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Title: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - WINTER 2011 (pg 4)
Post by: Ayabie on April 07, 2007, 08:38:42 PM
Credits to D-Addicts for all info.

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Fujitv

1. プロポーズ大作戦 (Propose Daisakusen)
Time: Monday 9pm
Starting Date: 16th April
Official Site: http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/propose/index.html (http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/propose/index.html)
Cast: Yamashita Tomohisa, Nagasawa Masami, Eikura Nana, Hiraoka Yuta, Fujiki Naohito

2. 花嫁とパパ(仮) (Hanayome to Papa)
Time: Tuesday 9pm
Starting Date: 10th April
Official Site: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/hanapapa/index2.html (http://www.fujitv.co.jp/hanapapa/index2.html)
Cast: Ishihara Satomi, Taguchi Junnosuke, Koizumi Koutaro, Shiraishi Miho, Takizawa Saori, Oshinari Shugo, Nishihara Aki
Wakui Emi, Tokito Saburo,
Ingo: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/tokuhen/07spr_new/b_hp/hanapapa.html (http://www.fujitv.co.jp/tokuhen/07spr_new/b_hp/hanapapa.html)

3. 鬼嫁日記 いい湯だな (Oniyome Nikki Iiyudana)
Time: Tuesday 10pm
Starting Date: 17th April
Offcial Site: http://www.ktv.co.jp/oni/ (http://www.ktv.co.jp/oni/)
Cast: Mizuki Arisa, Gori, Ebihara Yuri, Takachi Noboru, Kawashima Naomi, Kato Cha, Nogiwa Yoko

4.私達の教科書 (Watashitachi no Kyoukasho)
Time: Thursday 10pm
Starting Date: 12th April
Official Site: http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/kyoukasho/index.html (http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/kyoukasho/index.html)
Cast: Kanno Miho, Itoh Atsushi, Sakai Wakana, Ookura Kouji, Mizushima Hiro, Sato jirou, Maekawa Yasuyuki,
Shida Mirai, Tanihara Shosuke, Fubuki Jun

5. ライアーゲーム (LIAR GAME)
Time: Saturday 11:10pm
Starting Date: 14 April
Official Site: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/liargame/index3.html (http://www.fujitv.co.jp/liargame/index3.html)
Cast: Toda Erika, Matsuda Shota, Watanabe Ikkei, Kitamura Souichiro
Info: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/tokuhen/07spr_new/b_hp/liargame.html (http://www.fujitv.co.jp/tokuhen/07spr_new/b_hp/liargame.html)

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TBS

1 夫婦道 (Fuufu dou)
Time: Thursday 9pm
Starting Date: 12th April
Official Site: http://www.tbs.co.jp/fufudo/ (http://www.tbs.co.jp/fufudo/)
Cast: Takeda Tetsya, Takahata Atsuko, Yamazaki Shizuyo, Motokariya Yuika, Takuma Seiko, Hashizume Kou

2 孤独の賭け~愛しき人よ~ (Kodoku no Kake ~Itoshiki Hitoyo~)
Time: Thursday 10pm
Starting Date: 12th April
Official Site: http://www.tbs.co.jp/kodoku-kake/ (http://www.tbs.co.jp/kodoku-kake/)
Cast: Itoh Hideaki, Hasegawa Kyoko, Igawa Haruka, Sakai Masato, Aota Noriko, Sasano Takashi,
Tabata Tomoko, Takaoka Saki, Kotegawa Yuko
Info: http://www.tbs.co.jp/program/kodokunokake.html (http://www.tbs.co.jp/program/kodokunokake.html)

3 特急田中3号 (Tokyu Tanaka 3 Gou)
Time: Friday 10pm
Starting Date: 13th April
Offcial Site: http://www.tbs.co.jp/tokkyuu3/ (http://www.tbs.co.jp/tokkyuu3/)
Cast: Tanaka Koki, Kuriyama Chiaki, Tsukamoto Takashi, Kato Rosa, Akiyama Ryuji, Hirayama Kami,
Kimura Ryo, Toyooka Masumi, Ookouchi Nanako, Hashimoto Jun, Endo Keiichi, Yoshiyuki Kazuko

4 冗談じゃない! (Joudan janai!)
Time: Sunday 9pm
Starting Date: 15th April
Official Site : http://www.tbs.co.jp/jo-dan2007/ (http://www.tbs.co.jp/jo-dan2007/)
Cast: Oda Yuji, Ueno Juri, Tanaka Kei, Naka Risa, Kanno Rio, Morisako Ei, Taguchi Hiromasa,
Kusakari Masao, Iijima Naoko, Ootake Shinbu

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TV Asahi

1. ホテリアー (Hotelier)
Time: Thursday 9pm
Starting Date: 19th April
Offical site: http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/hotel/ (http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/hotel/)
Cast: Ueto Aya, Oikawa Mitsuhiro, Tanabe Seiichi, Saeko, Oda Akane, Fueki Yuko, Hori Mayumi,
Azuma Mikihisa, Koumoto masahiro, katahira nagisa, takenaka naoto
Info: http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/hotel/ (http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/hotel/)
(Remake of Korean drama by Bae Yong Jun & Kim Seung Woo at 2001 "

2. 生徒諸君 (Seito Shokun)
Time: Friday 9pm
Starting Date: 20th April
Official Site: http://seitoshokun.asahi.co.jp/ (http://seitoshokun.asahi.co.jp/)
Cast: Uchiyama Rina, Horikita Maki, Hongo Kanata, Shiina Kippei, Watanabe Ikkei

3. 時効警察2 (Jikou Keisatsu 2)
Time: Friday 11:45pm
Starting Date:
Offical site: http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/jikou/ (http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/jikou/)
Cast: Odagiri Joe, Aso Kumiko, Toyohara Kousuke, Fuse Eri, Eguchi Noriko, Iwamatsu Ryo

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NTV

1. セクシーボイス アンド ロボ (Sexy Voice and Robo)
Time: Tuesday 9pm
Starting Date: 10th April
Official Site: http://www.ntv.co.jp/sexyvoice/ (http://www.ntv.co.jp/sexyvoice/)
Cast: Matsuyama Kenichi, Ougo Suzuka, Murakawa Eri, Katagiri Hairi, Okada Yoshinori, Asaoka Ruriko

2. バンビ~ノ (Bambino)
Time: Wednesday 10pm
Starting Date: 18th April
Official Site: http://www.ntv.co.jp/bambi/ (http://www.ntv.co.jp/bambi/)
Cast: Matsumoto Jun, Kitamura Kazuki, Karina, Sato Ryuta, Uchida Yuki, Sasaki Kuranosuke, Ichimura Masachika

3.食いタン2 (Kuitan 2)
Time: Saturday 9pm
Starting Date: 14th April
Offcial Site: http://www.ntv.co.jp/kuitan/ (http://www.ntv.co.jp/kuitan/)
Cast: Higashiyama Noriyuki, Morita Go, Kyono Kotomi, Ichikawa Mikako, Suga Kenta, Sano Shiro, Itoh Shiro
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NHK

1. 風林火山 (Furin Kazan)
Time: Sunday 9pm
Starting Date: 7th January
Official Site: http://www.nhk.or.jp/taiga/ (http://www.nhk.or.jp/taiga/)
Cast: Uchino Masaaki, Ichikawa Kamegorou, Gackt, Shibamoto Yuki, Ikewaki Chizuru, Chiba Shinichi, Asada Miyoko, Ryu Raita,
Kaneda Akio, Sasaki Kuranosuke, Shimizu Misa, Tanihara Shosuke, Nakadai Tetsuya, Fubuki Jun, Fujimura Shiho, Ichikawa Dasanji,
Takahashi Kazuya, Tanabe Seiichi, Sakurai Sachiko, Kashima Noritoshi, Matsui Makoto

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Special Drama Only one or two episodes, (usually 2hours )NOT renzoku)
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1リットルの涙SP (1 Littoru no Namida/ 1 litre of tears special )
Broadcast: Fujitv
Date: 5th April 9pm
Official Site: http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/tears/special_popup/index.html (http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/tears/special_popup/index.html)
Cast: Narumi Riko, Nishikido Ryo, Yakushimaru Hiroko, Fujiki Naohito, Jinnai Takanori, Sawajiri Erika

世にも奇妙な物語 (Yonimo Kimyo Na Monogatari )
Broadcast: Fujitv
Date: 26th March 9pm
Info: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/kimyo/index.html (http://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/kimyo/index.html)
Cast: Tamori, Sakurai Sho, Hirayama Aya, Shiina Kippei, Yamaguchi Sayaka, Kohinata Fumiyo, Nagasaku Hiromi, Nukumizu Youichi, Kato Ai

シェイクスピア・ドラマSP 「王様の心臓・リア王より」 (Shakespeare drama [King Lear])
Broadcast: Nihon TV
Date: 6th April 9pm
Official Site : http://www.ntv.co.jp/shakespeare/ (http://www.ntv.co.jp/shakespeare/)
Cast: Nishida Toshiyuki, Inoue Mao, Wakamura Mayumi, Nakajima Tomoko, Sano Shirou, Fukikoshi Mitsuru, Sakaguchi Ryoko, Nagato Hiroyuki

シェイクスピア・ドラマSP 「ロミオとジュリエット ~すれちがい~」 (Shakespeare drama [Romeo and Juliet])
Broadcast: Nihon TV
Date: 7th April 9pm
Official Site : http://www.ntv.co.jp/shakespeare/ (http://www.ntv.co.jp/shakespeare/)
Cast: Takizawa Hideaki, Nagasawa Masami, Takenaka Naoto, Yamashita Shinji, Tanaka Misako, Miura Tomokazu

奇跡の動物園2 (Kiseki No Doubutsuen)
Broadcast: fujitv
Date: May
Info : http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt200703/gt2007031611.html (http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt200703/gt2007031611.html)
Cast: Yamaguchi Tomomitsu, Toda Erika, Koide Keisuke, Hirosue Ryoko

I'll personally be following Propose Daisakusen, Hanayome to Papa, Seito Shokun and possibly Joudan Janai. :D My harddrive is crying already.
Title: Re: J-Drama Spring Season '07
Post by: StreakInTheSky on April 08, 2007, 11:11:11 AM
From just looking at the cast I'm going to be checking out atleast 7 new dramas x_X hopefully a few of them will suck so I could stop watching them.

Those specials look interesting though.
Title: Re: J-Drama Spring Season '07
Post by: edhead999 on April 09, 2007, 07:45:15 AM
Mmm spring 07 looks interesting. Toda Erika, Shiraishi Miho, Ueto Aya, Horikita Maki... so many stars!
Title: Re: J-Drama Spring Season '07
Post by: Fracture on April 11, 2007, 08:01:47 AM
ISHIHARA SATOMI  :heart:

Guess I know what I'm watching this spring.
Title: Re: J-Drama Spring Season '07
Post by: Ayabie on April 11, 2007, 09:55:59 AM
Speaking of Satomi, she looked great in the Waratte Iitomo Special. :O

Edit: Just watched the first episode of Hanayome to Papa. I'll definitely be following this. :D
Title: Re: J-Drama Spring Season '07
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on April 12, 2007, 03:32:14 PM
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1. プロポーズ大作戦 (Propose Daisakusen)
Time: Monday 9pm
Starting Date: 16th April
Official Site: http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/propose/index.html
Cast: Yamashita Tomohisa, Nagasawa Masami, Eikura Nana, Hiraoka Yuta, Fujiki Naohito
Well the cast makes me want to watch this one :o YAMAP! Masami! Nana!
I only saw Masami in one movie before, but she was so good in it that I'd like to see more (it was Sekai no chuushin de ai wo sakebu I think, the title is so fricking long).
Title: Re: J-Drama Spring Season '07
Post by: Ayabie on April 13, 2007, 03:22:01 PM
Just watched Watashitachi no Kyoukasho, another one to follow. Talk about a dark drama. It should be interesting to see how things unveil. :O
Title: Re: J-Drama Spring Season '07
Post by: Imperx on April 13, 2007, 05:38:07 PM
The shows I want to see the most are LIAR GAME, Hotelier, Sexy Voice and Robo, and the 1 litre of tears special; but I will watch the first episode of any show that is subbed in English.

Title: Re: J-Drama Spring Season '07
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on April 14, 2007, 04:44:34 PM
Just watched Watashitachi no Kyoukasho, another one to follow. Talk about a dark drama. It should be interesting to see how things unveil. :O
A dark drama?? What's it about? The site for it is creepy >_>
Title: Re: J-Drama Spring Season '07
Post by: Ayabie on April 14, 2007, 07:39:42 PM
lol, shirenu.

"Kanno Miho stars as a lawyer, Tamako, who investigates the truth and the dark side of the school where various ulterior motives swirl when one of its junior high school student falls to death. Tanihara Shosuke also plays a lawyer who is Tamako's lover, while Ito Atsushi plays a teacher."

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Watashitachi_no_Kyokasho

The teachers are the weirdest, and that one student who likes to compose horror stories... One of the teachers was bankrupt, one had a delinquent daughter, the English teacher worked at a cabaret club and the math teacher is an otaku who surfs on 2ch. :O
Title: Re: J-Drama Spring Season '07
Post by: StreakInTheSky on April 16, 2007, 12:52:10 AM
lol they went all out with the characters in that one... All they need now is a ninja >_>
Title: Re: J-Drama Spring Season '07
Post by: jpfn on April 18, 2007, 04:43:54 PM
so many good dramas this season, hope to follow most of them
Title: Re: J-Drama Spring Season '07
Post by: ugdream on April 22, 2007, 08:18:16 PM
I'm looking forward to watching 私達の教科書 (Watashitachi no Kyoukasho) most...
although there are so many interesting new dramas as well... O0
Title: Re: J-Drama Spring Season '07
Post by: Shiru on May 02, 2007, 01:28:55 AM
I'm just watching Seito Shokun  ;D Horikita Maki + YUI =  :heart: xDD

I need a better hardrive xD
Title: Re: J-Drama Spring Season '07
Post by: StreakInTheSky on May 03, 2007, 03:12:52 AM
watashitachi no kyoukasho is my favorite drama this season so far. followed closely by sexy voice and robo.
Title: Re: J-Drama Spring Season '07
Post by: tenkei on June 28, 2007, 04:17:38 AM
UPCOMING DORAMA FOR SUMMER '07
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First Kiss
In this romantic comedy, Mao Inoue stars as a selfish girl named Mio Fukunaga. Because of a serious illness, she lives in the U.S. for medical treatment. Before undergoing an important operation, she returns to Japan, where she meets the older brother she has been separated from since her parents' divorce. She finds Kazuki (Hideaki Ito) leading a good-for-nothing life, but he shows his seriousness when he resolves to find a way for Mio to experience her first kiss. Yuta Hiraoka plays the love interest, a rookie doctor. -- Tokyograph

# Inoue Mao as Fukunaga Mio
# Ito Hideaki as Kano Ikki
# Hiraoka Yuuta as Yuuki Akio
# Matsuyuki Yasuko as Takagi Renko
# Gekidan Hitori as Shindo Ichiryu


Surounin Tsukikage Hyougo
Hiroki Matsukata stars in this series, which will be the last to air in TV Asahi's Tuesday jidaigeki time slot. It is actually a revival of an older series that began in 1965, which happened to star Matsukata's father, Jushiro Konoe. The story focuses on an adventurous ronin who often gets involved in trouble, but always manages to find a resolution. -- Tokyograph

#Matsukata Hiroki as Tsukikage Hyougo


Hanazakari no Kimitachi e
The drama is based on the popular manga of the same name by Nakajo Hisaya, which has already been dramatized in Taiwan. Horikita plays the protagonist Ashiya Mizuki, a Japanese girl in the U.S. who one day sees the young athlete Sano Izumi (Oguri) compete in the high jump on television. She begins to idolize him, and decides to move to Japan to attend the same school as him. However, Izumi goes to an all-boys school, so Mizuki disguises herself as a boy to achieve her dream of being with her idol. - Tokyograph

# Horikita Maki as Ashiya Mizuki
# Oguri Shun as Sano Izumi
# Ikuta Toma as Nakatsu Shuichi
# Kimura Ryou as Senri Nakao
# Okada Masaki as Sekime Kyogo


Ushi ni Negai wo: Love & Farm
Six agriculture students travel north to Hokkaido for first-hand training and experience in a farm setting. The story focuses not only on their daily life and their growth as young men and women, but also on the economic situation in the region, which received national attention earlier this year when the national government cut off aid to the struggling city of Yubari. -- Tokyograph

# Tamayama Tetsuji as 高清水高志
# Koide Keisuke as 真野統平
# Nakata Atsuhiko as Wakamatsu Ryouta
# Aibu Saki as Fujii Ayaka
# Karina as Suenaga Mihoko
# Toda Erika as Chiba Kazumi


Tantei Gakuen Q
Adapted from the manga by Tadashi Agi(Seimaru Amagi), Tantei Gakuen Q revolves around a team of genius students studying in a detective academy run by a famous detective, Morihiko Dan.

