Friday, March 25, 2011

My Favorite Japanese Dramas | Part1

These are a list of some of my favorite jdoramas. I just wanted to share this to those who are looking for something to watch  :D  [not in any order]


1. Seigi no Mikata  (正義の味方)
Starring: Shida MiraiYamada YuMukai OsamuHongo Kanata
Genre: comedy
Episodes: 10
Synopsis: 15-year-old Yoko, a young girl who is constantly tormented by her self-centered and devilish older sister Makiko, who works for a government office after having graduated from a famous university. But despite her ill nature, Makiko's actions tend to somehow make things better for those around her, causing others to praise her as an "ally of justice."








2. Nobuta wo Produce  ( 野ブタ。をプロデュース)
Starring: Kamenashi KazuyaYamashita Tomohisa, Horikita MakiToda Erika, Nakajima Yuto
Genre: School Drama
Episodes: 10
Synopsis: Kiritani Shuji is the popular guy who gets along with everyone, from the jerks to the nerds to the just plain weird. The one person Shuji cannot stand is Kusano Akira. To Shuji, Akira is just plain annoying. He laughs, talks and acts funny. Things heat up when a new student comes to school. Her name is Kotani Nobuko, a girl who has no self confidence at all and is content at being made fun of and bullied in school. Shuji and Akira come to an accord that in order to make use of their youth they will produce Nobuko as the next popular girl. One of the conditions, however, is that nobody should find out that they are working together as a team to make this concept possible. Unveiled here is the story of true friendship between three unlikely candidates who would not have been friends if not given the special circumstances.





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3. Engine  (エンジン)
Starring: Takuya KimuraKoyukiYuki MatsushitaYoshio HaradaUeno JuriToda ErikaDaiki AriokaYuto Nakajima
Episodes: 11
Synopsis:Jiro Kanzaki is an F3000 test driver blessed with acute sensitivity and breathtaking driving techniques. He's a daredevil who feels no fear driving at speeds that even top racers dare not attempt. But unexpected trouble forces this world-famous racer to leave his team and return to Japan for the first time in years. Until he finds a new job as a racer, Jiro decides to stay with his parents. What awaits Jiro there is his hardheaded father, his nagging sister, the 12 children of the foster home his father runs, a snobbish male nurse, and a stubborn female nurse who likes to daydream about her life. Jiro's return home brings a breath of fresh air that influences the people around him. However, he is still unaware that he too will eventually be influenced to change the way he thinks and lives.

4. Hana Yori Dango 1  (花より男子)
Starring: Inoue Mao, Matsumoto Jun, Oguri Shun, Matsuda Shota, Abe Tsuyoshi
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 9
Synopsis: Makino Tsukushi is the only poor student at Eitoku Gakuen, the school of the ridiculously rich and privileged that is ruled by Flower 4 or F4, a group of four boys who come from extremely powerful families: Domyoji Tsukasa, the leader and heir of the Domyoji World Finance Group; Hanazawa Rui, the introverted son of a large company; Nishikado Sojiro, a player who is the heir of a tea ceremony school; and Mimasaka Akira, a madam killer with ties to the underground. If a student gets on the F4’s bad side, he/she gets a red notice and is bullied and driven out of school.
Makino hopes to pass her days quietly-- without drawing any attention to herself-- but one day, she stands up to Domyoji in defense of her friend. The next day, Makino gets the dreaded red notice. Even though she is harassed, Makino decides to keep going to school because she is a "tough weed". She declares war right back on the F4. Her resolve gets the attention of her crush Hanazawa Rui and oddly enough, rouses romantic feelings in her worst enemy, Domyoji Tsukasa.



5. Hana Yori Dango 2
Starring: Inoue Mao, Matsumoto Jun, Oguri Shun, Matsuda Shota, Abe Tsuyoshi, Kato Natsuki, Ikuta Toma, Erika Toda
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 11
Synopsis: This second season of Hana Yori Dango picks up right after Domyoji leaves for New York. After confessing to Domyoji, Makino has not spoken to him for a year. Rui and the other members of F4 try and help Makino meet Domyoji again by going to New York for the christmas holidays. Though F4 and Makino meet Domyoji again, he has become a completely different person, and so they leave for Japan.
Some time later, Domyoji's mother annouces that they will be returning to Japan. There, they hold a giant super-rich and classy birthday party for Domyoji and announce something very important. Domyoji, like in the first season, is engaged to a rich girl and heir. The only difference is that they are to be wed soon. What will Makino do? On the side, Rui begins to fall in love with Makino...





6. Kurosagi  (クロサギ)
Starring:  Yamashita Tomohisa, Horikita Maki  (Special Guest - Koyama Keiichiro)
Genre: Action, Crime investigation, Romance
Episodes: 11
Synopsis: Kurosaki is a young man whose family was destroyed by swindlers. Despite that, Kurosaki grows up to become a con artist known as Kurosagi. As Kurosagi, he swindles other con artists and returns the money to the original victim. He works with the master swindler Katsuragi Toshio even though Toshio had a hand in the destruction of Kurosaki’s family. Kurosaki's life begins to change when he meets Yoshikawa Tsurara, a young law student who disapproves of his disrespect of the law. Can she persuade Kurosaki to give up swindling and his quest for revenge?

