# The best romantic Japanese dramas

From 90s Tokyo Love Story to First Love: the Japanese romance dramas most recommended by Japón Alternativo, Revista Yume and ADSLZone.

- 13 votes · 12 items
- Apr 22, 2025 · Matías Morales
- https://even.best/en/l/4125/the-best-romantic-japanese-dramas

## Top 10

1. **Nodame Cantabile (2006)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — A chaotic pianist and an aspiring conductor.
2. **Miss Saionji Doesn't Do Housework (2023)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A woman who hates housework and her lodger.
3. **Boys Over Flowers (2005)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A scholarship girl against the F4 of a school for millionaires.
4. **The Full-Time Wife Escapist (2016)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A marriage of convenience that stops being one.
5. **Tokyo Love Story (1991)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The drama that brought Tokyo to a halt on Monday nights.
6. **Long Vacation (1996)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A jilted bride and a pianist share a flat.
7. **Silent (2022)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Reuniting with a first love who has lost his hearing.
8. **Good Morning Call (2016)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Two students who end up sharing a flat by mistake.
9. **Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo (2013)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A scatterbrained girl in love with the smartest boy at school.
10. **1 Litre of Tears (2005)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A teenager with a degenerative illness, based on a real diary.
11. **First Love (2022)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Yae and Harumichi from adolescence to adulthood, set to Hikaru Utada songs.
12. **Hana-Kimi (2007)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A girl disguised as a boy at a boys' boarding school.

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