# Kamiki Ryunosuke as Kyuu
# Shida Mirai as Meg
# Yamada Ryousuke as Ryuu
# Kaname Jun as Kinta
# Jinnai Takanori as Morihiko Dan


Sakurasho no Onnatachi
Sakurasho no Onnatachi" is a detective drama series that started off as a single episode last September on TV Asahi's "Doyo Wide Gekijo" drama program. The main cast of female detectives is led by Reiko Takashima, who is returning from the original special. Maho Toyota, Azusa Mano, and Tamao Nakamura are also returning, though all of the characters in the series have been renamed.

# Takashima Reiko
# Toyota Maho
# Nakamura Tamao
# Mano Azusa


Hotaru no Hikari
Haruka Ayase stars as the title character, Hotaru Amemiya, in this adaptation of Satoru Hiura's "Hotaru no Hikari" manga series. Hotaru is a twenty-something office lady who has become a "dried fish" - she has "retired" from love, and she prefers to spend her time lazily at home. Then one day, her world gets shaken up when she unexpectedly ends up living with her boss (Fujiki Naohito). To complicate her life even further, she begins to find romance with a new employee named Makoto (Kazuki Kato).

# Ayase Haruka as Amemiya Hotaru
# Fujiki Naohito as Takano Seiichi
# Kato Kazuki as Teshima Makoto
# Kuninaka Ryoko as Saegusa Yuuhana
# Takeda Shinji as Jinguji Kaname


Jigoku no Sata mo Yome Shidai
In this home comedy, Makiko Esumi stars as Makoto Tachibana, a manager of an omusubi cafe. One day, she meets Sanshiro (Ikki Sawamura), a secretary at a paper shredder company, and half a year later, they already decide to get married. But when Makoto meets Sanshiro's family, a battle begins between her and her mother-in-law (Yoko Nogiwa). Their conflict is rooted in the opposing ideals of "working woman" and "housewife," which has previously been explored in dramas such as "Double Kitchen" and "Triple Kitchen" (in which Esumi and Nogiwa played similar roles).

# Esumi Makiko as Tachibana Makoto
# Nogiwa Yoko as Morifuku Chiyoko / Tachibana Miyuki
# Sawamura Ikki as Morifuku Shiro
# Katase Nana as Morifuku Michiru
# Shiraishi Miho as Komori Shaku


Kikujiro to Saki 2007
Jinnai Takanori and Muroi Shigeru return as Kikujiro and Saki, the father and mother in the Kitano household. The new series actually takes place two years before the first one, at a time when the son Takeshi is in third grade. Tsukamoto Takashi will be playing an older Takeshi.

# Jinnai Takanori as Kitano Kikujiro
# Muroi Shigeru as Kitano Saki
# Tsukamoto Takashi as Kitano Takeshi (older)
# Kurokawa Tomoka
# Abe Tsuyoshi


Yama Onna Kabe Onna
Based on Atsuko Takakura's manga of the same name, "Yama Onna Kabe Onna" tells the story of a department store girl (Misaki Ito) who is good at her job but suffers from a complex, due to the flat chest that has earned her the name of "kabe onna" ("kabe" meaning "wall"). Her situation only worsens when she is joined by a new girl (Kyoko Fukada), who is a much more well-endowed "yama onna" ("yama" meaning "mountain").

# Itoh Misaki as Aoyagi Emi
# Fukada Kyoko as Mariya Marie
# Oikawa Mitsuhiro as Okuen Masayuki
# Koike Eiko as Ooyama Haruka
# Tanihara Shosuke as Tamura Takehiko


Katagoshi no Koibito
This series is adapted from Kei Yuikawa's novel "Katagoshi no Koibito," which won the prestigious Naoki Prize for the second half of 2001. It centers on two 30-year-old women who have been friends for many years. The two are total opposites in the realm of love - Moe Hayasaka (Ryoko Yonekura) is unable to become absorbed in love, while Ruriko Murono (Saki Takaoka) is always involved with someone and is already close to her third marriage. The question is, will either of them find happiness?

# Yonekura Ryoko as Hayasaka Moe
# Takaoka Saki as Murono Ruriko
# Nagai Masaru as Murono Noboyuki
# Tanabe Seiichi as Kakizaki Yusuke
# Kaname Jun as Ryo


Jotei
Kato Rosa stars as Ayaka Tachibana, a young woman whose life has been ruined by the wealthy and influential. Looking for revenge, she starts out as a hostess with the goal of rising to become the "empress" of the nightlife scene. Matsuda Shota plays a member of the underworld who becomes Ayaka's ally.

# Kato Rosa as Tachibana Ayaka
# Matsuda Shota as Date Naoto
# Sakai Ayana as Hojou Rina
# Maeda Ai as Miki
# Saito Shota as Sugino Kenichi


Yamada Taro Monogatari
Arashi members Ninomiya Kazunari and Sakurai Sho star in this comedy series based on "Yamada Taro Monogatari" by mangaka Ai Morinaga. Ninomiya plays the title character, Taro Yamada, whose family lives in extreme poverty. But because of his looks, intelligence, and athleticism, others mistakenly believe that Taro comes from a prosperous family. In contrast, Sakurai plays Taro's best friend Takuya, who really is from a successful family and who often helps out Taro in various ways.

# Ninomiya Kazunari as Yamada Taro
# Sakurai Sho as Mimura Takuya
# Kikuchi Momoko as Yamada Ayako
# Matsuoka Mitsuru as Yamada Kazuo
# Oshinari Shugo as Sugiura Keichi


Sushi Oji!
KinKi Kids member Domoto Koichi stars in this action comedy series. Domoto plays Tsukasa Maizu, who was known for being a gifted sushi maker when he was younger. Now skilled as a martial artist, he returns to the world of sushi and travels across the country for training, fighting evil along the way. KAT-TUN's Nakamaru Yuichi takes on the role of Tsukasa's companion, Taro.

# Domoto Koichi as Tsukasa Maizu
# Nakamaru Yuichi as Kawahara Taro
# Kato Natsuki as Gen Umi
# Taira Tomi as Takeru Shuriri
# Yamashita Shinji as Okudaira Kurage


Boys Este
This love story is based on a manga by Souko Masaki. 2005 JUNON Superboy Contest winner Aoi Nakamura stars as Hibiki Akagi, a high schooler who takes up a part-time job at an esthetic salon, and is said to have a "god hand" for his superb massaging technique. Romance begins after he meets another high schooler named Shizuka Koiwai (played by model Yumi Sugimoto), who becomes insecure about her looks due to insensitive comments by her boyfriend.

# Nakamura Aoi as Akagi Hibiki
# Sugimoto Yumi as Koiwai Shizuka
# Ikeuchi Hiroyuki as Morinaga Kano
# Saito Takumi as Shikishima Nanari


Juken no Kamisama
In this original series, TOKIO's Yamaguchi Tatsuya stars as Isamu, a businessman who divorced from his wife five years earlier and currently lives with his son Hiro (Nagashima Mitsuki), a sixth-grader. One day, Hiro tells his father that he wants to take entrance exams for a private junior high school. Isamu, who only ever attended public schooling, is clueless about preparing for the tests. So he seeks out the help of the genius junior high schooler Michiko (Narumi Riko), who is known as the "exam god" for her abilities as a tutor - all of the students she trains pass their exams.

# Yamaguchi Tatsuya as Oyama Isamu
# Narumi Riko as Sugawara Michiko
# Nagashima Mitsuki as Oyama Hiro
# Yachigusa Kaoru


LIFE
Adapted from Keiko Suenobu's manga "LIFE," this drama delves into the dark side of high school life. The story focuses mainly on bullying, but the manga also touches on subjects such as self-mutilation, suicide, and rape. Kitano Kii stars as Ayumu Shiiba, one of the students bullied by a group of classmates led by Ayumu's former friend, Manami Anzai (Fukuda Saki).

# Kitano Kii as Shiiba Ayumu
# Fukuda Saki as Anzai Manami
# Hosoda Yoshihiko as Sako Katsumi
# Seki Megumi as Hatori Miki
# Sakai Miki as Hiraoka Masako


Papa to Musume no Nanokakan
This home comedy tells the story of Kyoichiro (Tachi Hiroshi) and his teenage daughter Koume (Aragaki Yui). One day, the two ride a train together after visiting Kyoichiro's mother-in-law. He sees it as a chance to get to know his daughter better, but he ends up getting more than that - by some mysterious force, both Kyoichiro and Koume end up with their mind in the other's body! Unfortunately, they have no choice but to swap lives, pretending to be each other at school and work

# Tachi Hiroshi as Kawahara Kyoichiro
# Aragaki Yui as Kawahara Koume
# Kato Shigeaki as Osugi Kenta
# Morita Ayaka as Nakayama Ritsuko
# Yashima Norito as Nakajima Kokai


all info credit to wiki.d-addicts.com

i'm looking to follow:
first kiss, hanazakan, sushi oji!, jotei, yama onna, ushi ni negai wo, papa to musume, hotaru no hikari, tantei gakuen q

bye bye hdd space~
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - SUMMER '07 (bottom of pg 1)
Post by: StreakInTheSky on June 28, 2007, 04:56:51 AM
man I'm not even close to finishing last seasons lol... I've been getting really lazy >_>

Next season looks like there are quite a bit to check out again.
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - SUMMER '07 (bottom of pg 1)
Post by: tenkei on June 29, 2007, 09:46:12 AM
yeah, im still catching up on some for spring season, the subbers got kinda swamped down with school and shit so a bunch of the series got delayed like woah
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - SUMMER '07 (bottom of pg 1)
Post by: Mugen on June 29, 2007, 09:52:03 AM
whatever happened to hiroshi abe? he pretty much disappeared since kekkon dekinai otoko.
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - SUMMER '07 (bottom of pg 1)
Post by: Imperx on June 30, 2007, 08:40:53 PM
Summer shows I plan on watching.
Hanazakari no Kimitachi e
Tantei Gakuen Q
Juken no Kamisama
LIFE

Summer shows I would like to watch but so far no one is subbing.
Ushi ni Negai wo: Love & Farm
Hotaru no Hikari
Yama Onna Kabe Onna
Papa to Musume no Nanokakan
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - SUMMER '07 (bottom of pg 1)
Post by: Ayabie on July 02, 2007, 02:43:40 PM
I've planned on watching:

Papa to Musume no Nanokakan
LIFE
Tantei Gakuen Q

LIFE and Papa to Musume are pretty much decided on as I liked the first episodes.
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - SUMMER '07 (bottom of pg 1)
Post by: jChu* on July 08, 2007, 10:52:22 PM
I'm still trying to catch up and finish some of the spring 07 dramas... but Papa to Musume no Nanokakan and Hanazakari no Kimitachi e are too tempting to miss.
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - SUMMER '07 (bottom of pg 1)
Post by: tenkei on September 16, 2007, 06:58:10 PM
UPCOMING DRAMA FALL '07
Quote from: wiki @ d-addicts
Galileo
In "Galileo," Fukuyama Masaharu plays a genius physicist and university associate professor, Yukawa Manabu, who solves difficult mysteries. Affectionately known as Tantei Galileo, Yukawa is brilliant, an all-round sportsman, tall and handsome but eccentric. Yukawa's partner is a rookie cop, Utsumi Kaoru played by Shibasaki Kou. She is hot-blooded and has a strong sense of justice. -- jade_frost

# Fukuyama Masaharu as Yukawa Manabu
# Shibasaki Kou as Utsumi Kaoru
# Kitamura Kazuki as Kusanagi Shunpei
# Watanabe Ikkei as Kuribayashi Hiromi
# Maya Miki as Jonochi Sakurako


Abarenbo Mama
The comical home drama stars Ueto as the strong-minded Ayu, who has just married a divorced man (Yo Oizumi), despite a 12-year age difference and contrasting backgrounds (she grew up by the sea while he was raised in the city), as well as a 5-year-old son from his first marriage. While Ayu and her husband have their disagreements at home, she also gets in arguments with people outside the house, such as the other mothers at her son's kindergarten. --Tokyograph

# Ueto Aya as Ayu
# Oizumi Yo
# Tomosaka Rie
# Katase Nana


Swan no Baka
Kamikawa takes the lead as Daisuke Suwano, a 40-year-old salaryman married to former co-worker Masumi (Misako Tanaka). Because his daughter is taking entrance exams, Daisuke is forced to live on only 30,000 yen a month.Hiroki Narimiya plays Kawase, an IT company manager who works in the same building as Suwano's office, while Hitori Gekidan plays a deputy manager of the building's cafe. --Tokyograph

# Kamikawa Takaya as Suwano Daisuke
# Tanaka Misako as Suwano Masumi
# Narimiya Hiroki as Kawase Mitsuru
# Gekidan Hitori as Kamo Kenji


Yukan Club
The story is a comedy revolving around six wealthy and popular high school students who solve mysteries and in their free time, amuse themselves lavishly. Akanishi plays Miroku Shochikubai, the son of the police commissioner. --Tokyograph

# Akanishi Jin as Shochikubai Miroku
# Yokoyama Yu as Seishiro Kikumasamune
# Taguchi Junnosuke as Granmarie Bido
# Minami Hinase as Yuri Kenbishi
# Kashii Yu as Noriko Hakushika
# Suzuki Emi as Karen Kizakura


Aibou 6


Hataraki Man
The story revolves around Hiroko Matsukata, an editor of a weekly magazine. Hiroko is so focused on her work that she has no time for romance, and others refer to her by the nickname "hataraki man" ("working man"). --Tokyograph

# Kanno Miho as Matsukata Hiroko
# Hayami Mokomichi as Tanaka Kunio
# Kichise Michiko as Kaji Maiko
# Yoshizawa Yuu as Yamashiro Shinji


3nen Bgumi Kinpachi Sensei


Oishii Gohan: Kamakura Kasugai Kometen
The show is set in a rice shop in the city of Kamakura, Kanagawa. It is a home comedy about an obstinate but compassionate old man, Kasugai Ryuuhei (Watari Tetsuya), who runs an old rice shop, his optimistic daughter-in-law (Fujiwara Norika) and his eldest son (Tokushige Satoshi) who ends up working at his father's shop when he learns of his father's illness. It depicts how the estranged family rallies around when Kasugai is diagnosed with illness after years of being worn out by his stubbornness. --jade_frost

# Watari Tetsuya as Kasugai Ryuuhei
# Tokushige Satoshi as Kasugai Shinpei
# Fujiwara Norika as Kasugai Tae
# Hada Michiko as Ukita En


Iryu 2
In Iryu 2, Asada Ryutaro wages a new battle against the realities of Japan's medical care system. The government has drafted legislation to tackle the recent inflation of medical fees; hospitals have entered an era in which they will go bankrupt if they aren't independently run. At the same time, hospital mergers and takeovers are also taking place. Additionally, the obstetrics and pediatrics departments are being closed in succession, and there are inadequate doctors in the region - issues that are closely related to these hospital management problems. Now, hospitals, like the average corporation, face collapse if they are not profitable. --jade_frost