7. Proposal Daisakusen / Operation Love  (プロポーズ大作戦)
Starring: Tomohisa Yamashita, Nagasawa Masami
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Episodes: 11 + 1 SP
Synopsis: Kurosaki is a young man whose family was destroyed by swindlers. Despite that, Kurosaki grows up to become a con artist known as Kurosagi. As Kurosagi, he swindles other con artists and returns the money to the original victim. He works with the master swindler Katsuragi Toshio even though Toshio had a hand in the destruction of Kurosaki’s family. Kurosaki's life begins to change when he meets Yoshikawa Tsurara, a young law student who disapproves of his disrespect of the law. Can she persuade Kurosaki to give up swindling and his quest for revenge?


8. Liar Game 1  (ライアーゲーム)

Starring: Erika Toda, Matsuda Shota
Genre: Psychological thriller
Episodes: 11
Synopsis: Kanzaki Nao is an honest college student who receives a hundred million yen one day, along with a card saying she has been chosen to take part in the "Liar Game". The aim of the game is to trick the other players out of their hundred million dollars. At the end, the winner gets the hundred million and the loser is a hundred million yen in debt. The next day, she receives notification that her opponent is her former teacher, Fujisawa Kazuo. She goes to him, seeking help, but ends up getting tricked into handing her money over. Desperate, she approaches the police for help, but they are unable to do anything. However, she is told of a mastermind swindler, Akiyama Shinichi, who is to be released from jail the next day.





9. Liar Game 2
Starring: Erika Toda, Matsuda Shota
Genre: Psychological thriller
Episodes: 9
Synopsis: The naïve Kanzaki Nao and expert swindler Akiyama Shinichi have not heard anything from the LIAR GAME organization since the end of the previous game, so it seems they may have actually escaped. But Nao suddenly gets another invitation and is once again caught up in the game. This time, she has to team up with Shinichi and one of their previous rivals named Fukunaga, facing off against three more opponents in new games of deception, such as "24 Rensou Russian Roulette" and "17 Poker"


10. Life  (ライフ)
Starring: Fukuda Saki, Kii Kitano, Megumi Seki, Takahiro Hojo, Yoshihiko Hosoda
Episodes: 11
Synopsis: Adapted from Keiko Suenobu's manga "LIFE," this drama delves into the dark side of high school life. The story focuses mainly on bullying, but the manga also touches on subjects such as self-mutilation, suicide, and rape. Kitano Kii stars as Ayumu Shiiba, one of the students bullied by a group of classmates led by Ayumu's former friend, Manami Anzai




11. Hana Kimi  (花ざかりの君たちへ)
Starring: Maki Horikita, Shun Oguri, Ikuta Toma, Yusuke Yamamoto, Hiro Mizushima, Yu Shirota
Genre: High school romance comedy
Episodes: 12
Synopsis: Based on a popular comic, this hilarious comedy follows the chaos, troubles and friendship at a boys’ boarding school after a girl-disguising-a-boy joins. Ashiya Mizuki has just come back to Japan from California where she was raised. She fell in love with Sano Izumi, a hopeful high jump hero, who has quit after an accident. As she wants him to go back to the sport once again, she enters the same high school as a boy! With a short hair, flattened chest and lowered voice, she starts sharing the same room with Sano.





12. Seito Shokun! (生徒諸君!)
Starring: Uchiyama Rina, Shiina Kippei, Horikita Maki, Hongo Kanata, Okada Masaki
Genre: School Drama
Episodes: 10
Synopsis: Students who do not trust teachers, teachers who give up faith in education, parents who blame schools for their children's misbehavior...
Naoko was at a loss when she was assigned as a new high school teacher. Times have changed and students are no longer easy to control, but she chose not to look away. Instead, Naoko reaches out to try and discover the various issues hidden in the modern education system.







13. Tantei Gakuen Q  (探偵学園Q)
Starring: Kamiki Ryunosuke, Shida Mirai, Yamada Ryosuke, Matsukawa Naruki, Kaname Jun, Suzuki Sawa, Jinnai Takanori
Genre: Mystery
Episodes: 11
Synopsis: Tantei Gakuen Q revolves around a team of genius students studying in a detective academy run by a famous detective, Morihiko Dan.
















