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- StarsKento HayashiKazuki NamiokaMasao YoshiiA young Manzai comedian in Tokyo has an electrifying encounter with a senior comedian who is a genius with unique comedy philosophy who drives his determination and inspires his creativity.
- StarsToshiaki KarasawaYôsuke EguchiHitomi KurokiThe life of an amazingly gifted surgeon, Goro Zaizen, and his contemporary physician, Shuji Satomi, who selflessly continues a quest to save human lives.
- CreatorNaoko MatsudaStarsHaru KurokiJoe OdagiriKentarô SakaguchiA woman who used to be a contender for the Olympic Judo Team had to give up on her dream due to an injury. She ends up working at manga magazine when the publishing industry is going through a turbulent time.
- StarsRyô NishikidoHikari MitsushimaKento NagayamaHeisuke Hara works as a teacher at an all-boys high school where he had an unfortunate accident 15 years ago. Now, it's decided that the boys school where he works will be merged with a girls school because of a decline in student numbers.
- StarsJuri UenoHiroshi TamakiEita NagayamaTwo musicians united in talent, divided by nature - the upper-class perfectionist Chiaki and the sloppy middle-classer Nodame - fall in love.
- 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.
- 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.
- StarsMasato SakaiYô ÔizumiSeiyô UchinoThe life of Japan's last great battlefield commander is chronicled in this historical drama. In war-torn 16th century Japan, Sandana Masayuki bravely leads his small clan to survival during a brutal time through cunning strategy.
- StarsTakuya KimuraKôichi SatôYûko TakeuchiHalu (Kimura Takuya) is the captain and star player of an ice hockey team, who is greatly respected by his teammates. For him, hockey is serious business that fully occupies his mind, while he treats romance as if it were a game. Aki (Takeuchi Yuko) is a typical OL (office lady), and is waiting for her boyfriend to return from studying architecture abroad. At this point in time however, he shows no sign of coming back. One day, Aki's friends who are determined to find her a new boyfriend, invite her to watch an ice hockey game. There she sees Halu for the first time. After the game, Aki and her friends join the players for a party celebrating their victory. Aki, however, is not so excited to be there. When she leaves the party, she bumps into Halu, who was slightly injured from a fight. They exchange e-mail addresses and part. The sparks of mutual attraction are ignited in a second encounter between Aki and Halu, arranged with the help of her friends shortly after a party. Hyodo (Sato Koichi) has come as a replacement for the team's coach who has been hospitalized. Halu has a lot of respect for the hospitalized coach. Unfortunately, he can't stand Hyodo's way of doing things. Bringing with him a lot of coaching experience from overseas, Hyodo criticizes the former coach's strategies. Whenever Halu and Hyodo see each other, they get into a quarrel; consequently influencing Halu's behavior during games. Seeing that his game ended in a brawl, Aki visits Halu to comfort him. But he tells her that she is being too friendly with him. Aki is hurt, Halu is irritated, and his teammate Hotta (Sakaguchi Kenji) can't stand seeing Halu like this
- StarsYûji OdaHonami SuzukiNarimi ArimoriNagao Kanji who comes from Ehime Prefecture joins Heartsports company located in Tokyo, where he met lovely and sunny Akana Rika. The love story begins.
- CreatorKôki MitaniStarsMasakazu TamuraMasahiko NishimuraTakashi KobayashiThe cases of Furuhata Ninzaburô, a Japanese detective inspired by Columbo who solves inverted mysteries with the help of his bumbling sidekick Shintaro Imaizumi.
- StarsHikari MitsushimaRie MimuraGaku HamadaKuroyanagi Tetsuko became NHK's first television actress in 1953 (Showa 28), which was the start of television broadcasting. She has brought laughter and tears to TV viewers and many people have supported her since the beginning of the television age when dramas were live until today.
- 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.
- StarsYui AragakiMasaki OkadaMitsuhiro OikawaKyoko Okitegami is known as the Forgetful Private Detective. When she wakes up in the morning, her memory is reset. Because of her condition, she has to solve every case just in a day.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- StarsShingo KatoriJuri UenoKiko MizuharaNagasato Daisuke is a 39-year old bachelor with an extremely negative attitude towards marriage. However, he truly believes that he'd "rather be alone." Averse to taking the risk of bringing in other people into his living space, he protects it as if it was his castle, and is fully enjoying his idiosyncratic single life. Kumagai Hanako, on the other hand, is a 32-year old divorcee who works for a major trading firm. She has her own distinct thoughts about being single, doesn't want to get married again, and already planning for her life after retirement. When these two meet, they fight constantly, but they're actually similar in a lot ways.
