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- StarsMasato SakaiAnne WatanabeRyô NishikidoDetective Date Kazuyoshi appears gentle by day, pouring efforts into each case. By night, his anger towards criminals transforms him into a cruel punisher, raising questions about justice and evil.
- StarsShun OguriSatomi IshiharaSaki AibuHyuga Toru who run an internet website from his small room and doesn't like to socialize makes a lot of money. He then meets Sawaki Chihiro, a hardworking student who by an unexpected occurrence begins to work for Toru.
- StarsTakayuki YamadaHaruka KinamiTsuyoshi MuroA pure young man named Yoshihiko becomes chosen as a hero, and he sets out on a journey in order to save a village from a mysterious plague.
- CreatorShinobu KaitaniStarsErika TodaShôta MatsudaMichiko KichiseTrusting, gullible Nao suddenly finds herself participating in the mysterious Liar Game, a game where the players are issued large sums of money which they then have to cheat each other out of. A few get rich, while the rest find themselves in debt for life. Nao's opponent is her former teacher. Relieved, she goes to him for advice, but is tricked into giving him all her money. With no idea of how to retrieve the money to avoid debt, Nao is desperate. When she gets a tip that a genius swindler, Shinichi Akiyama, is about to be released from prison, she turns to him for help. With some initial reluctance, Akiyama agrees to be her right-hand man in the game. As the two get pulled deeper into increasingly difficult levels of the game, it gradually becomes clear that their participation was far from coincidental.
- StarsYui AragakiRyô NishikidoHiroko YakushimaruAyukawa Wakaba is full of ambition. She lands a job at an international law firm, but to her disappointment, the first prestigious assignment that is given to her is to babysit the boss' 5 year old daughter, Hinata.
- StarsHaruma MiuraTakeru SatohMichiko KichiseA genius high school student and also a hacker uses his sophisticated hacking techniques to fights against "Bloody Monday", the worst and most evil form of viral terrorism, in order to save his family, friends, and the entire world.
- StarsMasaharu FukuyamaIkkei WatanabeYuriko YoshitakaYukawa Manabu, also known as Detective Galileo, is a genius physicist and university professor who solves unusual mysteries. His partner, Utsumi Kaoru, is a rookie cop.
- StarsShun OguriHiro MizushimaYuriko YoshitakaTakakura So witnessed his father's murder at a young age. Pledging to catch the killer, he grows up to become an elite cop in New York City, where the criminal lives. His character is cool-headed and disciplined, yet adapts well. Because of major drug dealings, he gets sent to Tokyo to conduct a joint investigation with the Japanese police. There, he gets teamed up with, Kudo Maruo, a detective from a special investigative division. Kudo is a hot-blooded fighting expert due to his earlier days as a delinquent, but he makes a strong impression with his stylish appearance and is always interested in going on group dates. His personality, interests, and investigation methods are completely mismatched with Takakura's, but the two somehow work together to crack the case they've been given.
- StarsYûko TakayamaKazuyuki AijimaShigeaki KatôAfter a train ride, father and daughter Kyoichiro and Koume mysteriously swap bodies and pretend to live each other's lives at school and work.
- CreatorKozueko MorimotoStarsYukie NakamaKatsuhisa NamaseKen UtsuiGokusen is the story of Kumiko Yamaguchi, aka. Yankumi, a fourth generation crime syndicate member. She's gone straight and wants to be a teacher though, but she's one you don't want to mess with.
- StarsHiroshi TamakiHaruna KawaguchiJun ShisonTatsu (Hiroshi Tamaki) is 38 years old. He was once a legendary yakuza and was known as "Immortal Dragon" because he was so feared. He quit the yakuza and married Miku. Tatsu then became a househusband. He buries himself in housework.
- StarsSanma AkashiyaTakuya KimuraKô ShibasakiA cat and mouse game begins between a chef and a detective investigating a presumed suicide that turns out to be a murder.
- StarsAsuka SaitôYûki YodaMiona HoriAfter the school bus breaks the Freesia Academy students end up spending the night in a village in the middle of nowhere, back to school sinister things begin to happen. "In 7 days, we will be gone from this world"
- StarsTomoya NagaseMika NakashimaYoshiyoshi ArakawaA 30-year-old single detective, who is under the illusion that he is popular with females is called 'Unubore' by friends. He is an ultra romantic and susceptible to conceitedness. He has such a strong desire to marry to the extent that he has bought an apartment for his newlywed life. He falls in love with female criminals at first sight each time. While the sheer desire to meet wraps around him, he will get proof that the female is the culprit. And so, he will thrust both the arrest warrant and marriage papers at her, proposing with the words, "If you marry me, I won't arrest you." If that still does not work, he will hold out an engagement ring and his handcuffs. In the end, the criminal will choose to be arrested and his heart will be broken. He will cry as he puts the handcuffs on her.
- StarsYûki FurukawaSumireShingo TsurumiA police detective chasing after a serial murderer.
- StarsSuzuka OhgoNaohito FujikiTeppei KoikeTo the average person on the street, Shibata Taketora looks like a unassuming teenager who's small and vulnerable enough for bullies to see as an easy target. But he's actually a police detective (not to mention a kendo expert) with a baby-face he makes good use of, whether going undercover at a juvenile detention center or high school, or just investigating crimes in his own way. Taketora has a supernatural ability to see the "hands of death" around people whose life is nearing the end, especially if they stay on the same course. It's a heavy weight for him, as he also has the gift of empathy and deeply cares about the people involved in his cases. Along with his offbeat group of friends, this unusual cop gets to the heart of the matter as he tackles his cases-and tries to save lives on the edge.
