Ace wo Nerae!

Ace wo Nerae! エースをねらえ!


Starring:
# Ueto Aya as Oka Hiromi
# Yoshizawa Hisashi as Todo Takayuki
# Matsumoto Rio as Ryuzaki Reika
# Sakai Ayana as Midorikawa Ranko
# Ishigaki Yuma as Ozaki Yu

# Genre: Sports, human drama
# Episodes: 9
# Viewership ratings: 13.2
# Broadcast network: TV Asahi

DramaWiki:
"Ace", an all time favorite comic book that sold 15 million copies is finally dramatized! A positive success story of an ordinary high school girl who gradually discovers her hidden talent of tennis through severe trainings designed by her strict coach. Can she every become an "Ace" tennis player?

Hiromi Oka decides to join the high school tennis club from the moment she saw the star player Reika's (Matsumoto) excellent and smashing play. However, once the tennis lesson began, Hiromi finds herself bored in the succession of simple practice swings. One day, Munakata becomes appointed as the new head coach of the tennis team. His special training was nothing but original, extreme, and severe. In addition, he suddenly chose Hiromi, a tennis beginner, to be the member of the up coming tennis tournament Not only Hiromi, but also her teammates become confused and take the odd situation unfair. Jealousy of her friends and teammates mounted, and they started to talk behind her back. Finally, Hiromi decides to leave the team and run away from the uncomfortable reality, but the coach strongly refused. Instead, he gave her an even more severe and personalized training.

Kimi wa Petto

Kimi wa Petto きみはペット


Starring:
# Koyuki as Iwaya Sumire
# Matsumoto Jun as "Momo" Goda Takeshi
# Tanabe Seiichi as Hasumi Shigehito
# Suzuki Sarina as Shirotae Yuri

# Genre: Romance
# Episodes: 10
# Viewership rating: 11.9
# Broadcast network: TBS

DramaWiki:
Smart, successful and good-looking Iwaya Sumire works for a big newspaper. However, her boss asks her to leave for being too "perfect" a woman. Feeling angry and dejected Iwaya returns home depressed, and most of all lonely. However, when she finds an unconscious young man lying in a box out the front of her home and takes him in. He looks like a dog she used to own called Momo. She dubs him Momo and decides to "keep him as a pet." It's the start of an unexpected life together as they overcome obstacles and become quite attached to one another. But can love like this exist?

Kurosagi

Kurosagi クロサギ


Starring:
# Yamashita Tomohisa as Kurosaki (Kurosagi)
# Horikita Maki as Yoshikawa Tsurara

# Genre: Action, Crime investigation, Romance
# Episodes: 11
# Viewership ratings: 15.67
# Broadcast network: TBS

DramaWiki:
Kurosaki is a young man whose family was destroyed by swindlers. Despite that, Kurosaki grows up to become a con artist known as Kurosagi. As Kurosagi, he swindles other con artists and returns the money to the original victim. He works with the master swindler Katsuragi Toshio even though Toshio had a hand in the destruction of Kurosaki’s family. Kurosaki's life begins to change when he meets Yoshikawa Tsurara, a young law student who disapproves of his disrespect of the law. Can she persuade Kurosaki to give up swindling and his quest for revenge?

Proposal Daisakusen

Proposal Daisakusen プロポーズ大作戦


Starring:
# Yamashita Tomohisa as Iwase Ken
# Nagasawa Masami as Yoshida Rei
# Fujiki Naohito as Tada Tetsuya
# Eikura Nana as Oku Eri

# Genre: Romance
# Episodes: 11
# Viewership ratings: 17.3 (Kanto), 17.2 (Kansai)
# Broadcast network: Fuji TV

DramaWiki:
Iwase Ken and Yoshida Rei have been friends since elementary school. Ken, is obstinate and unskilled in love, but he fell long ago for the lively and cheerful, Rei. But Rei is about to get married to another man. While Ken and other friends from high-school attend the wedding ceremony, a fairy appears and sends Ken back in time, giving him a second chance to win the girl he loves.