- StarsErika SawajiriRyô NishikidoHiroko YakushimaruThe story of a 15-year-old high school student, Ikeuchi Aya, who soon discovers she has an incurable disease that affects the cerebellum of the brain. Aya lived her life to the fullest until her death at 25.
- 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.
- StarsTakuya KimuraTakako MatsuYôko MoriguchiLove Generation revolves around the relationship of the two leading protagonists, Katagiri Teppei and Uesugi Riko, who begin their relationship as squabbling colleagues before falling in love.
- StarsKô ShibasakiKôichi SatôToshiyuki NishidaSet after WW II, "Wagaya no Rekishi" (The History of Our Family) follows the Yame family and its 7 members over the next two decades. The drama will provide a mixture of laughter, romance, drama, and suspense.
- 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.
- StarsKaoru KobayashiBaijaku NakamuraKô ShibasakiDuring the Sengoku period, the Ii family governs the Totomi region. Due to many past wars, there are no more male successors left to become a lord. Naotora Ii ((Kou Shibasaki), the only daughter of the lord, now becomes a lord. She faces a difficult period. The constant love from her fiance, whom she became engaged with at a young age, helps her to keep moving forward.
- StarsYui AragakiGen HoshinoRyôhei OhtaniMoriyama Mikuri had graduated from university and got no job offers. She became a temporary employee but was even laid off. Now, she works as a housekeeper for bachelor Tsuzaki Hiramasa by chance and he proposes a contract marriage to her.
- CreatorMasayuki KusumiStarsYutaka MatsushigeTomoki UekusaAtsushi KashiwagiA solitary businessman travels across Japan, eating at its various establishments and experiencing the various delicacies of Japanese cuisine.
- StarsKen'ichi EndôMasaki SudaYuika MotokariyaOne day, the current prime minister of Japan, Muto Taizan, and his useless son, Sho, suddenly discover that they have switched bodies. With no known cause or solution at hand, Sho reluctantly ends up appearing in the Diet on his father's behalf. But he completely cannot follow the deliberations as well as the questions and answers because it has been his routine to skip his studies. He is also repeatedly caught making childish responses or misreading kanji in documents. However, untainted by the adult world, Sho's straightforward opinions and genuine feelings start to mobilise the Diet and the public. On the other hand, Taizan has to lead the life of a university student and search for a job on behalf of his son, but with the brains of a prime minister. He refutes arrogant interviewers with his overwhelming knowledge and debating skills. Although Taizan wins the war of words, he is an absolute failure in the interviews itself. Furthermore, several peculiar girls whom Sho has had relationships with appear and makes Taizan more bewildered.
- StarsYûko TakeuchiSatoshi TsumabukiMisaki ItôNatsumi loves lunch. By chance she starts working for "Kitchen Macaroni", posing as the fiance of the owner's eldest son, Kenichiro. Kenichiro's father Kenzo and his three younger brothers - Yujiro, Junzaburo, and Koshiro - run the restaurant, famous for its omelet. Also working at the restaurant are Mamoru, a chef, and Minoru, a live-in apprentice cook. Not everyone has a liking to Natsumi at first, but over time they will surely fall in love with her.
- StarsAya UetoMichiko KichiseTakumi SaitôThe story is about two women who each have a affair.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- StarsShigenori YamazakiMasami NagasawaEita NagayamaLast Friends tackles issues that afflict the current generation. Michiru's mother has brought a man back to their home and she is bullied at her workplace where she works as a beauty pearlier assistant. She starts cohabiting with her boyfriend, a good young man who works at the Child Welfare Division and the only person who can give her emotional support, but ends up the victim of domestic violence and becomes fearful of love. The boyishly charming Ruka was a classmate of Michiru's in junior high school. She has performed brilliantly as a motocross racer and aims to win the national championship, but as the story progresses, a deep worry that she can neither confide in her parents or close friends grows evident. Takeru is a hair and makeup artist acquainted with Ruka. He is a good confidant to females due to his kindness and perceptiveness, and finds himself attracted to Ruka but has a phobia of sex as a result of a past trauma. The three of them become house mates and through their associations with others, gain the capacity to be positive about life.
