Japanese Dramas to Watch

Two very different people - an academically successful schoolgirl and a quiet loser schoolboy - meet and develop a friendship.

An elite and aloof schoolgirl is in fact severely withdrawn and anxious about communicating with others. An ordinary schoolboy befriends her and helps her to open up and talk with people.

Follows mystery-solving college student Kuno Totono. At the beginning of the story, the police bring him in for questioning on suspicion of murdering his classmate.

A never-lose lawyer, Kensuke Komikado, uses his way and understanding of the spirit of the law to win every case on the court of law.

Kenji Sakuragi is a lawyer and former member of a motorcycle gang. He takes on the challenge of preparing a special class for a famous stupid school, Ryuuzan to enter the prestigious Toudai University.

A 40-year-old gifted architect enjoys living alone and doesn"t communicate well with people. He has three female friends. Will he ever marry?

Tsumugi Aoba and Sou Sakura dated in high school. They both liked music. After graduating, Sou sent her a message breaking up. She started dating Minato Togawa, a mutual friend. 8 years later, she sees Sou, only to learn he is deaf.

A young girl whose father was framed for murder gets close to the man who framed him. But not only does she discover a deep mystery over the event, but she starts to fall in love with him.

Tokyo student, Shiroki Risa meets businessman, Fukami Hiroto and they fall in love, but his dark past threatens their relationship.

Ayumu passes an entrance exam of an elite school, but loses her best friend because of that. There she makes new friends, but after a misunderstanding the bulling begins. With nobody to turn to she is pushed to the limit of losing herself.

Based on the manga of the same title by, Atsuko Takakura. The story revolves around a woman working in a department store whose meager bust has earned her the nickname of "kabe onna." Unfortunately for her, a well-endowed "yama onna" gets assigned to the same department, heightening her insecurity.

A story of a man and a woman who meet amid the Great Tokyo Air Raid in 1945.

Maki, Suzume, Iemori, and Beppu accidentally met in a karaoke one day while bringing instruments. They then decided to form a musical quartet and live together in Karuizawa during the winter.

The "helicopter doctor" is a medical team who dispatched to the patients on a helicopter to provide medical care in the field as soon as possible. Four young physicians are assigned to the team and deal with situations they never had.

45-year-old TV Drama producer Chiaki Yoshino moves to Kamakura, where she lives next door to the Nagakura family.

39-yo Sakura Toyama is a hairdresser and salon assistant manager, who is concerned by her stagnant life. She decides to at least do something about her love life. She accepts a party invitation from Chiyoko Ogami and confusion develops.

Nanako, determined to marry rich after poverty, is dubbed the "gokon queen". Shinichi, a brilliant academic turned fishmonger, misleads her into believing he"s wealthy when they meet at a group date, leading Nanako to fall for him.

Haruhi Fujioka stumbles by accident into the school"s "host club" which consists of six handsome male students. The six male members of the host club make Haruhi join them - not realizing that Haruhi is actually a girl.

Mio Nagisa has a job as an oceanographer at the Shibaura University of Marine Science and Technology and has an interest in fish and also loves the sea. But she is reticent about her family and past life. Rintaro Hasuda is the second child of a wealthy family and comes back to Japan to look after his father"s declining health and is put in charge of his father"s marine development project. These two may come from different worlds but soon find that both have feelings for each other.

An overworked 65-year-old woman who is given the chance to re-experience her youth when she"s turned 20 again.

Mika is a fresh high school student who starts texting a mysterious boy. She is shocked when he reveals who he is - Hiro, a delinquent attending her school. What she doesn"t know is that Hiro isn"t as bad as he seems.

Set in modern-day Japan, two aromantic asexuals start living together and form a special bond.

A woman is obsessed with her ex-boyfriend.

Emotions resurface when a school teacher and her former student reconnect three years after sharing a forbidden attraction that scarred them both.