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CONFIRMS DRAMAS- Update : 7 April 2010 ; 8:20pm

Tsuki no Koibito
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Mondays, 10 May 2010
Cast: Kimura Takuya, Shinohara Ryoko, Lin Chi Ling, Matsuda Shota, Kitagawa Keiko

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Zettai Reido ~ Mikaiketsu Jiken Tokumei Sousa

Date: From 9.00 p.m., Tuesdays, 13 April 2010
Cast: Ueto Aya, Kitaoji Kinya, Miyasako Hiroyuki, Sugimoto Tetta, Yamaguchi Sayaka, Maruyama Tomomi, Nakahara Takeo, Kitagawa Hiromi, Kimura Ryo

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Youkame no Semi
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Tuesdays, 30 March 2010
Cast: Dan Rei, Kitano Kii, Baisho Mitsuko, Sakai Maki, Kishitani Goro, Tsuda Kanji, Itaya Yuka, Kyono Kotomi

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Team Batista 2 ~ General Rouge no Gaisen

Date: From 9.00 p.m., Tuesdays, 6 April 2010
Cast: Ito Atsushi, Nakamura Toru, Kato Ai, Kinoshita Takayuki, Asami Reina, Matsuzaka Tori, Adachi Osamu, Takeuchi Taro, Natori Yuko, Horibe Keisuke, Totsugi Shigeyuki, Riju Go, Shiraishi Miho, Nishijima Hidetoshi

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Rikon Doukyo
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Tuesdays, 11 May 2010
Cast: Abe Sadao, Sato Eriko

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Rinjo Season 2

Date: From 9.00 p.m., Wednesdays, 7 April 2010
Cast: Uchino Masaaki, Matsushita Yuki, Watanabe Dai, Takashima Masanobu, Ito Yuko

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Mother

Date: From 10.00 p.m., Wednesdays, 14 April 2010
Cast: Matsuyuki Yasuko, Yamamoto Koji, Sakai Wakana, Kawamura Yosuke, Ono Machiko, Takahata Atsuko

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Omiyasan Season 7

Date: From 8.00 p.m., Thursdays, 15 April 2010
Cast: Watase Tsunehiko, Sakurai Atsuko, Nanase Natsumi, Hayashi Yasufumi, Fuwa Bansaku, Katagiri Ryuji, Onodera Joe, Ichijo Satoshi, Aimoto Kumiko, Washio Machiko

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Dousoukai ~ Love Again Shoukougun

Date: From 9.00 p.m., Thursdays, 22 April 2010
Cast : Hikami Hiroshi, Takahashi Katsunori, Saito Yuki, Fukikoshi Mitsuru, Omi Toshinori, Rokkau Seiji, Miyaji Masako, Sudo Risa, Mano Yuko

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Sunao ni Narenakute

Date: From 10.00 p.m., Thursdays, 15 April 2010
Cast: Ueno Juri, Eita, Tamayama Tetsuji, Seki Megumi, Jejung, Kinami Haruka, Watanabe Eri, Igawa Haruka, Fubuki Jun, Kikkawa Koji

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Pro Golfer Hana

Date: From 11.58 p.m., Thursdays, 8 April 2010
Cast: Kato Rosa, Katase Nana, Inoue Masahiro, Takahashi Mai, Murotsuyoshi, Sato Jiro, Ishino Mako, Ishiguro Ken

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Keishichou Shissounin Sousaka

Date: From 9.00 p.m., Fridays, 16 April 2010
Cast: Sawamura Iki, Endo Kenichi, Kitamura Yukiya, Kikawada Masaya, Takahata Atsuko, Kohinata Fumiyo, Mori Kanna

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Yankee-kun to Megane-chan

Date: From 10.00 p.m., Fridays, 23 April 2010
Cast: Narimiya Hiroki, Naka Riisa, Hongo Kanata, Koyanagi Yu, Kawaguchi Haruna, Suzuki Ryohei, Furuta Arata, Hori Chiemi, Owada Miho, Ito Shiro

