Love Shuffle Details
Title: ラブシャッフル
Title (English): Love Shuffle
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Romance, comedy
Episodes: 10
Viewership rating: 8.7 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2009-Jan-16 to 2009-Mar-20
Air time: Friday 22:00
Theme songs:
Main theme: Fantasy by Earth, Wind & Fire
Insert song: Eternal Flame by The Bangles

Love Shuffle Synopsis, Story and Preview

Usami Kei is a salaryman who has risen in status due to his engagement with Mei, the wealthy daughter of his company's president. Shortly after she breaks off the engagement, a power failure leaves him stuck in the elevator of his apartment building. Trapped with him are three others living on the same floor - Airu, a trilingual interpreter, Ojiro, a model photographer, and Masato, a psychiatrist. While waiting, their conversation hits upon their love lives and the question of whether there is truly only one fated partner for everyone. As a result, they decide to try "shuffling" their relationships with each other.

Love Shuffle Cast and Starring

Tamaki Hiroshi as Usami Kei
Karina as Aizawa Airu
Matsuda Shota as Sera Ojiro
DAIGO as Oishi Yukichi
Yoshitaka Yuriko as Hayakawa Kairi
Kojima Hijiri as Kamijyo Reiko
Kanjiya Shihori as Kagawa Mei
Tanihara Shosuke as Kikuta Masato

Love Shuffle Guests
Nomura Eugene (野村祐人) as Kagawa Kosuke (ep1,3-4,6)
Miki Ryosuke (美木良介) as Hayakawa Takeshi (ep3,7)
Gamo Junichi (蒲生純一) as Game Center Clerk (ep3)
Daito Shunsuke as Takigawa Yoji (ep4)
Omi Toshinori as Kamijyo Hiroya (ep6)
Hakamada Yoshihiko as Kamei Goro (ep7-10)
Umemiya Masako as Kamei Mie (ep7&9)

Production Credits
Screenwriter: Nojima Shinji
Producer: Ito Kazuhiro
Directors: Doi Nobuhiro (ep1-2,5,7,10), Yamamuro Daisuke (ep3-4,9), Tsuboi Toshio (ep6,8)
Music: Kamisaka Kyosuke (神坂享輔), MAYUKO, Izutsu Akio (井筒昭雄)

Koizora Details
Title: 恋空
Title (romaji): Koizora
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Romance drama
Episodes: 6
Viewership rating: 6.4 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2008-Aug-02 to 2008-Sep-13
Air time: Saturday 20:00
Theme song: Ai no Uta by Fukui Mai

Koizora Synopsis, Story, and Preview

Tahara Mika is an ordinary high school girl. One day, out of the blue, one of her classmates kisses her. His name is Sakurai Hiroki also known as Hiro. Hiro stands out because of his bleached hair and piercing. Apparently he is also dating someone. Mika is shocked and hurt that her first kiss had to happen this way. She desperately tries to forget about it. Then, her friend tells her that she should find somebody else and suggests Tatsuya, another boy in their class. However, before she even realizes it, Mika is already in love... --TBS

Koizora Cast and starring

Mizusawa Elena as Tahara Mika
Seto Koji as Sakurai Hiroki (Hiro)
Abe Tsuyoshi as Yu
Aoi as Aya
Miura Shohei as Nozomu
Haru as Saki
Nagayama Kento as Kato Tatsuya
Kikuchi Akiko (菊池亜希子) as Tahara Saori
Satake Uki (佐武宇綺) as Yuka
Kobayashi Sari (小林さり) as Hana
Miyazawa Sae as Manami
Ukaji Takashi as Sakurai Hirokazu
Okunuki Kaoru as Sakurai Akemi
Nakamura Kaori as Misono (homeroom teacher)
Matsushita Nao as Sakurai Minako
Hada Michiko as Tahara Yasue
Kishitani Goro as Tahara Katsuji