# Sakaguchi Kenji as Asada Ryutaro
# Koike Teppei as Ijyuuin Noboru
# Sasaki Kuranosuke as Fujiyoshi Keishi
# Kitamura Kazuki as Kirima Gunji


Joshi Deka!
Nakama plays an enthusiastic rookie cop whose only strong point is her marksmanship, while Izumi plays a veteran detective with the #1 arrest rate. The two work together to solve crimes, despite differences in their ways of thinking. --Tokyograph

# Nakama Yukie as Kurumi
# Izumi Pinko as Hanako
# Ryu Shi Won as Park Ji Won


Otoko no Kosodate
The show is described as a home comedy depicting the problems faced by a modern family. Takahashi plays a third-rate magazine writer. As an irresponsible father, his reliable wife has always been in charge of the household and their three children. Unfortunately, she suddenly passes away, forcing him to deal with raising the kids for the first time in his life. --Tokyograph

# Takahashi Katsunori
# Kuninaka Ryoko
# Koizumi Kotaro
# Omi Toshinori


Utahime
The drama is a comedy set in Kochi prefecture and Nagase will play two characters - father of a daughter who's called 'utahime' and son of the 'utahime'. -- jade_frost

# Nagase Tomoya as Shimanto Jutaro/Koizumi Asahi
# Aibu Saki as Kishida Rei
# Sato Ryuta as
# Ohkura Tadayoshi as Jinguji-kun
# Saito Yuki as Sabako


Mop Girl
Kitagawa plays the part of the slow but hardworking Momoko, a low-ranking employee at a funeral services company who carries a mop as part of her job. However, Momoko happens to possess a strange ability. Whenever she comes across the corpse of someone who has left strong feelings behind, she travels back in time to save that person from his or her fate. --Tokyograph

# Kitagawa Keiko as Momoko
# Tanihara Shosuke
# Asami Reina
# Takaoka Sousuke


Shigehoshi
Wada plays Shinjuro Mamiya, a young man working as an embalmer. This is his first starring role in a television series. --Tokyograph

# Wada Masato as Mamiya Shinjuro
# Abe Asami
# Igarashi Shunji
# Oshinari Shugo


Dream Again
Shunsuke is a former pro baseball player who dreams of returning to the sport. An unfortunate accident gets him killed, but God lends him someone else's body so that he can realize his dream of playing baseball again. --Tokyograph

# Sorimachi Takashi as Ogi/Asahina Shunsuke
# Kato Ai
# Shida Mirai as Asahina Hiyoko
# Kodama Kiyoshi


SP
Okada plays Kaoru Inoue, a member of a police escort division. Ever since losing his parents at a young age, he has possessed heightened senses and a photographic memory. He also has other skills, such as analyzing footprints. His boss is being played by Shinichi Tsutsumi. --Tokyograph

# Okada Junichi as Inoue Kaoru
# Tsutsumi Shinichi as Ogata Soichiro
# Maki Yoko as Sasamoto Eri
# Iida Kisuke


Hatachi no Koibito
The story is described as a romantic comedy between the middle-aged Akashiya and the 20-year-old Nagasawa. --Tokyograph

# Akashiya Sanma as Inoue Keisuke
# Nagasawa Masami as Sawada Yuri
# Tsukamoto Takashi Kawamura Yukio
# Morishita Aiko as Inoue Sayuri

I plan to watchHatachi no Koibito, Utahime, Abarenbo Mama, Mop Girl, Dream Again, Galileo, and Joshi Deka!

I kinda wanna watch Yukan Club, it sounds interesting, but it has JIN who i do not like at all... but it also has Kashii Yu who i fucken love, so her love might out weigh JIN's lameness.
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - FALL '07 (pg 2)
Post by: StreakInTheSky on September 16, 2007, 07:27:51 PM
Man I didn't watch any of last season's drama... I haven't even finished most of the season before that... I sorta lost motivation as it seemed to take forever for subs to come out just for those last episodes..

None of the drama this season really stand out for me, but some of them sound pretty nice. There seems to be a trend with solving mysteries/crimes and girls marrying older men in recent drama >_>
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - FALL '07 (pg 2)
Post by: boykun on September 16, 2007, 07:39:51 PM
Iryu 2 woooooo! But it doesn't have Inamori Izumi, hmmm..

Some others sound pretty interesting.

Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - FALL '07 (pg 2)
Post by: Ayabie on September 16, 2007, 08:28:39 PM
Seems like a pretty tame season this autumn. I'll probably settle with Hataraki Man.

Also, lol @ the detective boom. Kind of overdoing it.
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - FALL '07 (pg 2)
Post by: shirenuファクトリー on September 20, 2007, 07:39:42 AM
Just wanna ask one question: during the last year, are there other dramas than Watashitachi no kyokasho and LIFE that have been about bullying??
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - FALL '07 (pg 2)
Post by: Pinkosa on September 20, 2007, 03:34:51 PM
i'm so watching SP and maybe Yukan Club...and Utahime.
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - FALL '07 (pg 2)
Post by: radioman on September 27, 2007, 06:08:00 PM
Just wanna ask one question: during the last year, are there other dramas than Watashitachi no kyokasho and LIFE that have been about bullying??

Seito Shokun! had a lot of bullying moments (especially in later episodes), although that wasn't intended to be the main theme...and I expect new season of Kinpachi Sensei will keep this trend going on too...
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - FALL '07 (pg 2)
Post by: aimaime on September 27, 2007, 07:02:41 PM
Galileo & Dream Again seems interesting because of Masaharu and Sorimachi..

Iryu 2? Hope it's as interesting as the first season..

and.. Hatachi no Koibito.. is that the same Sanma from Young Town? so his dream of being closer to Masami came true  :lol:
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - FALL '07 (pg 2)
Post by: auroragb on September 27, 2007, 09:37:45 PM
Just wanna ask one question: during the last year, are there other dramas than Watashitachi no kyokasho and LIFE that have been about bullying??
Seito Shokun! had a lot of bullying moments (especially in later episodes), although that wasn't intended to be the main theme...and I expect new season of Kinpachi Sensei will keep this trend going on too...
Yah, seems that bullying is developing into its own subgenre, most school dramas make references to it in one way or another
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - FALL '07 (pg 2)
Post by: Genesis on October 03, 2007, 06:51:13 AM
[youtube=425,350]5l2hnujeQFY[/youtube]

lol... I had no idea Negima was getting a live action series...

this looks... really bad XD
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - FALL '07 (pg 2)
Post by: Mugen on December 18, 2007, 10:17:02 PM
yo whats coming out in jan?? seems like most fall dramas are coming into conclusion
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - FALL '07 (pg 2)
Post by: Ayabie on December 18, 2007, 10:40:30 PM
This is what's been confirmed so far.

Quote
Fujitv

1. 薔薇のない花屋 (Bara no Nai Hanaya)
Time: Monday 9pm
Starting Date:
Official Site: 14th January
Cast: Katori Shingo, Takeuchi Yuko, Shoku Yumiko, Matsuda Shota, Terashima Susmu, Ikeuchi Junko, Miura Tomokazu,

2. ハチミツのクローバー (Hachimitsu to Clover)
Time: Tuesday 9pm
Starting Date: 8th January
Official Site: http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/hachikuro/index.html
Cast: Narumi Riko, Ikuta Toma, Narimiya Hiroki, Mukai Osamu, Hrada Natsuki, Seto Asaka, Izumiya Shigeru,
Murakami Jun, Takizawa Saori, Kashiwabara Takashi, Mastushige Yutaka, Maekawa Yasuyuki

3. あしたの、喜多善男 ~世界一不運な男の、奇跡の11日間~(Ashita no Kita Yoshio -Sekaiichi Fuun na Otoko no, Kiseki no 11kakan)
Time: Tuesday 10pm
Starting Date: 8th January
Offcial Site:
Cast: Kohinata Fumiyo, Matsuda Ryuhei, Konishi Manami, Kuriyama Chiaki, Kaname Jun, Namase Katsuhisa

4. 鹿男あをによし (Shika Otoko Awoniyoshi)
Time: Thursday 10pm
Starting Date:
Official Site: 17th January
Cast: Tamaki Hiroshi, Ayase Haruka

5. Security Police
Time: Saturday 11:10pm
Official Site: http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/sp/index.html
Cast: Okada Junichi, Tsutsumi Shinichi, Maki Yoko

==========================================================================================================

TBS

1  だいすき!!! (Daisuki!!!)
Time: Thursday 10pm
Starting Date: 17th January
Official Site: http://www.tbs.co.jp/daisuki2008/
Cast: Karina, Hiraoka Yuta, Fukuda Saki, Konno Mahiru, Yo Kimiko, Kishimoto Kayoko

2 エジソンの母 (Ejison no Haha)
Time: Friday 10pm
Starting Date: 11th January
Offcial Site: http://www.tbs.co.jp/edison-mama/
Cast: Itoh Misaki, Sakai Maki, Tanihara Shosuke, Hosoda Yoshihiko, Tanaka Youji, Sugita Kaoru, Matsushita Yuki

3 佐々木夫妻の仁義なき戦い (Sasaki Fuufu no Jinginaki Tatakai)
Time: Sunday 9pm
Starting Date: 20th January
Official Site : http://www.tbs.co.jp/sasaki-fusai/
Cast: Inagaki Gorou, Koyuki, Koide Keisuke, Sakai Wakana, Furuta Arata, Yamamoto Koushi, Sakurai Sachiko, Enami Kyoko, Nishimuta Masahiko, Fujita Makoto

==================================================================== ======================================
TV Asahi

1.交渉人 (Koushounin)
Time: Thursday 9pm
Starting Date:
Official Site: http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/koshonin/index_top.html
Cast: Yonekura Ryoko, Jinnai Takanori, Takahashi Katsumi, Kakei Toshio, Takaoka Sosuke, Yasu Megumi, Shirota Yuu
Oosugi Ren, Ibu Masato

2. 赤川次郎ミステリー 4姉妹探偵 (4 Shimai Tantei)
Time: Friday 9pm
Starting Date:
Offical site: http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/4shimai
Cast: Kaho, Nakagoshi Noriko, Kato Natsuki, Ichikawa Yui, Yoshizawa Hisashi, Namase Ktsuhisa, Muroi Shigeru

3. 未来講師めぐる (Mirai Koushi Meguru)
Time: Friday 11:45pm
Starting Date: 11th January
Offical site: http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/meguru/
Cast: Fukada Kyoko, Takeda Shinji, Funakoshi Eichirou, Kurokawa Tomoka, Chii Takeo
Writer: Kudoh Kankurou
==========================================================================================================

NTV

1. 貧乏男子 ボンビーメン (Binbou Danshi Bonbimen)
Time: Tuesday 9pm
Starting Date: 15th January
Official Site: http://www.ntv.co.jp/binbou/
Cast: Oguri Shun, Yashima Norito, YamadaYuu, Miura Haruma, Kamiji Yuusuke, Yuusuke Santamaria

2. 斉藤さん (Saito-san)
Time: Wednesday 10pm
Starting Date: 9th January
Official Site: http://www.ntv.co.jp/saito-san/
Cast: Mizuki Arisa, Mimura, Sasaki Kuranosuke, Kitagawa Hiromi, Hamada Mari, Yazawa Shin,
Sudoh Risa, Furuta Arata, Takashima Reiko

3. 1ポンドの福音 (1 Pondo no Fukuin)
Time: Saturday 9pm
Starting Date: 12th January
Offcial Site: http://www.ntv.co.jp/1pound/
Cast: Kamenashi Kazuya, Kuroki Meisa, Yamada Ryosuke, Minamisawa Nao, Okada Yoshinori, Mitsuishi Ken,
Takahashi Issei, Tanaka Youji, Motai Masako, Kobayashi Satomi

credits to d-addicts as usual!

So far this seems like an awesome season.
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - FALL '07 (pg 2)
Post by: tenkei on December 19, 2007, 12:25:59 AM
actually, SP is airing this season and running long into winter 08, but once its over Fuji will be showing:

Lost Time Life
Saturday 11PM
Start: Feb 2

The title is taken from the Japanese term for stoppage time in soccer. In each episode, the lead character will be in a situation where he or she is about to die. Time suddenly stops and a mysterious group of referees appears, who grants the protagonist extra time based on the time wasted during that person's life. The story will explore the ways that each of the characters decides to spend that extra time.

each episode will have a new protagonist. some include Ueno Juri, Eita, Koyama Keiichiro, Ito Atsushi, and Oizumi Yo
-----------------------------------------

yeah, this season looks pretty awesome, I want to watch like 10 or so... hopefully I'll be able to manage XD
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - WINTER '08 (pg 2)
Post by: Mugen on December 19, 2007, 03:52:01 AM
thanks ayabun.


looks mediocre to me. im only interested in that boxing thing with kamenashi cuz i wanna see how bad its going to be lolol
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - WINTER '08 (pg 2)
Post by: herachan on January 01, 2008, 11:44:20 AM
i am so ready for 2008! i wanna watch as many doramas as i can this year!
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - WINTER '08 (pg 2)
Post by: Seagull on January 04, 2008, 05:14:19 PM
I have 5 dramas I want to see this season :D

1 Pondo no Fukuin (Kame and Yamada  :heart:)
Hachimitsu to Clover (Toma, Nari and Riko  :heart:)
Daisuki!!! (FUKUDA SAKI  :heart:)
Isshun no Kaze ni Nare (RYO, UCHI AND SAKI  :heart: :heart:)
Binbo Danshi (Oguri Shun  :heart:)

Im thinking about watching Atsu-hime, because the cast has alot of good actors and I think Im will watch Koyama's episode of Lost Time Life.
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - WINTER '08 (pg 2)
Post by: aedon on January 04, 2008, 06:18:42 PM
Copy-pasta from my post in Shokotan thread (http://forum.jphip.com/index.php?topic=3652.msg434383#msg434383):
Shokotan's first drama Anmitsu Hime starts 2008/01/06!! :w00t:
(http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/4811/story02fi5.jpg) (http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/6522/intro05py5.jpg)
http://www.fujitv.co.jp/anmitsu/

Anmitsu is a curious and mischievous tomboy princess who constantly causes trouble. Becoming tired of her constrained life, she longs to leave her castle and see the outside world.
source:DramaWiki (http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Anmitsu_Hime)

I'm not into drama, but other than Anmitsu Hime, I thought about checking out Daisuki!! :O
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - WINTER '08 (pg 2)
Post by: den4 on January 14, 2008, 02:30:10 AM
so many doramas....so little time  :angry:
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - SPRING '08 (pg 2)
Post by: tenkei on March 18, 2008, 02:23:26 AM
UPCOMING DRAMAS FOR SPRING 2008

Quote from: drama wiki @ d-addicts
CHANGE
Kimura Takuya plays an elementary school teacher who, due to some circumstances, gets involved in the world of politics and eventually becomes the Prime Minister of Japan.

# Kimura Takuya
# Fukatsu Eri
# Abe Hiroshi
# Terao Akira
# Kato Rosa


Zettai Kareshi
Izawa Riko is a temp worker in search of a boyfriend, and she ends up in possession of a "robot" known as Night Tenjo, who is programmed to be the perfect boyfriend. However, this creates a love triangle with a distinguished young man at her company who has feelings for her.

# Hayami Mokomichi as Tenjo Night
# Aibu Saki as Izawa Riko
# Mizushima Hiro as Asamoto Soshi
# Irie Jingi as Hayashi Kota
# Nakamura Shunsuke as Asamoto Masashi


Muri na Renai
Shogo is a divorced man with one daughter. In his younger days, he was briefly in a band but it quickly broke up, and he took on a job at a record company. At the age of 60, he falls in love with the 35-year-old Kaede, but her career and values are very different from his own. In addition, Kaede already has an "ikemen" boyfriend

# Sakai Masaaki as Shogo
# Natsukawa Yui as Kaede
# Monsieur Kamayatsu (ムッシュかまやつ)
# Natsuki Mari
# Omi Toshinori


Osen
Handa Sen is the "okami" (proprietress) of a long-standing restaurant in one of the lower parts of Tokyo. Though she is normally airheaded and loves to drink, she has an impressive mastery of a wide range skills, from cooking to ceramics to calligraphy. While the drama follows various events surrounding the restaurant, one of the series' highlights is its illustration of Japanese food and culture.