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Keibuho Yabe Kenzo

Date: From 11.15 p.m., Fridays, 9 April 2010
Cast: Namase Katsuhisa, Ikeda Tetsuhiro, Kanjiya Shihori

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TROUBLEMAN

Date: From 24.12 p.m., Friday, 9 April 2010
Cast: Kato Shigeaki, Takezai Terunosuke, Iwasa Mayuko, Terajima Susumu

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Hagane no Onna
Date: Date: From 11.15 p.m., Fridays, 21 May 2010
Cast: Kichise Michiko, Kaname Jun, Shitara Osamu, Arimura Kasumi, Ohashi Nozomi, Shishido Miwako, Ayata Toshiki, Yoshiie Akihito, Shimizu Michiko, Yokoyama Megumi

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Tumbling

Date: From 7.56 p.m., Saturdays, 17 April 2010
Cast: Yamamoto Yusuke, Seto Koji, Daito Shunsuke, Miura Shohei, Nishijima Takahiro, Tomiura Satoshi, Yanagishita Tomo, Kaku Kento, Tamoto Soran, Okamoto Azusa, Okamoto Rei, Sato Jiro, Kuninaka Ryoko, Akira, Otsuka Nene

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Chase ~ Kokuzei Sasatsukan

Date: From 9.00 p.m., Saturdays, 17 April 2010
Cast: Eguchi Yosuke, Arata, Aso Yumiko, Saito Takumi, Tanaka Kei, Mizuno Erina, Masuoka Toru, Kimura Tae, Okuda Eiji, Nakamura Katsuo

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Kaibutsukun

Date: From 9.00 p.m., Saturdays, 17 April 2010
Cast: Ono Satoshi, Yajima Norito, Ueshima Ryuhei, Choi Hong Man, Inamori Izumi, Tsuda Kanji, Matsuoka Masahiro, Kawashima Umika, Kaga Takeshi, Hamada Tatsuomi

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Shinzanmono

Date: From 9.00 p.m., Sundays, 18 April 2010
Cast: Abe Hiroshi, Kuroki Meisa, Mukai Osamu, Mizubata Junpei, Kimura Yuichi, Izumiya Shigeru, Sasano Takashi, Harada Mieko, Miura Tomokazu

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Pandora II ~ Kiga Retto

Date: From 10.00 p.m., Sundays, 18 April 2010
Cast: Sato Koichi, Suzuki Kyoka, Katsumura Masanobu, Yamamoto Koji, Mizukawa Asami, Nukumizu Yoichi, Kitamura Yukiya, Yo Kimiko, Takuma Shin

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Jotei Kaoruko
Date: From 11.00 p.m., Sundays, 25 April 2010
Cast: Kiritani Mirei, Kurokawa Tomoka, Hara Sachie, Endo Kenichi, Kokusho Sayuri, Manda Hisako

