Fujitv1. プロポーズ大作戦 (Propose Daisakusen)Time: Monday 9pmStarting Date: 16th AprilOfficial Site: http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/propose/index.htmlCast: Yamashita Tomohisa, Nagasawa Masami, Eikura Nana, Hiraoka Yuta, Fujiki Naohito2. 花嫁とパパ(仮) (Hanayome to Papa)Time: Tuesday 9pmStarting Date: 10th AprilOfficial Site: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/hanapapa/index2.htmlCast: Ishihara Satomi, Taguchi Junnosuke, Koizumi Koutaro, Shiraishi Miho, Takizawa Saori, Oshinari Shugo, Nishihara AkiWakui Emi, Tokito Saburo,Ingo: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/tokuhen/07spr_new/b_hp/hanapapa.html3. 鬼嫁日記 いい湯だな (Oniyome Nikki Iiyudana)Time: Tuesday 10pmStarting Date: 17th AprilOffcial Site: http://www.ktv.co.jp/oni/Cast: Mizuki Arisa, Gori, Ebihara Yuri, Takachi Noboru, Kawashima Naomi, Kato Cha, Nogiwa Yoko4.私達の教科書 (Watashitachi no Kyoukasho)Time: Thursday 10pmStarting Date: 12th AprilOfficial Site: http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/kyoukasho/index.htmlCast: Kanno Miho, Itoh Atsushi, Sakai Wakana, Ookura Kouji, Mizushima Hiro, Sato jirou, Maekawa Yasuyuki,Shida Mirai, Tanihara Shosuke, Fubuki Jun5. ライアーゲーム (LIAR GAME)Time: Saturday 11:10pmStarting Date: 14 AprilOfficial Site: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/liargame/index3.htmlCast: Toda Erika, Matsuda Shota, Watanabe Ikkei, Kitamura SouichiroInfo: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/tokuhen/07spr_new/b_hp/liargame.html==========================================================================================================TBS1 夫婦道 (Fuufu dou)Time: Thursday 9pmStarting Date: 12th AprilOfficial Site: http://www.tbs.co.jp/fufudo/Cast: Takeda Tetsya, Takahata Atsuko, Yamazaki Shizuyo, Motokariya Yuika, Takuma Seiko, Hashizume Kou2 孤独の賭け~愛しき人よ~ (Kodoku no Kake ~Itoshiki Hitoyo~)Time: Thursday 10pmStarting Date: 12th AprilOfficial Site: 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 YukoInfo: http://www.tbs.co.jp/program/kodokunokake.html3 特急田中3号 (Tokyu Tanaka 3 Gou)Time: Friday 10pmStarting Date: 13th AprilOffcial Site: 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 Kazuko4 冗談じゃない! (Joudan janai!)Time: Sunday 9pmStarting Date: 15th AprilOfficial Site : 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==================================================================== ======================================TV Asahi1. ホテリアー (Hotelier)Time: Thursday 9pmStarting Date: 19th AprilOffical site: 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 naotoInfo: 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 9pmStarting Date: 20th AprilOfficial Site: http://seitoshokun.asahi.co.jp/Cast: Uchiyama Rina, Horikita Maki, Hongo Kanata, Shiina Kippei, Watanabe Ikkei3. 時効警察2 (Jikou Keisatsu 2)Time: Friday 11:45pmStarting Date:Offical site: http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/jikou/Cast: Odagiri Joe, Aso Kumiko, Toyohara Kousuke, Fuse Eri, Eguchi Noriko, Iwamatsu Ryo==========================================================================================================NTV1. セクシーボイス アンド ロボ (Sexy Voice and Robo)Time: Tuesday 9pmStarting Date: 10th AprilOfficial Site: http://www.ntv.co.jp/sexyvoice/Cast: Matsuyama Kenichi, Ougo Suzuka, Murakawa Eri, Katagiri Hairi, Okada Yoshinori, Asaoka Ruriko2. バンビ~ノ (Bambino)Time: Wednesday 10pmStarting Date: 18th AprilOfficial Site: http://www.ntv.co.jp/bambi/Cast: Matsumoto Jun, Kitamura Kazuki, Karina, Sato Ryuta, Uchida Yuki, Sasaki Kuranosuke, Ichimura Masachika3.食いタン2 (Kuitan 2)Time: Saturday 9pmStarting Date: 14th AprilOffcial Site: http://www.ntv.co.jp/kuitan/Cast: Higashiyama Noriyuki, Morita Go, Kyono Kotomi, Ichikawa Mikako, Suga Kenta, Sano Shiro, Itoh Shiro==========================================================================================================NHK1. 風林火山 (Furin Kazan)Time: Sunday 9pmStarting Date: 7th JanuaryOfficial Site: 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==========================================================================================================Special Drama Only one or two episodes, (usually 2hours )NOT renzoku)==========================================================================================================1リットルの涙SP (1 Littoru no Namida/ 1 litre of tears special )Broadcast: FujitvDate: 5th April 9pmOfficial Site: http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/tears/special_popup/index.htmlCast: 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: FujitvDate: 26th March 9pmInfo: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/kimyo/index.htmlCast: 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 TVDate: 6th April 9pmOfficial Site : 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 TVDate: 7th April 9pmOfficial Site : 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: fujitvDate: MayInfo : http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt200703/gt2007031611.htmlCast: Yamaguchi Tomomitsu, Toda Erika, Koide Keisuke, Hirosue Ryoko
1. プロポーズ大作戦 (Propose Daisakusen)Time: Monday 9pmStarting Date: 16th AprilOfficial Site: http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/propose/index.htmlCast: Yamashita Tomohisa, Nagasawa Masami, Eikura Nana, Hiraoka Yuta, Fujiki Naohito
Just watched Watashitachi no Kyoukasho, another one to follow. Talk about a dark drama. It should be interesting to see how things unveil.
First KissIn 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 HyougoHiroki 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 HyougoHanazakari no Kimitachi eThe 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 & FarmSix 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 QAdapted 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 OnnatachiSakurasho 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 HikariHaruka 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 ShidaiIn 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 2007Jinnai 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 OnnaBased 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 KoibitoThis 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 JoteiKato 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 MonogatariArashi 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 EsteThis 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 KamisamaIn 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 LIFEAdapted 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 NanokakanThis 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