List of Japanese television dramas
Appearance
This is a list of Japanese television dramas, which are often referred to as dorama (ドラマ). The list includes notable dramas.
1970s
[edit]1979
[edit]- Ore wa Abare Hatchaku,[1] First aired on TV Asahi.
1980s
[edit]1980
[edit]- Covert Journal of Yukihime's Journey (TBS)
- 3 nen B gumi Kinpachi Sensei (3年B組金八先生) (TBS)[2]
- Hadaka no Taisho Horoki (裸の大将放浪記) (Fuji TV)[3]
1981
[edit]- Father's kitchen (おやじの台所) (TV Asahi)
- Jikans Season 4 (事件) (NHK)[4]
- Kita no Kuni Kara (北の国から) (Fuji TV)[5]
1982
[edit]- Hiatari Ryōkō!, based on the manga series of the same name by Mitsuru Adachi
1983
[edit]- Oshin, created by Sugako Hashida, starring Ayako Kobayashi and Yūko Tanaka. It is based on the fictional biography of a Japanese woman.
1984
[edit]- Sanga Moyu, starring Matsumoto Hakuō II and Kenji Sawada. (NHK)
1985
[edit]- Sukeban Deka, based on the manga series of the same name by Shinji Wada
- Sukeban Deka II: Shōjo Tekkamen Densetsu
- Ponytail wa Furimukanai
1986
[edit]1987
[edit]1990s
[edit]1991
[edit]- Tokyo Love Story (東京ラブストーリー) starring Yūji Oda, Honami Suzuki
1992
[edit]- Sono toki Heartwa Nusumareta (その時ハ-トは盜まれた) - starring Sae Isshiki, Takuya Kimura and Yuki Uchida
1995
[edit]- Aishiteiru to Itte Kure (愛していると言ってくれ)
1996
[edit]- Long Vacation – starring Takuya Kimura, Tomoko Yamaguchi, Takako Matsu, Yutaka Takenouchi, Ryō, and Ryōko Hirosue
- Furuhata Ninzaburo - by Kōki Mitani starring Masakazu Tamura, and Masahiko Nishimura.
- Iguana Girl
- Itazura Na Kiss - starring Aiko Sato and Takashi Kashiwabara
1997
[edit]- Bayside Shakedown (踊る大捜査線) - starring Yūji Oda.
- Glass Mask (Series 1) (ガラスの仮面) - starring Yumi Adachi, Megumi Matsumoto, Seiichi Tanabe, and Hinako Saeki
- Love Generation (ラブ ジェネレーション)
1998
[edit]- Glass Mask (Series 2) (ガラスの仮面2) - starring Yumi Adachi, Megumi Matsumoto, Seiichi Tanabe, and Hinako Saeki
- Great Teacher Onizuka - starring Takashi Sorimachi, Nanako Matsushima, Oguri Shun, and Yōsuke Kubozuka
- Shomuni, an office lady comedy starring Makiko Esumi
- Nemureru Mori (A Sleeping Forest), It is written by Nozawa Hisashi, starring Miho Nakayama and Takuya Kimura, and features music by Mariya Takeuchi (Theme song - Camouflage) and U2 (With or Without You).