Tatta Hitotsu No Koi

Tatta Hitotsu no Koi たったひとつの恋



Starring:
# Kamenashi Kazuya as Kanzaki Hiroto
# Ayase Haruka as Tsukioka Nao
# Tanaka Koki as Kusano Ko
# Hiraoka Yuta as Ozawa Ayuta
# Toda Erika as Motomiya Yuko

# Genre: Drama, romance
# Episodes: 10
# Viewership rating: 11.61
# Broadcast network: NTV

DramaWiki:
A story of pure love between the son of a man who runs a ship repair factory beset with financial troubles and the well-bred daughter of a national jewelry chain store owner. The backdrop of the story is Yokohama.

If you feel you have lost the purity of your soul by watching stories about womanizers seducing impudent women, or by carrying out calculated maneuvers in your own love life, here is a story for you. A boy and a girl from highly different social backgrounds meet and fall in love. Their love, of course, faces a lot of obstacles. The setting is in Yokohama, a modern port city known for its romantic atmosphere. Hiroto Kanzaki (Kazuya Kamenashi) works hard every day and night for the survival of a small ship repair factory (inherited from his father) as well as the survival of his mother and younger brother, who are suffering from health problems. Living such an underprivileged life, Hiroto has forgotten how to smile. In contrast to him, Nao (Haruka Ayase) is the daughter of a popular jewelry shop owner in a fashionable street in Yokohama. She attends a prestigious exclusive women's college and grew up cheerful and blessed with affluent love. From the moment Hiroto meets her, his closed mind slowly opens up to Nao, who is so innocent that she utters whatever she thinks. Their three close friends, who are also 20 year old's, play an important role in their developing relationship.

My Boss, My Hero

My Boss, My Hero マイ★ボス マイ★ヒーロー


Starring:
# Nagase Tomoya as Sakaki Makio
# Tegoshi Yuya as Sakurakoji Jun
# Tanaka Koki as Manabe Kazuya
# Aragaki Yui as Umemura Hikari
# Murakawa Eri as Hagiwara Saki
# Kikawada Masaya as Sakaki Mikio

# Genre: School drama, comedy
# Episodes: 10
# Viewership rating: 18.91
# Broadcast network: NTV

DramaWiki:
Sakaki Makio, also known as "Tornado" is a tough 27-year-old high school drop-out. By academic standards, he's pretty dumb. His father decides to force Makio to return to high school to receive his diploma and he asks an old friend who happens to be the principal of a nearby school to admit Makio. If Makio doesn't graduate, the position of boss will be given to his younger brother, Mikio.

Furthermore, he must pose as a 17-year-old during school hours and in the presence of any classmates or teachers outside of school. If his cover is blown, it would be the end of his high school career as well as his hopes to become boss. Things start out rough and tough as Makio's violent temper is tested. As the lessons and days go by he learns there is much more to school than just tests and studying.

Ryusei no Kizuna

Info
Title (romaji): Ryusei no Kizuna
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Suspense drama
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2008-Oct-17 to 2008-Dec
Air time: Friday 22:00
Theme song: Beautiful Days by Arashi
Insert song: ORION by Nakashima Mika

Synopsis
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...

Cast
Ninomiya Kazunari as Ariake Koichi
Saito Ryusei as young Koichi
Nishikido Ryo as Ariake Taisuke
Kakazu Issei as young Taisuke
Toda Erika as Ariake Shizuna
Kumada Sea as young Shizuna
Kaname Jun as Togami Yukinari
Omi Toshinori as Hayashi George
Shitara Osamu as Hagimura Shinji
Emoto Akira as Togami Masayuki
Ryo as Ariake Toko
Terajima Susumu as Ariake Yukihiro
Miura Tomokazu as Kashiwabara Yasutaka
Kiritani Kenta as Takayama Hisanobu
Nakashima Mika

Triangle (2009)

Triangle (2009)
CAST: Hirosue Ryoko, Eguchi Yosuke, Inagaki Goro



Info
Title (English): Triangle
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Mystery, suspense
Episodes: 11
Broadcast network: Fuji TV, KTV
Broadcast period: 2009-Jan-06 to 2009-Mar
Air time: Tuesday 22:00
Theme song: Sayonara wa Iwanai by Oda Kazumasa

Synopsis
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.