# Aoi Yu as Handa Sen


Hokaben
Ueto plays Akari Domoto, an idealistic lawyer who wants to "rescue the weak." She joins a large law office, though she is assigned to a lowly department whose only other member is her boss, who was transferred there after making a mistake during a case.

# Ueto Aya as Domoto Akari
# Kitamura Kazuki
# Kato Shigeaki as Katase Riichiro
# Ryo
# Toda Naho


Battery
The story revolves around a talented young pitcher-catcher duo, also known as the "battery" in baseball terms.

# Nakayama Yuma as Harada Takumi
# Takada Sho as Nagakura Go
# Morimoto Shintaro as Harada Seiha
# Saito Yuki
# Horibe Keisuke


Last Friends
Last 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 parlour 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.

# Nagasawa Masami as Aida Michiru
# Ueno Juri as Kishimoto Ruka
# Eita as Mizushima Takeru
# Nishikido Ryo as Oikawa Sosuke
# Mizukawa Asami as Takigawa Eri


Puzzle
Misako Ayukawa, a woman in her 30s is an English teacher, her English skills are poor. She values herself over her students, and money over love. She displays arrogance in front of her students, but acts pleasantly around her peers and family. However, Ayukawa possesses a brilliant mind for solving puzzles. She ends up tackling various cases around the school along with 3 of her top students.

# Ishihara Satomi as Ayukawa Misako
# Yamamoto Yusuke
# Kimura Ryo
# Nagayama Kento


Around 40
39-year-old Ogata Satoko, is a highly capable psychiatrist who is single. She's forthright, a caring older sister and reliable in her job and in private. Her interests are staying in luxurious Japanese inns, and watching videos of stand-up comedy.
Satoko hasn't had a boyfriend in the past five years. Nevertheless, she derives satisfaction from work, and isn't worried about her finances. Among her good friends that she hangs out with are 35-year-old Morimura Nao, her junior who proclaims that she won't marry, and 39-year-old Oikawa Sadao, her peer since high school days. Satoko is happily enjoying single life.   At an alumni reunion as everyone is on the verge of 40, Takeuchi Mizue, her good friend since high school who is now a full-time housewife, rushes Satoko into action. "If you want children, you should marry now" and "It's women's happiness", but both are lost on Satoko who isn't convinced.
One day, Satoko attempts to cheer up Nao, who is downcast over a shocking incident, and goes to her favourite hot-spring inn. But there, she coincidentally encounters a breakup between a handsome but somewhat odd man (Fujiki Naohito) and his girlfriend.


# Amami Yuki as Ogata Satoko
# Fujiki Naohito as Okamura Keitaro
# Otsuka Nene as Morimura Nao
# Tsutsui Michitaka as Ohashi Sadao
# Matsushita Yuki as Takeuchi Mizue


Kimi Hannin Janai yo ne?
Morita Sakura is a peculiar "freeter" (freelance part-timer) who dreams of becoming a mystery novel writer. While switching between various jobs throughout the series, she also becomes an assistant to Officer Utagawa, a detective who discovers her excellent memory and reasoning skills. On the other hand, Utagawa (who has just joined the police ranks through his father's connections) is fairly inept and has a tendency to fall in love with female suspects.

# Kanjiya Shihori as Morita Sakura
# Kaname Jun as Utagawa


ROOKIES
The story revolves around a high school teacher and coach that tries to reform delinquents by having them join the baseball team.

# Sato Ryuta as Kawato Koichi
# Ichihara Hayato as Aniya Yabu
# Koide Keisuke as Mikoshiba Toru
# Shirota Yu as Shinjo Kei
# Nakao Akiyoshi as Sekikawa Shuta


Gokusen 3

# Nakama Yukie as Yamaguchi Kumiko (Yankumi / Ojou / Kumichou) (Math Teacher/Class 3D adviser)
# Namase Katsuhisa as Sawatari Goro, Kyoto (School Vice Principal)
# Enami Kyoko (Board Chairman)
# Utsui Ken as Kuroda Ryuichiro (Kumiko's grandpa / 3rd Generation Oedo Yakuza Boss)
# Anan Kenji as Wakamatsu Hiro
# Kaneko Ken as Asakura Tetsu
# Uchiyama Shinji as Tatsukawa Minoru
# Ryogoku Hiroshi as Sugawara Makoto
# Waki Tomohiro as "Kuma" / Kumai Teruo (Former student of Yankumi)
# Azuma Mikihisa as Baba Seiga (PE Teacher)
# Koizumi Kotaro (School Doctor)
# Hirayama Aya (English Teacher)


Ryokiteki na Kanojo
Based on the hit South Korean movie, My Sassy Girl, The character backgrounds and plot details will be changed for the drama. While the protagonists in the original film were college students, this time the pair will be a marine biology professor (Kusanagi) and an aspiring writer (Tanaka).

# Kusanagi Tsuyoshi as Masaki Mitsuo
# Tanaka Rena as Takami Rinko
# Matsushita Nao
# Suzuki Emi
# Yamada Shintaro


Pandora
Suzuki Hideki is a university doctor who develops a cure for cancer after 18 years of rigorous research. When others learn of his ingenious breakthrough, things around him undergo abrupt changes as the motivations and conspiracies of pharmaceutical companies as well as political circles surface.

# Mikami Hiroshi as Suzuki Hideki (41)
# Yanagiba Toshiro as Matoba Shinichi (42)
# Konishi Manami as Iida Sayoko (28)
# Kunimura Jun as Otaguro Shigeyuki (52)
# Tanimura Mitsuki as Mizuno Aimi (17)

quite a few sound pretty good to me.
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - SPRING '08 (pg 3)
Post by: Mugen on March 28, 2008, 04:54:23 AM
Thanks for list!

Gonna watch Last Friends and Zettai Kareshi for sure! Masami Aibu LOVE!!!

Gonna check out Around 40 and Change though..it's good to see Abe Hiroshi back again and his collab with Kimutaku since Hero but Change sounds like a sequel to Engine where he was lke a caretaker for the orphans  :lol:
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - SPRING '08 (pg 3)
Post by: Ayabie on April 09, 2008, 02:09:09 PM
CHANGE, Muri na Renai, Last Friends, Puzzle and 81 Diver (http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Hachi-One_Diver) are on my watch list at the moment. I think I'll check out at least the first episode of a few others, though.

Oh yeah, and I'm already watching Hitomi (http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Hitomi).
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - SPRING '08 (pg 3)
Post by: tenkei on July 19, 2008, 07:29:44 AM
didnt put up info for summer 08 cus by the time all the info came out, the season had already started... late bastards!! lol
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - FALL '08 (pg 3)
Post by: tenkei on October 07, 2008, 07:38:55 AM
Upcoming Dramas for Fall Season 2008

Quote from: wiki.d-addicts.com
Innocent Love

An arson took it all away from Akiyama Kanon seven years ago. Her parents died in that fire, her brother was arrested as the prime suspect and her carefree life disappeared from that instant. She was shunned by the town as the sister of a murderer, yet she believes in her brother's innocence and often pays him visits with words of encouragement. As life gets harder when nobody is willing to give her a job, Kanon decides to try her luck in the city and there she meets the man of her destiny...

# Horikita Maki as Akiyama Kanon
# Kitagawa Yujin as Nagasaki Junya
# Kashii Yu as Sakurai Mizuki
# Fukushi Seiji as Akiyama Yoji
# Narimiya Hiroki as Segawa Subaru
# Uchida Yuki as Toono Kiyoka


Celeb to Binbo Taro
Wealthy daughter of a hotel chain mogul meets poor widowed father of three. Despite their vastly different values and beliefs, will their chanced encounter blossom into something more?

# Ueto Aya as Mitazono Alice
# Kamiji Yusuke as Sato Taro
# Kuninaka Ryoko as Yasuda Sachiko
# Kashiwabara Takashi as Gotoda Tsukasa
# Miura Rieko as Ono Midori


Team Batista no Eiko
There exists a legendary team of surgical experts in Tojo University Hospital that specializes in the Batista procedure - one of the most difficult cardiac surgeries with the survival rate only at 60%. Ever since its formation, this team has shocked the country by having 26 consecutive post-operative successes, virtually unheard of in the medical community. They basked in the glory until one day when three recent procedures produced consecutive deaths on the operating table. Taguchi, an internal medicine specialist has been entrusted with the investigation but since he is dealing with skills beyond his realm of expertise, he soon brushes off speculations of murder and deems the deaths accidents. Then arrives Shiratori, a Ministry of Health investigator. He not only labels Taguchi naive but speaks with confidence that this is a murder, and the murderer is within this team of elites. As the mystery unfolds, so does the complicated affiliation between each of the seven team members, will the duo discover the truth in time?

# Ito Atsushi as Taguchi Kohei
# Nakamura Toru as Shiratori Keisuke
# Shirota Yu as Himuro Koichiro
# Shaku Yumiko as Otomo Naomi
# Ihara Tsuyoshi as Kiryu Kyoichi


Oh! My Girl!
Yamashita Kotaro was living a peaceful life as a publisher part-timer pretending to be a mobile phone novelist until two females suddenly appeared in his life. One is his six-year-old celebrity niece and the other is the little girl's stern manager. As he is forced to live under the same roof as the little prodigy, their differences soon manifest and disputes ensue. However, through co-habitation, Yamashita slowly comes to appreciate having a family and the warmth it brings, all the while developing a love-hate relationship with Fuji Mineko, the manager.

# Hayami Mokomichi as Yamashita Kotaro
# Kato Rosa as Fuji Mineko
# Tomosaka Rie as Yasuno Makiko
# Okada Yoshinori as Ishida Ken
# Yoshida Riko as Sakurai Anne


OL Nippon
Kanzaki Shimako is a single 31-year-old OL who has worked at the General Affairs department of an established firm for 9 years. She is capable, trusted by her superiors, has a strong sense of responsibility and hates to lose. Then, her company decides to implement outsourcing and Shimako finds herself named to teach three Chinese.

# Mizuki Arisa as Kanzaki Shimako
# Abe Sadao
# Minami
# Inoue Yoshio


Nanase Futatabi
A suspense story about a girl with an ability to read people's mind. Together with her psychic friends, Nanase, the telepath, tries to save others from danger and fight those who try to abuse her power.

# Renbutsu Misako as Hata Nanase
# Shioya Shun as Iwabuchi Tsuneo
# Mizuno Miki as Ryu Fujiko
# Yanagihara Kanako as Mayumi Ruri


Shoni Kyumei
With recent shrinkage of pediatric care, pediatrician Aoyama Sora decides to stand up to the hospital management and reestablish the specialty.

# Konishi Manami as Aoyama Sora
# Tsukamoto Takashi as Kariya Shunsuke
# Katsuji Ryo as Kogure Kento
# Yamaguchi Sayaka as Higuchi Rui
# Fueki Yuko as Katagiri Yayoi


Kaze no Garden
Despite being a respected anesthesiologist at a famed Tokyo hospital, Shiratori Sadami has a disastrous family life. Before his life in Tokyo, his infidelity prompted his wife's suicide and the incident separated him from his two children ever since. Seven years later, as he is being diagnosed with late-stage cancer and inevitably on the brink of death, he finds himself making way towards his hometown Hokkaido, his estranged children and his final moments in life.

# Nakai Kiichi as Shiratori Sadami
# Kuroki Meisa as Shiratori Rui
# Kamiki Ryunosuke as Shiratori Takeshi
# Ogata Ken


Yume wo Kanaeru zo
Hoshino Asuka is dumped by her boyfriend, who is a colleague at the same workplace, on her 25th birthday. To make matters worse, her apartment catches fire and she can’t return to live in it. Asuka finds herself wishing for happiness and the elephant god Ganesha suddenly appears. He had lived with Nogami Kohei in that apartment several years ago. With the appearance of Ganesha, Asuka learns what true happiness is.

# Mizukawa Asami as Hoshino Asuka
# Furuta Arata as Ganesha
# Oguri Shun as Nogami Kohei (special participation, ep1)
# Hasegawa Hatsunori as Bando Tsuyoshi


Giragira
Based on a hit manga, this adaptation depicts the life of a married man Nanase Kohei after he returned to his former job as a male host. He woos the clients with his gentle and caring nature, and soon retrieves his former credit as the ace of the club. However, the transition back for this middle-aged man is not without its challenges. Afraid that his wife will find out about this job, Nanase is also garnering jealousy and displeasure from the younger hosts. Throughout the course of his employment, he demonstrates to others that hosting should not be the vulgar occupation it has become where the entire goal is to make the women frivolously spend money, rather, it is about a human connection that is so often overlooked.

# Sasaki Kuranosuke as Nanase Kohei
# Maya Miki
# Hara Sachie
# Miura Shohei


Ryusei no Kizuna
Based on the popular novel of the same name, Ryusei no Kizuna tells the story of three orphans, whose parents were murdered long ago. Together, the three vowed on a shooting star to one day avenge their parents. After many years, the two brothers have found the murderers, and are set to carry out their plan for vengeance when they realize they've made a serious miscalculation; you see, their sister...

# Ninomiya Kazunari as Ariake Koichi
# Nishikido Ryo as Ariake Taisuke
# Toda Erika as Ariake Shizuna
# Kaname Jun as Togami Yukinari
# Omi Toshinori as Hayashi George


Bloody Monday
Takagi Fujimaru is a genius hacker facing off against a terrorist organization

# Miura Haruma as Takagi Fujimaru
# Kichise Michiko as Orihaya Maya
# Sato Takeru as Kujo Otoya
# Matsushige Yutaka as Kano Ikuma
# Katase Nana as Hosho Sayuri


Scrap Teacher
Nakajima, Yamada, Chinen, and Arioka play a group of junior high students who transfer to a school on the verge of collapse, and take on the role of reforming their incapable teachers.

# Nakajima Yuto
# Yamada Ryosuke
# Chinen Yuri
# Arioka Daiki


Room of King
A game is initiated between four roommates, and the winner will gain ownership of their luxurious apartment in the Aoyama district. How will the battle unfold between a freeter, an OL, a gynecologist, a cook and a sylist?

# Mizushima Hiro as Mori Jiro (freeter)
# Suzuki Anne as Asada Asako (OL)
# Igawa Haruka as Hibiki Kyoko (gynecologist)
# Itao Itsuji as Mago Kenichi (cook)


Akai Ito
The story was one of the best-selling novels of 2007, it revolves around the "red thread of fate" connecting the young pair Mei and Atsushi and the trials they face

# Minamisawa Nao as Takemiya Mei
# Mizobata Junpei as Nishino Atsushi (Akkun)
# Kimura Ryo as Takahashi Riku (Taka-chan)
# Okamoto Rei as Amagishi Mia


SCANDAL
It all started with a wedding as lives of four married women converge. They are from different backgrounds and diverse generations, appearing to be leading blissful lives. But underneath the facade, their days are strewn with betrayal, misery and deceit. The story will follow these ordinary women and uncover what is to them the true meaning behind family, marriage and love.

# Suzuki Kyoka as Takayanagi Takako
# Hasegawa Kyoko as Kawai Hitomi
# Fukiishi Kazue as Samejima Mayuko
# Momoi Kaori as Shindo Tamaki
# Toda Naho as Shiraishi Risako


Prisoner
Based on a true story of a Japanese man falsely imprisoned in Thailand who attempts to escape from jail.

# Tamayama Tetsuji as Izawa Keigo
# Tsuruta Mayu as Nishiyama Aki
# Omori Nao as Pon
# Nakamura Shunsuke as Yuzurihara Takuya

I'm looking forward to a handful, another handful sound interesting enough to check out the first ep or two to decide
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - FALL '08 (pg 3)
Post by: flawlesly on November 12, 2008, 07:42:57 AM
does anyone would reccomend me about cool dorama in this 2008...
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - WINTER '09 (pg 3)
Post by: tenkei on December 29, 2008, 04:06:40 AM
Upcoming Dorama Airing in the Winter 2009 Season

Quote from: wiki.d-addicts.com
Voice

The story revolves around a group of five medical students enrolled in a seminar on forensic pathology. Kaji Daiki noted for his keen perception and strong intuition, along with the other students work on uncovering the mysteries of the corpses they examine.

