Title: コード・ブルー
Title (English): Code Blue
Tagline: ドクターヘリ緊急救命 /Doctor Heli Kinkyuu Kyumei
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Medical drama
Viewership rating: 15.6 (Kanto)
Episodes: 11
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2008-Jul-03 to 2008-Sep-12
Air time: Thursday 22:00
Theme song: HANABI by Mr.Children

Synopsis:
If it can be treated one second earlier, the heart might start beating again.
If there is one extra helicopter, another life in danger may be saved.
If one more life can be saved, the Japanese medical community may regain trust.
There are more lives in this country that can be saved.


The "Doctor Helicopter" system was legalized in Japan in June 2007. A medical team is dispatched to the patients on a helicopter to provide medical care in the field as soon as possible. One day, four young physicians are assigned to this latest medical system. The doctors experience traumatic medical situations, deal with personal ambitions, witness the fragility of life, and they grow personally and professionally. --Fuji TV


Cast:
Yamashita Tomohisa as Aizawa Kosaku (Flight doctor-in-training)
Aragaki Yui as Shiraishi Megumi (Flight doctor-in-training)
Toda Erika as Hiyama Mihoko (Flight doctor-in-training)
Higa Manami as Saejima Haruka (Flight nurse)
Asari Yosuke as Fujikawa Kazuo (Flight doctor-in-training)

Title: 神の雫
Title (romaji): Kami no Shizuku
Also known as: Les Gouttes de Dieu
Format: Renzoku
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2009-Jan-13 to 2009-Mar
Air time: Tuesday 22:00
Theme song: ONE DROP by KAT-TUN

Synopsis: The story revolves around a young man whose father, a world-famous wine critic, suddenly dies. His father leaves behind a wine collection worth a fortune, but in order to take over his the collection, he must solve a challenge left by his father to find 13 wines. However, he has no real experience with wine, and his rival is his adopted brother, who happens to also be a prominent wine critic.

Cast:
Kamenashi Kazuya as Kanzaki Shizuku
Tanabe Seiichi as Tomine Issei
Naka Riisa as Shinohara Miyabi

Title: 流星の絆
Title (romaji): Ryusei no Kizuna
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Suspense, bonds, comedy
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 16.3 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2008-Oct-17 to 2008-Dec-19
Air time: Friday 22:00
Theme song: Beautiful Days by Arashi
Insert song: ORION by Nakashima Mika

Synopsis: Based on the popular novel of the same name, Ryusei no Kizuna tells the story of three orphans, whose parents were murdered long ago. Together, the three vowed on a shooting star to one day avenge their parents. After many years, the two brothers have found the murderers, and are set to carry out their plan for vengeance when they realize they've made a serious miscalculation; you see, their sister...

Cast:
Ninomiya Kazunari as Ariake Koichi
Nishikido Ryo as Ariake Taisuke
Toda Erika as Ariake Shizuna

Title: ヤスコとケンジ
Title (romaji): Yasuko to Kenji
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Comedy
Episodes: 10
Viewership rating: 13.0 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2008-Jul-12 to 2008-Sep-20
Air time: Saturday 21:00
Theme song: Amagasa by TOKIO

Synopsis: TOKIO's Masahiro Matsuoka will star in a new NTV drama series called "Yasuko to Kenji." It is based on a comical manga by artist Aruko that was serialized in Bessatsu Margaret between April 2005 and November 2006.

The show focuses on a man named Kenji and his younger sister Yasuko, whose parents died in an accident 10 years earlier. Kenji was once the leader of a gang, but in order to support him and his sister, he began making a living as a shojo mangaka. His character normally wears glasses and appears to be a gentle guy, but he throws off his glasses and reverts to his violent side whenever he tries to protect Yasuko from danger. Part of the story follows Yasuko's romance with an intelligent and good-looking man named Jun Tsubaki. Jun's older sister Erika now runs a flower shop, but Erika was once a leader of a female gang, and she used to be in love with Kenji during those days. --Tokyograph (http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-3289)

Cast:
Matsuoka Masahiro as Oki Kenji
Hirosue Ryoko as Tsubaki Erika
Tabe Mikako as Oki Yasuko
Okura Tadayoshi as Tsubaki Jun