Yamada Taro, a freshman on a scholarship at Ichinomiya Private Senior High School, is high-achieving, strikingly handsome, and truly athletic and seems perfect. But he is actually extremely poor. The story humorously portrays Taro, who tackles pro...
Maizu Tsukasa grew up with his famous grandfather and father. He has been called Sushi Oji since the age of 10. An unfortunate accident happened which caused him to develop Fish Eye Phobia. With such a phobia, how can he continue to make sushi? Wi...
WARNING: Because of the nudity presented in these episodes, the drama may not be suitable for some viewers. Shinjuro is an embalmer, through Shinjuro's encounters with various corpses and people he gains an understanding of death, and what it truly...
15-year-old Yoko, a young girl who is constantly tormented by her self-centered and devilish older sister Makiko, who works for a government office after having graduated from a famous university. But despite her ill nature, Makiko's actions tend ...
Sugimuro Saburo is the son-in-law of Imada Concern's group Chairman, and is currently working as the assistant editor of the the in-house newsletter. One day, on the way back to the office after an interview with ex-board member Mori Nobuhiro, Sab...
Shizuru (Mariko Goto) is a mysterious woman who only thinks about eating. People, who have various worries,meet Shizuru and their worries are solved by eating together, even though she does not actually give them advice.
The world is filled with pests... fake food, high-school girls loitering aimlessly on the streets, "black" companies, illegal drugs... and they are not disappearing anytime soon. It is with this intention to eradicate these things that the Communi...
Kamimori Mikijiro is a junior samurai, and is absconded by two people. After escaping his pursuers he wanders around the northern provinces for three years. He ends up in Edo's red-light district Yoshiwara. There are a variety of incidents in Yosh...
The governor of Tokyo is aggravated by an article in an English language magazine which regards it as a problem that there are few female top officials in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police especially its star, the Criminal Investigations Department. I...
An unidentified investigator (Takahashi Katsunori) rents a room at a multi-tenant building with shady strip clubs. Although he is an investigator, he is not an occupational investigator, but a troubleshooter who undertakes various jobs as a go-bet...
Kentaro Shiba (Takanori Jinnai) works as a veterinarian and he runs Shiba Veterinary Clinic in Tokyo. He is bright, warmhearted and easily moved to tears. Kentaro also has an adopted daughter named Hinako (Miyu Yoshimoto). Kentaro strug...
This drama is based on a real life story.
120 years ago a man was in charge of performing an exclusive daily weather report on Mt. Fuji for the weather station. Meanwhile, his wife lived in fear for his life.
Machida Ritsuko and Nonoyama Shuichi (nickname Non-chan) are two thirtysomethings who have been living together for the past 8 years. One day, while Non-chan has gone fishing for the day, Ritsuko invited her good friend Niinuma Mina over to their ...
Kashiwagi Natsuko, who has stayed in the US for a long time, is a new investigator of Adjust Research, an insurance investigation firm. She possesses scientific genius and vast personal wealth, but has a tendency to feel out of place in Japanese s...
7 years ago, Kazuki died at the age of 25. While Kazuki’s wife, Tetsuko (Riisa Naka), and her father-in-law, Rentaro (Takeshi Kaga), live together, she slowly gets over her sadness by meeting people who were related to her late husband.
After their epic live show, before they could have their major debut, the music band, SHARK had to suspend their activities due to Mizuki's problems with his throat.
Irie Saku is the leader of the 4-men rock band, "Cloud Five". Before they made t...
The ST team at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department consists of eccentric members. Some members do not cooperate with others and others do not reveal themselves in front of others.
Akagi (Tatsuya Fujiwara) works as an analyst on the ST team. H...
Follows the life of translator Hanako Muraoka; from the turbulent Meiji Period, to the Taisho Period and the Showa Period. Hanako Muraoka would go on to translate novel "Anne of Green Gables," by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery.
Daisuke Fujimaki is a 50-year-old ordinary salaryman. He works for a general trading company.
The cheering squad for Asunaro University is in danger of being shut down due to a lack of participants. The secretary general of alumni association of A...
Yuko Ichihara (Anne Watanabe) is the sexy owner of a strange store which offers to make any wishes come true for a price.
Kimihiro Watanuki (Shota Sometani) has a special type of blood that attracts spirits and ghosts. He goes into the shop owned ...
The story follows a young woman named Kano Jun (Natsuna), who was raised in Miyakojima, Okinawa. She begins working at a top-tier hotel in Osaka. There, she meets a man named Machida Itoshi (“Itoshi” is written with the same kanji as &...
Mitaro Ishihara (Yo Oizumi) becomes a teacher for hospitalized children unable to attend regular school. With a warm heart, Mitaro enlightens the children's minds. while giving them hope.
Yuichi (Akira) works for a large corporation as a leading edge materials researcher. He has a good reputation, but he has many enemies who are jealous of his talents. His wife Natsumi (Yukie Nakama) works in the accounting department for the same ...
Reiji Matsushima (Takuya Kimura) is a genius physicist. He realizes that he and his fiancé Asahi Ando (Kou Shibasaki) will be killed a theory that he advanced.
One day, in the year 2013, Reiji dies in a airplane explosion & crash. He was...
Set in an unusual restaurant named "L' Eterenite," lovers who have been separated by fate are allowed to meet just once. The lovers face each other and talk about their memories. Parents and children who died by an unforeseen accident face each ot...