# Eita as Kaji Daiki
# Ikuta Toma as Ishizue Ryosuke
# Ishihara Satomi as Kuboaki Kanako
# Endo Yuya
# Sato Tomohito


Mei-chan no Shitsuji

The story revolves around a young woman named Mei who finally finds the "butler of her dreams", whom she has been searching for since a past encounter.
   
# Mizushima Hiro as Shibata Rihito
# Eikura Nana as Shinonome Mei
# Sato Takeru as Shibata Kento
# Iwasa Mayuko as Ryuonji Izumi
# Yuki Jutta as Kiba


Triangle

The series starts with the murder of a 10-year-old girl in 1984. 15 years later, after the case goes unsolved and passes the statute of limitations, a doctor named Goda Ryoji suddenly quits from his hospital and eventually becomes a detective. In 2008, he meets Sachi, a traveling artist in Paris, and shortly after Goda's return to Japan, he becomes involved in the expired murder case when another detective receives an anonymous phone call.

# Eguchi Yosuke as Goda Ryoji
# Inagaki Goro as Kuroki Shun
# Hirosue Ryoko as Katsuragi Sachi
# Aibu Saki as Goda Yui
# Sakai Masato as Shimano Takaya
# Tanihara Shosuke as Tomioka Yasushi


Kami no Shizuku

The story revolves around a young man whose father, a world-famous wine critic, suddenly dies. In order to take over his father's vast wine collection, he must face off against his adopted brother in a contest to find specific wines, even though he originally has no knowledge of wines.

# Kamenashi Kazuya as Kanzaki Shizuku
# Tanabe Seiichi as Tomine Issei
# Naka Riisa as Shinohara Miyabi
# Toda Naho as Kiryu Ryoko
# Masu Takeshi as Kawarage


Kiina

Haruse Kiina is the capable chief of an investigation unit.

# Kanno Miho as Haruse Kiina
# Hiraoka Yuta
# Tsukaji Muga
# Koike Eiko


Arifureta Kiseki

"Arifureta Kiseki" focuses on a woman (Nakama) living with her parents and grandmother, and a man (Kase) living with his father and grandfather. The story follows the ways that their ordinary lives and family ties begin to change after their encounter.

# Nakama Yukie as Nakajo Kana
# Kase Ryo as Tasaki Shota
# Jinnai Takanori as Fujimoto Makoto
# Kazama Morio as Tasaki Shigeo
# Toda Keiko as Nakajo Katsura


Q.E.D.

A detective story that evolves around two high school students, Mizuhara Kana, a curious girl who can't help looking after others, and her new classmate, Toma So, who graduated from an elite U.S. college at the age of 15. The two try to solve mysteries with a help of Kana's father who is an investigator.

# Nakamura Aoi as Toma So
# Takahashi Ai as Mizuhara Kana
# Ishiguro Ken as Mizuhara Kotaro
# Tomioka Koichiro as Sasazuka Makoto


Love Shuffle

Usami Kei is a manager at an IT company who breaks off his engagement to Mei, the president's daughter. Later at his apartment, a power failure leaves him trapped in an elevator with three other residents: Ojiro, Airu and Masato. While waiting, their conversation hits upon the question of whether there is truly only one fated partner for everyone. As a result, they decide to run an experiment by "shuffling" their relationships with one another.

# Tamaki Hiroshi as Usami Kei
# Karina as Aizawa Airu
# Matsuda Shota as Sera Ojiro
# DAIGO as Oishi Yukichi
# Yoshitaka Yuriko as Hayakawa Kairi


Uta no Onii-san

The story revolves around an unconventional children's show called "Minna de Utao!" Kenta is a young musician whose band breaks up and who gets dumped by his girlfriend. To top it off, his own family labels him as useless. Unexpectedly, he becomes an "uta no oniisan," a singing character on the children's show.

# Ohno Satoshi as Kenta


Choujin Utada

--i don't have shit on this show...


RESCUE

Kitajima Daichi is a young firefighter aiming to become part of a special rescue team, inspired by an incident in which he was saved as a child.

# Nakamaru Yuichi as Kitajima Daichi
# Masuda Takahisa as Tetsuka Yutaka
# Yamamoto Yusuke
# Ichikawa Yui
# Asari Yosuke


Zeni Geba

Gamagori Futaro is an unattractive young man who loses his sick mother as a child due to poverty. He subsequently becomes obsessed with money and is willing to do anything for it. While working for a millionaire he shows his knack for business and in a plot to acquire his company he marries his daughter. After their marriage he kills his father-in-law and takes over his business empire. With his new-found status he makes victims out of everyone around him.

# Matsuyama Kenichi as Gamagori Futaro (23)
# Mimura as Mikuni Midori (24)
# Miyagawa Daisuke as Hagino Satoshi (36)
# Kinami Haruka as Mikuni Akane (21)
# Ishibashi Anna as Nonomura Kaori (16)


Honjitsu mo Hare. Ijo Nashi

Shirase Ryo is a cop assigned to a fictional remote island in the Okinawa prefecture.

# Sakaguchi Kenji as Shirase Ryo
# Matsushita Nao as Saimon Ulala
# Aoki Munetaka as Teruya Mitsuo
# Okamoto Rei as Teruya Ikue
# Hankai Kazuaki as Taira Kouhei
# Omori Akemi as Taira Setsuko

Also a handful of sequels/continuations/remakes this season, didn't bother to post about those though...
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - WINTER '09 (pg 3)
Post by: daigong on December 29, 2008, 10:53:34 PM
Can't wait for Mei-chan no Shitsuji!!

Love me some Mayuko Iwasa :ptama-wub:
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - WINTER '09 (pg 3)
Post by: frblckstr1 on March 21, 2009, 07:59:26 AM
Can anyone say what this is ging to be for a series? Something with a Ghost if I saw the preview correctly (which was at the end of the 720 version of Q.E.D.'s final ep.)

 (http://www.imgur.com/files/090321/Th.snapshot20090320075023.jpg) (http://www.imgur.com/i.php?i=090321/snapshot20090320075023.jpg)
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - WINTER '09 (pg 3)
Post by: Ayabie on March 21, 2009, 08:14:37 AM
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Ghost_Friends (http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Ghost_Friends)
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - WINTER '09 (pg 3)
Post by: frblckstr1 on March 21, 2009, 07:13:14 PM
^ Thanks, although Misaki Ayame doesn't seem to have the lead, I hope its enough to keep me interested  :)
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - SPRING '09 (pg 3)
Post by: tenkei on March 21, 2009, 08:43:15 PM
yeah I guess I should make the post...


Upcoming Drama Airing in the Spring 2009 season

Quote from: dramawiki @ D-addicts
Hancho

No Synopsis yet

# Sasaki Kuranosuke as Azumi Tsuyoshi
# Nakamura Shunsuke
# Tsukaji Muga
# Kurotani Tomoka
# Kashu Toshiki


Konkatsu!

Nakai plays a single salaryman in his mid-thirties. He has focused himself on his work rather than finding a marriage partner, but the topic of marriage is constantly coming up around him. As a result, he begins thinking about his own life and begins looking for a potential wife.

# Nakai Masahiro
# Ueto Aya
# Sato Ryuta
# Matsukata Hiroki
# Ueda Tatsuya
# Shaku Yumiko
# Tanihara Shosuke


Atashinchi no Danshi

In the drama, Horikita's character is burdened with 100 million yen worth of debt after her gambling father disappears. Chased out of her home by collectors, she is forced to sleep in places like internet cafes. However, she meets the president of a major company who offers to pay off the debt if she marries him, and she soon finds herself moving in with a rather eccentric family

    * Horikita Maki
    * Kaname Jun
    * Okada Yoshinori
    * Mukai Osamu
    * Yamamoto Yusuke
    * Seto Koji


Shiroi Haru

The show's theme is the love between a parent and child. Abe plays a man just released after a 10-year prison sentence. He encounters a young girl, who turns out to be his own daughter that he conceived with his ex-girlfriend just before he went to jail.

    * Abe Hiroshi
    * Ohashi Nozomi
    * Yoshitaka Yuriko
    * Endo Kenichi
    * Endo Yuya
    * Shiraishi Miho


Rinjo

"Rinjo" revolves around Kuraishi Yoshio, a legendary coroner with a keen eye for evidence. The term "rinjo" is said to be police slang for the initial investigation carried out at the scene of the crime.

    * Uchino Masaaki as Kuraishi Yoshio
    * Matsushita Yuki
    * Takashima Masanobu
    * Watanabe Dai
    * Ibu Masato


Aishiteru

The drama is based on a manga by Ito Minoru. Satsuki is the mother of a 10-year-old boy. When her son ends up killing a 7-year-old boy, conflict arises in their family, leading to a lot of tears and pain. One of the show's main themes is forgiveness ("kaiyo"). While the original comic told the story from the perspective of the victim's family, the drama will focus on the assailant's family.

    * Inamori Izumi as Satsuki
    * Itaya Yuka
    * Yamamoto Taro
    * Kawashima Umika
    * Sano Shiro
    * Tanaka Misako


Ghost Friends

Fukuda plays a high schooler who can see ghosts as a result of a car accident. The story follows her growth as she interacts with the spirits she meets, and even falls in love with a young male ghost named Kaito.

# Fukuda Saki as Asuka
# Nishijima Takahiro as Kaito
# Okada Yoshinori
# Iriyama Noriko
# Misaki Ayame (水崎綾女)
# Kawakubo Takuji


Yako no Kaidan

Sayama Michio is a young and callous beautician who will stop at nothing to fulfill his ambition(s). Coming from an impoverished background, he suddenly becomes the darling of the beauty world. He holds women who desire beauty captive and puts on several different faces when dealing with Murase Minako, the female owner of the place that he works at; Hatano Masako, a woman of leisure; and Fukuchi Fujiko, an editor of a weekly magazine to come out tops. He also gets involved with two detectives who are investigating him for a prior incident.

# Fujiki Naohito as Sayama Michio
# Kimura Yoshino as Edamura Sachiko
# Natsukawa Yui as Fukuchi Fujiko
# Oginome Keiko as Murase Minako
# Muroi Shigeru as Hatano Masako
# Yo Kimiko


BOSS

Amami stars as the new "boss" of a team of quirky detectives who are trying to fight a series of brutal crimes. Her character is intelligent and capable in her work. But even though she can understand the mentalities of the criminals she pursues, she has difficulty understanding men, leaving her unable to find what she really wants: a husband.

    * Amami Yuki
    * Takenouchi Yutaka
    * Toda Erika
    * Mizobata Junpei
    * Kichise Michiko
    * Nukumizu Youichi


LOVE GAME

"LOVE GAME" revolves around a secret game in which the participants can win 100 million yen if they succeed at a love-related task. However, no one has ever succeeded in the game before. Shaku plays the beautiful but mysterious "dealer" of the game. The challenges she presents to the contestants, who are constantly monitored, include tasks such as "get your wife to sign divorce papers within 8 hours" and "steal your friend's boyfriend within 3 days."

    * Shaku Yumiko
    * Shioya Shun (ep1)
    * Kitagawa Hiromi (ep1)
    * Inoue Waka (ep2)


Smile

Bito is a half-Filipino whose father has died and mother has disappeared. Despite his misfortune and the issues he deals with, such as race, he lives his life positively with a constant smile. Similarly, Hana is a young woman living cheerfully despite losing her ability to speak due to an accident.

# Matsumoto Jun as Hayakawa Bito
# Aragaki Yui as Mishima Hana
# Koike Eiko as Machimura Shiori
# Tokuyama Hidenori as Kawai Kinta


Meitantei no Okite

The original writing is a short mystery collection that takes a humorous approach to many of the genre's cliches. Matsuda stars as the "famous detective" Tenkaichi Daigoro, while Kashii Yu plays the female lead as a rookie cop.

    * Matsuda Shota as Tenkaichi Daigoro
    * Kashii Yu
    * Kimura Yuichi


Godhand Teru

The story revolves around a young man named Mahigashi Teru. When he was young, his father, a brilliant surgeon, died in an accident, but not before saving Teru's life. As a result, Teru also aims to become a great surgeon like his father, devoted to never letting a patient die. As a clumsy newcomer at his hospital, he seems to be an unlikely savior. But whenever a patient's life is in danger, his true powers emerge in the form of his "god hands," allowing him to successfully perform even the most difficult operations.

    * Hiraoka Yuta as Mahigashi Teru
    * Mizukawa Asami as Shinomiya Kozue
    * Murakawa Eri as Sakura Ayano
    * Kaname Jun as Shinomiya Ren
    * Araki Hirofumi as Nishimura Manabu
    * Bessho Tetsuya as Kitami Shuichi
    * Watabe Atsuro as Yasuda Junji


The Quiz Show (sequel, but seems stand alone)

Sakurai plays the host of a live TV quiz program. On the show, contestants who achieve 7 correct answers win 10 million yen, and those who get 8 correct answers will have one of their wishes granted by the TV network. But while the questions start off innocently enough, as the game progresses, the questions gradually delve into the contestants' past crimes or indiscretions, presenting them with the dilemma of having to confess their guilt in order to win. Sakurai's character also has a mysterious past. Before becoming the show's host, an accident had left him in a vegetative state for six years, which also resulted in him losing most of his memories.

    * Sakurai Sho
    * Yokoyama Yu
    * Matsuura Aya
    * Maya Miki


Majo Saiban

In "Majo Saiban," Ikuta plays a typical part-timer with little interest in social issues. However, he is unexpectedly chosen as a juror in the trial of a suspected female murderer. While the mystery surrounding the case unfolds, an unknown group is secretly attempting to bribe the jury.

    * Ikuta Toma
    * Kato Ai
    * Higa Manami
    * Ishida Yuriko


Ikemen Sobaya Tantei

The plot revolves around Higuchi Juntaro, a good-looking employee at a soba restaurant (the "ikemen" in the title is a pun on the word "men," meaning noodles). While working there, he is constantly asked to solve various cases.

    * Fujiki Naohito as Higuchi Juntaro
    * Namase Katsuhisa
    * Furuta Arata
    * Horiuchi Keiko


Boku no Imoto

Odagiri plays an elite surgeon, while Nagasawa plays his younger sister. Unlike her brother, Nagasawa's character is poor in academics to the point of being called "miraculously stupid," but her strengths lie in her good nature and power of living. But because they lost their parents when they were young, they grew up with a strong bond despite their constant conflicts.

    * Odagiri Joe
    * Nagasawa Masami
    * Tomosaka Rie
    * Tanaka Tetsushi
    * Wakabayashi Go
    * Otaki Hideji


Soratobu Tire

A tire comes off a moving truck and becomes a deadly weapon, hitting a mother and child. The problem was caused by the vehicle manufacturer's failure to recall the vehicle, but the blame falls on the head of the delivery company who, despairing, searches for evidence that the recall was suppressed. Crossing paths with banks, police, weekly magazine writers, the victim's family, and various others, he eventually gets to the truth of the matter.

# Nakamura Toru as Akamatsu
# Tanabe Seiichi as Sawada
# Hagiwara Masato as Isaki
# Mizuno Miki as Enomoto
# Mimura as Kaori
# Hakamada Yoshihiko as Komaki


Also airing are sequels and continuations to past series Kyoto Chiken no Onna, Fufudo, Hissatsu Shigotonin, Kagero no Tsuji, and 33pun Tantei

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I'm going to check out quite a few, too many in fact. But I'm sure I'll keep a handful.
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - SPRING '09 (pg 3)
Post by: Mugen on March 22, 2009, 04:58:23 AM
lol at matsujun playing a flipino boy.

gonna check out the one with masami and odagiri
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - SPRING '09 (pg 3)
Post by: jaysonnj on April 02, 2009, 01:05:24 AM
Looking forward to smile.

