Eguchi Noriko

These days, the term "homeless" has taken on new meaning. There are youths referred to as "net cafe refugees", who have neither a job nor a place to live, but who find themselves hopping around internet cafes. One such refugee is a 20-year-old girl named Chisato, who lost her mother at a young age d...

A high school student and genius hacker, Takagi Fujimaru, a.k.a. “Falcon”, uses his sophisticated hacking techniques to indict the fraudulent acts of evil villains. In order to save his family, friends, and the entire world, he fights against “Bloody Monday”, the worst and most evil form of viral te...

Fujinuma Satoru is an aspiring manga artist who has the ability to travel back in time moments before a life-threatening incident, in which he is able to prevent those from happening. When his mother is murdered by an unknown assailant, Satoru’s ability suddenly sends him back eighteen years to when...

Sakuragi Kenji is a destitute lawyer and one-time member of a motorcycle gang trying to guide failing high school students with an average score of 36 into Japan's most prestigious educational institution, Tokyo University (Toudai). For no other reason than Sakuragi's personal ambition, he has adver...

Kono Etsuko joins a publishing company with her sights set on becoming a fashion editor. But she is assigned to the very unglamorous proofreading department, which examines and fixes errors in manuscripts. Dressed in flashy clothes, Etsuko goes beyond her proofreading work to see the writers in pers...

A husband works as a successful prosecutor and his future appears bright, but he gets arrested for corruption in a political scandal. His wife who worked as an attorney prior to their marriage, now resumes her career after a 13 year hiatus. She begins to find her true identity. (Source: AsianWiki)...

Hatanaka Kosaku is a talented boxer who turned pro at the age of 19, winning his debut match with a first-round KO. He is talented, but he has no guts. His uncontrollable appetite is an even bigger problem. He can't put himself in the right weight class, he runs out of energy because of hunger, and...

Kurashita Tsukimi's dream is to become an illustrator. She and her comrades, who are all hikikomoris, think that society is something they are not up to, so they spend all their time together in their apartment pursuing their interests and helping a mysterious tenant with the drawing of a manga.Beca...

Frustrated by life with her boyfriend, thirty-something Wako can't stop herself from being interested in high schooler Yumeaki, despite the age gap. (Source: Netflix) ~~ Adapted from the manga "Koi no Tsuki" (恋のツキ) by Nitta Akira (新田章).

Freelance programmer Sakagami Keishi is paralysed in the lower half of his body because of an unknown illness and confined to a wheelchair. He sets up a company called dele. LIFE in partnership with the law firm established by his late father. At the request of clients, Sakagami works together with...

Maki’s mother commits assault and Maki is temporarily placed in the children’s orphanage, Kogamo no Ie. Post is a young girl who reigns as the leader at Kogamo no Ie. While she has lost her parents, she is remarkably strong, resilient and positive. There is also Piami and Bonbi who respect Post. The...

The drama revolves around Kounotori Sakura, an Ob-Gyn doctor working at the Persona General Medical Centre who is also a gifted jazz pianist. His mother had died in childbirth and he was brought up in an orphanage, which is what fueled his ambition to be an ob-gyn. He hopes to be able to deliver eve...

After committing a major taboo in the vampire world, Sakurako and his best friend, Komachi, are sent to live among humans. Upon their arrival, Sakurako meets Hayako, a handsome arrogant boy who dreams of becoming a professional musician. Of course, Sakurako begins to fall in love with him.

The story begins with a girl who has no family, strayed from the right path and lost her perspective in life, meeting a much older woman. Both of them were deceived, betrayed and have lost faith in other people, but somehow they gravitate towards each other and so the older woman gives shelter to th...

Kumiko enters university and begins dating Kenichi who has moved into the same apartment. On the first night that they try to sleep together, Kenichi cannot perform at all. Even after that, the two of them are unable to make love. However, their desire to be together because they love each other is...

Hyoga Mamoru is the CEO of Three Star Books. She was born into a wealthy family and has never experienced money problems. While she is successful with her job, she is lonely and holds sadness over the deaths of her parents when she was a child. Hyoga Mamoru has close friend Ichinose Ryo. He is the o...

Nagisa Kinomiya is a detective for the 7 Investigation Division. The team consists of female detectives and they seek out female criminals and to help female victims. Nagisa Kinomiya has a special ability to hear the mind's of others. To shutout other people's emotions, she wears a headset, but, whe...

Mimi Ozakura is single and is about to turn 29. She works as a work physician in a corporate clinic. She is a perfectionist in her work. It will not compromise a person's health with anyone or for any situation. That's how she inherited the nickname "Dictator of the clinic". She is busy with her wor...

Higashiyama Yui works as a director at Net Heroes, a web production company. Due to her workaholic father and bad experiences in the past, she loathes working overtime. Even 2 years ago, she broke off her engagement to Taneda Kotaro because he was a workaholic. At her job, Higashiyama Yui always le...

