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- StarsHaruma MiuraTakeru SatohMichiko KichiseA genius high school student and also a hacker uses his sophisticated hacking techniques to fights against "Bloody Monday", the worst and most evil form of viral terrorism, in order to save his family, friends, and the entire world.
- StarsErena MizusawaKôji SetoAkiko KikuchiAn ordinary senior high school girl named Mika meets Hiro, a showy boy with dyed hair and pierced ears. It is a "pure love" story of the two going through many unimaginably sad incidents while nurturing their love single-mindedly.
- StarsHiroki NarimiyaRiisa NakaKanata HongôAn ex-delinquent girl becoy a class rep and asks for help from another delinquent to make her a better class rep thus there tala of fun and mischief begins
- CreatorTomoko HayakawaStarsKazuya KamenashiTatsuomi HamadaAya OhmasaFour guys try to turn a wallflower girl into a popular girl.
- CreatorShinobu KaitaniStarsErika TodaShôta MatsudaMichiko KichiseTrusting, gullible Nao suddenly finds herself participating in the mysterious Liar Game, a game where the players are issued large sums of money which they then have to cheat each other out of. A few get rich, while the rest find themselves in debt for life. Nao's opponent is her former teacher. Relieved, she goes to him for advice, but is tricked into giving him all her money. With no idea of how to retrieve the money to avoid debt, Nao is desperate. When she gets a tip that a genius swindler, Shinichi Akiyama, is about to be released from prison, she turns to him for help. With some initial reluctance, Akiyama agrees to be her right-hand man in the game. As the two get pulled deeper into increasingly difficult levels of the game, it gradually becomes clear that their participation was far from coincidental.
- StarsMao InoueJun MatsumotoShun OguriMakino Tsukushi is an ordinary student at Eitoku Gakuen, a school for the ridiculously rich and privileged which is ruled by the Flower 4, or otherwise known as the F4, a group of four boys who come from extremely powerful families.
- StarsMao InoueJun MatsumotoShun OguriAfter a year of separation, Makino and Domyoji see whether their love can triumph over the many obstacles placed in their path. F4 (Flower Four), 4 close friends, are crucial to their journey.
- StarsHaruma MiuraErika TodaEmi TakeiShuji is a young teacher whose confidence and honesty has made him popular with the students. He is engaged to Natsumi, also a teacher at the same high school. At the morning of the new semester, Shuji wakes up with a hangover and no memory of the night before, and a strange young woman in his bed. He feels terrible about possibility of having cheated on his fiancée, but when it turns out the girl is a student in his class Shuji is wrecked with guilt. Things go from bad to worse when the girl, Hikari, makes it clear that she's in love with him and wants to break him and Natsumi apart. Shuji's honest nature makes him want to come clean to everyone about what has happened, but before he has the chance, the secret is out. As his life starts crumbling around him, Shuji still decides to try and save Hikari from herself.
- StarsTomohisa YamashitaMaki HorikitaYui IchikawaKurosaki, aka Kurosagi (Yamashita Tomohisa), is a swindler who cheats other professional con artists to help their victims and avenge the death of his own family. Kurosaki buys information about other swindlers from the man who cheated his family, Katsuragi Toshio (Yamazaki Tsutomu).
- CreatorHisaya NakajôStarsMaki HorikitaShun OguriTôma IkutaMizuki disguises herself as a boy and transfers to the same all-boys high school her idol, Izumi Sano, a high-jump athlete that gave up on the sport, attends. In between the antics of their classmates, she'll try to get him to jump again.
- StarsAya UetoSeiyô UchinoGekidan HitoriThe story focuses on 26-year-old Rika, a single editor who is unskilled in love. The story starts when a man appears before her, telling her that he is her husband from 10 years in the future. He informs her that she will meet the young version of himself in a few days, but begs her not to marry him.
- StarsKazuya KamenashiTomohisa YamashitaMaki HorikitaA popular high schooler and his oddball friend help a shy girl get rid of her bullies by attempting to make her the most popular girl in school.
- StarsMasanobu TakashimaNana KataseMiori TakimotoMiko and her twin brother Mio Sakuraba stayed at an orphanage with dreaming of becoming nun until one day Mabuchi asks her to join a famous band called, A*N*Jell, due to her brother disappear.
- StarsTomohisa YamashitaKeiko KitagawaSaki AibuShirakawa Riko and Kamiya Naoki's intertwined fates lead them on a difficult journey towards love.