Hopefully mutsumoto jun will bust out some tagalog, throw in some heavy filipino accent, and down some balut.
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - SPRING '09 (pg 3)
Post by: Mugen on April 03, 2009, 09:55:46 AM
putang ni namo my n****!
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - SPRING '09 (pg 3)
Post by: tenkei on April 03, 2009, 08:11:39 PM
another drama added to this seasons list

Quote
MR. BRAIN

Tsukumo Ryusuke is a neuroscience researcher affiliated with a National Police Agency laboratory. Although his skills help solve difficult cases, he has one flaw: he is generally "clueless to the situation" (better known by the slang term "KY," or "kuuki wo yomenai"), leading to various comical interactions.

# Kimura Takuya as Tsukumo Ryusuke
# Ayase Haruka as Yuri Kazune
# Mizushima Hiro as Hayashida Toranosuke
# Hiraizumi Sei as Funaki Junpei
# Shitara Osamu as Kanda Junichi


Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - SPRING '09 (pg 3)
Post by: expanzee on April 10, 2009, 01:08:46 PM
mr. brain looks like fun ... takuya`s drama always is!
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - SPRING '09 (pg 3)
Post by: jaysonnj on April 13, 2009, 09:17:43 AM
putang ni namo my n****!

matsujun must also say that line at least once per episode or it'll be a complete failure.
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - SPRING '09 (pg 3)
Post by: tenkei on September 30, 2009, 01:42:39 AM
lol missed the summer season... anyway, here it is.

UPCOMING DRAMA, FALL 2009


Quote from: d-addicts fansub wiki
Tokyo DOGS

Takakura So witnessed his father's murder at a young age. Pledging to catch the killer, he grows up to become an elite cop in New York City, where the criminal lives. His character is cool-headed and disciplined, yet adapts well. Because of major drug dealings, he gets sent to Tokyo to conduct a joint investigation with the Japanese police. There, he gets teamed up with, Kudo Maruo, a detective from a special investigative division. Kudo is a hot-blooded fighting expert due to his earlier days as a delinquent, but he makes a strong impression with his stylish appearance and is always interested in going on group dates. His personality, interests, and investigation methods are completely mismatched with Takakura's, but the two somehow work together to crack the case they've been given.

    * Oguri Shun as Takakura So
    * Mizushima Hiro as Kudo Maruo
    * Yoshitaka Yuriko as Matsunaga Yuki
    * Katsuji Ryo as Horikawa Keiichi
    * Azuma Mikihisa as Mashiko Reiji



LIAR GAME 2

The sequel will continue from the first season. In the drama, the players will face off in four games and a semifinal round, while the final game will take place in the movie, titled "LIAR GAME: The Final Stage."

    * Toda Erika as Kanzaki Nao
    * Matsuda Shota as Akiyama Shinichi
    * Suzuki Kosuke as Fukunaga Yuji
    * Watanabe Ikkei as Tanimura Mitsuo
    * Kichise Michiko as Eri


Real Clothes

Kinue is a saleswoman in the futon section of a department store. Despite her plain clothes and poor makeup, she ends up being transferred to the women's clothing department, where she has to be trained by her extraordinarily fashionable boss.

    * Karina as Amano Kinue
    * Kuroki Hitomi as Jinbo Miki
    * Takaoka Sousuke as Yamauchi Tatsuya
    * Koizumi Kotaro as Hachiya Hideaki
    * Kato Natsuki as Sasaki Ryo


Meitantei: Asami Mitsuhiko

Asami Mitsuhiko is a reportage writer and detective who solves difficult cases related to local legends across Japan. In each weekly episode the sleuth will visit a different part of the country to tackle these mysteries.

    * Sawamura Ikki as Asami Mitsuhiko
    * Kazama Morio as Asami Yoichiro
    * Hara Sachie as Yoshida Sumiko
    * Sakuma Yoshiko as Azumi Yukie


Gyne

Set in the Obstetrics and Gynecology department of a university hospital. Hiragi Nachi is a reserved obstetrician, who gains employment as a C-section surgeon in the maternity ward of the hospital. With a strong obsession and focus on preserving life, Nachi would never abandon her patients even if it means taking on high risks. One night, while working the graveyard shift, Nachi performs a risky emergency cesarean section. However, when the patient dies from severe blood loss, the woman's family files a lawsuit against Nachi claiming malpractice.

    * Fujiwara Norika as Hiragi Nachi
    * Kamiji Yusuke as Tamaki Satoshi
    * Itaya Yuka as Higaki Ryoko
    * Motokariya Yuika as Shima Erina
    * Kondo Yoshimasa as Fujiki Atsushi


Shinya Shokudo

(no details)


ROMES

Okura plays a young man leading a team with expertise in state-of-the-art airport security systems. He and his team are in charge of dealing with threats such as hackers and terrorists.

    * Okura Tadayoshi
    * Yasuda Shota
    * Kuninaka Ryoko
    * Watanabe Hiroyuki
    * Sugiura Taiyo


Fumo Chitai

After serving as a staff officer in a POW labor camp in Siberia during WWII, Iki Tadashi returns to Japan where he is recruited by a major trading company.

    * Karasawa Toshiaki as Iki Tadashi
    * Wakui Emi as Iki Yoshiko
    * Yanagiba Toshiro as Kawamata Isao
    * Koyuki as Akitsu Chisato
    * Hashizume Isao as Tanigawa Taisa


Bocho Mania 09

Morio is a part-time air-conditioning salesman who winds up sitting in the audience at a trial for the first time. He instantly becomes fascinated with the human interactions that take place inside the courtroom, and he turns it into a hobby. At court he meets others who share his hobby and teach him about what’s going on in the courthouse and how to find the most interesting trials.

    * Mukai Osamu as Kita Morio
    * Minami Akina as Oda Miwa
    * Rokkaku Seiji as Yamano (Yama-san)


Untouchable

Narumi Ryoko is a reporter who gets dismissed from a top-notch magazine and winds up at a third-rate weekly. Clumsy yet persistent, she notices details that other reporters overlook, leading her to the "untouchable" sides of criminal cases and, ultimately, to the truth.

    * Nakama Yukie as Narumi Ryoko
    * Kaname Jun as Toyama Shiro
    * Sato Tomohito as Takafuji Shinichi
    * Ashina Sei as Makise Misuzu


Ohitorisama

Akiyama Satomi is a teacher at a prestigious girls' school, who excels in her work but lacks in cooking and housekeeping. She falls in love with a colleague 10 years younger than her, and they begin living together. Each episode highlights the differences in their age, status, mindset, and values.

    * Mizuki Alisa as Akiyama Satomi
    * Koike Teppei as Kamisaka Shinichi
    * Matsushita Nao
    * Suzuki Ami
    * Sakai Wakana


My Girl

The story revolves around a 23-year-old man named, Kazama Masamune. During high school, he had a girlfriend four years older than him, but she suddenly leaves to go abroad. Six years later, he receives news that she has passed away. In addition, she secretly gave birth to Masamune's daughter. Now the five-year-old daughter, Koharu, is returning home to Japan, and Masamune must raise her.

    * Aiba Masaki as Kazama Masamune
    * Yuka as Tsukamoto Yoko
    * Ishii Momoka as Kazama Koharu
    * Murakami Shingo as Shibata Yuya
    * Kitamura Yukiya as Hayashi Hirokazu


0 Goushitsu no Kyaku

(no details)


Shokojo Seira

Kuroda Seira is a high school student whose father is extremely wealthy. After her father dies and his business collapses, leaving her penniless, the school's director and Seira's previously jealous classmates take the opportunity to make her life miserable. But despite their bullying, Seira endures it with a positive attitude.

    * Shida Mirai as Kuroda Seira
    * Hayashi Kento as Miura Kaito
    * Tanabe Seiichi as Aran Yukio
    * Okamoto Anri as Shoji Masami
    * Kutsuna Shiori as Mizushima Kaori


Samurai High School

Mochizuki Kotaro is a private high school student who is normally a mild-mannered, unmasculine guy. But after coming across a mysterious ancient document, he finds that whenever he gets into a difficult situation, he becomes imbued with the heroic samurai spirit of his ancestors.

    * Miura Haruma as Mochizuki Kotaro
    * Shirota Yu as Nakamura Tsuyoshi
    * Anne as Nagasawa Ai
    * Ohgo Suzuka as Mochizuki Yuna
    * Kobayashi Ryoko as Minami Yurika


Gaiji Keisatsu

"Ura" is a top-secret counter-terrorism unit established after the 9/11 incident, whose members are trained spy hunters in Japan.

    * Watabe Atsuro
    * Ishida Yuriko
    * Ono Machiko
    * Endo Kenichi
    * Yo Kimiko
    * Ishibashi Ryo


Challenged

(no synopsis)

    * Sasaki Kuranosuke
    * Tomita Yasuko
    * Saigo Teruhiko
    * Murakawa Eri


JIN

The story follows a brain surgeon named, Minakata Jin, who falls into a "time slip" that sends him back to Edo during the Bakumatsu era, the period that spelled the end of the shoguns' rule over Japan. There, Jin ends up using his 21st-century medical expertise to help the people, who are suffering from various epidemic illnesses from the time, with the help of the modern medical knowledge of his era.

    * Osawa Takao as Minakata Jin
    * Nakatani Miki as Tomonaga Mirai / Nokaze
    * Ayase Haruka as Tachibana Saki
    * Koide Keisuke as Tachibana Kyotaro
    * Kiritani Kenta as Saburi Yusuke
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - FALL '09 (pg 3)
Post by: rebornsoul on November 15, 2009, 01:15:29 PM
Untouchable looks great
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - WINTER 2010 (pg 4)
Post by: tenkei on January 03, 2010, 12:16:23 PM
Upcoming dorama for Winter 2010

Quote from: wiki.daddicts.com
Naka nai to Kimeta Hi
Tsunoda Miki is a graduate of a second-rate university who manages to find a job at a top-notch company. But after a minor mistake, she becomes the subject of serious bullying by her superiors and other co-workers. Ultimately, she chooses to endure the harassment, not wanting to simply run away from it.

# Eikura Nana as Tsunoda Miki
# Kawaguchi Haruna as Tsunoda Ai
# Fujiki Naohito as Kirino Seiji
# Kaname Jun as Nakahara Shota
# Anne as Tachibana Marika
# Danta Yasunori as Umezawa Jin


Massugu na Otoko
Matsushima Kenichiro is basically a straight guy because he hates dishonesty. He is an employee at a medium-sized building firm and works in design. However, he is inept when it comes to love. Kenichiro’s destiny changes after he meets Kurita Narumi, an audacious, self-centred impish female. He becomes serious about leading her back to the right path which she finds interesting. While getting pushed around by Narumi, who is the exact opposite of him, Kenichiro learns about her way of doing things and way of life. He is stimulated by her and gradually gets attracted to her... Before long, he starts to look at a new self and at the things he had believed were correct, maturing into a more upright man.

# Sato Ryuta as Matsushima Kenichiro
# Fukada Kyoko as Kurita Narumi
# Kanjiya Shihori as Machida Yoshino
# Endo Yuya as Kusaka Hideki
# Sasaki Nozomi as Kayashima Yukie
# Takizawa Saori as Morioka Kumi
# Sakura as Kurita Sachiko


Magerarenai Onna
Ogiwara Saki, 33, is a woman who does not go with the flow of society but forges her own path. She hates flattering men and trying to be nice to people of the same sex. She has failed the bar exam ten times in a row but persists in her dream of being a lawyer while working as a clerk at a law firm. Saki’s good friend, Hasumi Riko, who is a mother of two children, was high school classmates with Saki, but is in fact 35, because she had deliberately declared herself to be two years younger. She has no qualms of lying for the sake of female happiness, pretending to be married to a man of wealth and blessed with children. Because her personality is the exact opposite, this accentuates Saki’s uncompromising way of life.

# Kanno Miho as Ogiwara Saki
# Nagasaku Hiromi as Hasumi Riko
# Tanihara Shosuke as Aida Mitsuteru
# Tsukamoto Takashi as Sakamoto Masato


Shinsengumi PEACE MAKER
The story centers around a short 15-year-old boy named Ichimura Tetsunosuke who attempts to join the legendary samurai of Shinsengumi as part of his plan to avenge his murdered parents. However, he learns that he must become a demon to join this group.

# Suga Kenta as Ichimura Tetsunosuke
# Furukawa Yuta as Ichimura Tatsunosuke
# Yanagishita Tomo as Okita Soji
# Izaki Yusuke (伊崎右典) as Harada Sanosuke
# Araki Hirofumi as Yoshida Toshimaro


Angel Bank
Ino Mamako is an English teacher at one of Japan's roughest schools, Ryuzan High School. After nine years of teaching, Ino decides to "reset" her life and meets with Ebisawa Yasuo, a charismatic "occupational change agent" who advises people on switching jobs. However, Ebisawa ends up hiring Ino as an occupational change agent herself. Together with her work partner Taguchi Ryota, Ino helps others switch gears in their livelihoods and transform the rest of their lives.

# Hasegawa Kyoko as Ino Mamako
# Wentz Eiji as Taguchi Ryota
# Murakami Tomoko as Nonomura Minami
# Nakamura Aoi as Emura Natsuki
# Oshima Yuko (大島優子) as Ogasawara Manami
# Kimisawa Yuki as Hokujo Kaoru


Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge
Takano Kyohei is a handsome but bad-tempered university student who is always ready for a fight; Toyama Yujinojo possesses a cuteness that can be mistaken for a girl; the cool-headed Oda Takenaga excels in academics and sports; and the princely Mori Ranmaru loves females, accept a proposal from the female owner of the house where they are lodging at for “free lodging if they are able to transform her niece into a proper lady”. Her niece, Nakahara Sunako lives in a gloomy and solitary world because of an inferior complex about her looks.

# Kamenashi Kazuya as Takano Kyohei
# Oomasa Aya as Nakahara Sunako
# Tegoshi Yuya as Toyama Yukinojo
# Uchi Hiroki as Oda Takenaga
# Miyao Shuntaro (宮尾俊太郎) as Morii Ranmaru
# Takashima Reiko as Nakahara Mio


Hidamari Tantei EYE
Tanaka Ainosuke, a third-year junior high school student with a strong sense of justice, underwent a cornea transplant of the left eye. However, after that, he received news that his older brother, Yumehito, the donor of that cornea, had died in an accident. Furthermore, Ainosuke was shocked by the images in his left eye which he had never seen before. Deducing that these images were connected to his brother’s death, Ainosuke began to search for the truth surrounding the death of his beloved brother and only immediate family. But as the investigation progressed, Ainosuke discovered that Yumehito’s death had been fake and that he is actually the leader of an evil organization. This sets the stage for a clash of fate between the two brothers. Ainosuke, the young sleuth armed with a special left eye and Yumehito, the genius criminal who has carried out many criminal plots.

    * Yamada Ryosuke as Tanaka Ainosuke
    * Yokoyama Yu as Tanaka Yumehito
    * Ishihara Satomi as Sayama Hitomi
    * Okada Yoshinori as Kato Takashi
    * Katahira Nagisa as Komukai Noriko


Tokujo Kabachi!!
The story centers around the employees of a legal document firm. Tamura Katsuhiro is a young man with a strong sense of justice. Although he believes that the law isn't always right, he becomes an administrative scrivener with the goal of manipulating the law in order to protect the weak. On the other hand, Sumiyoshi Misuzu, a former delinquent who hates to lose and who is now a capable scrivener. Katsuhiro and Misuzu are always at odds, but they gradually come to understand each other.