1999
[edit]- Forbidden Love (魔女の条件, Majo no Jōken) - starring Nanako Matsushima and Hideaki Takizawa
- Ringu- Saishūshō-
2000s
[edit]2000
[edit]- Beautiful Life - starring Takuya Kimura, Takako Tokiwa, and Koyuki
- Food Fight - starring Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Kyoko Fukada, Rie Miyazawa, and Takuya Kimura
- The 6th Sayoko (六番目の小夜子) - starring Suzuki Anne, Chiaki Kuriyama, Takayuki Yamada, Ryo Katsuji, and Marika Matsumoto
- Summer Snow - starring Tsuyoshi Domoto, Ryōko Hirosue, Tsubasa Imai, Ikewaki Chizuru, and Oguri Shun
- Aikotoba wa Yūki - starring Kōji Yakusho, Shingo Katori, Kyōka Suzuki, Akira Terao, Jun Kunimura, Kōichi Yamadera, and Zen Kajiwara
- Ikebukuro West Gate Park (池袋ウエストゲートパーク) - starring Tomoya Nagase, Ai Kato, Yamashita Tomohisa, Ken Watanabe, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Yōsuke Kubozuka, Shun Oguri, and Koyuki
- Trick (トリック)- starring Yukie Nakama, Hiroshi Abe
2001
[edit]- Ashita ga Arusa - starring Masatoshi Hamada, Izumi Inamori, Takashi Fujii, Shozo Endo and Naoki Tanaka, and Hitoshi Matsumoto
- Hero - starring Takuya Kimura, Takako Matsu, and Hiroshi Abe
- Strawberry on the Shortcake (ストロベリー・オンザ・ショートケーキ) - starring Hideaki Takizawa, Kyoko Fukada, Yōsuke Kubozuka, and Rina Uchiyama
- The Files of Young Kindaichi (Series 3) (金田一少年の事件簿 thirdseason) - starring Matsumoto Jun, Suzuki Anne, Kazue Fukiishi, and Haruka Ayase
- San nen B-gumi Kinpachi Sensei (Series 6) - starring Tetsuya Takeda, Aya Ueto, Mari Hoshino, Takahisa Masuda, and Shigeaki Kato
2002
[edit]- Artificial Beauty
- Leave It to the Nurses 4 (ナースのお仕事 4) - starring Arisa Mizuki, Yuki Matsushita, Kazue Itō, Naohito Fujiki, and Yumi Adachi
- The Other Side of Midnight (真夜中は別の顔) - starring Asaka Seto, Kōji Kikkawa, Koyuki, Toshiyuki Hosokawa, and Tetsuji Tamayama and features music by Miki Imai (Theme song - Hohoemi no hito) and Maaya Sakamoto (Danieru)
- Morning Musume: Shinshun! Love Stories (モーニング娘。新春! LOVEストーリーズ) - starring Natsumi Abe, Rika Ishikawa, Maki Goto, Ai Takahashi, Risa Niigaki, Makoto Ogawa and Asami Konno
- Season of the Sun (太陽の季節) - starring Hideaki Takizawa, Ikewaki Chizuru, Yoshinori Okada, Rio Matsumoto, Sousuke Takaoka, Marika Matsumoto, Shugo Oshinari, and Kota Yabu
- Kids War 4: Zaken na yo (キッズ・ウォー4 〜ざけんなよ〜) - starring Akiko Ikuina, Yosuke Asari, Mao Inoue, Shota Saito, and Keita Saito
- Sakura (さくら) - starring Shiho Takano, Hiromi Ōta, Asei Kobayashi, Miyoko Asada, and Masami Nagasawa
- The Long Love Letter - starring Takako Tokiwa, Yōsuke Kubozuka, Takayuki Yamada, Yamashita Tomohisa, and Ren Osugi
- Kisarazu Cat's Eye (木更津キャッツアイ) - starring Okada Junichi, Sakurai Sho, Okada Yoshinori, Sato Ryuta, and Tsukamoto Takashi
- Trick 2 (トリック2)- starring Yukie Nakama, Hiroshi Abe
2003
[edit]- Good Luck!! (グッドラック!!) - starring Kimura Takuya and Shibasaki Kou
- Kimi wa Petto (きみはペット) - starring Koyuki and Matsumoto Jun
- Boku dake no Madonna (僕だけのマドンナ) - starring Takizawa Hideaki and Hasegawa Kyoko
- Ōoku (大奥) - starring Miho Kanno, Yuko Asano, Ikewaki Chizuru, Yumi Adachi, Kazuki Kitamura, and Shingo Katsurayama
- Stand Up!! (スタンドアップ!!) - starring Ninomiya Kazunari, Yamashita Tomohisa, Oguri Shun, Narimiya Hiroki, and Suzuki Anne
- Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (美少女戦士セーラームーン) - starring Miyuu Sawai, Rika Izumi, Keiko Kitagawa, Mew Azama, and Ayaka Komatsu
- Water Boys (ウォーターボーイズ) - starring Yamada Takayuki