- StarsMaki HorikitaJun KanameYoshinori OkadaChisato is homeless and on the run from debt collectors, when a wealthy man offers to pay off her debt if she marries him for one month. However, Chisato discovers that there are clauses to the contract after he dies, which includes being the mother of his six sons.
- 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.
- StarsHiroshi TamakiKarinaShôta MatsudaA power failure strands four apartment dwellers living on the same floor in the elevator. While stuck, they decide to try "shuffling" their love relationships and partners with each other.
- StarsKazunari NinomiyaRyô NishikidoErika Toda"When we grow up - We'll kill him together". Koichi, Taisuke, and Shizuna are three siblings whose parents had been brutally murdered when they were just in elementary school, and they vowed to avenge their death. Fourteen years later, their vengeful plan unravels countless new facts. A shocking revelation leads to an overwhelmingly emotional ending. What will become of the siblings who have lived their lives solely in reliance of their bond alone?
- 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.
- CreatorKaoru TadaStarsHonoka MikiYûki FurukawaTomomi NishimuraKotoko Aihara, a high school girl who isn't that smart has to follow her father's decision after her father decides to live temporarily with his friend. She is surprised to learn that the boy who she falls in love with lives there as well.
- StarsRyôko ShinoharaHaruma MiuraNaohito Fujiki39-yo Sakura Toyama is a hairdresser and salon assistant manager, who is concerned by her stagnant life. She decides to at least do something about her love life. She accepts a party invitation from Chiyoko Ogami and confusion develops.
- CreatorNatsumi AidaStarsMariya NishiuchiRen KiriyamaRikako SakataBy day, Nika is the prettiest, most popular girl in school. But as soon as she gets home, she flips the switch and unleashes her true slobbish form.
- CreatorMiki YoshikawaStarsMariya NishiuchiYûsuke YamamotoReina TriendlUrara Shiraishi (Mariya Nishiuchi) is a model student with excellent grades. Ryu Yamada (Yusuke Yamamoto) is a trouble student. One day, Urara tumbles down the stairs with Ryu. After the accident, their bodies become switched. When they tumbled down the stairs, they happened to kiss. They guess that they may have changed bodies because of the kiss. They kiss again and they get their own bodies back. Through kissing they can change bodies freely. They also learn that there are 7 witches with special abilities. The 7 witches can use their special abilities by kissing. Urara and Ryu set out to find the 7 witches.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2010– 10 eps7.5 (358)TV SeriesStarsErika TodaRyô KaseRyunosuke KamikiAfter an incident in which a gun fired by Sebumi Takeru mysteriously turned around and hit one of his subordinate, Sebumi, the elite SIT unit's platoon leader was pushed to work in the most unpopular department, a special department named Mishou (Unidentified Crimes Unit), which crack cases without evidence, witnesses, or involving special organizations. Sebumi Takeru met his workmate, Toma Saya, a woman with an IQ of 201 and an arm wearing cast, who acted in a mysterious way that Sebumi could not even understand. When solving mysterious case together, the two encounter the superpower of unknown criminals, "SPEC". When deducing the different "SPEC" of different criminals, they fight with Ninomae Juichi, the powerful SPEC holder, and discover a mysterious world with SPECs, schemes, secrets and dangers.
- StarsTakeru SatohAtsuro WatabeMitsuru FukikoshiStory of two detectives and their relationship as father and son.
- StarsEmi TakeiGô AyanoAkari HayamiDue to Professor Kita's suggestion, student Nishinosono Moe and Associate Professor Saikawa Sohei head to Professor Kita's research institute. There, various experiments have been conducted in a low temperature research room. During the night a murder takes place. Two graduate students are found dead in the low temperature research room.
- StarsShôta MatsudaEmi TakeiNorika FujiwaraPopular Japanese actor, Matsuda Shota (Boys Over Flowers), stars in this picturesque and unique medical drama about a traveling doctor who can't seem to separate business from pleasure. A genius in his field, Sezaki Kota's strengths are undermined by his character flaws, namely his tendency to fall in love instantly with beautiful women. Keeping him in line is Nurse Togami Mako (Takei Emi), a former delinquent now dedicated to helping the less fortunate. Will Kota find his bride-to-be waiting on an upcoming island, or could his true love be the woman he hasn't fallen for?
