Really looking forward to the "Bow 30 Times" drama that begins on 12/24. It's got 3 of my top 5 favorite J-Idol girls starring in it: My kawaii princess Michishige Sayumi , Kamei Eri , and Tanaka Reina
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Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 10:57 am Post subject:
Upcoming Drama Specials - January
Akechi Mitsuhide ~ Kami ni Ai sarenakatta Otoko
Date: 4 January, 9.00 pm
Station: TV Asahi
Cast: Karasawa Toshiaki, Yanagiba Toshirou, Kamikawa Takaya, Nagasawa Masami, Oizumi You, Konishi Manami, Tanihara Shosuke
Synopsis: Follows the life of Akechi Mitsuhide, a trusted aide of Oda Nobunaga who reportedly betrayed and caused his death.
Maguro (Tuna)
Date: 4 & 5 January, 9.00 pm
Station: TV Asahi
Cast: Watari Tetsuya, Matsuzaka Keiko, Amami Yuki, Takahashi Katsunori, Nishida Toshiyuki, Uchida Yuki, Kobayashi Kaoru
Synopsis: Set in Omamachi in Aomori Prefecture, Maguro fleshes out the life and family of a fisherman, Tatsuo, who dedicates (and even risks) his life fishing for tuna.
Akuma ga Karite Fue ga Naru (Kosuke Kindaichi Series)
Date: 5 January, 9.00 pm
Station: Fuji TV
Cast: Inagaki Goro, Kuninaka Ryoko, Kohinata Fumiyo, Enoki Takaaki, Akiyoshi Kumiko
Ruri no Shima SP
Date: 6 January, 9.00 pm
Station: NTV
Cast: Narumi Riko, Kamiki Ryunosuke, Konishi Manami, Igwa Haruka, Baisho Mitsuko, Ogata Ken
Synopsis: Continuing where the drama left off, Ruri no Shima illustrates the first love that blossoms between Narumi Riko's and Kamiki Ryunosuke's characters when Ryunosuke comes to the island.
Byakkotai (White Tiger Brigade)
Date: 6 & 7 January, 9.00 pm
Station: TV Asahi
Cast: Yamashita Tomohisa, Tanaka Koki, Fujigaya Taisuke, Higashiyama Noriyuki, Yakushimaru Hiroko, Nogiwa Yoko, Asano Yuko
Synopsis: About a group of boys who formed the Byakkotai, and fought and died in the Boshin Civil War - a civil war fought between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and those favouring an imperial restoration.
Attention Please SP ~ Yoko, Hawaii ni Tobu
Date: 13 January, 9.00 pm
Station: TV Asahi
Cast: Ueto Aya, Nishikido Ryo, Maya Miki, Koizumi Kotaro, Aibu Saki
Synopsis: This drama special shows Yoko training for international routes, and the unexpected trouble she gets into on her first trip abroad.
Shin Oishinbo
Date: 20 January, 9.00 pm
Station: Fuji TV
Cast: Matsuoka Masahiro, Yuka, Matsudaira Ken
Synopsis: Dramatisation of the popular comic "Oishinbo".
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Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 11:38 am Post subject:
jade_frost wrote:
Upcoming Drama Specials - January
Ruri no Shima SP
Date: 6 January, 9.00 pm
Station: NTV
Cast: Narumi Riko, Kamiki Ryunosuke, Konishi Manami, Igwa Haruka, Baisho Mitsuko, Ogata Ken
Synopsis: Continuing where the drama left off, Ruri no Shima illustrates the first love that blossoms between Narumi Riko's and Kamiki Ryunosuke's characters when Ryunosuke comes to the island.
Attention Please SP ~ Yoko, Hawaii ni Tobu
Date: 13 January, 9.00 pm
Station: TV Asahi
Cast: Ueto Aya, Nishikido Ryo, Maya Miki, Koizumi Kotaro, Aibu Saki
Synopsis: This drama special shows Yoko training for international routes, and the unexpected trouble she gets into on her first trip abroad.
Definitely going to catch these 2! Can't wait! _________________
"Ano toki ano basho kienai kono kizuna"
so pretty...
