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- StarsTôru NakamuraMasato HagiwaraTokuma NishiokaA 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.
- StarsHiroshi MikamiShinobu TerajimaHiroyuki IkeuchiTsukuda Kohei (Mikami Hiroshi) was once in charge of the development of a space rocket. He had resigned from the Agency of Space and Astronautical Science to take responsibility for the failure of the rocket launch and now runs Tsukuda Manufacturing, a small factory in the old downtown district. Meanwhile, Teikoku Heavy Industries announces a project to launch a domestically-made rocket at a press conference. While the project is proceeding smoothly, the project manager Zaizen Michio (Watabe Atsuro), head of the Aerospace Division, receives a shocking report. The patent for the proprietary engine component technology that Teikoku Heavy Industries had gone all out to develop, has already been filed by Tsukuda Manufacturing. The rocket cannot fly without that component so a beleaguered Zaizen offers Tsukuda 2 billion yen for the transfer of that patent. But - .
- StarsHaruma MiuraTakeru SatohMichiko KichiseA genius high school student and also a hacker uses his sophisticated hacking techniques to fights against "Bloody Monday", the worst and most evil form of viral terrorism, in order to save his family, friends, and the entire world.
- StarsEtsushi ToyokawaYui NatsukawaShirô SanoA tale of tragic love between Yoshimori, a station employee at a quiet, rural station, and Kahori, the wife of the heir to a family fortune.
- StarsTakuya KimuraTakashi UkajiShingo IppongiKohei Kuryu is a former juvenile delinquent. After passing the law board exams, Kuryu becomes a prosecutor who possesses quick instincts and a kind of cleverness that only someone raised on the streets could have.
- StarsYukie NakamaHiroshi AbeKatsuhisa NamaseQuirky professor Jiro Ueda and struggling magician Naoko Yamada investigate and unmask the fraudulent people who claim to have supernatural abilities.
- StarsKahoMirai ShidaYûki AmamiMaya Akutsu, a new teacher who strives for perfection and punishes students in unorthodox manners. A 12-year-old Kazumi has been able to withstand her strange punishments so far but the other 23 students begin to fold under the pressure.
- StarsHiroshi AbeMasami NagasawaSaekoKenji Sakuragi is a lawyer and former member of a motorcycle gang. He takes on the challenge of preparing a special class for a famous stupid school, Ryuuzan to enter the prestigious Toudai University.
- StarsHaruma MiuraItsumi ÔsawaRina KoikeFourteen year old Miki becomes pregnant with her boyfriend's child. After struggling with the fact that she is pregnant, she decides to keep the baby and raise it.
- StarsMasahiro MotokiAleksandr VeremyukHiroshi AbeThe 19th Century was a turbulent one for Japan. Enduring the throes of change brought about by the Meiji era, it still struggled to join the world and be considered a "civilized, modern nation." After 300 years, samurai turned to labor, farmers sought other industries, and technology became king. Saka no Ue no Kumo covers the later years of the Meiji, when Japan-still wrestling with its identity-fought the little discussed Russo-Japanese War.We join the story with brothers Akiyama Yoshifuru and Akiyama Saneyuki, and their friend, the poet Masaoka Shiki, as they face these travails with decided Japanese spirit.
- StarsHiroshi AbeTakashi TsukamotoMitsuko KusabueA 40-year-old gifted architect enjoys living alone and doesn't communicate well with people. He has three female friends. Will he ever marry?
- StarsErika SawajiriRyô NishikidoHiroko YakushimaruThe story of a 15-year-old high school student, Ikeuchi Aya, who soon discovers she has an incurable disease that affects the cerebellum of the brain. Aya lived her life to the fullest until her death at 25.
- StarsHiroshi AbeMieko HaradaMeisa KurokiIn the Ningyo-cho area of Nihonbashi, Tokyo - a woman was murdered. Detective Kaga Kyoichiro, who just transferred to the Nihonbashi police precinct, is placed in charge of the murder case. With virtually the entire residents of Ningyo-cho's shopping street emerging as suspects, Detective Kaga must use his keen sense of deductive reasoning to uncover the truth.