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ungumuda 10433 cr points Send Message: 32 / F / sabah Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 2/4/10, edited 4/16/10 CONFIRMS DRAMAS- Update : 7 April 2010 ; 8:20pm Tsuki no Koibito Date: From 9.00 p.m., Mondays, 10 May 2010 Cast: Kimura Takuya, Shinohara Ryoko, Lin Chi Ling, Matsuda Shota, Kitagawa Keiko Spoiler Alert!!! click to hide or show Synopsis: The president (Kimura Takuya) of a rapidly growing company that seems to be taking over the lead in the industry in just one generation, is a capable man with a cool personality and demands results from people. He meets a woman who turns his values upside down, and falls in love with her. Zettai Reido ~ Mikaiketsu Jiken Tokumei Sousa Date: From 9.00 p.m., Tuesdays, 13 April 2010 Cast: Ueto Aya, Kitaoji Kinya, Miyasako Hiroyuki, Sugimoto Tetta, Yamaguchi Sayaka, Maruyama Tomomi, Nakahara Takeo, Kitagawa Hiromi, Kimura Ryo Spoiler Alert!!! click to hide or show Synopsis: Sakuragi Izumi (Ueto Aya) is a new police sergeant with the Special Investigations Office, which was set up within the Metropolitan Police in November last year. The new investigation team uses DNA analysis and the latest in forensics science to investigate cold cases as well as cases suspected to involve missing Youkame no Semi Date: From 10.00 p.m., Tuesdays, 30 March 2010 Cast: Dan Rei, Kitano Kii, Baisho Mitsuko, Sakai Maki, Kishitani Goro, Tsuda Kanji, Itaya Yuka, Kyono Kotomi Spoiler Alert!!! click to hide or show Synopsis: Kiwako (Dan Rei) is vainly in love with an unfaithful married man. The man manipulates her into having an abortion but has a baby daughter with his wife. Kiwako impulsively abducts the baby girl and lovingly raises her. After leading a life on the run for three and a half years, she returns the girl to her natural parents but … Team Batista 2 ~ General Rouge no Gaisen Date: From 9.00 p.m., Tuesdays, 6 April 2010 Cast: Ito Atsushi, Nakamura Toru, Kato Ai, Kinoshita Takayuki, Asami Reina, Matsuzaka Tori, Adachi Osamu, Takeuchi Taro, Natori Yuko, Horibe Keisuke, Totsugi Shigeyuki, Riju Go, Shiraishi Miho, Nishijima Hidetoshi Spoiler Alert!!! click to hide or show Synopsis: Taguchi Kohei, a doctor practising psychosomatic medicine at Tojo University’s hospital, and the eccentric Health Ministry official, Shiratori Keisuke, face off against a shrewd, genius emergency doctor, Hayami Koichi (Nishijima Hidetoshi), who is nicknamed “General Rouge” (Bloodstained General), and investigate a hidden medical mystery. Rikon Doukyo Date: From 10.00 p.m., Tuesdays, 11 May 2010 Cast: Abe Sadao, Sato Eriko Spoiler Alert!!! click to hide or show Synopsis: Suzuki Ryuji (Abe Sadao) is a salaryman who could have created a happy family. One day, his wife, Harumi (Sato Eriko) suddenly broaches divorce, and Ryuji helplessly accepts when she files for divorce. A month later, Harumi turns up in front of Ryuji looking as beautiful as the time before their marriage. She has come with the aim of reconciling with him for the sake of their happiness. And so, Ryuji starts living together with the wife he had divorced … Rinjo Season 2 Date: From 9.00 p.m., Wednesdays, 7 April 2010 Cast: Uchino Masaaki, Matsushita Yuki, Watanabe Dai, Takashima Masanobu, Ito Yuko Spoiler Alert!!! click to hide or show Synopsis: Tanimoto Masahiro, a police officer who works at a police post in a park within the metropolitan area, is found shot to death. His shoulder strap has been ripped off, and his gun and whistle have gone missing. At first, it is not able to determine if it was a murder or a suicide but forensics examiner, Kuraishi Yoshio, concludes that it was a suicide from the circumstances and traces of gunpowder burns. Someone had taken Tanimoto’s gun away after he committed suicide. Tanimoto has no wife and he does not get along well with his only daughter. Furthermore, he is afflicted with cancer, and it is thought that the three-month life expectancy that he had been given, was the reason for his suicide. Before long, the stolen gun is found. It is