# Sakurai Sho as Tamura Katsuhiro
# Horikita Maki as Sumiyoshi Misuzu
# Endo Kenichi as Shigemori Kanji
# Watanabe Ikkei as Kakizaki Matsuo
# Tamaru Maki as Kakizaki Haruko
# Kikuzato Hikari as the mysterious high school girl

also some sequels: Code Blue, Hancho, Bloody Monday.
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - WINTER 2010 (pg 4)
Post by: angboi on January 05, 2010, 01:06:58 AM
Thanks for the Info :D

looking forwward too :
Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge cuz of kamenashi
and
Angel Bank cuz of Yuko oshima  :D XD :lol: :)
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - WINTER 2010 (pg 4)
Post by: Ichigo_Pantsu on January 10, 2010, 02:39:38 PM
I'm looking forward on these 2: Shinsengumi PEACE MAKER & Massugu na Otoko, shinsengumi Peace Maker has an anime version as well :)
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - WINTER 2010 (pg 4)
Post by: tenkei on January 10, 2010, 11:44:49 PM
yeah i watched like half of peace maker kurogane back in the day. was pretty cool
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - WINTER 2010 (pg 4)
Post by: tat2330 on February 02, 2010, 06:22:58 AM
kame's new drama Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge is a must watch

it's funny :D :D
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - SPRING 2010 (pg 4)
Post by: tenkei on April 15, 2010, 12:11:41 AM
Here's the list of upcoming drama, just in time for the new season. There's a few that had no synopsis on the wiki, and a couple not listed since I had no info at all on them.
Quote from: wiki.daddicts.com
Tsuki no Koibito

no synopsis

# Kimura Takuya
# Shinohara Ryoko
# Lin Chi Ling (リン・チーリン)
# Matsuda Shota
# Kitagawa Keiko
# Watanabe Ikkei
# Hamada Gaku


Zettai Reido

Sakuragi Izumi (Ueto Aya) is a new police sergeant with the Special Investigations Office, which was set up within the Metropolitan Police in November last year. The new investigation team uses DNA analysis and the latest in forensics science to investigate cold cases as well as cases suspected to involve missing persons.--JDrama Weblog

# Ueto Aya as Sakuragi Izumi
# Miyasako Hiroyuki
# Yamaguchi Sayaka
# Maruyama Tomomi
# Kitagawa Hiromi
# Kimura Ryo


Mother

Matsuyuki plays the part of Nao Suzuhara, an elementary school teacher. When she realizes that one of the female students is receiving abuse from her mother, Nao's maternal instincts kick in, and she impulsively decides to bring the girl into her own care. Serving as a substitute mother, Nao takes the child on a trip from Hokkaido to Tokyo, and the two experience various events together along the way. --Tokyograph

# Matsuyuki Yasuko as Suzuhara Nao
# Yamamoto Koji as Fujiyoshi Shunsuke
# Sakai Wakana as Suzuhara Mei
# Kurashina Kana as Suzuhara Kaho


Dosokai

no synopsis

    * Kuroki Hitomi as Miyazawa Tomomi
    * Takahashi Katsunori as Sugiyama Kosuke
    * Saito Yuki as Nishikawa Yoko
    * Mikami Hiroshi as Ookubo Shinichi


Sunao ni Narenakute

A story about the blossoming friendship of five young people who meet on Twitter.

    * Eita
    * Ueno Juri
    * Seki Megumi
    * Tamayama Tetsuji
    * Kinami Haruka
    * Watanabe Eri
    * Hero JaeJoong


Pro Golfer Hana

no synopsis

# Kato Rosa as Nomiya Hana
# Katase Nana as Takase Riko
# Inoue Masahiro (井上正大) as Imadegawa Jun
# Takahashi Mai as Oguchi Michiru
# Muro Tsuyoshi as Tsuruta Saburo


Yankee-kun to Megane-chan

Shinagawa Daichi used to be a good student who has now become a delinquent, while class president Adachi Hana was a delinquent who is now trying to move on. Her secret is discovered by Shinagawa, but she involves herself trying to correct his ways.

# Narimiya Hiroki as Shinagawa Daichi
# Naka Riisa as Adachi Hana
# Hongo Kanata
# Koyanagi Yu
# Kawaguchi Haruna


Keibuho Yabe Kenzo

no synopsis

# Namase Katsuhisa
# Ikeda Tetsuhiro
# Kanjiya Shihori
# Suzuki Kosuke
# Kyo Nobuo
# Hara Mikie


Tumbling

Azuma Wataru, a third-year student at Karasumori High School, is a devil who strikes fear in the hearts of people. One day, Azuma is told by his form teacher that he has to participate in a club activity in order to make up for the lack of second-year students. The short-tempered Azuma cannot last long in whatever he does. At that moment, he learns that Satonaka Mari, the beautiful transfer student in his class, has joined the female rhythmic sports gymnastics club. He joins the male rhythmic sports gymnastics club, a club activity with very few people under the captain, Takenaka Yuta. They are ridiculed by the coach of the female rhythmic sports gymnastics club, and others, and are also hardly allowed to use the gym. However, when a sixth boy joins the club, Yuta decides to take part in a team competition with his long-sought six members …

# Yamamoto Yusuke as Azuma Wataru
# Seto Koji as Takenaka Yuta
# Miura Shohei as Tsukimori Ryosuke
# Daito Shunsuke as Kiyama Ryuichiro
# Nishijima Takahiro as Hino Tetsuya
# Tomiura Satoshi as Tsuchiya Satoshi
# Yanagishita Tomo as Mizusawa Taku


Kaibutsu-kun

Tells the story of the prince of the land of monsters. As part of his training to succeed the throne, he visits the human world, where he has various adventures with other monsters.

# Ohno Satoshi as Kaibutsu-kun
# Kaga Takeshi as the king
# Yashima Norito as Dracula
# Matsuoka Masahiro as Demokin
# Inamori Izumi as Demorina
# Kawashima Umika as Ichikawa Utako
# Tsuda Kanji as Akkuma


Chase

no synopsis

# Eguchi Yosuke as Haruma
# ARATA as Murakumo
# Aso Kumiko
# Saito Takumi
# Tanaka Kei


Shinzanmono

Based on the popular novel by best-selling author Higashino Keigo, Kato Kyoichiro is a new detective who is assigned to solve the mystery case of a 40-year-old woman found murdered in Tokyo's Nihonbashi district.

# Abe Hiroshi as Kaga Kyoichiro
# Mukai Osamu as Kyose Koki
# Mizobata Junpei as Matsumiya Juhei
# Kimura Yuichi as Kojima Kazumichi
# Sasano Takashi as Kishida Yosaku

Sequels this season:
-Pandora 2
-Team Batista 2
-Rinjo 2
-Omiya-san 7
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - SPRING 2010 (pg 4)
Post by: daigong on April 16, 2010, 08:44:47 AM
Oh snap, Kimura Takuya and Lin Chi Ling ??

Gotta hunt down Rika's new drama episode.
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - SPRING 2010 (pg 4)
Post by: shomazta on June 02, 2010, 07:36:06 AM
aww man, looks like quite a few decent titles will be coming out this winter but I'll be stuck in the desert around that time so won't be able to watch any of them :(
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - SPRING 2010 (pg 4)
Post by: tenkei on July 11, 2010, 12:15:29 AM
a little late, some of these have already started. but here's the list of new summer drama!

Quote from: wiki.d-addicts.com
Natsu no Koi wa Nijiiro ni Kagayaku

Taiga is a struggling second-generation actor who has developed a complex due to his father, a famous actor in his time. Taiga, only get to appear in variety shows, most of the time. One day when his friend bring him out for a skydiving, a big wind dragg him away from the dropping point and he got stuck in a tree. A beautiful woman, Shiori (Takeuchi Yuko), come to rescue him. Shiori is a cheerful woman who laughs away all worries she has. She's exactly the opposite of Taiga...

# Matsumoto Jun as Kusunoki Taiga
# Takeuchi Yuko as Kitamura Shiori
# Sawamura Ikki as Kusunoki Daiki
# Kiritani Mirei as Miyase Sakura
# Kasahara Hideyuki as Ueno Keita


Joker Yurusarezaru Sosakan

Date Kazuyoshi (Sakai) is a detective on the Kanagawa prefectural police force. During the day, he is known as a "Buddha" for his gentle personality, pouring all of his energy into resolving each case. At night, however, he transforms into a cruel punisher as his gentleness gives way to his anger towards the criminals. The series poses questions about what justice and evil truly are.

# Sakai Masato as Date Kazuyoshi
# Nishikido Ryo as Kudo Kenji
# Anne as Miyagi Asuka
# Hirayama Hiroyuki as Kurusu Junnosuke
# Ryo as Katagiri Saeko


Tobo Bengoshi

The suspenseful story follows an enthusiastic lawyer who becomes a nationally wanted man after being falsely accused of murder, arson, and embezzlement. He goes on the run, and while trying to hunt down the real criminal, he encounters various people and helps them with their troubles.

# Kamiji Yusuke
# Ishihara Satomi
# Kitamura Kazuki
# Kyo Nobuo
# Murakawa Eri
# Maekawa Yasuyuki


Kasouken no Onna

no synopsis

no cast information


Keishicho Keizoku Sosakan

In April 2010, Japan abolished the statute of limitations for murder, inspiring the idea for a drama focused on a police unit relentlessly pursuing criminals with the latest scientific techniques.

# Kimura Yoshino
# Tsutsui Michitaka
# Tajima Ryo
# Yoo Min
# Yo Kimiko


GOLD

Yuri Saotome is a charismatic beautician who runs a major sports gym and aesthetic salon. Her older brother died in an accident just before his opportunity to achieve a gold medal at the Olympics, so she chose to marry a wrestling gold medalist. After giving birth to four children, she and her husband broke off their marriage, leaving Yuri to raise the kids by herself. With their excellent genes, three of them have been raised as possible candidates for the next Olympic games.

# Amami Yuki as Saotome Yuri
# Nagasawa Masami as Nikura Rika
# Mikami Kensei as Saotome Shuichi
# Matsuzaka Tori (松坂桃李) as Saotome Kou
# Yano Masato (矢野聖人) as Saotome Ren
# Takei Emi as Saotome Akira


Nihonjin no Shiranai Nihongo

Kano Haruko (Naka Riisa) is a charismatic shop assistant who has such excellent fashion sense that she has been featured in fashion magazines. However, she is unable to give up her dream of being a high school teacher. Haruko is asked by her former teacher to teach Japanese to foreigners for three months on the understanding that he would introduce her for the high school’s Japanese language teaching position. And so, she becomes a trainee teacher at a Japanese language school where she coaches nine foreign students with strong personalities, including an Italian anime enthusiast and a Swede who is in love with ninjas, according to her own convictions, while setting her sights on becoming a high school teacher.

# Naka Riisa
# Shibutani Yusuke
# Aoki Munetaka
# Harada Natsuki
# Ikeda Narushi


Gakeppuchi no Eri

"Gakeppuchi no Eri" describes the turbulent life of Eriko (Yamada), who has been extremely poor since childhood, due to the debt left by her parents. Despite constant misfortune, she aims to achieve happiness and money by moving to Tokyo to pursue life as a manga artist.

# Yamada Yu as Aihara Eriko
# Koizumi Kotaro as Hirabayashi Masamune
# Tsukaji Muga as Kamoda Joichi
# Osugi Ren as Umemoto Katsuo
# Watanabe Eri as Aihara Mitsuyo


Unubore Deka

A 30-year-old single detective (Nagase Tomoya), 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...

# Nagase Tomoya as Unubore
# Ikuta Toma as Honjo Sadame
# Nakashima Mika as Higurashi Rie
# Arakawa Yoshiyoshi as Saeki Masaru
# Kaname Jun as Matsuoka Seishiro


Atami no Sousakan

The story begins with the disappearance of a school bus and four high school girls. Still unsolved three years later, the case gets revived when one of the girls reappears. Odagiri plays a sharp national investigator searching for the truth behind the incident, which leads back to a seemingly peaceful town.

# Odagiri Joe
# Kuriyama Chiaki
# Tanaka Tetsushi
# Matsushige Yutaka
# Fuse Eri


Moteki

Moriyama plays a temp worker who has never had any luck with women. One day, he suddenly starts getting invitations from several beautiful women, and he finds himself confused about how to deal with this new experience of having a "moteki" (a period when one is very popular and attractive to others).

# Moriyama Mirai as Fujimoto Yukiyo

    * Izumisawa Yuuki as 15-year old Yukiyo

# Nonami Maho as Doi Aki
# Mitsushima Hikari (満島ひかり) as Nakashiba Itsuka
# Matsumoto Rio as Komiyama Natsuki
# Kikuchi Rinko as Hayashida Naoko


HAMMER SESSION!

no synopsis

# Hayami Mokomichi
# Shida Mirai
# Higa Manami
# Suda Masaki


Mioka

One day, Taichi, an ordinary university student meets Mioka, a girl who is like a storm. Taichi finds himself drawn to Mioka, who lives freely as she wishes without holding back, and they eventually fall in love. However, Mioka tells Taichi of her shocking truth. She has an incurable brain disease, with no medicine or treatment that can help her.

The progressing disease.

The loss of control over her own body.

The precious memories slowly fading away.

The fear of losing herself.

The limited time she has left.

Even with such a cruel fate, Mioka lives her life to the fullest extent till the end. Taichi, wholeheartedly loving her, decides to become the witness of her very existence in this world.


# Yoshitaka Yuriko as Minegishi Mioka
# Hayashi Kento as Hashimoto Taichi
# Katsuji Ryo as Kasagi Kunihiko
# Mizusawa Elena as Goto Mari
# Yuki Jutta as Kitamura Yoji


Tetsu no Hone

Koike plays a young employee of a general contracting company who faces a moral dilemma when he is forced to participate in bid-rigging.

# Koike Teppei as Tomishima Heita
# Toyohara Kosuke as Endo Yasuo
# Jinnai Takanori as Ogata Soji
# Nakamura Atsuro as Mihashi Manzo
# Usada Asami as Nomura Moe


GM Odore Doctor

no synopsis

no cast information

also a couple sequels, Hotaru no Hikari 2 and Hancho 3

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looks like some good stuff this summer, awwwyeah
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - SUMMER 2010 (pg 4)
Post by: LusoWarrior on August 19, 2010, 02:46:05 AM
i'm actually looking forward to continue to watch LIAR GAME, the concept is revolutionary...

Ofcourse, that will never cure or even tame my H&C addiction. I've seen it all and died when it ended.  :nervous
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - SUMMER 2010 (pg 4)
Post by: tenkei on October 06, 2010, 01:39:46 AM
Quote from: wiki.daddicts.com
Nagareboshi

Takenouchi plays an aquarium employee named Kengo, who seems ordinary at first glance but actually possesses a secret that he would sacrifice everything in order to protect. Meanwhile, Ueto plays Risa, a young woman working in the sex trade in order to pay off her brother's debt, though her situation has led her to contemplate suicide. These two characters, both full of despair, meet each other and end up entering a contract marriage purely for its benefits. However, as they overcome various troubles, their relationship begins turning into true love.

# Takenouchi Yutaka as Okada Kengo
# Ueto Aya as Makihara Risa
# Matsuda Shota as Kamiya Ryo
# Kitano Kii as Okada Maria
# Inagaki Goro


Mori no Asagao

New prison guard Oikawa Naoki gets asigned to the death row section. He strikes a friendship with Mitsuru Watase who is on death-row for the revenge murder of the man who killed his parents. Gradually Naoki begins to wonder about the necessity of the death penalty and the meanings of such concepts as repentance and forgiveness.

# Ito Atsushi as Oikawa Naoki
# ARATA as Watase Mitsuru
# Kashii Yu as Oikawa's girlfriend
# Tanimura Mitsuki
# Kinami Haruka


Furiitaa Ie wo Kau

no info

# Ninomiya Kazunari
# KARINA


Guilty Akuma to Keiyakushita Onna

Kanno plays the part of Meiko Nogami, a woman with a beautiful and kind heart. But 15 years ago her older sister's husband and son were killed and Meiko was falsely charged with the crime. She is released from prison 12 years later, and she resumes life as a pet groomer, but inside she is burning for revenge. As she searches out the truth behind the original murders, she leads the men around her to their destruction and death. Tamaki is taking on the role of a police detective who becomes attracted to Meiko even as he is investigating her as a suspect.

