Seasons

Japanese dramas premiere in four seasons a year. Pick a season to see all its dramas; each card shows the season's highest-rated drama by average viewership.

2020s 7 years

2026
Winter 2026 37 dramas Top rated REBOOT 11%

Spring 2026 27 dramas Top rated GIFT (2026) 7.6%

Summer 2026 37 dramas Top rated Dai Kuko 9.8%

Autumn 2026 33 dramas Featured Doubt
2025
Winter 2025 27 dramas Top rated Mikami Sensei 10.7%

Spring 2025 22 dramas Top rated Taigan no Kaji 6%

Summer 2025 31 dramas Top rated 19-banme no Karte 10.2%

Autumn 2025 29 dramas Top rated THE ROYAL FAMILY 10.6%
2024
Winter 2024 22 dramas Top rated Hikaru Kimi e 10.7%

Spring 2024 28 dramas Top rated ANTI HERO 10.8%

Summer 2024 24 dramas Top rated Umi no Hajimari 7.6%

Autumn 2024 23 dramas Top rated Umi ni Nemuru Diamond 8.3%
2023
Winter 2023 39 dramas Top rated Keishichou Outsider 9.5%

Spring 2023 25 dramas Top rated Kazama Kimichika -Kyojo 0- 9.8%

Summer 2023 31 dramas Top rated VIVANT 14.3%

Autumn 2023 25 dramas Top rated Gekokujo Kyuji 9.6%
2022
Winter 2022 29 dramas Top rated DCU 14.4%

Spring 2022 33 dramas Top rated My Family 12.9%

Summer 2022 30 dramas Top rated Kyoso no Bannin 8.8%

Autumn 2022 30 dramas Top rated The Travel Nurse 12.1%
2021
Winter 2021 22 dramas Top rated Tengoku to Jigoku 15.3%

Spring 2021 28 dramas Top rated Ichikei no Karasu 12.5%

Summer 2021 25 dramas Top rated TOKYO MER 13.6%

Autumn 2021 25 dramas Top rated Nihon Chinbotsu 15.7%
2020
Winter 2020 41 dramas Top rated Yell 20.1%

Spring 2020 34 dramas Top rated MIU404 11.9%

Summer 2020 26 dramas Top rated Watashi no Kaseifu Nagisa-san 15%

Autumn 2020 29 dramas Top rated Shichinin no Hisho 14.5%

2010s 10 years

2000s 10 years

1990s 10 years

1980s 9 years

1989
Winter 1989 1 drama Featured Kimi no hitomi ni koishiteru!

Spring 1989 1 drama Featured Light my Heart!

Summer 1989 4 dramas Featured Dokyuusei

Autumn 1989 3 dramas Featured Gentler than the Rain
1988
Winter 1988 2 dramas Featured Kimi no hitomi wo taihosuru!

Spring 1988 3 dramas Featured Papa wa nenjuu kurou suru

Summer 1988 1 drama Featured Dakeshimetai

Autumn 1988 3 dramas Top rated 3 nen B gumi Kinpachi Sensei Season 3 23.1%
1987
Winter 1987 1 drama Featured Papa wa newscaster

Spring 1987 2 dramas Top rated Mama wa aidoru 22.7%

Summer No dramas listed

Autumn 1987 1 drama Featured Sobi ni Oideyo
1986
Winter No dramas listed

Spring 1986 1 drama Featured Rice Curry

Summer 1986 1 drama Featured Danjo Shichinin Natsu Monogatari

Autumn 1986 3 dramas Featured Abunai Keiji
1985
Winter 1985 1 drama Top rated Fuzoroi no Ringo Tachi Season 2 18%

Spring No dramas listed

Summer No dramas listed

Autumn 1985 1 drama Featured Alsace no Aozora
1984
Winter No dramas listed

Spring No dramas listed

Summer No dramas listed

Autumn 1984 2 dramas Featured Oregon Kara Ai
1983
Winter No dramas listed

Spring 1983 2 dramas Top rated Oshin 52.6%

Summer No dramas listed

Autumn No dramas listed
1981
Winter No dramas listed

Spring No dramas listed

Summer 1981 1 drama Featured Jikans Season 4

Autumn 1981 1 drama Top rated Kita no Kuni Kara 14.8%
1980
Winter 1980 1 drama Featured Hadaka no Taisho Horoki

Spring No dramas listed

Summer No dramas listed

Autumn 1980 1 drama Top rated 3 nen B gumi Kinpachi Sensei Season 2 26.3%

1970s 2 years

1979
Winter No dramas listed

Spring No dramas listed

Summer No dramas listed

Autumn 1979 1 drama Top rated 3 nen B gumi Kinpachi Sensei 23.4%
1978
Winter 1978 1 drama Featured Abarenbo Shogun

Spring No dramas listed

Summer No dramas listed

Autumn No dramas listed

1960s 3 years

1969
Winter No dramas listed

Spring No dramas listed

Summer 1969 1 drama Featured Mito Komon

Autumn No dramas listed
1965
Winter 1965 1 drama Top rated Taikoki 31.2%

Spring No dramas listed

Summer No dramas listed

Autumn No dramas listed
1964
Winter No dramas listed

Spring No dramas listed

Summer No dramas listed

Autumn 1964 1 drama Featured Gakkou No Kwaidan