Segawa Rio, a quick-acting detective, gets transferred to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police's Violent Crimes Division after she got shot during her previous case. She is made to work together with Nagumo Jun, a level-headed but eccentric psychology professor whose skills at behavioral analysis are the k...

A few years ago, a group of struggling students at a low-ranked high school made it into Japan’s top college, Tokyo University, thanks to Kenji Sakuragi, a down-on-his-luck lawyer-turned-teacher. But since he left, the school has been on a downward spiral. Now they’ve wooed him back and he’s determi...

Unconventional banker Hanzawa Naoki, has been successful in exposing numerous irregularities at his bank, the Tokyo Chuo Banking Corporation. As a result, he is seconded to the Tokyo Central Securities (TCS) , to head their Corporate Development Department. Soon after, the TCS is involved with a...

Set two years later. The story follows the growth and conflicts of Kounotori Sakura. He works as a doctor delivering babies and also performs as a concert pianist under the nickname of "Baby." (Source: TV Japan)

Meet Tanaka Maririn, just graduated from college and beginning her life in the workforce… at the bottommost rung. She’s not expected to know much (and she doesn’t) and she’s not expected to last long, but few at first are aware that not only does she have an upbeat attitude, but a sarcastic streak a...

Tsutomu Madarame is a rookie detective at the Third Investigation Team of the Tokyo Police Department. His section deals mainly with petty crimes which leads Tsutomu to lose all his enthusiasm for the job. One day, he meets a master thief, Garasu Kemuri, who helps him solve cases. (Source: MyDramaL...

Now sidelined due to injury and age, former pro-wrestling star Juichi Miyama was once groomed by his father, Jusaburo, an acclaimed Noh actor and “Living National Treasure,” to be his successor. But the young Juichi rebelled, left home, and cut off ties with his family. Now he’s just learned that hi...

The story revolves around the daily life of Sana Morikawa, a 30-year-old single woman who works in the finance department of a soap maker. (Source: MyDramaList)

Performing two detectives who investigate brutal crimes in Ikebukuro and find themselves sharing a secret... Ryuichi Kanzaki is guided by his strong morality and belief in what is good in people. On his first day of work, his assigned partner, veteran detective Kenji Kuroki, was not found, and his...

Tsukasa is an ideal husband to his wife Sayaka. He possesses a good appearance, impressive educational background and earns a high salary, but he keeps a secret from Sayaka. His secret is that he is incompetent at his job. He constantly messes up at work and gets to the point that he doesn't think h...

Haraguchi Motoko works as a temp at a bank. To pay off debt that she inherited from her parents, she also works as a hostess at a club in Ginza. Motoko Haraguchi is finally able to repay the debt. At this time, there's chatter that the temp employees will be laid off at the bank. Motoko Haraguchi de...

Miss Panda is a mysterious woman with extraordinary physical ability. She has a male keeper who manages her. Miss Panda and her keeper receive a request from Mr. No Compliance. Miss Panda and her keeper attempt to reveal a hidden truth, which the police and media will not deal with. (Source: AsianWi...

Kiriyama Shuichiro works as an information management officer in the prefectural police station. As he is very observant and has interest in the unresolved cases which have gone past the legal time frame (statute of limitations) i.e. the culprit cannot be charged even if he/she is caught, he investi...

About the relationship between Enomura Haruka, a brusque and sadistic erotic novel writer, and Nakata Miruku, a feminine, cheerful and masochistic manga artist, who are fans of each other's works. They slowly bond over their common interest, which is mail-ordering delicious food to be delivered. (S...

"Last Hope" depicts a medical center where doctors implement the latest state-of-the-art medical treatments. Doctors come from a variety of backgrounds to work as a team and give hope to their patients. Meanwhile, the doctors' past is revealed.

Following the ascension to power of Taira no Kiyomori, the Minamoto clan is exiled. Minamoto no Yoritomo meets Masako, the sister of Hojo Yoshitoki and later marries her. Following this marriage, the gears of Yoshitoki's destiny begin to turn.

A story of two brothers who were separated due for some reason. They grew up with different social statuses. Chok had an unlucky life as he grew up until he found luck and searched for his father. Meanwhile, his brother, Chaiphat has led a good life. They both fell in love with Wasee that caused a q...

Rookie office lady Momo-chan and veteran office lady Ume-san are good friends of different generations. Ume-san accepts Momo-chan, who is doing her best in everything, but is slightly out of alignment, with her unfathomable love and tsukkomi. (Source: Hulu) ~~ Based on the characters from the yout...

Two years ago, five high-school boys brought fame to a small town in Japan. What was so unique was that they formed a "men's synchronized swimming club." Their involvement and struggles while learning synchronized swimming - known to be a sport for girls - brought much attention to their school and...

