Upcoming JDramas

Started by nikyy · 19 May 2004 · 2,946 replies

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28 Oct 2021, 17:33 #2941
The success of Doctor X is starting to rub off.

Minami Hinabe to star in Fuji TV Winter 2022 drama

Minami Hinabe will star in the Fuji TV Winter 2022 drama "Dr. White".

Minami plays Byakuya. She is found passed out one morning in a park. She only remembers her name but doesn't know too much else about whats going on. However, for some reason she has massive medical knowledge and is able to make amazing diagnosis. She then begins to work with a diagnostic team at a local hospital.

The drama airs beginning in January, 2022.
11 Nov 2021, 18:27 #2942
Haru Kuroki to star in Fuji TV 2022 Winter drama

Haru Kuroki will star in the Fuji TV Winter 2022 drama "Gossip".

Kuroki plays Ririko Seko. She works in the accounting department of Kanfuru News an online media website. Their articles are done by the editorial team which is all male, and most of the stories are just edited versions from other websites. Then, one day, Ririko is transferred from accounting ot the editorial deparment.

The drama airs beginning in January, 2022.
22 Nov 2021, 18:53 #2943
Kodoku no Gurume on the Shinkansen.

Hidekazu Mashima to star in TBS Winter 2021 drama

Hidekazu Mashima will star in the TBS Winter 2021 drama "Izakaya Shinkansen".

Mashima plays Susumu Takamiya who works for an insurance company. His job has him traveling all across Japan on one day trips vis the Shinkansen. While on the trips, he picks up meals and eats them on the Shinkansen on his way back. The train becomes his own personal Izakaya to eat, drink, and relax.

The drama airs in December, 2021.
24 Jun 2022, 20:03 #2944
File this under "the more thing change, the more they stay the same". Yasufumi Terawaki returns after a 14 year absence as good old Kameyama for "Aibou 21": https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/482587
28 Feb 2023, 19:05 #2945
Atsuko Maeda and Riko Narumi together. Could be interesting.

Atsuko Maeda, Riko Narumi and Akihisa Shiono co-star in 2023 Spring TV Tokyo drama

Atsuko Maeda, Riko Narumi, & Akihisa Shiono will co-star in the TV Tokyo drama series “Kashi Mashi Meshii.” The drama is based on manga series “Kashi Mashi Meshii” by Mari Okazaki. The three leads will play former classmates from an art university, who begin to regularly meet again over meals. The suicide of a former classmate brought them together.

“Kashi Mashi Meshi” first airs April 10, 2023 in Japan.
26 Apr 2023, 18:11 #2946
Kyoka Suzuki to star in FujiTV Summer 2023 drama

Kyoka Suzuki will star in the FujiTV Summer 2023 drama "Kono Subarashiki Sekai".

Suzuki plays Taeko Hamaoka, a regular housewife who has to impersonate popular actress Kinuyo Wakana. Yoshino Kimura plays Riko Higa, president of the agency that manages Wakana and Ikki Sawamura plays Wakana's husband. Sports Makita plays Taeko's husband Yoichi.

The drama airs beginning in July, 2023.

(I really thought we had a Kyoka Suzuki thread, but couldn't find one. :confused: )
10 May 2023, 17:45 #2947
Hokuto Matsumura and Daigo Nishihata co-star in TV Asahi 2023 Summer drama

Hokuto Matsumura and Daigo Nishihata will co-star in the TV Asahi drama series “Knockin’ on Locked Door.” The drama series is based on novel series “Knockin’ on Locked Door” by Yugo Aosaki. In “Knockin’ on Locked Door,” Matsumura and Nishihata will play partner private detectives who have different personalities and investigative methods.

Tori Gotenba (Matsumura) and Hisame Katanashi ( Nishihata) are private detectives who work together and run the detective agency Knockin’ on Locked Door. They are partners and, at the same time, rivals. They use different methods to solve cases and also have different personalities.

Tori Gotenba is good at solving cases in terms of how the case took place. He always wears a black turtleneck regardless of the season and he doesn’t hesitate to express his feelings. Meanwhile, Hisame Katanashi is good at solving cases in the terms of why the case took place. He is guided by common sense and always wears a suit with glasses. These two detectives with different personalities take on the most difficult cases and work together to solve them.

The drama airs beginning in July, 2023.

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