gripped in the right hand of a person who has died an unnatural death … Mother Date: From 10.00 p.m., Wednesdays, 14 April 2010 Cast: Matsuyuki Yasuko, Yamamoto Koji, Sakai Wakana, Kawamura Yosuke, Ono Machiko, Takahata Atsuko Spoiler Alert!!! click to hide or show Synopsis: Suzuhara Nao (Matsuyuki Yasuko) is the oldest of three sisters. She goes on to graduate school, determined to continue her research and reaches her mid-thirties. Then, the university is suddenly scaled down and her research lab is closed. So Nao has no choice but to become a teacher at a nearby elementary school that she had been introduced to. In her second year, Nao, who has completely no passion for her job, is put in charge of first-year students. There, she meets Michiki Reina, a girl who becomes attached to her. One day, Nao notices that Reina has bruises on her body and learns that she has been hit by her mother’s boyfriend. Nao initially turns a blind eye, but as the bruises grow day by day, and Reina’s absence from school become more frequent, she makes a decision for the sake of the girl. She resigns from the school and even moves out of her apartment. Then she calls Reina, and the two of them board an overnight train bound for Tokyo … Omiyasan Season 7 Date: From 8.00 p.m., Thursdays, 15 April 2010 Cast: Watase Tsunehiko, Sakurai Atsuko, Nanase Natsumi, Hayashi Yasufumi, Fuwa Bansaku, Katagiri Ryuji, Onodera Joe, Ichijo Satoshi, Aimoto Kumiko, Washio Machiko Spoiler Alert!!! click to hide or show Synopsis: One day, the body of a middle-aged woman thought to have died from a hard blow to her head, is discovered. Hearing that there had been a cow’s hoof in a small talisman pouch among her personal belongings, Omiyasan remembers the case of an abandoned elementary school girl 25 years ago. At that time, the third grade girl had been left in the trunk of a disused car and she had also carried a cow’s hoof in a small talisman pouch. The girl’s divorced father, Tadashi, and Kumiko, the new person he married, were wanted for negligence. However, nothing was known of their whereabouts and 25 years have passed. Before long, the dead body is determined to be Kumiko’s … Dousoukai ~ Love Again Shoukougun Date: From 9.00 p.m., Thursdays, 22 April 2010 Cast : Hikami Hiroshi, Takahashi Katsunori, Saito Yuki, Fukikoshi Mitsuru, Omi Toshinori, Rokkau Seiji, Miyaji Masako, Sudo Risa, Mano Yuko Spoiler Alert!!! click to hide or show Synopsis: Graduates of the same junior high school meet again at a reunion after thirty years. Miyazawa Tomomi (Kuroki Hitomi) is an ordinary housewife with children, Sugiyama Kosuke (Takahashi Katsunori) is a married detective, Okubo Shinichi (Mikami Hiroshi) is a divorced journalist, and Nishikawa Yoko (Saito Yuki) is the wife of an entrepreneur and lives in Roppongi Hills. After thirty years, their hearts are once again ignited. What “tempest” will engulf these four 45-year-olds who have fallen in love …? Sunao ni Narenakute Date: From 10.00 p.m., Thursdays, 15 April 2010 Cast: Ueno Juri, Eita, Tamayama Tetsuji, Seki Megumi, Jejung, Kinami Haruka, Watanabe Eri, Igawa Haruka, Fubuki Jun, Kikkawa Koji Spoiler Alert!!! click to hide or show Synopsis: A group of five people in Shibuya, Tokyo meet through Twitter and become true friends. ‘Nakaji’ (Eita), is a novice cameraman. In his childhood, he admired his father, a war photographer, but he has had mixed feelings for his father ever since his father changed because of injuries sustained in the battlefield. ‘Nakaji’ meets ‘Haru’ (Ueno Juri) through Twitter and she soon grows to become a special person in his life. ‘Haru’ is a part-time teacher at a private high school, frustrated by her own inexperience. ‘Haru’ develops a crush on ‘Nakaji’ but is harshly pushed around by him. ‘Pi-chi’ (Seki Megumi), Haru’s good friend, is involved with an affair with her superior. ‘Doctor’ (Jejung) is under pressure because business results at his company does not improve. Supported by ‘Haru’s’ words on Twitter, he gradually falls in love with her. And, ‘Linda’ (Tamayama Tetsuji), the