- DirectorNobuhiro DoiStarsHiroshi AbeMeisa KurokiJunpei MizobataA 7 years girl is found dead in the local park's toilet. Kaga Kyouichiro, who was asked to find the girl, and his cousin Matsumiya Shuhei who's assigned to investigate the murder case, have to work together to crack the case. Their evidence lead them to Maehara's, a family with parents, a son and a senile grandmother.
- StarsHaruka AyaseKimiko YoTakayuki YamadaOne boy kills his father to save his first love. One girl takes the life of her mother to protect the boy. The two commit a crime to hide another, and move on with life, turning their backs against the sun.
- StarsJuri UenoHiroshi TamakiEita NagayamaTwo musicians united in talent, divided by nature - the upper-class perfectionist Chiaki and the sloppy middle-classer Nodame - fall in love.
- StarsTakayuki YamadaHaruka AyaseNaoto Ogata"I thought I might be using a lifetime's happiness in a moment. I was that happy and she was that beautiful.
- StarsKazuya KamenashiHaruka AyaseErika TodaA poor man falls in love with a rich woman in the 20s. Her outlook on life is like a middle school girl and his outlook on life is like an old man. She shows him that not all rich girls are stuck up, that some are humble and sweet and good to disabled children.
- CreatorSatoru HiuraStarsHaruka AyaseNaohito FujikiYuka ItayaWhen she's not at her fancy job, Hotaru just wants to relax at home - until her landlord's son shows up, and it's none other than her fastidious boss.
- StarsTakuya KimuraTeruyuki KagawaHaruka AyaseA Japanese crime scene investigation team recruits a neuroscientist to aid them as they try to solve cases. With his intelligence, he uses logic to deduce who commits the crime and how.
- CreatorMotoka MurakamiStarsMiki NakataniWayne LeGetteTakao OsawaA brain surgeon named Minakata Jin faints at the hospital and awakens to find himself transported back in time to the Edo period.
- StarsKen'ichi MatsuyamaKippei ShînaHaruka KinamiGamagori Futaro has been poor since the day he was born. As a child his recklessly wasteful and abusive father sunk the family into debt and disappeared, leaving Futaro and his sick mother to fend for themselves. With no money to pay for medical treatment for his ailing mother, she eventually died. After her death Futaro became obsessed with money and willing to do anything for it. Several years pass and Futaro finds himself working at "Mikuni Shipbuilding" where he meets the company president's daughters Midori, who was his former classmate, and her younger sister Akane, who is disabled, and like Futaro, has a scarred face. In a plot to acquire their fathers company, Futaro begins to get close the sisters.
- StarsMikie HaraAyame MisakiKôhei MurakamiAndroid girl Cutie Honey uses her magical abilities to battle the nefarious Panther Claws and their cyborg henchmen.
- StarsRyô NishikidoHikari MitsushimaKento NagayamaHeisuke Hara works as a teacher at an all-boys high school where he had an unfortunate accident 15 years ago. Now, it's decided that the boys school where he works will be merged with a girls school because of a decline in student numbers.
- StarsSatoshi TsumabukiEita NagayamaHikari MitsushimaThe life of five brothers living in the same house, each of them with his own drama, love and tragedy.
- 2010– 10 eps7.5 (357)TV SeriesStarsErika TodaRyô KaseRyunosuke KamikiAfter an incident in which a gun fired by Sebumi Takeru mysteriously turned around and hit one of his subordinate, Sebumi, the elite SIT unit's platoon leader was pushed to work in the most unpopular department, a special department named Mishou (Unidentified Crimes Unit), which crack cases without evidence, witnesses, or involving special organizations. Sebumi Takeru met his workmate, Toma Saya, a woman with an IQ of 201 and an arm wearing cast, who acted in a mysterious way that Sebumi could not even understand. When solving mysterious case together, the two encounter the superpower of unknown criminals, "SPEC". When deducing the different "SPEC" of different criminals, they fight with Ninomae Juichi, the powerful SPEC holder, and discover a mysterious world with SPECs, schemes, secrets and dangers.