Koizora Guests
Ito Masayuki (ep1)
Takeno Isao (ep1)
Shinoe Keiko (しのへけい子) (ep2)
Kishida Eriko (岸田恵里子) (ep2)
Fumiyama Megumi (文山恵) (ep2)
Tajima Yurika (田嶌友里香) (ep2)
Yuki Yasutake (遊木康剛) (ep2)
Sawamura Kyosuke (澤村恭輔) (ep2)
Yasuda Momotaro (安田桃太郎) (ep2)
Toda Masahiro (戸田昌宏) (ep3,5-6)
Yamazaki Kazuya (山崎和也) (ep3)
Matsuyama Mami (松山まみ) (ep4)
Kasuga Junya (春日潤也) (ep4)
Watari Koki (渡航輝) (ep4)
Matsui Ayaka (松井彩香) (ep4)
Fukunaga Satomi (福永理未) (ep4)
Osawa Sho (大澤奨) (ep4)
Tachikawa Sayaka (立川沙也香) (ep6)
Tsuda Shoko (津田聖子) (ep6)

Production Credits
Original writing: Mika Koizora: Setsunai Monogatari (mobile phone novel)
Screenwriter: Watanabe Mutsuki
Chief producers: Mishiro Shinichi, Morikawa Masayuki (森川真行)
Associate producer: Nasuda Jun
Producer: Kato Shoichi (加藤章一)
Director: Imai Natsuki (ep1-2,5-6), Matsuda Ayato (松田礼人) (ep3-4)
Music: Kono Shin





Koji Seto as Sakurai Hiroki (Hiro)


Mizusawa Elena as Tahara Mika

Mei-chan no Shitsuji Details
Title: メイちゃんの執事
Title (romaji): Mei-chan no Shitsuji
Also known as: Mei-chan's Butler
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Romance, comedy
Episodes: 10
Viewership rating: 14.0 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2009-Jan-13 to 2009-Mar-17
Air time: Tuesday 21:00
Theme song: My SunShine by ROCK｀A´TRENCH

Mei-chan no Shitsuji Synopsis

The story revolves around a young woman named Mei, who was rescued as a young girl by someone calling himself her "butler." With only a vague memory, though, the experience seems like just a dream. But one day, after her parents' accidental death, he appears: Rihito comes from a line of outstanding butlers, and he has been appointed to serve her! Now her ordinary life has completely flipped, as she discovers that she's actually the heiress to a fortune, and is forced to transfer to St. Lucia Girls' Academy, where all the students have butlers! As a result, her childhood friend Kento decides to enroll in a butler school so that he can stay close to her. --Tokyograph

Mei-chan no Shitsuji Cast and Starring

"M" denotes Master and "B" denotes Butler.

Shadow (Ombra) Rank
Eikura Nana as Shinonome Mei (M)
Mizushima Hiro as Shibata Rihito (B)
Tanimura Mitsuki as Yamada Tami (M)
Abe Shinnosuke (阿部進之介) as Kanda (B)


Moon (Luna) Rank
Oomasa Aya as Kayama Rika (M)
Sato Takeru as Shibata Kento (B)
Mayama Akihiro as Aoyama (B)
Nakabeppu Aoi as Natsume Fujiko (M)
Kyo Nobuo as Nezu (B)
Kutsuna Shiori as Amo Rin (M)
Maruyama Tomomi as Yotsuya (B)
Yoshida Riko as Mamahara Miruku (M)
Suzuki Ryohei as Daimon (B)
Nakamura Chise as Matsushiro Hikaru (M)
Minami Keisuke as Tsukiji (B)
Kojima Haruna as Takenomiya Nao (M)
Kimisawa Yuki as Nogizaka (B)
Kobayashi Kinako as Umeshima Kyoko (M)
Kato Keisuke as Roppongi (B)
Kikuzato Hikari as Uemura Kaori (M)
Yamaguchi Kenki (山口賢貴) as Nakameguro (B)
Akiyama Tana (秋山多奈) as Nakano Yuko (M)
Shikanai Daishi as Okachimachi (B)


Sun (Sole) Rank
Yamada Yu as Lucia (Hongo Shiori) (M)
Mukai Osamu as Shinobu (B)
Iwasa Mayuko as Ryuonji Izumi (M)
Yuki Jutta as Kiba (B)
Usuda Asami as Daichi Yuma
Horan Chiaki as Mizusawa Satomi
Yamamoto Ayano as Hino Eriko
Ishibashi Natsumi (石橋菜津美) as Kazama Ai