Himura Hideo is a criminologist and his friend Arisugawa Arisu is a writer of police novels. They both complement each other's weaknesses and work together to resolve the cases. (Source: AsianWiki)

One year has past, Kiriyama works at the same police station and he is still interested in unsolved cases which belong to the statute of limitations. Together with his asistance Mizazuki, (who is actually in love with Kiriyama), Kiriyama solves those cases as his hobby. He still gives the "I won't t...

Shuichiro Kiriyama returns to Japan after working for the FBI [in America] for 12 years. Once again, he starts working with the Statute of Limitation Management Department. Since the statute of limitation for serious crimes like murder were abolished in April, 2010, the Limitation Management Departm...

Saburo Sugimura works for the PR department of a company that his father-in-law Yoshichika Imada runs. One day, Yoshichika Imada asks Saburo Sugimura to find out about Nobuo Kajita. A complicated story unfolds from the request. ~~ Adapted from the two novels "Dare ka Somebody" by Miyuki Miyabe.

It is based on the true story of Taketsuru Masataka and his Scottish wife Rita Cowen. Masataka is the first Japanese person to produce whisky in Japan when he opened his own distillery in Hokkaido in 1934. The title comes from Rita's nickname for Masataka.

As the students of Year 3 class C at Keyaki Academy Private School arrive in the morning, they find the remains of their homeroom teacher, Tokuyama Daigorou, who killed by a knife stabbed into his back. The students panic and decide to hide his corpse. A strange school life begins as the students wo...

Junichi is a young man without job or home who seems to have a great power of fascination over woman. He crosses the paths of different women who are unsatisfied with their lives and find comfort in his presence. It is a subtle love story between Junichi's drifting life and six different woman from...

Shirayuri Rio lives on his own when suddenly his younger brother shows up, declaring that he's going to move in much to Rio's displeasure. Each episode is about them helping out people & each episode also contains a short cooking lesson.

The drama focuses on the 45-year-old Tsuboi Ryota (Abe Hiroshi), the coordinator of a large CM company who is receiving the request from one of their clients to change some parts of their new CM. However, he’s unable to really explain to the director what changes should be made exactly. At the same...

Yoneoka and Fujiiwa work on the proofreading of a novel in the quiet proofreading department office when Etsuko is on annual leave and the novel's content becomes real-life footage in their minds which are criticized endlessly by the two proofreaders as the dramatisation progresses.

40-year-old Usui Arata had worked as a salesperson for her dream company but right before her marriage, she is betrayed by her fiance. Not only is her engagement broken off, she is demoted to work at the logistics warehouse in the name of restructuring. Arata’s future is bleak. She has no dream, sav...

Hasumi Kyoko is a former lawyer who quit her job when she became a mother. Her husband is an elite prosecutor who works as the leader of a special investigation department at the Tokyo District Prosecutor's Office. However, he is charged with corruption and gets arrested. A scandal with another wom...

Sato Tomoko leads an ordinary life as a 40-year-old wife and mother with a part-time hourly job to supplement the household income. One day, she defies an unfair rule at her customer service job because she wants to help the customer, and is fired on the same day her husband loses his job. Tomoko is...

Emiru Yoshitsune is a 22-years-old who has just started working as a case worker to poor people needing public assistance. She has no knowledge about the social welfare system and struggles to carry out her work. One day, a man who she is assigned to help commits suicide. [MyDramaList]

Megumi Saotome is a contract employee in the editorial department at a publishing company. She is invited by her colleagues to join them for a drink get-together, but Megumi Saotome declines their offer. She leaves quickly after work. The reason why she is in such a rush, is so she can have a "solo...

This drama depicts the story of a young man working hard towards its swimming career.

Five 35-year-old women with different backgrounds and personalities – a minor celebrity (Kuriyama Chiaki), an ordinary housewife (Adachi Yumi), a single mother (Eguchi Noriko) whose son is at a rebellious age, a beautiful super elite whom everyone envies (Hirai Rio) and a writer whose popularity is...

“Rent of 13,000 yen but the first month is free. No deposit or fee.” Lured by these exceptional terms, the six residents chose the dilapidated apartment building ‘Tefutefuso’. However, there is naturally a catch to this sweet deal. There are ghosts living in each of the six apartments. Although the...

The horror series is adapted of a popular series manga, written by Tsutomu Takahashi and each episode will be directed by a famous realizer. Among the realizers, one will find Norio Tsuruta (Boxing ring 0) and Ryuhei Kitamura (Versus). Izuko, the gatekeeper of the "Gate of Rancor" (a gate between th...

A "hot-blooded home drama" created by Date Kanta, who lives straight and powerful, and the people around him. This is the first original work written by Shimizu Yuki, who wrote the script for the morning serial drama novels "Aguri" and "Suzuran". A newspaper store along the Shonan coast where Kanta...

home

Dramas

Select Language

Information

Statistics

Movie

Drama