- StarsNanako MatsushimaHiroki HasegawaSaki AibuAkari Mita may be emotionless but she's a super housekeeper who completes everything she is asked to do perfectly. But, be careful when telling her what to do; she does everything you ask her to, literally!
- 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.
- StarsSaburô ShinodaToyoyuki KimuraShûsuke TsumuraAfter being killed in a monster attack, adolescent young man Kotarô Higashi is transformed by the entire Ultra Family into a powerful new Ultra-being, Ultraman Tarou.
- 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.
- StarsKyôko KoizumiKiichi NakaiNaoko Iijima45-year-old TV Drama producer Chiaki Yoshino moves to Kamakura, where she lives next door to the Nagakura family.
- 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.
- StarsYukie NakamaHaruhiko KatôYoshiko TanakaA love story of Masaki, a 17-years-old girl, who contracted HIV after selling her body in order to earn money for the concert ticket and Ishikawa Keigo, a famous composer who she is a big fan of and whose concert it was.
- 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.
- StarsMiho NakayamaSaki TakaokaRyô RyûseiMayuko 43, fondly remembers her happy childhood living with her parents in a waterfront house thirty years ago. A budding writer named Ryoichi lived on the property, but things changed with the arrival of teenager Yuri in the neighborhood.
- 2017–201816 eps7.2 (64)TV SeriesStarsKen'ichi EndôRen ÔsugiTomorô TaguchiSix famous supporting actors will perform in a Large-Scale Historical drama, they live in a shared house for three months to prepare for their each role by the director's request.
- 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.
- StarsKahoMirai ShidaYûki AmamiMaya Akutsu, a new teacher who strives for perfection and punishes students in unorthodox manners. A 12-year-old Kazumi has been able to withstand her strange punishments so far but the other 23 students begin to fold under the pressure.
- StarsKiichi NakaiAlisa MizukiMasao KusakariRyuichiro's bride, company president Mayumi Kitahara dies, leaving him to take care of her daughter Natsumi. Natsumi moves into Ryuichiro's flat, but he sets to work to be the father she never had.
- StarsTakashi SorimachiYutaka TakenouchiRyôko HirosueHappy go lucky Hiromi gets kicked out by his girlfriend, and heads for the sea. He meets Kaito, an elite young businessman. The two start work at a B&B run by aging surfer Masaru and his granddaughter Makoto.
- StarsIjirî OkadaAsami JôMiki MizunoA popular late-night variety show in Japan. The format was similar to most talk/variety shows: interviews, comedy skits, movie reviews, cooking segments and human interest news. The major difference of this show was that most of the hosts were adult video actresses, who gave their reports wearing little or no clothing. Frequent news topics included specialty strip clubs, lingerie fashion, and new adult movie and magazine releases.
- StarsShinsuke AokiAiko SatôAsami JôYoshida Chizuru is the sexiest co-ed in her class. Secretly, she's been appearing in TV commercials - despite the fact that students are forbidden from working.
- StarsAlisa MizukiIssei IshidaNahoko MorookaAzusa is a straight A student. Kouhei is a ne'er-do-well rock guitarist. One day after school, they run into each other as lightning strikes, causing them to switch bodies. Can Kouhei pass himself off as an elite woman of breeding? Can Azusa survive the rough and tumble of Kouhei's family and friends?
- StarsTakashi SorimachiMakiko EsumiYoshino Kimura25-year-old Sôichirô returns home to find his sister Haruko living with 29-year-old Natsuki and Fuyumi. Natsuki and Sôichirô form a strong bond, but become involved with other people all the while wondering who they should be with.
- StarsYûji OdaEri FukatsuMiki MizunoA rookie detective learns that life in law enforcement may not be as glamorous as he thought it would be.
- StarsJun MatsumotoSatomi IshiharaAsami MizukawaKoyurugi Sota looks up to and adores his senior in school, Takahashi Saeko. With his one-sided love for her, he decides to leave for Paris to learn the art of making chocolates, as she loves chocolates. After returning from Paris, Sota opens a shop. Saeko, his one-sided love show up demanding he makes her wedding cake.