St. Lucia Girl’s Academy
Horiuchi Keiko as Sister Rose (M)
Suzuki Kosuke as Sakuraba (B)


Hongo Family
Takagi Manpei as Akabane Ukon
Takagi Shinpei as Akabane Sakon
Tsugawa Masahiko as Hongo Kintaro


Nakamoto Family
Hoshii Nanase as Nakamoto Natsumi
Kitagawa Hiromi as Nakamoto Mifuyu
Ishino Mako as Nakamoto Akiko
Sugimoto Tetta as Nakamoto Shunpei


Others
Hashizume Jun as Shutaro (Mei's father) (ep1)
Yamashita Yorie as Yu (Mei's mother) (ep1)
Yamaguchi Kaori as Ryuonji Miwako (Izumi's mother) (ep2-4)
Kamio Yu (神尾佑) as an agent (ep5)
Ogi Shigemitsu (ep10)


Production Credits
Original writing (manga): Mei-chan no Shitsuji by Miyagi Riko
Screenwriter: Furuya Osho (古家和尚)
Producer: Hashimoto Fumi (橋本芙美)
Director: Ishikawa Junichi (石川淳一), Kinoshita Takao, Joho Hidenori (城宝秀則), Iwata Kazuyuki (岩田和行)
Music: Kono Shin, Takami Yu (高見優)

First Kiss Details
Title: ファースト・キス
Title (English): First Kiss
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 14.1 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2007-Jul-09 to 2007-Sep-17
Air time: Monday 21:00
Theme song: Kokoro by Kazumasa Oda

First Kiss Synopsis, Story, and Preview :

A bitter-sweet and uplifting comedy drama about a young girl Mio and her brother Kazuki. To treat her illness overseas, Mio has been living away from her older brother Kazuki for the past ten years. After learning about the upcoming surgery, which she has only a fifty percent chance of survival, Mio decides to fly back to Japan to spend time with Kazuki. Looking forward to seeing his sweet younger sister, Kazuki anxiously awaits Mio's return in Japan. However, their reunion is nothing but full of surprises as Mio has transformed from the innocent sickly girl Kazuki remembers from ten years ago into a sassy woman with an attitude. Kazuki has difficulty dealing with his wickedly selfish younger sister, but soon learns about the truth of her medical condition and has a change of heart.

First Kiss Cast and Starring :

Inoue Mao as Fukunaga Mio
Ito Hideaki as Kano Kazuki
Hiraoka Yuta as Yuki Akio
Matsuyuki Yasuko as Takagi Renko
Gekidan Hitori as Shindo Ichiryu
Abe Sadao as Nikaido Masaru
Takenaka Naoto as Banba Dai
Natsuki Mari as Fukunaga Rieko
Sakai Wakana as Saito Haruna
Warabino Tomoya as Shohata Takeo

Guests
Gashuin Tatsuya (ep1)
Marie (ep1)
Endo Yuya (ep2)
Kashiwabara Shuji (ep3)
Daito Shunsuke (ep5)
Watanabe Izumi (渡部いずみ) (ep5)
Iketani Nobue (池谷のぶえ) (ep6)
Shiba Toshio (ep6-10)
Sugawara Eiji (ep7)
Saito Yua (齊藤夢愛) (ep7-8)

Production Credits
Screenwriter: Inoue Yumiko
Producers: Wakamatsu Hiroki, Shikanai Tsugi
Directors: Takeuchi Hideki, Kawamura Yasuhiro (川村泰祐), Suzuki Kentaro (木健太郎)

Gokusen Details :

Title: ごくせん
Title (romaji): Gokusen
Genre: Comedy, School
Broadcast network: NTV

Gokusen Season 3 Details :

Episodes: 11
Viewership rating: 22.5 (Kanto)
Broadcast period: 2008-Apr-19 to 2008-Jun
Air time: Saturday 21:00
Theme song: Niji by Aqua Timez
Insert song: Oretachi no Seishun by Takaki Yuya

Gokusen 3 Synopsis, Story, and Preview :

Sawatari Goro now works at Akado High School as a vice principal. Although the head director of the school board speficically orders him to handle the problematic class 3-D, the students are just too much for him. So Sawatari goes far away to a southern island to search for Yankumi, and convince her to work for Akado. Yankumi accepts the offer, only to find that her class (again) is full of punks, where two rival groups of students are always at each other’s throats. Will Yankumi’s strong belief in students and teaching work this time?