- StarsMasaki AibaEmi TakeiKatsuhisa NamaseA man identifies himself as "Kizoku" ("Aristocrat") and works as a private detective for a hobby. Nobody knows his age, address or anything about his family. The actual deductions and investigations are carried out by his employees including his butler, maid, and chauffeur. He only has a good time talking to the women involved in the cases. Meanwhile, Takatoku Aika works as a private detective. She competes with the Aristocrat Detective to solve cases.
- StarsEmi TakeiGô AyanoAkari HayamiDue to Professor Kita's suggestion, student Nishinosono Moe and Associate Professor Saikawa Sohei head to Professor Kita's research institute. There, various experiments have been conducted in a low temperature research room. During the night a murder takes place. Two graduate students are found dead in the low temperature research room.
- StarsEmi TakeiTadayoshi OhkuraKuranosuke SasakiHaruko Abe (Emi Takei) received her meteorologist license at the age of 11. She is a genius weather-woman. Haruko now works as a meteorologist on a morning information program. Due to her incredibly blunt personality, a lot of people at her workplace dislikes her. Meanwhile, Haruko tries to solve cases with Detective Gota Aoki (Tadayoshi Okura), using her extensive knowledge of the weather.
- StarsHaruma MiuraErika TodaEmi TakeiShuji is a young teacher whose confidence and honesty has made him popular with the students. He is engaged to Natsumi, also a teacher at the same high school. At the morning of the new semester, Shuji wakes up with a hangover and no memory of the night before, and a strange young woman in his bed. He feels terrible about possibility of having cheated on his fiancée, but when it turns out the girl is a student in his class Shuji is wrecked with guilt. Things go from bad to worse when the girl, Hikari, makes it clear that she's in love with him and wants to break him and Natsumi apart. Shuji's honest nature makes him want to come clean to everyone about what has happened, but before he has the chance, the secret is out. As his life starts crumbling around him, Shuji still decides to try and save Hikari from herself.
- StarsKasumi ArimuraAkemi MasudaYui SakumaThe 17-year-old Yatabe Mineko grew up in a family of seven in a mountain village in northeastern Ibaraki Prefecture. Her father Minoru has gone to Tokyo to work in order to earn extra money. However, her life completely changes when her father does not come back for the New Year. Mineko asks her family to let her go to Tokyo to find him and promises to send money home. In the autumn of 1964, she and two childhood friends Tokiko and Mitsuo are hired to start working at a small factory in Tokyo's working class neighborhood. After work each day, Mineko searches for her father and gets disheartened at times. Mineko overcomes challenges and starts to lay down roots in Tokyo as she experiences many meetings and farewells amid the laughter and tears with regulars, people of the shopping street, friends, and colleagues. But will she be able to find her father?
- DirectorJun'ichi IshikawaHidenori JôhôStarsMasato SakaiYui AragakiKôtarô SatomiAttorneys Kensuke and Machiko receive a request from a general hospital. They go up against veteran attorney Kazuma Kuzyo who is trying to extract money from the general hospital by a medical malpractice lawsuit.
- StarsYui AragakiGen HoshinoRyôhei OhtaniMoriyama Mikuri had graduated from university and got no job offers. She became a temporary employee but was even laid off. Now, she works as a housekeeper for bachelor Tsuzaki Hiramasa by chance and he proposes a contract marriage to her.
- StarsMasato SakaiYui AragakiKôtarô SatomiA never-lose lawyer, Kensuke Komikado, uses his way and understanding of the spirit of the law to win every case on the court of law.
- StarsYui AragakiMasaki OkadaMitsuhiro OikawaKyoko Okitegami is known as the Forgetful Private Detective. When she wakes up in the morning, her memory is reset. Because of her condition, she has to solve every case just in a day.
- StarsMasaki OkadaKôsuke SuzukiKen'ichi EndôThe series follows funny adventures of three men (a handyman Matsui, three times divorced Umemoto and a scriptwriter Takeyama) stranded in a small Hokkaido village during a snowstorm.
- StarsHiroki HasegawaMasaki OkadaKen YasudaJapanese drama: the little man fighting the system. A hard-working, always-follow-the-rules policeman makes a mistake and gets demoted, but he will not give up his search for truth. We see fights, power struggles and betrayals that ensue.