sensitive leader of the group of five, is with a glamorous publishing company but has troubles with erectile dysfunction. Pro Golfer Hana Date: From 11.58 p.m., Thursdays, 8 April 2010 Cast: Kato Rosa, Katase Nana, Inoue Masahiro, Takahashi Mai, Murotsuyoshi, Sato Jiro, Ishino Mako, Ishiguro Ken Spoiler Alert!!! click to hide or show Synopsis: Nomiya Hana (Kato Rosa), a temporary employee, scores a hole in one and wins a client golf game that she was forced to participate in. However, Hana incurs the anger of the client and is sacked by her company. Then, all of a sudden, the legendary coach, Daigo (Ishiguro Ken) appears before Hana. Daigo, who had watched Hana’s game, noticed that she has formidable skill. Hana commits herself to become a pro golfer to pay back the 100 million yen debt left by her father. But the extremely disparate world between rich and poor blocks her way there. And a golf battle swirling with the intrigue of the wealthy and talented golfer Takase Rinco (Katase Nana) also awaits … Keishichou Shissounin Sousaka Date: From 9.00 p.m., Fridays, 16 April 2010 Cast: Sawamura Iki, Endo Kenichi, Kitamura Yukiya, Kikawada Masaya, Takahata Atsuko, Kohinata Fumiyo, Mori Kanna Spoiler Alert!!! click to hide or show Synopsis: Takashiro Kengo (Sawamura Iki) was formerly an ace detective of the Metropolitan Police’s First Investigative Division. But ever since his daughter went missing, he has been living the life of a wandering, renegade detective. Assigned to the fictitious “Missing Persons Investigative Section”, he hides his pride as a detective and plunges into cases without regard for danger. As he pursues numerous missing persons cases, he is reborn as a detective. His partner is Myojin Megumi, the only female detective in the Missing Persons Investigative Section. She starts off hostile towards Takashiro’s methods but gradually grows to understand him. Yankee-kun to Megane-chan Date: From 10.00 p.m., Fridays, 23 April 2010 Cast: Narimiya Hiroki, Naka Riisa, Hongo Kanata, Koyanagi Yu, Kawaguchi Haruna, Suzuki Ryohei, Furuta Arata, Hori Chiemi, Owada Miho, Ito Shiro Spoiler Alert!!! click to hide or show Synopsis: One day, through a strange turn of events, Shinagawa Daichi (Narimiya Hiroki), the school’s biggest delinquent, finds himself twisted around and going along with the actions of Adachi Hana (Naka Riisa), the representative for his class. The bespectacled Hana wears her hair in braids, appears to have a deceptively serious appearance and is very prone to making silly mistakes. Moreover, Hana has a past as a legendary delinquent back in her junior high school days … As Daichi is drawn into various troubles, he gains an irreplaceable buddy. Furthermore, he discovers the joy of school life, and consequently, the significance of his own existence and place where he belongs. Keibuho Yabe Kenzo Date: From 11.15 p.m., Fridays, 9 April 2010 Cast: Namase Katsuhisa, Ikeda Tetsuhiro, Kanjiya Shihori Spoiler Alert!!! click to hide or show Synopsis: Yabe Kenzo (Namase Katsuhisa) is a detective from the Metropolitan Police’s Public Safety Department who hides in a toupee and lets his hair dictate his behaviour. The ambitious Yabe cozies up to superiors, and seizes the credit for his subordinates’ work. So why does this hopeless detective always happen to end up solving difficult cases? Akiha Barando (Ikeda Tetsuhiro), a computer nerd, is assigned to be Yabe’s subordinate, while Katsura Miharu (Kanjiya Shihori), a rookie policewoman with the Public Safety Department whose father had been a legendary detective, gets pushed around by Yabe’s outrageous orders. TROUBLEMAN Date: From 24.12 p.m., Friday, 9 April 2010 Cast: Kato Shigeaki, Takezai Terunosuke, Iwasa Mayuko, Terajima Susumu Spoiler Alert!!! click to hide or show Synopsis: One day all of a sudden, a trouble befalls one man. That trouble snowballs into bigger troubles, one by one, pulling everyone around him in. A yakuza being chased by another yakuza, a mysterious woman who is being attacked, an otaku man with some sort of "power", a hit man who