- StarsHiroo ÔtakaToshiaki KarasawaEmi WakuiIki Tadashi is a military leader who was captured by the Soviets during World War II. Treated as a war criminal, he was sentenced to many years of labor in a harsh Siberian detention camp. After 11 years of imprisonment, he is released. He returns to Japan and begins readjusting to life as a civilian, rejecting an offer from his former colleague to work on a defense project. Tadashi has decided to never involve himself in war again, much to the joy of his family. Instead, he attempts to set off on a new path working at a major trading company.
- StarsYutaka TakenouchiKeiko MatsuzakaKen OgataMunesue, a Japanese detective assigned to solve the murder of a causasian in Japan, discovers that Ken Schuftan, his American detective counterpart, killed Munuesue's father.
- StarsMasaaki SakaiShirô KishibeMasako NatsumeAn adaptation of a Chinese folktale about a pilgrimage to the West undertaken by a monk and his divine guardians.
- StarsYutaka TakenouchiMisato TanakaMitsuhiro OikawaIt all started when Takashi, a talented composer who could not write a love song ever since his girlfriend left him, accidentally sent an uncompleted piece of his work to Amane via email. Deeply touched by his music, she wrote back to him.
- StarsToshi ShioyaNobuko OtowaYûko TanakaTells the story of Oshin, a poor little girl who would someday become the owner of a big supermarket chain in Japan.
- StarsMikiko MikiKôtarô TanakaRika KishidaIn the late 90's, an orbiting Earth space center run by the Earth Defense Force Sky Force has commissioned a ceremony on the "J-Project". Lead by Commander Aya Odagiri who has selected five officials to be exposed to "Birdonic Waves" a newly developed technology that can give a human super abilities. Among the subjects to the project is Ryu Tendoh who is the first volunteer to be exposed to the Birdonic Waves and thus becomes the first nominated member of the newly established Jetman team. The other four subjects were about to be exposed to the same waves as Ryu did until the space center was attacked by the Vyram, an evil outer-dimensional organization bent on inter-dimensional domination. The Vyram successfully destroy the space center along with killing most of the humans on board. After the destruction, the remaining Birdonic Waves that were meant for the now dead four officials got scattered on the surface of the Earth. Hitting four different civilians who were going about their daily lives. Odagiri and Tendoh who had successfully escaped the doom space center soon began searching on Earth for the four remaining humans with Birdonic Waves in order to fully form the Jetman team. Forming the team will be no easy task as the four civilians had no prior training in military tactics and must learn to work together and look pass their personal problems if they are willing to save the Earth from the Vyram which was being lead by the cruel Count Radiguet.
- StarsYôsuke EguchiMasaharu FukuyamaNoriko SakaiA car accident killed a couple, orphaning their six children. At that time, the eldest child, Tatsuya, was only 18 and had to attend marathon training. Lacking the confidence to take good care of his siblings, he separately relocated them to the homes of their relatives and adopters. However, after seven years and a career-ending injury, Tatsuya decides to reunite his brothers and sisters to live together under one roof. To his disappointment, he is met with resentment and discord.
- StarsYutaka TakenouchiNanako MatsushimaChiaki KuriyamaInvestigations on a mysterious woman Toko started when her colleague Sonoe was found dead. Eiki, an insurance investigator, and Takeshi, an ambitious police detective, find links between this case and the deaths of Toko's 3 fiances.
- 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.
- StarsYouTetsuya SugayaSeina ShimabukuroThe first installment of the Terrace House franchise follows three men and three women as they temporarily live together in a modernistic house with a terrace located in the Shonan area of Japan.
- StarsAtsuko AsanoTetsuya TakedaYôsuke EguchiA young man has problems finding his true love. His brother tries to help him but is unsuccessful. It seems like this young man would be on the brink of major depression, until he meets a beautiful young lady. This drama follows their relationship and the people who surround them.
- StarsMasato WadaKarin OginoMaaya UchidaIn a world where delusions become reality, three strange heroes must battle the evil Malshina, protect the world of Super Sentai, keep the show from being cancelled, and most importantly, become an official Sentai team.
- 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.