# Kanno Miho as Nogami Meiko
# Tamaki Hiroshi as Mashima Takuro
# Kichise Michiko as Enomoto Mari
# Mikami Kensei as Tsurumi Masato
# Yoshida Kotaro (吉田鋼太郎) as Ukita Hajime


Second Virgin

Nakamura Rui is a divorced but highly successful producer in publishing. She meets Suzuki Kou, an ambitious buisiness man 17 years her junior, and finds herself getting aggressively persued by him. Eventually they begin a steaming affair. Meanwhile, a young couple moves into the house next to Nakamura's and the wife (Suzuki Marie) begins to confide in her about the frustrations of their conjugal life.

# Suzuki Kyoka as Nakamura Rui
# Fukada Kyoko as Suzuki Marie
# Hasegawa Hiroki (長谷川博己) as Suzuki Kou
# Danta Yasunori as Mukai Hajime
# Kusabue Mitsuko as Magaki Shugetsu


Yamikin Ushijima-kun

This drama depicts the harsh reality of those at the bottom of society through the eyes of the loanshark Ushijima. He is the head of Kaukau Finance which is a ruthless black market lending operation, charging as much as 50% interest every ten days

# Yamada Takayuki
# Katase Nana
# Yabe Kyosuke (やべきょうすけ)
# Sakimoto Hiromi
# Yokoyama Miyuki (横山美雪)


Ogon no Buta

The Board of Audit’s Special Investigations Division punishes civil servants who cheat and waste the taxes paid by the hard-working people. The heroine, Shinko, is a daring character who doesn't get impressed by power and influence but mercilessly pursues the scoundrels. She who used to be a swindler and has a difficult personality gets scouted by the division and is paired up with the elite rookie, Kudo who is a graduate of Tokyo University and comes from a family of government officials.

# Shinohara Ryoko
# Okada Masaki
# Oizumi Yo
# Yamaguchi Sayaka
# Kiritani Kenta


Nasake no Onna

no plot info

# Yonekura Ryoko
# Yanagiba Toshiro
# Tsukamoto Takashi
# Iijima Naoko
# Katsumura Masanobu


Face Maker

Kirishima, a skilled plastic surgeon who previously used to work for the US ‘Federal Witness Protection Programme’. His nickname is "Face Maker." Patients come to him seeking to change their lives, and he grants them that wish with a new face. He doesn't take money but asks for his patients' previous faces as a payment. How would you feel if you encountered someone with your former face?

# Nagai Masaru as Kirishima Shun


Kenji Onijima Heihachiro

In the drama, Hamada plays the titular Onijima Heihachiro, a 44-year-old man who becomes a public prosecutor due to an incident 6 years earlier, where his older sister committed suicide after being caught up in a political scandal. The unyielding Onijima fights to uphold his views of what is right as he takes on Japan's legal system. The female lead, an elite public prosecutor who is the polar opposite of Onijima, will be played by Uchida Yuki

# Hamada Masatoshi
# Uchida Yuki
# Hamada Gaku
# Nishiyama Maki
# Matsushige Yutaka
# Nishimura Masahiko


SPEC

"SPEC" will revolve around a pair of police detectives as part of a special division solving difficult cases (Mishou). Touma Saya is a woman with an IQ of 201 and an inability to "read the atmosphere" in social situations. Due to a previous case, her left arm is in a sling. Her partner Sebumi Takeru used to be the star performer of the Metropolitan Police. After some incident however, he was transferred to Mishou. Those two track down offenders with special abilities(SPEC) who managed to get away with their crimes.

# Toda Erika as Toma Saya
# Kase Ryo as Sebumi Takeru
# Fukuda Saki as Shimura Misuzu
# Shirota Yu as Chii Satoshi
# Tanaka Tetsushi as Reizei Toshiaki
# Kamiki Ryunosuke as Ninomae Juichi


Himitsu

The story involves a married couple, where the wife dies but her spirit ends up inside the couple's daughter (Shida).

# Sasaki Kuranosuke
# Shida Mirai
# Ishida Hikari
# Motokariya Yuika
# Hayashi Tantan


Q10

no info

# Maeda Atsuko
# Sato Takeru


Perfect Report

Matsuyuki plays a top-class TV reporter named Aoyama, who possesses both brains and beauty but is also known for being too rigid. Despite her cold and blunt outward appearance, on the inside she is passionate as a reporter, dedicated to collecting information and seeking out the truth

# Matsuyuki Yasuko as Aoyama Kana
# Koide Keisuke
# Aibu Saki
# Endo Yuya
# Koyanagi Yu
# Kaname Jun


Juui Dolittle

Tottori Kenichi is a foul-mouthed but gifted veterinarian nicknamed Dolittle. His catch phrase is 'pet care means business'. He is the director of his animal clinic and rescues not only 'voiceless' pets but also helps their owners, who lack understanding and caution, with their problems and worries. Working with him is animal nurse Tajima Asuka. Hanabishi Masaru is Dolittle's rival, a charismatic vet and director of another animal hospital who has not only an opposite personality but also a different stance towards pet care. The drama focuses on the love triangle between those 3 and tries to teach the viewers about human-pet relationships.

# Oguri Shun as Tottori Kenichi (Dolittle)
# Narimiya Hiroki as Hanabishi Masaru
# Inoue Mao as Tajima Asuka
# Ishizaka Koji
# Kunimura Jun


Marks no Yama

20 years ago a half-frozen boy was rescuded in the mountains after his parents apparent sucide. He gets released from a mental institution and his girlfriend notices him talking about a dark mountain shadow. Meanwhile a murder happens in a residential area in Tokyo. Assistant Inspector Goda Yuichiro takes on the investigation. Soon an official of the Ministery of Justice gets murdered in a similar fashion pointing towards a serial killer. Yet, Goda receives a strange order from above: he's not to further investigate in this direction. He senses a huge mystery behind the case and starts chasing after the psychopath killer called Marks. Somehow a journalist's research about a corrupt construction magnate and another unsolved murder that happend in the mountains 13 years ago are also linked to the case.

# Kamikawa Takaya as Goda Yuichiro
# Kora Kengo as Marks
# Ishiguro Ken
# Konishi Manami
# Kohinata Fumiyo
# Toda Naho


Genya

Mizuhara Masaya (Tsukamoto Takashi) is a desperate guy who murders his uncle shortly after his father's death, over a debt settlement which the uncle demands right after an earthquake. When Mizuhara comes to his senses he finds a beauty who introduces herself as Shinkai Mifuyu(Fukada Kyoko) next to himself. The two flee to Tokyo and as the girl starts getting attention in the beauty sector, a detective starts looking into their past.

# Tsukamoto Takashi as Mizuhara Masaya
# Fukada Kyoko as Shinkai Mifuyu
# Shibata Kyohei as Kato Wataru


Reinoryokusha Odagiri Kyoko no Uso

no info

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a little late cus it was hard to find info on some of these, still a few without too.
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - FALL 2010 (pg 4)
Post by: jafeijai on October 17, 2010, 04:07:35 PM
(grabbed from d-addicts wiki)

Q10
Quote
"Heita is an ordinary high school boy with a kind heart but no real interest in romance. His class is joined by a transfer student named Q10 (pronounced "kyu-to," the same as "cute"), who looks like a girl but is actually a robot. Together, the two end up causing trouble at school, and Heita even begins falling for Q10. A kiss scene between the two is planned." --Tokyograph

Reinoryokusha Odagiri Kyoko no Uso
Quote
Odagiri Kyoko is a flashy clairvoyant TV personality who has celebrities and politicians as clients. Yet in reality she is just a regular girl with no special power. She conducts solid detective work to solve mysteries, then passes off the results as her psychic visions.
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - FALL 2010 (pg 4)
Post by: tenkei on January 06, 2011, 04:16:51 AM
Quote from: wiki.daddicts.com
Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta

Toda and Miura play two teachers, Natsumi Uemura and Shuji Kashiwagi, at the same high school who are set to get married in half a year. However, the night before the school year's opening ceremony, Shuji becomes involved with the young Hikari Saeki (played by Takei), without realizing that she will be a student in his class starting the next day. As Shuji struggles to help Hikari deal with the mental complex she is suffering from, he is also torn inside by his betrayal of Natsumi. Meanwhile, Hikari attempts to get closer to Natsumi, driven by feelings of jealousy and a desire to destroy the couple's relationship

CAST
Miura Haruma as Kashiwagi Shuji
Toda Erika as Uemura Natsumi
Takei Emi as Saeki Hikari
Suda Masaki as Hiraoka Naoki
Shinoda Mariko as Todo Sayaka


Quartet

no synopsis

CAST
Fukuda Saki
Matsushita Yuya


Control ~ Hanzai Shinri Sousa

Segawa Rio, a quick-acting detective, gets transferred to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police’s Violent Crimes Division after she got shot during her previous case. She is made to work together with Nagumo Jun, a level-headed but eccentric psychology professor whoes skills at behavioral analysis are the key to tracking down the criminals. There's also Teranishi Kei, a shy young detective who's had a crush on Segawa since their days at the academy...

CAST
Matsushita Nao as Segawa Rio
Fujiki Naohito as Nagumo Jun
Yokoyama Yu as Teranishi Kei
Kitamura Yukiya as Iwasaki Mikiya
Usuda Asami as Kosaka Mina
Sato Jiro as Kinoshita Yukio


Utsukushii Rinjin

A sudden encounter between a gracefully attractive but mysterious woman, Saki (Nakama Yukie), and an ordinary housewife, Eriko (Dan Rei), who has a happy family, causes Eriko’s serene daily life to fall apart. Eriko’s husband, Shinji (Watabe Atsuro) becomes the target of Saki’s advances and finds himself caught between her and his wife.

CAST
Nakama Yukie
Dan Rei (檀れい)
Miura Rieko
Suzuki Sawa
Moriyama Eiji (森山栄治)
Minami Keisuke


Misaki Number One!!

One day, all of a sudden, Misaki, the number one hostess of a club in Roppongi becomes a high school teacher! Of all classes, she is appointed as the homeroom teacher for Class 2Z, a special class for the troublemakers at the school. But, with her positive power, she takes the students head-on, without ever giving up!

CAST
Karina as Tenoji Misaki
Fujigaya Taisuke
Kitayama Hiromitsu (北山宏光)
Oomasa Aya
Ichikawa Tomohiro


Honboshi ~Shinri Tokusou Jikenbo~

no synopsis

CAST
Funakoshi Eiichiro
Otsuka Nene


Gaikoukan Kuroda Kosaku

This sequel to the movie Amalfi brings back Kuroda Kousaku, a diplomat who works at the Japanese anti-terrorism office. His new partner is Ogaki Rikako, a somewhat unreliable detective who loves onsen. The setting includes San Francisco, Mexico and Japan and the story also reveals Kuroda's past.

CAST
Oda Yuji as Kuroda Kousaku
Shibasaki Kou as Ogaki Rikako
Kagawa Teruyuki
Kaho
Tanaka Kei


LADY~Saigo no Hanzai Profile~

"LADY" focuses on a team of profilers in the CPS, a fictional police division that deals with analyzing criminal behavior. Kitagawa plays the part of Shoko, a gifted profiler who returns to Japan after working with the FBI in the United States. Her character is described as a "crime maniac," as she is overly knowledgeable about past crimes, while also being unskilled in matters of romance

CAST
Kitagawa Keiko
Kimura Tae
Hiraoka Yuta
Sudo Risa
Ozawa Yukiyoshi


Bartender

Upon return from Paris, Sasakura Ryu spends some time wandering amiss, but after some time he decides to start anew by becoming a bartender. On a daily basis as a bartender, he helps solve the various problems burdening his customers, including work and love and family troubles, one cocktail at a time.
Furthermore, what will happen to the romantic relationship between Ryu, who seeks the best cocktail, and Kurushima Miwa, who is pertinent to his growth as a person. Also in the drama you'll see the fateful showdown between Kuzuhara Ryuichi, referred to as Mr. Perfect, and Master Kase Goro


CAST
Aiba Masaki as Sasakura Ryu
Kanjiya Shihori as Kurushima Miwa
Arakawa Yoshiyoshi as Sugiyama Kaoru
Mitsuishi Ken as Mihashi Jyunji
Omi Toshinori as Sakura Hajime


URAKARA

The premise of the show has KARA working for an underworld service as for-hires, but instead of killing their targets, their missions require them to make those men fall in love with them. Each week, a mysterious boss will give them their new target - from powerful politicians to kabuki actors to ordinary salarymen - and they will use any technique they can to accomplish their goal. But due to their inexperience with love, various problems come up during their missions.

CAST
Park Gyu Ri as herself
Han Seung Yeon (한승연) as herself
Nicole as herself
Goo Ha-ra (구하라) as herself
Kang Ji Young (강지영) as herself


Heaven's Flower

Set in the near-futuristic 2060, "Heaven's Flower" combines mystery with a pure love story. Due to a botched experiment, Japan has become a barren land where flowers can't even bloom, resulting in a severe rationing crisis. While the country works towards rebuilding, "District 7" is one of the areas left behind in the process.
The story unfolds in the neglected District 7. Despite Kawashima's typical innocent image from her previous works, here she takes on her first "villain" role as a cruel and emotionless assassin named Ai, part of a group known as "Last Garden." While faithfully carrying out her missions every day, she encounters the police detective Yuichiro Manaka (Araki), and she suddenly must deal with her newfound emotion of love. The ensuing story is a romantic mystery involving betrayal and the secret behind her birth


CAST
Kawashima Umika as Ai
Araki Hirofumi as Manaka Yuichiro
Ayano Go as Shion
Nakano Yuta (中野裕太) as Naruki
Taketomi Seika (竹富聖花) as Ran
Suruga Taro (駿河太郎) as Sudo Senji


"Deka Wanko"

"Deka Wanko" is originally a manga by "Gokusen" creator Kozueko Morimoto. The comedic series revolves around a rookie detective named Ichiko Hanamori (played by Tabe), whose exceptional dog-like sense of smell is used to solve difficult cases, in addition to earning her the nickname of "Deka Wanko."

CAST
Tabe Mikako
Sawamura Ikki
Tegoshi Yuya
Masu Takeshi
Ohkura Koji


Fuyu no Sakura

"Fuyu no Sakura" is described as a pure love story with similarities to the popular Korean drama "Winter Sonata" (titled "Fuyu no Sonata" in Japan). Kusanagi plays a gentle glass craftsman in Yamagata who has no experience in love. Imai plays an older housewife with a husband and daughter who goes on a trip alone to Yamagata, hoping to see sakura trees blooming in winter. She gets into an accident, but is saved by Kusanagi. He ends up tending to her, and the two are soon drawn to each other.

CAST
Kusanagi Tsuyoshi
Imai Miki
Sato Takeru
Kato Rosa
Yamazaki Shigenori
Denden
Oshima Yoko

There are a lot more dramas airing actually, but I found it pointless to include them without any information on them.

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man, kind of a lot I want to check out this season :O
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - WINTER 2011 (pg 4)
Post by: Yoshino on January 29, 2011, 09:00:48 PM
Here's some good news for fans of Boss, coming back for a second season. :thumbsup

Yuki Amami returns for "BOSS" sequel
Thu, January 27, 2011
It is now confirmed that Fuji TV will broadcast a sequel to the 2009 drama series "BOSS" this spring. Starring Yuki Amami as the head of a team of detectives, the show averaged 17.0% ratings with a peak of 20.7%, and many fans have been hoping for another season.

The story this time will continue from the final scene of the first series, with Amami's character Eriko receiving a sudden phone call as she is about to leave Japan, leading her to once again take the reins of the special detective unit. The main supporting cast will be returning, including Yutaka Takenouchi, Erika Toda, Junpei Mizobata, Michiko Kichise, Kendo Kobayashi, Yoichi Nukumizu, and Tetsuji Tamayama.

The sequel will air in the same Thursday 10:00pm time slot, starting in April
.
Title: Re: Official UPCOMING Dorama Thread - WINTER 2011 (pg 4)
Post by: parklambo on July 22, 2011, 10:48:49 AM
I recently just finished watching hana kimi ... although I was late watching it ... :P