14. Yukan Club (有閑倶楽部)
Starring: Akanishi Jin, Yokoyama Yu, Taguchi Junnosuke, Minami, Kashii Yu, Suzuki Emi  (Special Guest: Chinen Yuuri, Koyama Keiichiro)
Genre: School comedy
Episodes: 10
Synopsis: Shochikubai Miroku (Akanishi Jin) is the son of a police commissioner (father) and also a traveller (mother). Miroku has lots of connections and is a very good fighter. His interest is his motorcycle.
Kikumasamune Seishiro (Yokoyuma Yu) is the rich son of a large hospital. He also fights as well as Miroku. He is a good fighter with smarts.
Bido Granmarie (Taguchi Junnosuke) is the son of a Swedish ambassador. He's also a playboy, dating many girls at once. Granmarie can't see himself going steady because he thinks the world can't handle it.
Kenbishi Yuri (Minami) is the rich daughter of a world-renowned president of the Kenbishi Business. She loves to indulge on eating. She's also a good fighter, but can never beat Seishiro.
Hakushika Noriko (Kashii Yu) is the daughter of a famous japanese painter (father) and her mother is from a tradition tea ceremony family. Her only hate is men and can get very violent when they touch her.
Kizakura Karen (Suzuki Emi) lives with her mother, a rich jewel dealer. Her dream is to marry into a rich family using her attractive body and style.
Together, they formed the Yukan Club, solving mysteries to pass time.














15. Mei-chan no Shitsuji  (メイちゃんの執事)
Starring: Eikura Nana, Mizushima Hiro, Yamada Yu, Mukai Osamu, Tanimura Mitsuki, Abe Shinnosuke, Oomasa Aya, Sato Takeru
Genre: Romance comedy
Episodes: 10
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.


 







 

16. Buzzer Beat  (ブザー・ビート)
Starring: Yamashita Tomohisa, Kitagawa Keiko, Kaneko Nobuaki, Ito Hideaki, Aibu Saki, Maya Miki, Oomasa Aya
Genre: Romance, Sports
Episodes: 11
Synopsis: Kamiya Naoki is a young player from a professional basketball team. But due to his relatively smaller size and his tendency to crack under pressure, he is unable to show his true skills on the court. Meanwhile, Shirakawa Riko is a cheerful, strong-spirited music college graduate aiming to become a professional violinist. One day, Riko finds Naoki's lost cell phone on a bus, and their meeting begins a friendship that eventually turns into love. However, Naoki was already considering marriage with his current girlfriend. And it doesn't help matters that Naoki's coach has fallen in love at first sight with Riko.




 




17. Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge  (ヤマトナデシコ七変化)
Starring: Kamenashi Kazuya, Tegoshi Yuya, Oomasa Aya, Uchi Hiroki, Miyao Shuntaro, Kato Seishiro, Kanbe Ranko, Takashima Reiko, Osugi Ren
Genre: Comedy
Episodes: 10
Synopsis: Blessed with good looks, Takano Kyohei, a college student, is always suffering from the unreasonable behaviour of customers who want him and the sexual harassment of his store manager. Because of his hot temper, he loses his head on this occasion and is fired from his part-time job. Then one day, the glamorous owner, Ms Nakahara proposes, "I’ll give you free board-and-lodging if you can turn my niece, Sunako, into a lady!" Kyohei and Toyama Yukinojo, Oda Takenaga and Morii Ranmaru, the other guys living together in the same boarding house, are enthusiastic, but the person who appears before the four of them is a spooky girl whose hair covers her face and who loves horror and vampires. And so, their tumultuous communal life begins.





 



18. Koishite Akuma (恋して悪魔 )
Starring: Nakayama Yuma, Kato Rosa, Kondo Masahiko, Morimoto Shintaro, Nakajima Kento, Sakuraba Nanami, Yokoyama Yu
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Episodes: 10
Synopsis: Ruka has yet to mature into a full-fledged vampire. His canines have yet to fully develop, which means he still hasn't tasted human blood — or, at least, human blood that he's drawn himself. In order to get him prepared, he is cast down into the world of humans, where he boards with Jiro, the owner of a Chinese restaurant, and enrolls in high school. His homeroom teacher is a cheerful, though meddlesome, young woman who catches the fledgling bloodsucker off-guard. Is he actually falling in love with a mortal?






19. Shokojo Seira  (小公女セイラ)
Starring: Shida Mirai, Hayashi Kento, Tanabe Seiichi, Kojima Fujiko, 
Episodes: 10
SynopsisSeira was raised in India, but she is sent back to Japan to continue her education at an affluent boarding high school. Although she has lived in luxury, the well-bred Seira is kind and generous, earning her many friends at the school. One person who dislikes Seira is the school's director, though she treats Seira well due to the father's fortune. Then, during Seira's 16th birthday party, the director informs her that her father has died, leaving her penniless. As a result, she is forced to work as a servant in order to pay off her school bills.












20. Ohitorisama  (おひとりさま)
Starring: Mizuki Alisa, Koike Teppei
Genre: Romance comedy
Episodes: 10
Synopsis: 33-year-old Akiyama Satomi is a history teacher at the prestigious all-girls high school she once attended. She has earned the nickname "ohitorisama" (meaning "one person") for her perfectionism and capability to handle any work by herself. At the same time, the name also refers to her lack of romance. One day, a young man named Shinichi arrives at the school as a temporary instructor. He's ten years younger than Satomi, has only worked part-time jobs, and has neither money nor status. Although the other female teachers and students find him cute, he is completely not Satomi's type... or is he? Will love blossom between this unlikely pair? 






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