Asian Drama

Azusa and Narumi are 2nd grade high school students who lack confidence and also any kind of ambitions. Hazuki, Tamaki and Mika are also unnoticed students at the same high school. These five girls form a dance club and begin to dance to get credits. They soon learn the joys of dancing and also learn to express themselves.

Duration: 1 hr. 55 min.

Content Rating: G - All Ages

Mita Sakura is considered to be weird by her colleagues at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, because she voluntarily works in the unidentified bodies department. About 20,000 unidentified bodies exist in the country and Mita Sakura works on returning these unknown deceased people to their families.

She has a colleague, Tsukimoto Makoto, who works in the same department. They are totally opposite in terms of their personalities and interests. Mita Sakura is bright and warm-hearted, but Tsukimoto Makoto is calm and cold-hearted. They do share the same desire to return these unidentified bodies to their families. To find the identities of these deceased people, they rely on the few clues that are left behind on them.

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Tags: Co-workers' Relationship, Senior-Junior Relationship, Investigator Supporting Character, Researcher Supporting Character, Young Adult Female Lead, Detective Supporting Character, Investigator Female Lead, Eccentric Female Lead, Death, Investigation (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Saturday

Duration: 54 min.

Country: Japan

Aired: Jul 13, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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The newest installment in Fuji TV's "Ooku" series is about the women linked to the Tokugawa shogun line. This time, the focus is on Isonomiya Tomoko and her political marriage to the 10th shogun, Tokugawa Ieharu.

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Airs On: Thursday

Kitada Gaku is gifted in mathematics. He dreamed of becoming a mathematician, but he gave up on his dream. He now spends his days without purpose. One day, he happens to meet a genius chef named Asakura Kai. Asakura Kai leads Kitada Gaku into the culinary world. Kitada Gaku soon joins Asakura Kai's two star restaurant K, where talented chefs from all around the world work together and learn together. There, Kitada Gaku also learns about cooking and develops his own recipes derived from mathematical thought.

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Adapted from the manga series "Fermat no Ryori" (フェルマーの料理) by Kobayashi Yugo (小林有吾).

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Aired On: Friday

Hitsujitani Chiharu joined a big advertising agency after she graduated from a university. She experienced a hard time at her job due to harassment. After 3 years, Hitsujitani Chiharu decided to quit working at the advertising agency. She begins to work for a temp agency that is run by her aunt. There, she meets Kurusu Arashi, who works as a career adviser at the temp agency. He walks with a cane due to discomfort from his left foot, but he has a great reputation as a career adviser and his nickname is The Devil of Changing Jobs. He often makes biting remarks to people worried about changing jobs. Working with Kurusu Arashi and dealing with people who are looking to change jobs, Hitsujitani Chiharu also grows as a person.

Adapted from the novels "Tenshoku no Mao-sama" (転職の魔王様) and "Tenshoku no Mao-sama 2.0" (転職の魔王様2.0) by Nukaga Mio (額賀澪 ).

Koda Minare is a 26-year-old single woman working part-time at a curry restaurant. She's recently gone through a series of troubling events, including being dumped by her boyfriend and getting conned out of money. Because of this, she drinks alcohol at a bar. At that time, the chief director of a local radio station happens to be there and joins her. Koda Minare tells her story about the recent troubles she has experienced. The radio station chief director listens to her and realizes she has potential as a radio personality. Thanks to the chief director, Koda Minare is selected to host the late night radio program "Wave, Listen to Me."

Adapted from the manga series "Nami yo Kiite Kure" (波よ聞いてくれ) by Samura Hiroaki (沙村広明).

Adapted from the novel "Invert: Jozuka Hisui Toujoshu" (invert 城塚翡翠 倒叙集) by Aizawa Sako (相沢沙呼).

Adapted from the novel "Invert: Jozuka Hisui Toujoshu" (invert 城塚翡翠 倒叙集) by Aizawa Sako (相沢沙呼).

