The best Japanese TV dramas
The top 3 according to 4 votes from people: Furuhata Ninzaburō · Bayside Shakedown · AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo. (Updated Jun 9, 2024.)
Mainly the titles at the top of ranking.net's popularity polls of Japanese and Heisei-era dramas and of a survey of 6,313 people on the most entertaining Japanese drama.
Automatically translated (original in 日本語). See the original
Top 20
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Furuhata Ninzaburō
Fuji TV, 1994–. Masakazu Tamura's detective in inverted-mystery cases; first in the 6,313-person survey.
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Bayside Shakedown
Fuji TV, 1997. Yūji Oda as Detective Aoshima: 'The case isn't happening in the conference room!'
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AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
TV Asahi, 2000–. Yutaka Mizutani as Ukyō Sugishita; a detective drama running for over 20 years.
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4
GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka
Fuji TV, 1998. Takashi Sorimachi as ex-biker teacher Eikichi Onizuka.
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5
JIN
TBS, 2009 and 2011. A modern brain surgeon slips back in time to late-Edo Japan; number one in the Heisei drama poll.
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Hanzawa Naoki
TBS, 2013 and 2020. Masato Sakai's banker and his 'double payback'; the 2013 finale drew a 42.2% rating.
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7
The Great White Tower
Fuji TV, 2003. Toshiaki Karasawa as Gorō Zaizen; a medical drama from Toyoko Yamasaki's novel.
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8
Hana Yori Dango
TBS, 2005. Mao Inoue and the F4; adapted from Yōko Kamio's manga.
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Unnatural
TBS, 2018. Satomi Ishihara as a forensic pathologist; written by Akiko Nogi.
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10
The Full-Time Wife Escapist
TBS, 2016. A contract marriage and the 'Koi dance' became a social phenomenon.
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11
Yamato Nadeshiko
Fuji TV, 2000. Nanako Matsushima as a flight attendant hunting for a rich husband.
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12
TRICK
TV Asahi, 2000. Yukie Nakama and Hiroshi Abe expose fake psychics.
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Long Vacation
Fuji TV, 1996. Takuya Kimura and Tomoko Yamaguchi; the very image of Fuji's Monday 9pm slot.
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14
Tokyo Love Story
Fuji TV, 1991. Honami Suzuki as Rika Akana; the classic 'trendy drama'.
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15
From the North
Fuji TV, 1981–2002. Written by Sō Kuramoto; 21 years of the Kuroita family in Furano, Hokkaido.
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Kaseifu no Mita
NTV, 2011. Nanako Matsushima as an expressionless housekeeper; the finale drew a 40.0% rating.
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HERO
Fuji TV, 2001. Takuya Kimura as an unconventional prosecutor; every episode topped a 30% rating.
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Nodame Cantabile
Fuji TV, 2006. Juri Ueno and Hiroshi Tamaki in a classical-music comedy.
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Amachan
NHK, 2013. Kankurō Kudō's morning drama; Rena Nōnen as a female diver and the catchphrase 'jejeje'.
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MIU404
TBS, 2020. Gō Ayano and Gen Hoshino as a mobile investigation unit duo; written by Akiko Nogi.
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Comments (2)
古畑任三郎は何回見ても面白い。
JIN-仁-が1位、最終回は泣きました。