has lost his memory, and an old landlord. You can't miss even a second of the shocking confessions made by the residents of the apartment. A mystery upon another mystery, this is an intricately woven story. When all the pieces of the puzzles are put together, you will experience something you have never experienced before. A new experience will be felt through this fast-paced story. This is a serious comedy that will draw you in Hagane no Onna Date: Date: From 11.15 p.m., Fridays, 21 May 2010 Cast: Kichise Michiko, Kaname Jun, Shitara Osamu, Arimura Kasumi, Ohashi Nozomi, Shishido Miwako, Ayata Toshiki, Yoshiie Akihito, Shimizu Michiko, Yokoyama Megumi Spoiler Alert!!! click to hide or show Synopsis: 35-year-old Haga Ineko (Kichise Michiko), known as Hagane, has no man, savings or regular employment. She had resigned from her former elementary school upon marriage but her engagement is broken off just before the ceremony. At the recommendation of Senzaki Toru (Shitara Osamu), her friend from university days, she is temporarily hired by Aikawa Elementary School. Her new post is the form teacher of Class 4/3, a problem class which has had three form teachers replaced in almost a year. And yet, the horrible class is not in a state of collapse. At first glance, it looks like an extremely normal class but is full of monster children … Tumbling Date: From 7.56 p.m., Saturdays, 17 April 2010 Cast: Yamamoto Yusuke, Seto Koji, Daito Shunsuke, Miura Shohei, Nishijima Takahiro, Tomiura Satoshi, Yanagishita Tomo, Kaku Kento, Tamoto Soran, Okamoto Azusa, Okamoto Rei, Sato Jiro, Kuninaka Ryoko, Akira, Otsuka Nene Spoiler Alert!!! click to hide or show Synopsis: Higashi Kou (Yamamoto Yusuke), a third-year student at Karasumori High School, is a devil who strikes fear in the hearts of people. He hangs out with Tsukimori Ryosuke (Miura Shohei) and Nippori Keiji (Kaku Kento), and never loses a fight. The hot-blooded, naive and silly Kou and his friends naturally terrify the students around them and even the teachers. One day, Kou is told by his form teacher, Kashiwagi, that he has to participate in a club activity in order to make up for the lack of second-year students. The short-tempered Kou cannot last long in whatever he does. At that moment, he learns that Satonaka Mari (Okamoto Azusa), the beautiful transfer student in his class, has joined the female rhythmic sports gymnastics club. And so, he joins the male rhythmic sports gymnastics club. It is a club activity with very few people: the captain, Takenaka Yuta (Seto Koji); Kaneko Atsushi (Tamoto Soran); Mizusawa Taku (Yanagishita Tomo); and Hino Tetsuya (Nishijima Takahiro). They are ridiculed by Ezaki (Kuninaka Ryoko), the advisor to the female rhythmic sports gymnastics club, and others, and are also hardly allowed to use the gym. However, when Tsuchiya Satoshi (Tomiura Satoshi) joins as a new member, Yuta decides to take part in a team competition with his long-sought six members … Chase ~ Kokuzei Sasatsukan Date: From 9.00 p.m., Saturdays, 17 April 2010 Cast: Eguchi Yosuke, Arata, Aso Yumiko, Saito Takumi, Tanaka Kei, Mizuno Erina, Masuoka Toru, Kimura Tae, Okuda Eiji, Nakamura Katsuo Spoiler Alert!!! click to hide or show Synopsis: Haruma Sosuke (Eguchi Yosuke) is a veteran inspector at the National Tax Bureau’s Investigation Department (alias ‘Marusa’) who spends each day chasing tax evaders. Murakumo Shuji (Arata) is a genius tax evasion consultant who exploits the international financial network. These two men begin a thrilling battle over 600 billion yen in assets. Kaibutsukun Date: From 9.00 p.m., Saturdays, 17 April 2010 Cast: Ono Satoshi, Yajima Norito, Ueshima Ryuhei, Choi Hong Man, Inamori Izumi, Tsuda Kanji, Matsuoka Masahiro, Kawashima Umika, Kaga Takeshi, Hamada Tatsuomi Spoiler Alert!!! click to hide or show Synopsis: Kaibutsu Taro-sama (Ono Satoshi) is the prince of Kaibutsu Land, a world far away from the human world. At his father’s order, he sets out on a journey to the human realm for his training as the successor to the throne. Together with his