Gokusen 3 Cast, and starring :

Nakama Yukie as Yamaguchi Kumiko (Yankumi / Ojou / Kumicho) (Math Teacher/Class 3D adviser)
Namase Katsuhisa as Sawatari Goro, Kyoto (School Vice Principal)
Enami Kyoko as Akagi Ryoko (Board Chairman)
Utsui Ken as Kuroda Ryuichiro (Kumiko's grandpa / 3rd Generation Oedo Yakuza Boss)
Anan Kenji as Wakamatsu Hiro
Kaneko Ken as Asakura Tetsu
Uchiyama Shinji as Tatsukawa Minoru
Ryogoku Hiroshi as Sugawara Makoto
Takaki Yuya as Ogata Yamato
Miura Haruma as Kazama Ren
Ishiguro Hideo as Honjo Kengo
Nakama Junta as Ichimura Rikiya
Kiriyama Akito as Kuraki Satoru
Miura Shohei as Kamiya Shunsuke
Waki Tomohiro as "Kuma" / Kumai Teruo (Former student of Yankumi)
Azuma Mikihisa as Baba Masayoshi (PE Teacher)
Koizumi Kotaro as Natsume Seichi (School Doctor)
Hirayama Aya as Takano Aoi (English Teacher)
Hoshino Aki as Ayukawa Sakura (School Nurse)
Sato Jiro as Yajima Hosaku (Japanese Classics Teacher)
Sakigake Santaro (魁三太郎) as Hatoyama Yasuhiko (World History Teacher)
Ishii Kota as Tsuruoka Keisuke (Physics Teacher)
Ishihara Atsumi as Kumai Ami (Kumai Teruo's wife)
Yamada Yu as Kazama Kaoruko (Kazama Ren's sister)

1 Litre no Namida Details
Title: １リットルの涙
Title (romaji): 1 Litre no Namida
Also known as: Ichi Rittoru no Namida / One Litre of Tears / A Diary with Tears
Genre: School, romance, family, human
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Related TV shows: Tears of Happiness

Renzoku
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 15.31
Broadcast period: 2005-Oct-11 to 2005-Dec-20
Air time: Tuesday 21:00
Ending theme song: Only Human by K
Insert songs: Konayuki and 3/9 by Remioromen
Drama OST: Ichi Rittoru no Namida OST

1 Litre no Namida Synopsis

15-year-old Ikeuchi Aya was an ordinary girl, the daughter of a family who works at a tofu shop, and a soon-to-be high schooler. However, odd things have been happening to Aya lately. She has been falling down often and walks strange. Her mother, Shioka, takes Aya to see the doctor, and he informs Shioka that Aya has spinocerebellar degeneration - a terrible disease where the cerebellum of the brain gradually deteriorates to the point where the victim cannot walk, speak, write, or eat. A cruel disease, as it does not affect the mind in the least. How will Aya react when told about her disease? And how will Aya live from now on?