Cast
Eguchi Yosuke as Goda Ryoji
Inagaki Goro as Kuroki Shun
Hirosue Ryoko as Sachi
Aibu Saki as Goda Yui
Sakai Masato as Shimano Takaya
Tanihara Shosuke as Tomioka Yasushi
Sasaki Kuranosuke as Akimoto Ryo
Kohinata Fumiyo as Maruyama Keita
Osugi Ren as Katsuragi Hitoshi
Fubuki Jun as Katsuragi Kiyoko
Kitaoji Kinya as Kuroki Shinzo

Nobuta Wo Produce

Nobuta Wo Produce をプロデュース


Starring:
# Kamenashi Kazuya as Kiritani Shuji
# Yamashita Tomohisa as Kusano Akira
# Horikita Maki as Kotani Nobuko
# Toda Erika as Uehara Mariko

# Genre: School drama
# Episodes: 10
# Viewership ratings: 16.89
# Broadcast network: NTV

DramaWiki:
Kiritani Shuji is the popular guy who gets along with everyone, from the jerks to the nerds to the just plain weird. The one person Shuji cannot stand is Kusano Akira. To Shuji, Akira is just plain annoying. He laughs, talks and acts funny. Things heat up when a new student comes to school. Her name is Kotani Nobuko, a girl who has no self confidence at all and is content at being made fun of and bullied in school. Shuji and Akira come to an accord that in order to make use of their "youth" they will "produce" Nobuko as the next popular girl. One of the conditions, however, is that nobody should find out that they are working together as a team to make this concept possible. Unveiled here is the story of true friendship between three unlikely candidates who would not have been friends if not given the special circumstances.

Honey and Clover

Honey and Clover ハチミツとクローバー


Starring:
# Narumi Riko as Hanamoto Hagumi
# Ikuta Toma as Takemoto Yuta
# Harada Natsuki as Yamada Ayumi
# Mukai Osamu as Mayama Takumi
# Narimiya Hiroki as Morita Shinobu

# Genre: Romance, friendship
# Episodes: 11
# Viewership ratings: 8.9 (Kanto)
# Broadcast network: Fuji TV

DramaWiki:
Honey and Clover follows the lives of five college students and their love triangles.

Last Friends

* Title: ラスト・フレンズ
* Title (English): Last Friends
* Format: Renzoku
* Genre: Friendship, human drama
* Episodes: 11
* Broadcast network: Fuji TV
* Broadcast period: 2008-Apr-10 to 2008-Jun-19
* Air time: Thursday 22:00
* Theme song: Prisoner Of Love by Utada Hikaru

Special Thanks to Subber.
SOFTSUB by suketeru @ d-addicts.com




Synopsis Source DramaWiki D-addicts.com

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. --jade_frost


Cast
* Nagasawa Masami as Aida Michiru
* Ueno Juri as Kishimoto Ruka
* Eita as Mizushima Takeru
* Mizukawa Asami as Takigawa Eri
* Nishikido Ryo as Oikawa Sosuke
* Yamazaki Shigenori as Ogura Tomohiko
* Nishihara Aki as Hiratsuka Reina
* Ranka Rea (蘭香レア) as Mita Sayuri
* Hirano Sayaka (平野早香) as Okabe Mayumi
* Baisho Mitsuko as Aida Chinatsu
* Nagashima Mitsuki as Kishimoto Shogo
* Shibuya Takeru as Higuchi Naoya
* Kitami Toshiyuki (北見敏之) as Endo Kenichiro
* Ito Yuko as Shirahata Yuko
* Tanaka Tetsushi as Hayashida Kazumi
* Asaka Mayumi as Kishimoto Yoko
* Hirata Mitsuru as Kishimoto Shuji