Sakura, who just graduated from a university, begins to work at a library in Katsuragi, Nara Prefecture. She is flustered with her new job and unfamiliar environment. One day, an elderly woman Reiko visits the library and shows Sakura an old photo of a man and a woman. Sakura takes her to the place where the photo was taken. Reiko sometimes brings other photos and Sakura takes her to the place where the photos were taken. While doing this, Sakura learns about the history and culture of Katsuragi. She also talks with the residents and grows as a person.

Bunka Ichijo is a graduate student with an IQ of 200 who tries to investigate the strange deaths happening nationwide after people supposedly watched a cursed video and her younger sister also did the same out of curiosity.

Jozuka Hisui has a special ability that allows her to identify people who committed murder and she can hear spirits. She can’t tell the police, because they would not believe her. Her special ability also couldn't be used as legal evidence. She leads a lonely life due to her special ability. Jozuka Hisui meets mystery writer Kozuki Shiro, who helps the police to solve cases. Jozuka Hisui and Kozuki Shiro work together to solve cases.

Adapted from the novel "Medium: Reibai Tantei Jozuka Hisui" (medium 霊媒探偵城塚翡翠) by Aizawa Sako (相沢沙呼).

Jozuka Hisui has a special ability that allows her to identify people who committed murder and she can hear spirits. She can’t tell the police, because they would not believe her. Her special ability also couldn't be used as legal evidence. She leads a lonely life due to her special ability. Jozuka Hisui meets mystery writer Kozuki Shiro, who helps the police to solve cases. Jozuka Hisui and Kozuki Shiro work together to solve cases.

Adapted from the novel "Medium: Reibai Tantei Jozuka Hisui" (medium 霊媒探偵城塚翡翠) by Aizawa Sako (相沢沙呼).

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Hasebe Sosuke is the deputy editor-in-chief for the Japanese version of the fashion magazine "The Most" which is released in 30 countries worldwide. He is an unfriendly and cool rationalist. He's been transferred from the New York branch to complete a particular mission. When he was young, he was fat and often bullied. Now a handsome elite, he strives to meet his first love again. On the other hand, Sato Ai is unemployed and living with her best friend. After her company went bankrupt, she's eventually hired as a helper. She's a cheerful, energetic, and honest person. In her youth, she was a beautiful honor student who has now grown into a self-conscious person. Although she meets Sosuke again, she doesn't want to reveal her identity.

When Shimizu Mokomi was a child, she created her own imaginary world. She would have conversations with stuffed toys, stones, and plants. She also could sense the emotions of inanimate objects. Due to this, she was considered as a weird kid and scolded by people. Mokomi stopped going to school when was she in the 5th grade of elementary school. She eventually graduated from high school by taking correspondence courses. She continued to spend most of her time talking with things in her room and indulging in her fantasy world. She didn't always stay inside though. Her older sibling sometimes took her out. At the age of 20, Mokomi began working part-time at a small factory on her mother's recommendation. Her job was to pick out defective items. A year later, Mokomi still has her part-time factory job and she does her job well. Sometimes, she talks to things in the factory as if they have feelings. This causes trouble at the factory. She decides she doesn't want to work at the factory anymore. On her 22nd birthday, someone visits her.

A clumsy but cheerful fisheries student struggles to find her place at a research institute renowned for its tuna cultivation. The work isn't easy.

A strange horror comedy that takes place in a share house where Meguro Mio and monsters [Youkai] live.

Mio Meguro is a timid person. She is afraid of being hated by others and this causes her to refrain from saying what she really wants to say. She doesn't have any specific things she wants to do. She got a job and eventually dated a man from her workplace work. Mio Meguro wanted to marry the man, but he turns out to be a bad guy. Because of him, she becomes penniless and unemployed. Her life descends into a bottomless pit. Mio Meguro then happens to get a sharehouse, where the mysterious creatures known as yokai live. The yokai try to solve her problems in radical ways.

A strange horror comedy that takes place in a share house where Meguro Mio and monsters [Youkai] live.