- StarsNonKyôko KoizumiTetta SugimotoA young girl from Tokyo moves to the Tohoku region to become a female diver. A so-called 'Ama' diver.
- StarsKasumi ArimuraKengo KôraMitsuki TakahataSix young men and women who move from the countryside to the big city of Tokyo, each with their own dreams and aspirations. Among them is Sugihara Oto and Soda Ren. After her mother died, Oto was raised by adoptive parents in Hokkaido. Although she has given up on having any high hopes or big dreams for her future, she still remains positive and faces life with optimistic attitude. One day, she finds out the fact that her adoptive parents are planning to marry her to the wealthy man in town in order to solve their financial debt. Soda Ren was raised by his grandfather in Fukushima. Ren works hard on one job after another in order to earn the money to buy back his grandfather's land so that they can start farming again. By chance, Oto and Ren meet in Hokkaido and they decide to move to Tokyo to find new life to change their fate and future. However, as soon as they arrive Tokyo, they get separated in the crowds.
- StarsShinnosuke MitsushimaTao TsuchiyaMinami Takayama29-year-old Satoru Fujinuma is sent back in time 18 years to prevent the events leading to his mother's death, which began with a series of kidnappings while he was in 5th grade.
- StarsHaruka AyaseHaruma MiuraAsami MizukawaTeenager Kathy suddenly realizes that she must learn to come to terms with her love, friendships and morality as she finds out the haunting truth that awaits her.
- StarsHaruka AyaseSôta FukushiHiroshi TamakiA love triangle develops between a shy office worker, a part-time worker and a CEO.
- StarsTakako MatsuHikari MitsushimaIssei TakahashiMaki, Suzume, Iemori, and Beppu accidentally met in a karaoke one day while bringing instruments. They then decided to form a musical quartet and live together in Karuizawa during the winter.
- StarsHaruka AyaseMirai UchidaRyôko HirosueIsayama Nami, in order to start over her life and to find happiness, married the man she fell in love with at first sight during a blind date and moved to a quiet high-end residential area. Nami isn't really good with domestic chores in general, including cooking or cleaning, but she has a very strong sense of justice and it would be very ill-advised to make her angry. She was born and raised without a single relative and had to experience a life without knowing what it means to love or be loved. By making friends with other housewives, who she occasionally saves from various predicaments, and by cuddling close to her husband, it's the first time for Nami to experience true kindness and warmth in her life.
- StarsYuina KuroshimaFuma KikuchiRyoma TakeuchiMihane Yoshiyama (Yuina Kuroshima) is a 3rd grade high school student. She is a member of the photo club at her school. The day before her summer vacation, she smells a lavender scent in the science lab and she suddenly gains the ability to leap through time. Shohei Fukamachi (Fuma Kikuchi) is Mihane's classmate. He actually came from the year 2122 and is a researcher. Shohei lost a drug that allows him to go back to 2122. In the meantime, Shohei hypnotizes those around him and lives as a high school student. Mihane and Shohei become to have feelings for each other.
- StarsMasami NagasawaMasahiro HigashideFumiyo KohinataDako (Masami Nagasawa) is a con woman who takes money from wealthy people like yakuza bosses and evil businessmen. She works with Boku-chan (Masahiro Higashide) and Richard (Fumiyo Kohinata) to carry their plans using fantastic teamwork.
- StarsSatomi IshiharaMasataka KubotaArata IuraStories of Unnatural Death Investigation, a Japanese non-governmental organization as they work on unnatural death cases and try to reveal the truth behind the deaths.
- StarsMasato SakaiAya UetoMitsuhiro OikawaAn idealistic banker takes on corruption and wrongdoing at his corporate bank. He must use his financial expertise, his instincts about human nature, and his skills of improvisation to try to stay one step ahead of his powerful enemies.
- StarsMasaki SudaMei NaganoRyôta Katayose10 days away from graduation, homeroom teacher Hiiragi, stands in front of his students and tells them they have now become his hostages. He says that no one can leave unless someone can tell him the reason behind a past student's suicide.
- StarsTakayuki YamadaMasaki SudaKumiko AsôFreelance programmer Sakagami Keishi is paralyzed in the lower half of his body because of an unknown illness and confined to a wheelchair.