followers, Dracula (Yajima Norito), Wolfman (Ueshima Ryuhei) and Franken (Choi Hong Man), they create all sorts of commotions while deepening his interactions with his only human friend, Ichikawa Hiroshi (Hamada Tatsuomi), and Hiroshi’s older sister, Utako (Kawashima Umika). Shinzanmono Date: From 9.00 p.m., Sundays, 18 April 2010 Cast: Abe Hiroshi, Kuroki Meisa, Mukai Osamu, Mizubata Junpei, Kimura Yuichi, Izumiya Shigeru, Sasano Takashi, Harada Mieko, Miura Tomokazu Spoiler Alert!!! click to hide or show Synopsis: A woman is murdered at Ningyo-cho in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. Kaga Kyoichiro (Abe Hiroshi), who has just been transferred to the Nihonbashi police precinct, is put in charge of the case. As everyone of the residents of Ningyo-cho’s shopping street emerge as suspects in the investigation, Kaga, an ace at reading a person’s thoughts, starts to unlock the complicated human relationships with his superior insight and deductive powers. Pandora II ~ Kiga Retto Date: From 10.00 p.m., Sundays, 18 April 2010 Cast: Sato Koichi, Suzuki Kyoka, Katsumura Masanobu, Yamamoto Koji, Mizukawa Asami, Nukumizu Yoichi, Kitamura Yukiya, Yo Kimiko, Takuma Shin Spoiler Alert!!! click to hide or show Synopsis: A global food crisis occurs because of the increase in the price of grain as a result of its conversion to biofuel and crop failure because of climate change accompanied by global warming. Japan, which relies on imports for the bulk of its main crop, finds that it will plunge into a serious state of starvation within half a year if imports are stopped. The government covers up this reality and examines breakthrough solutions. At that moment, there is an agricultural scientist, Suzuki Mamoru (Sato Koichi), who has succeeded in the development of genetically engineered maize which can grow four times faster than usual. He has managed to develop this miracle maize after seven years at his research laboratory in the secluded mountains. Suzuki names this maize “God Corn”. Meanwhile, detective Yagisawa Shuko (Suzuki Kyoka) has misgivings about the burnt body of a man at a riverbed. She starts to investigate this not as a suicide or accidental death but as a murder. Hearing about the successful development of the miracle grain, “God Corn”, the government tries to gain possession of those rights; fund companies try to seize the money machine which will generate huge profits. Suzuki is engulfed in a world swirling with desire and intrigue. Now, Pandora’s box is indeed open. Jotei Kaoruko Date: From 11.00 p.m., Sundays, 25 April 2010 Cast: Kiritani Mirei, Kurokawa Tomoka, Hara Sachie, Endo Kenichi, Kokusho Sayuri, Manda Hisako Spoiler Alert!!! click to hide or show Synopsis: Born to a wealthy man and his mistress, Nishimura Saya (Kiritani Mirei), was raised by her grandparents because her mother left her when she was a child. As a child, she was told that her mother was dead. But in her third year in high school, she heard from her grandmother, who was critically ill, that her mother was actually alive and working as a hostess called ‘Kaoruko’ at Ginza. If she also became a hostess at Ginza, she might be able to meet her mother some day … That’s what Saya had thought. And so, after graduating from high school, she came up to Tokyo alone, and took the first step by becoming a hostess at the exclusive Ginza club ‘Gorgeous’. All text copyright © jdramas.wordpress.com.
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Gauri92 396 cr points Send Message: 21 Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 2/4/10 ahhh...the ueno juri and eita drama!!! really hope thats true!!!!
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Ghaleh 1219 cr points Send Message: F Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 2/4/10 i really am hoping that there would be a sequel to hero.........
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janggs19 15971 cr points Send Message: 21 / M / land of the risin... Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 2/4/10 waah juri&eita:D....I though miyazaki aoi and ohno will have a drama that's why miyazaki rejected kimutaku's offer hmm ?_?