Mio Meguro is a timid person. She is afraid of being hated by others and this causes her to refrain from saying what she really wants to say. She doesn't have any specific things she wants to do. She got a job and eventually dated a man from her workplace work. Mio Meguro wanted to marry the man, but he turns out to be a bad guy. Because of him, she becomes penniless and unemployed. Her life descends into a bottomless pit. Mio Meguro then happens to get a sharehouse, where the mysterious creatures known as yokai live. The yokai try to solve her problems in radical ways.

Goro Akechi is a private detective and his office is located near Omotesando in Tokyo. He is a big fan of gourmet food. It's important to Goro Akechi to eat delicious meals three times a day.

A client visits Goro Akechi’s private detective office. The client is a housewife. She suspects that her husband is having an affair and she asks for Goro Akechi's help.

Sawamura Masahiko is a reporter with a local newspaper, Shin Kanagawa Nippo. One day, he gets an scoop on a hit-and-run case. Morimoto Atsukoa, the grieving wife of the man who died, is reportedly the culprit. Masahiko is excited by this scoop which is the first he has had in a long while. However, it is false information planted by his colleague Kirino Hiroshi. Masahiko’s university schoolmate Mitazono, who is now the chief editor of an online news website, points this out. Masahiko pursues Kirino who has disappeared. Meanwhile, Oga Masakazu, a former journalist of a national newspaper and a old friend of Masahiko’s father Ippei, visits Masahiko. Oga has started investigating whether the suicide of a former colleague Kakiuchi Tomonari was due to an incorrect story that Kakiuchi published 15 years ago.

iki Ogawa (Jun Shison) yearned to live the life of a lovely girl and moved to the city from the countryside because of this. She holds a job at a fashion mail order company. Miki Ogawa also has a secret. She is transgender. Although, she has a pretty woman's appearance, her gender is male. One day, Tadaomi Goto (Keita Machida) appears in front of Miki Ogawa. They graduated from the same school. Tadaomi Goto is flustered by Miki's different appearance, but they happen to live together.

Shinichi Sakurai (Sadao Abe) is married to Kanako (Kyoko Fukada) and they have a daughter named Kaori (Mikuu Yamada). Both, Shinichi and Kanako received only a middle school level education. Even though they don't have much money, they are a happy family. At work though, Shinichi experiences effects of only having a middle school education.

One day, Shinichi sees Kaori’s poor score for a national test. He freaks out and decides to improve Kaori's education. Thus, 41-year-old Shinichi begins studying with Kaori and instructs her for the upcoming middle school entrance exam.

Contemporary dancer Taira Kei's talent emerged at a young age and he went to study in Germany in his teens. Called the "young genius", he even won an international championship. But Kei did not fulfill his ambition. His dream suffered setbacks. Kei has now returned to Tokyo and has been working part-time order to take another shot at his dream. He takes great pride in dancing and will never accept half measures. That is why he earns a living by manual labour. Although he used to be full of ambition, he has been frustrated with himself for seemingly wasting away ever since he returned to Japan. At that moment, he falls in love with Nishihara Yui, an older teacher at a prestigious girls high school. He easily clears numerous hurdles with his youth and a boldness which is uncharacteristic for a Japanese, and starts to sway Yui's sense of values.

Yukiko Makabe works at the #3 Special Investigation Team of the Metropolitan Police Department. She has excellent negotiation skills. Yukiko then attempts to negotiate with a hijacker on a bus, but something unexpected happens and her mission fails. Yukiko takes full responsibility and takes a transfer to a special interrogation team "Kintori". Her boss is Katsutoshi Kajiyama and Yukiko has had a difficult working relationship with him in the past. Her other coworkers include Susumu Hishimoto, Zenjiro Nakata and Haruo Koishikawa.

A man with leather gloves asks a girl to place a can of cookies in the police substation. Because of this, a police officer dies. Tetsuji Watanabe and Daijiro Kenmotsu, detectives from the #1 investigation team, finds out the identity of the man in leather gloves. They believe the culprit is famous attorney Fujishiro who only takes on miscarriage of justice cases. Fujishiro vehemently denies his involvement in the cookie incident during his interrogation by the Kintori team. Around this time, a man turns himself in and takes responsibility for an explosion at a police substation.