# The most popular NHK taiga dramas

From The 13 Lords of the Shogun, Ryomaden and Dokuganryu Masamune to Sanadamaru and Atsuhime: the taiga dramas voted most popular in a Mynavi News poll.

- 27 votes · 15 items
- Nov 19, 2025 · 前田 遥
- https://even.best/en/l/4589/the-most-popular-nhk-taiga-dramas

## Top 15

1. **Dokuganryu Masamune (1987)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Starring Ken Watanabe. Date Masamune; the highest-rated taiga drama ever.
2. **Atsuhime (2008)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Starring Aoi Miyazaki. Tenshō-in Atsuhime at the end of the shogunate.
3. **What Will You Do, Ieyasu? (2023)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Starring Jun Matsumoto. Tokugawa Ieyasu.
4. **Onna Taikōki (1981)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Starring Yoshiko Sakuma. Nene, Hideyoshi's wife.
5. **Segodon (2018)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Starring Ryohei Suzuki. Saigō Takamori.
6. **Sanadamaru (2016)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Starring Masato Sakai, written by Kōki Mitani. Sanada Nobushige (Yukimura).
7. **Hideyoshi (1996)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Starring Naoto Takenaka. Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
8. **Yae's Sakura (2013)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Starring Haruka Ayase. Niijima Yae of Aizu.
9. **Idaten (2019)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Written by Kankurō Kudō. Japan and the Olympics.
10. **Ryoma ga Yuku (1968)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Starring Kin'ya Kitaōji. From Ryōtarō Shiba's novel.
11. **Takeda Shingen (1988)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Starring Kiichi Nakai. Takeda Shingen.
12. **Awaiting Kirin (2020)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Starring Hiroki Hasegawa. Akechi Mitsuhide.
13. **The 13 Lords of the Shogun (2022)** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — Starring Shun Oguri, written by Kōki Mitani. Hōjō Yoshitoki and the Kamakura shogunate.
14. **Ryomaden (2010)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Starring Masaharu Fukuyama. The life of Sakamoto Ryōma.
15. **Shinsengumi! (2004)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Starring Shingo Katori, written by Kōki Mitani. Kondō Isami and the Shinsengumi.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.