pet." It's the start of an unexpected life together as they overcome obstacles and become quite attached to one another. But can love like this exist?
- StarsNao MatsushitaSatomi IshiharaTakanori IwataSisters Hazuki and Misaki are like night and day, but they share a strong bond and try to make each other happy.
- StarsKoyukiTakuya KimuraKahoKanzaki Jiro (Takuya Kimura) (who used to be a star driver back in Japan) is a backup F3000 driver in Europe. During a practice run, he accidentally crashes into his first driver and loses his job. No other club in Europe would hire him as he is deemed too old for the sport. He has no choice but to return to Japan to his previous racing team. Unfortunately, the team now has a better and younger driver, and feels Jiro has nothing more to contribute to the team, and does not want him back. He returns home to stay with his father and sister, and found out his father has converted their home into an orphanage for unfortunate children whose parents are unable to take care of them. Tonomi Sensei (Koyuki), is a newly hired caregiver at the orphanage. She is not popular with the children as she does not seem to understand their feelings and makes misguided attempts to help them. Despite the fact that Jiro hates children and is more interested in getting back into racing then helping out at the orphanage, he nonetheless agrees to be the orphanage's driver in exchange for being allowed to live there. This is a family film that addresses lost bonds, adolescence, family and a number of other points. The audience would be similar to that of Rosanne and Tool Time.
- StarsTakeshi KaneshiroHitomi KurokiSaburô ShinodaShu Akutagawa,is a security analyst who relieves the stress with nightly sessions at local bowling alley.But when it comes to life and relationships,are focus,concentration all that it takes?
- StarsTomohisa YamashitaYui AragakiErika TodaThe 'helicopter doctor' is a medical team who dispatched to the patients on a helicopter to provide medical care in the field as soon as possible. Four young physicians are assigned to the team and deal with situations they never had.
- StarsYûko TakayamaKazuyuki AijimaShigeaki KatôAfter a train ride, father and daughter Kyoichiro and Koume mysteriously swap bodies and pretend to live each other's lives at school and work.
- StarsYui AragakiRyô NishikidoHiroko YakushimaruAyukawa Wakaba is full of ambition. She lands a job at an international law firm, but to her disappointment, the first prestigious assignment that is given to her is to babysit the boss' 5 year old daughter, Hinata.
- StarsTakuya KimuraTakashi UkajiShingo IppongiKohei Kuryu is a former juvenile delinquent. After passing the law board exams, Kuryu becomes a prosecutor who possesses quick instincts and a kind of cleverness that only someone raised on the streets could have.
- StarsHiroshi AbeTakashi TsukamotoMitsuko KusabueA 40-year-old gifted architect enjoys living alone and doesn't communicate well with people. He has three female friends. Will he ever marry?
- StarsTakuya KimuraEri FukatsuAkira TeraoKeita Asakura, 35, a primary school teacher from rural Nagano Prefecture whose recently deceased father had been a dietman from Kyushu.
- StarsHiroshi AbeMieko HaradaMeisa KurokiIn the Ningyo-cho area of Nihonbashi, Tokyo - a woman was murdered. Detective Kaga Kyoichiro, who just transferred to the Nihonbashi police precinct, is placed in charge of the murder case. With virtually the entire residents of Ningyo-cho's shopping street emerging as suspects, Detective Kaga must use his keen sense of deductive reasoning to uncover the truth.
- StarsYukie NakamaHiroshi AbeKatsuhisa NamaseQuirky professor Jiro Ueda and struggling magician Naoko Yamada investigate and unmask the fraudulent people who claim to have supernatural abilities.
- StarsHiroshi AbeNozomi OhashiYuriko YoshitakaHaruo is finally released from prison after completing his sentence. With nine years worth of prison gratuities in hand, he stops at a restaurant to enjoy a good meal, but all of his money ends up being stolen. With nothing left, he spends the night at a net cafe, and he manages to look up his old friend from his yakuza days. When Haruo visits the next day, he learns that his old girlfriend Mariko was living with another man, but later died of illness. Haruo, who had committed murder 9 years earlier to earn the money for Mariko's medical treatment, is shocked and angered. He decides to track down that other man, who runs a bakery with his wife and daughter Sachi. Haruo later runs into Sachi at the park, but he has yet to find out the truth about her.
- StarsYutaka TakenouchiRyôko HirosueYuriko IshidaHirosue Ryoko stars as Chiyo, 20, a department store clerk, whose first encounter with Ryunosuke, 30, a carefree bachelor friend of her sister's, leads to a pregnancy. Although of different worlds, they fell in love but Chiyo's father doesn't want these youngsters to get married. After eight months of struggles and growing up, they finally accepted each other as partner.
- StarsHiroshi AbeHiroyuki MiyasakoMasaru NagaiA Proud "man of the house", Yamamura Kazuyuki is the bread winner in a society where men bring home the money. He is a tv commercial director and makes good money to support his wife and son. After recently buying a house, he finds his new neighbor is a stay at home dad. Finding it hard to respect a man who isn't the money maker, he finds the tables are turned as he himself is out of work and running the household, while his wife returns to the workforce. It isn't quite as easy as he keeps telling everyone, but that's okay since he is looking for a new job and should have one soon.It is a look at how society is changing with often times, hilarious results. Struggling to keep his head above water, he finds himself being tutored by his neighbor (even if he doesn't want to be), and at the same time building a friendship.Through trials and tribulations, he learns to respect his new role, while giving credit to the women (and men) who are the ones staying home and keeping home-life afloat.
- StarsHiroshi AbeMasami NagasawaSaekoKenji Sakuragi is a lawyer and former member of a motorcycle gang. He takes on the challenge of preparing a special class for a famous stupid school, Ryuuzan to enter the prestigious Toudai University.
- StarsAoi TatsumiHiroshi AbeTomoko YamaguchiRyota Tsuboi is a producer for a CM production company. His wife Sae is a food stylist. She is also enthusiastic about her daughter Moe's education and her work. Ryota goes to Nagano to see his father. There he has a strange meeting.
- StarsHiroshi AbeKazuki EnariNaohito FujikiThe loves and lives of four workers at the Antique Bakery in Tokyo.