1 Litre no Namida Cast and Starring :

Sawajiri Erika as Ikeuchi Aya (15-20)
Yakushimaru Hiroko as Ikeuchi Shioka (40-51)
Nishikido Ryo as Asou Haruto (15-20)
Jinnai Takanori as Ikeuchi Mizuo (45-56)
Narumi Riko as Ikeuchi Ako (13-18)
Fujiki Naohito as Mizuno Hiroshi (33-44)
Koide Saori as Sugiura Mari (15-18)
Sanada Yuma as Ikeuchi Hiroki (11-16)
Miyoshi Ai as Ikeuchi Rika (5-10)
Matsuyama Kenichi as Kawamoto Yuji (17)
Matsumoto Kana as Matsumura Saki (15-18)
Mizutani Momosuke as Onda Kohei (15-18)
Hashizume Ryo as Nakahara Keita (15-18)
Katsuno Hiroshi as Asou Yoshifumi (50-55)
Oonishi Asae as Oikawa Asumi (16-17)
Hamaoka Maya (浜丘麻矢) as Oikawa Kikue
Kato Kazuko as Fujimura Madoka
Tonesaku Toshihide as Takano Kiichi
Sato Shigeyuki as Nishino (homeroom teacher)
Aoi
Kawahara Makoto
Endo Yuya
Hoshino Natsuko
Sato Yuki as Asou Keisuke
Umoto Yuki (兎本有紀)
Kawaguchi Shouhei
Kurita Yoko
Nakada Yuya
Okumura Tomofumi

Production Credits
Original work: Kito Aya (木藤亜也)
Screenwriters: Egashira Michiru, Oshima Satomi, Yokota Rie
Producer: Kashikawa Satoko
Director: Murakami Masanori
Music: Ueda Susumu (上田益)

Episode Titles
Ep 01: The beginning of my youth
Ep 02: 15 years old, sickness that steals up
Ep 03: Why did the illness chose me?
Ep 04: Solitude of two people
Ep 05: A handicapped person's notebook
Ep 06: Heartless glances
Ep 07: The place where I am
Ep 08: 1 litre of tears
Ep 09: I live now
Ep 10: Love letter
Ep 11: Faraway, to a place where there are no tears left to cry

Ryusei no Kizuna Details
Title: 流星の絆
Title (romaji): Ryusei no Kizuna
Also known as: Ties of Shooting Stars
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

Ryusei no Kizuna Synopsis, Story and Preview

“When we grow up… We’ll kill him together”. Koichi, Taisuke, and Shizuna are three siblings whose parents had been brutally murdered when they were just in elementary school, and they vowed to avenge their death. Fourteen years later, their vengeful plan unravels countless new facts. A shocking revelation leads to an overwhelmingly emotional ending. What will become of the siblings who have lived their lives solely in reliance of their bond alone? --TBS

Ryusei no Kizuna Cast and starring :

Ninomiya Kazunari as Ariake Koichi
Saito Ryusei as young Koichi
Nishikido Ryo as Ariake Taisuke
Kakazu Issei as young Taisuke
Toda Erika as Ariake Shizuna
Kumada Sea (熊田聖亜) as young Shizuna
Kaname Jun as Togami Yukinari
Omi Toshinori as Hayashi George
Shitara Osamu as Hagimura Shinji
Emoto Akira as Togami Masayuki
Ryo as Ariake Toko
Terajima Susumu as Ariake Yukihiro
Miura Tomokazu as Kashiwabara Yasutaka
Kiritani Kenta as Takayama Hisanobu
Nakashima Mika as Sagi

Guests
Sugiura Taiyo as Kazuya (ep1,4)
Ikezu Shoko as Katsuragi Miwa (ep1)
Kunihiro Tomiyuki as Yazaki Nobuo (ep3,6)
Murasugi Seminosuke as Tsukimura Katsuo (ep3-5,8)
Hankai Kazuaki as Teranishi (ep3,6)
David Ito as Sawai Takehiro (ep4)
Tokunaga Eri as Chiemi (ep4)
Aso Yumi as Yazaki Toko (ep5,6)
Morishita Aiko as Togami Kimiko (ep5-10)
Tanigawa Shoichiro (谷川昭一朗) as a restaurant manager (ep5)
Ichihara Kiyohiko (市原清彦) as a shopkeeper (ep5)
Kaneda Akio as chief clerk (ep7)
Shoji Yusuke (少路勇介) as Tsujimura (ep7)

Production Credits
Original writing: Higashino Keigo
Screenwriter: Kudo Kankuro
Producers: Isoyama Aki, Nasuda Jun
Directors: Kaneko Fuminori, Ishii Yasuharu
Music: Kono Shin