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Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 4:33 pm Post subject:
jade_frost wrote:
Upcoming Drama Specials - January
Ruri no Shima SP
Date: 6 January, 9.00 pm
Station: NTV
Cast: Narumi Riko, Kamiki Ryunosuke, Konishi Manami, Igwa Haruka, Baisho Mitsuko, Ogata Ken
Synopsis: Continuing where the drama left off, Ruri no Shima illustrates the first love that blossoms between Narum
i Riko's and Kamiki Ryunosuke's characters when Ryunosuke comes to the island.
oh yeah this is it... the one im waiting for.. Narumi Riko again. YAY!!! _________________
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Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 7:34 am Post subject:
I'm not anticipating any drama for the winter season, most of them seem a bit on the boring side. For fun, HYD 2 seems sort of entertaining though. Thanks for sharing all the infos . _________________
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 2:41 pm Post subject:
Upcoming Drama
Mayonaka no Ma-chi (Midnight March)
Date: April 2007
Station: Wowow
Cast: Tamayama Tetsuji, Kubozuka Shunsuke, Kashii Yu
Synopsis: A drama adaptation of Okuda Hideo's popular novel, Mayonaka no Ma-chi, is about three young people who meet by chance and are drawn together when they attempt to pull off a perfect crime - a heist of 1 billion yen.
Mayonaka no Ma-chi (Midnight March)
Date: April 2007
Station: Wowow
Cast: Tamayama Tetsuji, Kubozuka Shunsuke, Kashii Yu
Synopsis: A drama adaptation of Okuda Hideo's popular novel, Mayonaka no Ma-chi, is about three young people who meet by chance and are drawn together when they attempt to pull off a perfect crime - a heist of 1 billion yen.
this sounds promising... or not? _________________
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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 3:28 am Post subject:
Channel surf
On the talk show "Cambrian Palace" (TV Tokyo, Monday, 10 p.m.), novelist Ryu Murakami usually discusses economic issues, but in this week's special edition he concentrates on sports figures, though he has said he will try to make the discussions relevant to "business-oriented people."
Murakami's guests are New York Yankees' slugger Hideki Matsui and Yokohama FC player Kazuyoshi Miura. It is the first time the two sports superstars have ever met.
Matsui will mainly discuss the injury that almost ended his career last season and how it has affected his outlook on the game and life in general. He will also talk about his "future in Japan." Miura, who is a decade older than Matsui and is coming to the end of his professional soccer career, will talk about his role in helping Yokohama get promoted to the J. League and how he can keep on playing even while younger superstars like Hideo Nakata retire at the peak of their abilities.
Idol singer Kazuya Ninomiya's acting skills, best seen in Clint Eastwood's "Letters From Iwo Jima," have attracted the attention of veteran scriptwriter So Kuramoto, who suggested Ninomiya play the lead in his latest drama series, "Dear Father" (Fuji, Thursday, 10 p.m.), which reprises the warm, community-based drama format that was so popular in the '60s and '70s.
Ninomiya plays Ippei, the apprentice to the imperious master chef (Tatsuo Umemiya) of an old, respected restaurant in the Kagurazaka area of Tokyo. Most of the stories are framed as letters he writes to his father back in the countryside.
In Episode One, Ippei is excited because the restaurant is hiring a new apprentice, which means some of the burden of putting up with the master's demands will be lifted. However, the new boy gets lost when he arrives in Tokyo and Ippei has to go look for him. He turns out to be a surly young man who has just been released from a juvenile reformitory.
Takuya Kimura, another idol whose acting talents have received positive notice lately owing to his star turn in the movie "Bushi no Ichibun," takes on another challenging role in "Karei Naru Ichizoku" (A Splendid Family; TBS, Jan. 14, 9 p.m.), which is based on the best-selling novel by Toyoko Yamazaki.
Kimura plays Teppei, the scion of one of Japan's biggest family-run conglomerates and an executive for a Kobe-based steel manufacturer in the late '60s. His father is the owner and president of Hanshin Bank, the most powerful financial institution in the Kansai region. During a New Year's family get-together, Teppei approaches his father about a loan to build a new blast furnace for his factory, a request that has unexpected results.
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:38 am Post subject:
Upcoming Drama
Slow Start
Date: 27 January, 3 February at 9.00 p.m.