- StarsShun OguriMunetaka AokiHaruIshikawa Ango is a very capable detective that lives only for his job. One day, while investigating a crime scene, he gets shot in the head by the criminal that was still lurking about. Ango gets thrown over that line that divides life and death but, though he dies, doctor's are able to reanimate him and he pulls through. Yet, the bullet remains stuck in his head as the operation to remove it is very dangerous. Shortly after, he goes back to work and soon realizes that he's now able to see and talk with the recently departed.
- StarsEmi TakeiTôri MatsuzakaKento KakuNao fails entrance exams and enrolls at a technical high school. She's one of just 3 girls and the only girl in her class of 148 freshmen.
- 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."
- StarsTakumi SaitôMasataka KubotaYûkaThe story is about a man who teaches Criminology and his friend who writes mystery novels. They both try to figure out the mystery behind the cases as they try to find the beautiful crime.
- CreatorHinako AshiharaStarsYûma NakayamaTsubasa HondaHokuto MatsumuraUniversity student Mizuho Suga learns that her former high school classmate Haruka Origuchi died from an illness. At her funeral, Mizuho meets another former high school classmate, Hikaru Narumi. In their high school days, Hikaru Narumi was famous for being a playboy. Mizuho and Hikaru Narumi were also in a special relationship. Hikaru was outgoing, but Mizuho found it difficult to make new friends. They once kissed in the classroom and went on a one day summer trip together. They weren't friends or lovers and kept their relationship a secret. Meanwhile, Haruka Origuchi's mother tries to talk to Mizuho, believing Mizuho was her daughter's best friend. Haruka's mother asks about Haruka's boyfriend. Haruka became pregnant with her boyfriend in the past. However, this is only just the beginning.
- StarsEmi TakeiHideaki TakizawaAoi NakamuraKurihara Mia works for the public relations department of a company. She falls in love with her company's vice president Miyoshi Kairi after he helps her locate her missing engagement ring during a business trip. Mia does not realize who he is until he comes to the public relations department as part of training. She finds herself having to work with Miyoshi as his trainer. He is severe at times and yet gentle at others. Mia's heart is captured by him little by little. But Miyoshi already has a wife.
- StarsMirei KiritaniKento YamazakiShôhei MiuraSakurai Misaki is suddenly dismissed and has difficulty finding a new job. She meets Shibasaki Chiaki, her first love in high school. He invites her to live and work with him and his two brothers at the restaurant that they run together.
- StarsKazuya KamenashiHiroki NarimiyaSuzu HiroseYamaneko is an eccentric and mysterious 'Phantom Thief' who steals from the corrupted rich and while exposing their misdeeds. Along for the ride is Katsumura Hideo, a magazine reporter who, at Yamaneko's request, is writing a feature on the 'Phantom Thief', and Takasugi Mao, a bullied schoolgirl who is secretly a genius hacker.
- 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.
- StarsAya UetoMichiko KichiseTakumi SaitôThe story is about two women who each have a affair.
- CreatorIzumi MiyazonoStarsMariya NishiuchiRyûta YamamuraIkusaburô YamazakiTakanashi Asuka is an office lady working for a big bank. She has a number of financial qualifications and is the most dedicated worker. Despite the trend to marry later today, Asuka's dream is to get married and become a housewife. However, her boyfriend of 5 years proposed, then suddenly dumped her. So a depressed Asuka has to start looking for a marriage partner even though she does not have the time. She meets a handsome, popular TV announcer Nanami Ryu who is one of those rapidly increasing numbers of men who loathe marriage. He would be the ideal man for Asuka if he were not dead set against settling down. Although they eventually end up dating, they have a rocky path ahead of them.
- StarsTatsuya FujiwaraErika TodaYûta TamamoriFive graduates took a ski trip together. On the way, one boy died in an accident. Everyone keeps a secret behind the scene and the truth reveals piece by piece after 10 years.
- CreatorMengo YokoyariStarsDôri SakuradaChika AnzaiMiyu YoshimotoYasuraoka Hanabi and Awaya Mugi seem to be the ideal couple. They are very popular and seem to fit in with each other. However, what their classmates don't know is that they share a secret.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- StarsTao TsuchiyaRyôta KatayoseYûdai ChibaFirst comes the comic book and then follows the serial. There is a schoolgirl with so many schoolboys around her. She falls in love. She is rejected. She is accepted and it is all about liking, crushing, loving and all the guys who swirl around.
- 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.