Arasa-chan (Mitsu Dan) is 30-years-old and works as a freelance patternmaker for apparel designers. She broke up with her ex-boyfriend Oraora-kun (Yosuke Kawamura), but still maintains a physical relationship with him. Suddenly, Oraora-kun invit...
During the Edo period, 17-year-old Ochika built an emotional wall against others after a murder occurred in her family which runs an inn the post town of Kawasaki. Her fiance was killed by a man who was raised as if he were her own sibling. Ochika...
Naoya Inaba (Yuto Nakajima) grew up abroad. From his childhood experience, he thought “yankees” were the strongest heroes (in Japan "yankee" refers to delinquent youths). He was also influenced by the Japanese yankee manga he...
Riichi Tsunezue (Kento Nagayama) is fired from his job as a stock broker in Tokyo. He goes back to his small home town. There, Riichi feels something different in his hometown. His parents suggests to Riichi to apply for a job at GALAXYZ Gro...
Set 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 ...
After a three years after becoming a lawyer. There is a fateful crisis involving Lawyer Shoji at the Sugawara Office. Rumors are going around saying bad things about Nishibetsu Fu, and a supposed secret that can't be published. There are also rumo...
Rin Kinoshita is a 32-year-old career woman who works at a publishing company. Her life revolves around her career and she has not been in a personal relationship for the last 8 years. Rin and two of her friends encounter three men and then go thr...
A story of Midori, a housewife, whose body is taken over by Natsume Soseki. The potrait Natsume Soseki, Japan's foremost writer during Meiji period is printed on Japan's old 1000 yen note..
Bitter is the appropriate adjective for all the characters in Nyokei Kazoku. The story is lead by 35-year Yajima Fujiyo, the eldest daughter of a wealthy matrilineal family. Due to a short-term illness, Yoshizo passed away, leaving behind three da...
When Natsuki Aizawa (Meisa Kuroki) was a child, she was kidnapped which left her traumatized. Natsuki grew up relying on her friend Kentaro Yuki (Yuta Hiraoka). She now studies physics at a university. One day, she meets newly appointed professo...
Shu Kubota is killed by someone with a baseball bat. A metal bat and an old toy are found at the crime scene.
Detective Yoshito (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) with the special investigation unit goes to the crime scene to investigate. There, Detective&n...
Kurumi Nanba (Ai Hashimoto) is a student majoring in math at prestigious university. She's viewed as a weirdo due to her poor communication skills, but having a genius level intellect. Meanwhile, Tatsuhiko Tomoda (Kengo Kora) is a young detective...
Akira, (Nakajima Kento) prepares to take an entrance exam for medical school. He has already failed two times, but doesn't give up because of his father who is a doctor. Akira then meets Kyoko, (Sasaki Nozomi). She works as a hostess at the cabare...
7 years ago, Kazuki died at the age of 25. While Kazuki’s wife, Tetsuko (Riisa Naka), and her father-in-law, Rentaro (Takeshi Kaga), live together, she slowly gets over her sadness by meeting people who were related to her late husband.
In the autumn of their first year in high school, some incident spurred Tomomi and Kaoru to promise to be friends forever. However, at their present age of 41, the two of them have gone through different lives. Tomomi has built a happy family that...
Meisuke Nueno (Ryuhei Maruyama) is the homeroom teacher of a 2nd grade 3 class in high school. He is referred to as Nube. He sometimes carries himself as an idiot, but he does care about his students a lot. He also has a hidden side. Meisuke ...
27-year-old Fukazawa Misaki and 29-year-old Hazuki are sisters who are polar opposites in both lifestyle and personality. Although they would hurt each other's feelings, they would also make up for each other’s deficiencies. The beautiful Mi...
No matter how you look at him, Shibata Taketora is just a quiet, ordinary junior high student. He looks so vulnerable that bullies try to rip him off on the streets, but he is actually a police detective and an expert swordsman in kendo. Taketora ...
Imagine that you're at the so-called "marrigeable age" of your life as a single woman...what would your ideal conditions for a husband be? Back in the day, people used to say the "3 Hs"--high salary, high educational background, and tall height; n...
Tsubasa Hikoichi is a yakuza underling who runs a loan shark operation in Roppongi. Hikoichi is brutal and efficient, and has no compunction about cheating the weak and poor out of their hard-earned money. When Hikoichi's boss dies, his replacemen...
Seno Kyoko is a pianist who receives an inheritance from her uncle, and begins living happily with her husband. But one day, she receives a phone call from a woman claiming to be her husband's pregnant mistress, and she is soon driven to murder.
Gardener Eikichi Onizuka (Akira) is pruning trees at a school garden as part time work. A student named Noboru Yoshikawa (Taishi Nakagawa), who is Azu Fuyuzuki's (Miori Takimoto) student, is about to jump from the roof. Eikichi Onizuka sees the stu...
Following in the same theme of dangerous discoveries, the "Pandora's box" for the new series will be a medical treatment invented to prevent suicides. Eguchi plays Suzuki, a neuroscience researcher in a wheelchair who develops the treatment out of...
"6 Jikango ni kimi wa shinu" centers around Yamaha Keishi (Takashi Tsukamoto) and his unusual talent to see into the future. One day he walks pass by Mio Harada (Yoko Maki) on the streets of Tokyo and sees her death in 6 hours ...
Tomio Shiraishi (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) graduated from a prestigious university and now works for foreign securities company. He has a beautiful fiance, Kozue Aoike (Fumino Kimura), and no complaints with his life. One day, his father kills hi...