- StarsShin'ichi TsutsumiEri FukatsuMasahiko NishimuraToko, decides after she turns 30 that she is all but ready to give up on any future career hopes or romance, so she turns to the bottle for comfort. She knows that this isn't the best thing, but can't find the strength right now to do anything except choose the easy way to do things. This causes her to start getting down on herself. Luckily though, she doesn't give up hope completely, and tries to take things as they come. Which proves to help to some degree. Suddenly one day, a guy by the name of Kotaro comes along. Like Toko, Kotaro hasn't had much luck at work either. Even so, this is still the same guy that Toko liked when she was younger. Naturally, Toko is thrilled to see Kotaro after such a long time, but eventually finds out that he is about as insensitive as you can get, and is self-centered to boot. This really gets to Toko. What's worse is that Toko ends up starting a small company with him, even though she had to leave her position at a large company because of trouble they were involved in together.
- 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.
- StarsMasato SakaiYui AragakiKôtarô SatomiA never-lose lawyer, Kensuke Komikado, uses his way and understanding of the spirit of the law to win every case on the court of law.
- StarsYouReina TriendlYoshimi TokuiSix men and women who start as strangers live together under one roof for the summer. No script, new episode released each week.
- StarsJun'ichi OkadaShô SakuraiWakana SakaiTwenty-one year old former high school baseball player, Kohei (nickname: Bussan), learns that he is dying from cancer. He is told that he only has six months to live, and decides that he wants to do something daring and risky. He proposes to five trusted members from his former baseball club that they form a ring of cat burglars that would steal from those who commit crimes. His friends think it odd,but feel they cannot turn down a dying man's request. With only six months, how much could they do anyway?
- CreatorKimio YanagisawaStarsKatsunori TakahashiRieko MiuraTakehiro HiraJapanese television drama based on the comic by Kimio Yanagisawa.
- StarsTakashi SorimachiNanako MatsushimaYôsuke KubozukaOnizuka, a former delinquent finds himself in the role of a high school teacher, facing students who behave just as he used to. Using unusual methods, he manages to reach through to his students and help them with their problems.
- CreatorChika ShiinaStarsMisako RenbutsuHiroki NarimiyaMokomichi HayamiA woman with poor people skills but a love for children is recruited by a child home care service. On her assignments she encounters different parenting styles and works hard to ensure the happiness of the children in her care.
- StarsHiroshi TachiKyôhei ShibataTôru NakamuraThis series revolves around the investigations of Detectives Toshiki Takayama and Yuji Oshita. Famous for their unique personalities and unorthodox methods of catching the criminals, this crime-fighting pair never fail to find themselves in the middle of another exciting case.
- StarsAya UetoNaoko IijimaTakumi SaitôHako was sentenced to 7 years in prison on a robbery charge for the host she loved. Ayaka killed her husband to protect their son from domestic violence. These two women became acquainted in prison and forged strong bonds. After they are released from prison, they stay together and begin new lives in the old district of Yanaka in Tokyo while carrying pasts that no one must suspect.
- StarsDennis FaltMasakazu TamuraAtsuko AsanoA womanizing newscaster finds himself playing the role of father to three daughters from his one-night-stands 12 years ago.
- 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.
- StarsTakayuki YamadaHaruka KinamiTsuyoshi MuroA pure young man named Yoshihiko becomes chosen as a hero, and he sets out on a journey in order to save a village from a mysterious plague.
- StarsYui AragakiGen HoshinoRyôhei OhtaniMoriyama Mikuri had graduated from university and got no job offers. She became a temporary employee but was even laid off. Now, she works as a housekeeper for bachelor Tsuzaki Hiramasa by chance and he proposes a contract marriage to her.
- StarsAtsuko AsanoYûji OdaKôichi SatôYume is raising her daughter Haruka by herself. Mitsugu gets a job at Haruka's school, where he realizes that Haruka is the daughter of his first true love Yume, who dated his brother around the time of Haruka's birth. Mitsugu wants to be with Yume, but is currently living with Hatsune, another teacher at the same school. Yume has trouble trusting men since her first husband cheated on her. Can they find love?
- 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.
- StarsKazunari NinomiyaTomohisa YamashitaAnne SuzukiAs the summer holidays begin, four boys find themselves the last virgins at their school, so they'll face parents, teachers, childhood friends, crushes and their own awkwardness in their subsequent attempts to lose their virginity.
- StarsRyô NishikidoHikari MitsushimaKento NagayamaHeisuke Hara works as a teacher at an all-boys high school where he had an unfortunate accident 15 years ago. Now, it's decided that the boys school where he works will be merged with a girls school because of a decline in student numbers.