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CynicalStrawberry 48 cr points Send Message: Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 2/5/10 I wish we could get more manga-based jdramas.....Also, CR got rid of two jdramas right before I was gonna watch them >_<;;
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garcon 13214 cr points Send Message: 42 Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 2/7/10 Gauri92 wrote: ahhh...the ueno juri and eita drama!!! really hope thats true!!!! im so into them..cant wait!!!..or should i lower my expectations coz this might just be a rumor?
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janggs19 15971 cr points Send Message: 21 / M / land of the risin... Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 2/9/10 ok I'm sold to that rumor of kaibutsukun, seriously? kaibutsukun in live action will be hilarious as hell:D plus umika:D I really want to go to future just to see her 5yrs from now can't w8 till she blossoms as a woman:)
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miracles_exist 146 cr points Send Message: 26 / F Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 2/9/10 won't there be a jin akanishi series this spring...?
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lriglleh 44 cr points Send Message: 25 / Here Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 2/9/10 There was a rumor of it but I don't think it will happen. I wish there was one.
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fallingrain 7870 cr points Send Message: F / ♪Inside Your Head♫ Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 2/12/10 Nishikido a SAMURAI!!! yesss!!
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janggs19 15971 cr points Send Message: 21 / M / land of the risin... Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 2/12/10 fallingrain wrote: Nishikido a SAMURAI!!! yesss!! no ryo will act a samurai in the movie(chonmage purin) not in this drama and the titles translation is YANKEE(a deliquent gangster) and megane chan(name call for a girl who wears reading glasses mostly nerds)....this title is really interesting seems a comedy drama
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fallingrain 7870 cr points Send Message: F / ♪Inside Your Head♫ Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 2/12/10 janggs19 wrote: fallingrain wrote: Nishikido a SAMURAI!!! yesss!! no ryo will act a samurai in the movie(chonmage purin) not in this drama and the titles translation is YANKEE(a deliquent gangster) and megane chan(name call for a girl who wears reading glasses mostly nerds)....this title is really interesting seems a comedy drama yeah i was talking about the movie he's going to be playing a samurai haha! guess i was thinking of the movie instead of drama
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Ghaleh 1219 cr points Send Message: F Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 2/12/10 i'm also looking forward to rinjo season 2.... i'm goona check kieshichou shissounin sonsata & shinzanmono out....
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kenken_091 5599 cr points Send Message: 20 / i'm lost o.O Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 2/18/10 wow Yankee to Megane chan....ive read the first few chapters of the manga and i like the story...hope it wont remain as a rumor... Spoiler Alert!!! click to hide or show still no Ninomiya...
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AnimeCook 595 cr points Send Message: 25 / F / Irvine, CA Offline	Permalink Reply Quote Posted 2/18/10 The title to Nishikido's rumored drama should be Yankee-kun to Megane-chan, not Yankee Kimi to Megane chan. It's probably based off the manga of the same name. I love the manga but I just can't see Nishikido as Shinagawa (the main character) at all!! I wonder who Tanaka Koki will play, I don't see him as any of the other guys either.
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