- StarsYukie NakamaHiroshi AbeKatsuhisa NamaseQuirky professor Jiro Ueda and struggling magician Naoko Yamada investigate and unmask the fraudulent people who claim to have supernatural abilities.
- CreatorAkiko HigashimuraStarsTomoya NakamuraFuka KoshibaKanta SatôAkechi 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 thee times a day.
- CreatorHaro AsoStarsKento YamazakiTao TsuchiyaNijirô MurakamiObsessed gamer Arisu suddenly finds himself in a strange, emptied-out version of Tokyo in which he and his friends must compete in dangerous games in order to survive.
- StarsKanata HongôSatoshi JinboYôji TanakaA kid named akagi plays mahjong for the first time and shock every one in the underworld
- StarsTakeru SatohAtsuro WatabeMitsuru FukikoshiStory of two detectives and their relationship as father and son.
- StarsShun OguriMunetaka AokiHaruIshikawa Ango is a very capable detective that lives only for his job. One day, while investigating a crime scene, he gets shot in the head by the criminal that was still lurking about. Ango gets thrown over that line that divides life and death but, though he dies, doctor's are able to reanimate him and he pulls through. Yet, the bullet remains stuck in his head as the operation to remove it is very dangerous. Shortly after, he goes back to work and soon realizes that he's now able to see and talk with the recently departed.
- StarsShin'ichi TsutsumiMasaki OkadaKaren OhtomoKanda (Shinichi Tsutsumi) is a producer of a popular quiz program. When he wakes up, he finds himself wearing a mysterious necklace and there a lot of business cards scattered on the floor. His daughter daughter (Karen Otomo) is there and wearing the same necklace. Kanda and his daughter are locked up in a secret room.
- StarsHiroshi TamakiMasahiro TakashimaMiori TakimotoToyama Kinshiro is a 36-year-old newly-appointed police chief at Kitamachi Police Station who firmly believes his mission as a policeman is to listen to every voice of innocent citizens and protect the peace in the community. He comes off as aloof and a bit quirky at first, but in fact he has brilliant investigative instincts and spots clues that no one else can detect. Unlike his elite career bureaucrat colleagues, Kinshiro doesn't dress or act like a stereotypical Chief Police. Rather than sitting behind a desk, Kinshiro leaves the office and literally goes around town to do the investigation work, and go the extra mile to solve any crime regardless how small or trivial. However, his unorthodox approach generates a lot of antagonism from his subordinates at Kitamachi Police Station.
- StarsShun OguriHidetoshi NishijimaYuriko IshidaThe Special Investigation Unit, Tokyo's top-secret police force of highly-skilled specialists, dabble in espionage as they confront irregular cases with the power to shake up the country at large.
- StarsTakayuki YamadaHaruka KinamiTsuyoshi MuroThe Hero Yoshihiko returns with his three companions to find a mystic key that seals away monsters.
- StarsHidetoshi NishijimaTomoya NakamuraGaku HamadaHalf a century has passed since the country declared the coexistence of humans and monsters, an era of chaos. Aoi Izumi, a young human rights activist who appeals for the abolition of discrimination, meets a man.
- CreatorYôzaburô KanariFumiya SatôStarsRyôsuke YamadaHaruna KawaguchiDaiki AriokaHigh school student Kindaichi Hajime "Yamada Ryosuke" solves a variety of difficult cases that he gets entangled in with the deductive powers inherited from his grandfather, the famous detective Kindaichi Kosuke.
- StarsTakeru SatohAtsuko MaedaMisako RenbutsuHigh school student Heita discovers an android girl only identified with a tattoo Q10 (Kyuuto) and the pair gets into all sorts of trouble at school. But was his discovery really accidental or part of a larger plan?
- StarsNanaoArata FurutaMaika YamamotoTwo ninjas from rival clans get married, and try to live a normal life while keeping their ninja lives secret from each other.
- StarsShô AoyagiShingo FujimoriYûki Inoue13 years after her disappearance, Yuria returns home. She now looks like a 26-year-old woman, but her mental development seems to have stopped at the age of 13 when she disappeared. After her disappearance, her family broke up. For Yuria's sake, her mother Asami, father Soichi and younger sister Chiho act like they are still a close family. Yuria tells Detective Toshihiko and Detective Saori that she was kidnapped and what happened to her for the past 13 years. The detectives doubt about her statement.
- StarsMasaki SudaMei NaganoRyôta Katayose10 days away from graduation, homeroom teacher Hiiragi, stands in front of his students and tells them they have now become his hostages. He says that no one can leave unless someone can tell him the reason behind a past student's suicide.
- StarsSatomi IshiharaTomohisa YamashitaKei Tanaka"From Five to Nine" is a romantic comedy drama. It is a story of girl who works as an English teacher and dreams of moving to New York, but unexpectedly, she encounters a handsome monk, and the story begins.
- StarsJun MatsumotoMei HataTeruyuki KagawaThe conviction rate for criminal offenses in Japan is 99.9%. This is a drama about a team of criminal lawyers trying to find the truth that may have been hidden in the other 0.1%.