Mei-chan no Shitsuji

Title (romaji): Mei-chan no Shitsuji
Also known as: Mei-chan's Butler
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Romance, comedy
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2009-Jan-13 start
Air time: Tuesday 21:00
Theme song: My SunShine by ROCK｀A´TRENCH

Synopsis
The story revolves around a young woman named Mei, who was rescued as a young girl by someone calling himself her "butler." With only a vague memory, though, the experience seems like just a dream. But one day, after her parents' accidental death, he appears: Rihito comes from a line of outstanding butlers, and he has been appointed to serve her! Now her ordinary life has completely flipped, as she discovers that she's actually the heiress to a fortune, and is forced to transfer to St. Lucia Girls' Academy, where all the students have butlers! As a result, her childhood friend Kento decides to enroll in a butler school so that he can stay close to her.

Cast
Eikura Nana as Shinonome Mei
Mizushima Hiro as Shibata Rihito
Sato Takeru as Shibata Kento

Code Blue (COMPLETE + SPECIAL)

Title (English): Code Blue
Tagline: Doctor Heli Kinkyuu Kyumei
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Medical drama
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2008-Jul-03 to 2008-Sept
Theme song: HANABI by Mr.Children

Synopsis
The drama's full title is "Code Blue: Doctor Heli Kinkyu Kyumei." The concept is based on Japan's proposal for an emergency medical service using helicopters to quickly reach those in need. A special bill was passed in June 2007 that should foster widespread adoption of the system. Yamashita stars as a young doctor-in-training, working under the guidance of an experienced "flight doctor" (Toshiro Yanagiba). Some scenes will be filmed with a real helicopter, adding to the show's tension. Credits: tokyograph

Cast
Yamashita Tomohisa as Aizawa Kousaku (Flight doctor-in-training)
Aragaki Yui as Shiraishi Megumi (Flight doctor-in-training)
Toda Erika as Hiyama Mihoko (Flight doctor-in-training)
Asari Yosuke as Fuikawa Kazuo (Flight doctor-in-training)
Higa Manami Saejima Haruka (Flight nurse)
Kodama Kiyoshi as Tadokoro Yoshiaki (Emergency Unit Chief, Special appearance)
Katsumura Masanobu as Morimoto Tadashi (Flight Doctor)
Ryo as Mitsu Kanna (Flight Doctor)
Yanagiba Toshiro as Kuroda Shuji (Flight Doctor)
Sugimoto Tetta as Saejo Susumu (Brain Surgeon)
Terajima Susumu as Kaji Toshi (Pilot)
Hiwatashi Shinji as Anzai Yasuyuki

ROOKIES

Title (English): ROOKIES
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Sports drama
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2008-Apr-19 to 2008-Jun
Theme song: Kiseki by GreeeeN
Audio: Japanese
Subtitles: English

Special Thanks to Subber.
SOFTSUB by :
Skewed Studios
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Synopsis
Source DramaWiki
The story revolves around a high school teacher and coach that tries to reform delinquents by having them join the baseball team.


Cast

Sato Ryuta as Kawato Koichi
Ichihara Hayato as Aniya Keiichi
Koide Keisuke as Mikoshiba Toru
Shirota Yu as Shinjo Kei
Nakao Akiyoshi as Sekikawa Shuta
Takaoka Sousuke as Wakana Tomochika
Kiritani Kenta as Hiratsuka Taira
Sato Takeru as Okada Yuya
Igarashi Shunji as Yufune Tetsuro
Kawamura Yosuke as Hiyama Kiyooki
Onoue Hiroyuki as Imaoka Shinobu
Murakawa Eri as Yagi Toko
Amano Hiroyuki as Kakefu Mitsuhide
Asano Kazuyuki as Ikebe Shunsaku
Fukiishi Kazue as Mayumi Rie
Ibu Masato as Murayama Yoshio