- DirectorMayumi KiuchiStarsTomoka KurokawaHiro MizushimaRina EzawaThe story is about the secret game between two childhood friends. In that game, Kurokawa is a princess and her friend Mizushima is her servant. They promised to keep on playing the game until someone finds about it.
- StarsShun ShioyaSeiko IwaidôAkie SuzukiWhen her mad scientist grandfather accidentally switches their bodies--it's freaky Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and every day. Akira Uehara is mortified when his best buddy starts hitting on "him," and is embarrassed to look at "himself" in the mirror in her underwear. He can't wait to get back to being a boy. But Nanako Momoi has other ideas--she is starting to enjoy life in Akira's body.
- StarsKu Hye-SunLee Min-hoKim Hyun-joongPoor girl attends the elite Shin Hwa High and is bullied by the leader of F4 (the four richest boys). He becomes attracted to her; however, she has a crush on his best friend. Whom will she choose?
- 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.
- StarsAya UetoAyana SakaiAyaka MoritaTeenage girl Kozue Ayuhara is called to the Japanese Girls Nationalteam and has to face the hardest training she ever had by one of the most notorious national trainers Japan ever had, Daigo Inokuma. Soon she'll get kicked out of the team again and has to face several human struggles as her school team has to win nationals or be closed by the volleyball federation. But part of that is Inokuma's secret plan to create an unbeatable national team.
- CreatorShûhô SatôStarsHideaki ItôTakumi SaitôKisuke Iida
- StarsTomoya NagaseYui AragakiYûya TegoshiThe series is mainly about a 27 year old man named Makio Sakaki. His purpose is to become a successor after his father. However, he must pass high school first in order to prove himself worthy in the family for if he fails, his younger brother will take over, instead of him. Through the school years, he faces many obstacles such as righteousness, friendship, and perhaps even love.
- 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.
- StarsYouReina TriendlYoshimi TokuiIn a beautiful house near Tokyo, six young people move in together without knowing each other. There is no script, this is their story.
- 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.
- StarsShun ShioyaNao NagasawaKôhei YamamotoIn one of the top ninja schools, three students aren't exactly fitting in. When they skip out a class meeting, space alien ninjas known as the Jakanja infiltrate the school and capture the entire school. Mugensai, their teacher, turns himself into a hamster to run away from the attack. The trio was taken to a secret base by Oboro, Mugensai's daughter and given Hurricane Gyros, devices to become the legendary Hurricanger to fight the threat. As the battles endure two students from a rival school decide to present themselves to the Hurricanger. It happens that the Goraijer has discord with them. If the Goraijer defeat the greatest ninjas, the Hayate Way ninjas, they will become the greatest. The Hurricanger don't understand this, they just want to get along against a common enemy. The Goraijer team up with the Jakanja because they believe they have a common enemy in the Hurricanger. The Goraijer later betray the Jakanja by leaving them and some of them seek vengeance in them. The Hurricanger and Goraijer sort of team up but don't really get along. The Goraijer are very stubborn and think if they are very 'buddy' with the Hurricanger, they are letting go their teachings and pride. After all they go through at the end, they team up and defeat the Jakanja. In this series, there is robot ninjas and organic monsters that our heroes face. The robots are destroyed by the main weapon then the "Copy Giant" is sent to duplicate the image of the fallen machine. When an organic monster is destroyed, it is rebuilt by scroll sent down by Windenu's Bazooka. Later a mask is swinged out to grow the organic ones. Note: The Goriajer finally are credited in the opening credits in Episode 24. Starting with episode 35, they added teasers to the show, before the opening credits. A teaser is a small scene of the episode lasting two minutes and sometimes with catch up material. The previews are shown after one commercial instead of instantly after the credits like before. Also, clips of the next episode of even shown during the mention of sponsors (like Bandai). Before they only used stock footage. Clips of the next episode is also shown with the mention of the Tv-Asahi website instead of the Hurricangers with their umbrellas like before.
- StarsMai ShiraishiShunsuke MichiedaRen NagaseOne day, Nobuo Harada starts work as a Japanese language teacher at a high school. He is gay and dresses like a woman. He sympathizes with the lives and worries of his students.
- 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.
- CreatorShotaro IshinomoriStarsAkiji KobayashiShinji NakaeGorô NayaA grasshopper-like, motorcycle-riding cyborg (joined by another one later in the show) fights the evil organization that transformed him for their evil deeds.