Station: NHK
Cast: Miki Mizuno, Yuta Kanai, Masato Hagiwara
Synopsis: A drama series reflecting the social difficulties of resolving the growing phenomena of NEETs and hikikomori, NHK will illustrate how people try to help NEETs integrate into society. A white paper on labor economics for fiscal 2005 said there were 640,000 jobless young people, categorizing them as NEETs (not in education, employment or training). At the same time it is estimated that there are 1 million-2 million stay-at-home people who have withdrawn from the world--so-called hikikomori. The TV drama is loosely based on Ryu Arakawa's nonfiction book Rental Onesan, which features a real-life nonprofit organization helping hikikomori and NEETs.
It was announced on Sunday that a sequel to last year's "Kuitan" drama series is in the works. "Kuitan 2" will again feature Noriyuki Higashiyama as the gluttonous detective nicknamed "Kuitan," but this time he will also face another challenge: love. Incidentally, the announcement comes not long after it was discovered that Higashiyama is currently dating actress Rina Uchiyama.
"Kuitan 2" will begin in April, running in the Saturday 9:00pm time slot.
It was announced on Sunday that a sequel to last year's "Kuitan" drama series is in the works. "Kuitan 2" will again feature Noriyuki Higashiyama as the gluttonous detective nicknamed "Kuitan," but this time he will also face another challenge: love. Incidentally, the announcement comes not long after it was discovered that Higashiyama is currently dating actress Rina Uchiyama.
"Kuitan 2" will begin in April, running in the Saturday 9:00pm time slot.
Actor Kenichi Matsuyama (known for his recent role as L in the Death Note movies) will be starring in a TV drama series this spring. The series is based on the "Sexy Voice and Robo" manga written by Iou Kuroda. Matsuyama will play a young otaku who likes robots.
The drama will begin in April, airing in NTV's Tuesday 10:00pm time slot. This block is currently part of NTV's 2-hour "Kayo Suspense Gekijo" drama program, but the station will be eliminating it, choosing to replace it with a new variety show at 9:00, followed by the 10:00 drama time slot.
im soo excited with this!!! L is going to have his own drama!! and it's going to be special one because it will be NTV's first Tue drama in a long time!
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Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 12:12 pm Post subject:
marienella wrote:
Actor Kenichi Matsuyama (known for his recent role as L in the Death Note movies) will be starring in a TV drama series this spring. The series is based on the "Sexy Voice and Robo" manga written by Iou Kuroda. Matsuyama will play a young otaku who likes robots.
The drama will begin in April, airing in NTV's Tuesday 10:00pm time slot. This block is currently part of NTV's 2-hour "Kayo Suspense Gekijo" drama program, but the station will be eliminating it, choosing to replace it with a new variety show at 9:00, followed by the 10:00 drama time slot.
im soo excited with this!!! L is going to have his own drama!! and it's going to be special one because it will be NTV's first Tue drama in a long time!
Oh I can't wait! Kenichi Matuyama made one very sexay L~ n__n
He had a minor role in Nana [live action] so I didn't see much of his acting so I really look forward to this drama.
It sounds cute too. An otaku who likes robots?! xD
Makes me think of Densha.
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 9:34 am Post subject:
Upcoming Spring Drama 2007
Bambino
Date: Wednesdays, 10.00 p.m.
Station: NTV
Cast: Matsumoto Jun
Synopsis: A drama adaptation of a popular comic written by Sekiya Tetsuji. Jun plays the overenthusiastic protagonist who comes to Tokyo with the desire to become a chef. The drama will display cooking skills and the Italian language.
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:34 am Post subject:
jade_frost wrote:
Upcoming Spring Drama 2007
Bambino
Date: Wednesdays, 10.00 p.m.
Station: NTV
Cast: Matsumoto Jun
Synopsis: A drama adaptation of a popular comic written by Sekiya Tetsuji. Jun plays the overenthusiastic protagonist who comes to Tokyo with the desire to become a chef. The drama will display cooking skills and the Italian language.
I'm not a Matsumoto fan but the food aspect sounds interesting.
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congrats!! Can't wait to get my hands onto the drama!! Hohoho..... 
, Kamei Eri 
, and Tanaka Reina 
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