- Shiroi Kyotō(白い巨塔)- starring Toshiaki Karasawa and Yōsuke Eguchi
- Hotman (ホットマン, Hottoman)- starring Takashi Sorimachi, Akiko Yada, Manami Konishi & Nana Yamauchi
- Trick 3 (トリック3) - starring Yukie Nakama, Hiroshi Abe
2004
[edit]- Ace wo Nerae! (エースをねらえ!) - starring Aya Ueto and Natsuki Kato
- Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World (Sekai no Chūshin de Ai wo Sakebu – 世界の中心で、愛をさけぶ) – starring Takayuki Yamada and Haruka Ayase
- Itoshi Kimi e (愛し君へ) – starring Miho Kanno, Naohito Fujiki, Misaki Ito, Hiroshi Tamaki, and Mirai Moriyama
- Minami-kun no Koibito (南くんの恋人) – starring Ninomiya Kazunari, Kyoko Fukada, Mao Miyaji, and Seiichi Tanabe
- Orange Days (オレンジデイズ) - starring Satoshi Tsumabuki, Kou Shibasaki, and Eita
- Pride (プライド) - starring Takuya Kimura and Yūko Takeuchi
2005
[edit]2006
[edit]2007
[edit]2008
[edit]2009
[edit]2010s
[edit]2010
[edit]- Q1 2010
- Magerarenai Onna - starring Miho Kanno, Hiromi Nagasaku, Shosuke Tanihara and Mayumi Asaka
- Perfect Girl Evolution - starring Kazuya Kamenashi, Aya Ōmasa, Seishiro Kato and Ranko Kanbe
- Code Blue 2 - starring Tomohisa Yamashita, Yui Aragaki, Yosuke Asari and Erika Toda
- Q2 - Q3 2020
2011
[edit]2012
[edit]2013
[edit]2014
[edit]2015
[edit]2016
[edit]- Specialist, starring Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and Natsuna Watanabe
- Never Let Me Go, starring Haruka Ayase, Haruma Miura, Asami Mizukawa
- Love Song, starring Masaharu Fukuyama, Sakura Fujiwara, Masaki Suda
- Kazoku no Katachi, starring Shingo Katori, Kiko Mizuhara, and Juri Ueno
- Love That Makes You Cry, starring Kasumi Arimura, Mitsuki Takahata, Takahiro Nishijima and Kentaro Sakaguchi
- Summer(July)
- House Selling Lady, starring Keiko Kitagawa, Tōru Nakamura and Yuko Araki
- Girl Who Takes Time, starring Yuina Kuroshima, Fuma Kikuchi and Ryoma Takeuchi
- Hope: Kitai Zero no Shinnyu Shain, starring Yuto Nakajima, Mizuki Yamamoto and Masaki Kaji
- And, There Were None
- Suki na Hito ga Iru Koto, starring Mirei Kiritani, Kento Yamazaki, Shohei Miura, and Shūhei Nomura
2017
[edit]- January
- October
2018
[edit]- January
- April
- October
2019
[edit]- January
- Return of House Selling Lady - starring Keiko Kitagawa, Tōru Nakamura
- Good Wife - starring Takako Tokiwa, Kotaro Koizumi, Toshiaki Karasawa
- Summer(July)
- Voice 110 HQ - starring Toshiaki Karasawa, Yoko Maki
- October
2020s
[edit]2020
[edit]- January
- June
- Summer(July)
- Detective Novice - starring Kento Nakajima, Sho Hirano, Michiko Kichise, Yusuke Iseya, and Taizo Harada
- Hanzawa Naoki 2020 - starring Masato Sakai, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Kento Kaku, Teruyuki Kagawa, Arata Furuta and Akira Emoto
- Suits Season 2 - starring Yuji Oda, Yuto Nakajima, Yuko Araki, Anne Nakamura, Shinya Kote, Honami Suzuki, and Kōtarō Yoshida
2021
[edit]- April
- October
2022
[edit]- January
- April
2023
[edit]- January
- July
- October
2024
[edit]- January
- July
- October
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 俺はあばれはっちゃく (1979). Allcinema.net (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 2011-09-26.
- ^ "3 nen B gumi Kinpachi Sensei 3年B組金八先生".
- ^ "Hadaka no Taisho Horoki 裸の大将放浪記".
- ^ "Jikans Season 4 事件".
- ^ "Kita no Kuni Kara 北の国から".
- ^ "Che'Nelle to sing the theme song for drama 'Dear Sister'". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. October 7, 2014. Retrieved October 7, 2014.