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The Golden Week is difficult for dramas since they often have to compete against all kinds of special shows that serve as viewer magnets for the respective networks.

Let's take a look at the positive trends first. The winners in terms of weekly improvement are 'Iryu Sousa 3' (TV Asahi), 'Kasuka na Kanojo' (Fuji TV), and 'Daini Gakusho' (NHK). However, that doesn't mean that all of them are doing well. The season average shows that 'Iryu Sousa 3' is still losing ground and lags behind its previous two seasons.

The already strong Monday drama 'Galileo' (Fuji TV) actually managed to gain some viewers as well and recorded another fantastic rating of 21.1% with its third episode.

A disappointing development was experienced by 'Kazoku Game' (Fuji TV) this week. It lost 2.6% and completely undid last week's nice increase of viewers. 'Kamo, Kyoto e Iku.' (Fuji TV) also lost more than 1% and fell below the 10% mark again.

Thursday ratings will be included in the next report due to the Golden Week public holidays.

(NTV is the only network that still discloses all of their ratings on a daily base. If anything, the other networks only reveal the ratings for their dramas regularly.)

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04/29 � Monday (Public Holiday: Showa Day)

09.6%(0.3%) � 19:00-20:54 90th All Japan Kasou Grand-Prix
08.2%(4.8%) � 21:00-21:54 Ippunkan no Fukaii Hanashi
12.7%(0.3%) � 22:00-22:54 Shabekuri 007


??.?%(?.?%) � 19:00-20:15 Otameshika! & Qsama!! Special (1)
??.?%(?.?%) � 20:15-21:48 Otameshika! & Qsama!! Special (2)
??.?%(?.?%) � 21:54-23:10 Hodo Station
??.?%(?.?%) � 23:15-24:15 Strike TV


??.?%(?.?%) � 19:00-19:55 Watashi no Nani Ikenai no?
09.6%(0.1%) � 20:00-20:54 Kakusho ~ Keishicho Sousa 3 Ka (3)
??.?%(?.?%) � 21:00-22:54 TV Mirai Isan
00.7%(0.6%) � 24:28-25:07 Hokago Groove (2)
00.4%(0.6%) � 26:42-27:12 Monsieur! (2)


??.?%(?.?%) � 19:00-21:54 Kansei! Dream House


??.?%(?.?%) � 19:00-20:54 Nep League Special
21.1%(0.6%) � 21:00-21:54 Galileo (3)
??.?%(?.?%) � 22:00-22:54 SMAPxSMAP
??.?%(?.?%) � 23:00-23:30 Numer0n

Info:
> 'Kakusho ~ Keishicho Sousa 3 Ka'
Cast: Takahashi Katsumi, Eikura Nana, Shitara Osamu, Yamamoto Ryuji, Yanagishita Tomo, and more

> 'Hokago Groove'
Cast: Takanashi Rin, Yo Kimiko, Owada Shinya, and more

> 'Monsieur!'
Cast: KEIJI, Machida Keita, Sakata Rikako, Harukawa Kyosuke, Isomura Yosuke, and more

> 'Galileo'
Cast: Fukuyama Masaharu, Yoshitaka Yuriko, Sawabe Yu, Shibasaki Kou, Kitamura Kazuki, and more

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04/30 � Tuesday

06.2%(0.9%) � 22:00-22:50 Daini Gakusho (3)


18.2%(5.2%) � 19:00-20:54 Odoru! Sanma Goten!! Special
14.0%(1.5%) � 21:00-21:54 Kaiketsu! Ninety-Nine
13.1%(2.4%) � 22:00-22:54 Shiawase! Bombi Girl


11.0%(?.?%) � 19:04-21:48 Takeshi no Kenko Entertainment! Special
??.?%(?.?%) � 21:54-22:30 Hodo Station
??.?%(?.?%) � 23:15-24:15 Shiro Kuro Judge Variety


??.?%(?.?%) � 19:00-19:56 Mote-Mote Ninety-Nine
??.?%(?.?%) � 19:56-20:54 Sekai no Nihonjin Tsuma wa Mita!
??.?%(?.?%) � 21:00-21:54 Kayo Kyoku!
??.?%(?.?%) � 22:00-22:54 Lincoln


??.?%(?.?%) � 20:54-21:54 Kaiun! Nandemo Kantei Dan


??.?%(?.?%) � 19:04-20:54 Baseball: Chunichi vs. Giants
09.4%(1.5%) � 21:00-21:54 Kamo, Kyoto e Iku. (4)
11.6%(0.9%) � 22:00-22:54 Kasuka na Kanojo (4)
??.?%(?.?%) � 23:00-23:30 Catherine Sansei

Info:
> 'Daini Gakusho'
Cast: Hada Michiko, Itaya Yuka, Tanihara Shosuke, and more

> 'Kamo, Kyoto e Iku. ~Shinise Ryokan no Okami Nikki~'
Cast: Matsushita Nao, Shiina Kippei, Wakamura Mayumi, Horiuchi Keiko, Daito Shunsuke, and more

> 'Kasuka na Kanojo'
Cast: Katori Shingo, Anne, Maeda Atsuko, Maya Miki, Kitayama Hiromitsu, and more

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05/01 � Wednesday

16.1%(5.5%) � 19:00-20:54 Waratte Koraete! Special
13.5%(0.7%) � 21:00-21:54 The! Sekai Gyoten News
09.4%(0.4%) � 22:00-23:09 Kumo no Kaidan (3)


??.?%(?.?%) � 19:00-20:54 Cream Quiz Miracle 9 Special
10.8%(1.0%) � 21:00-21:54 Iryu Sousa 3 (3)
??.?%(?.?%) � 21:54-23:10 Hodo Station
??.?%(?.?%) � 23:15-24:15 Matsuko & Ariyoshi no Ikari Shinto


??.?%(?.?%) � 19:00-20:54 Baseball: Chunichi vs. Giants
??.?%(?.?%) � 21:00-22:54 Aladdin


??.?%(?.?%) � 20:00-20:54 Iitabi Yumekibun
??.?%(?.?%) � 21:00-22:48 Sousa Kenji Chikamatsu Shigemichi 13
??.?%(?.?%) � 23:58-20:54 Meshibana Deka Tachibana


??.?%(?.?%) � 19:00-19:57 Oja Map
??.?%(?.?%) � 19:57-20:54 Picaru no Teiri
??.?%(?.?%) � 21:00-21:54 Honma Dekka!? TV
11.1%(2.6%) � 22:00-22:54 Kazoku Game (3)
??.?%(?.?%) � 23:00-23:30 TOKIO Kakeru

Info:
> 'Kumo no Kaidan'
Cast: Hasegawa Hiroki, Inamori Izumi, Kimura Fumino, Hagiwara Masato, Aoyagi Sho, and more

> 'Iryu Sousa 3'
Cast: Kamikawa Takaya, Saito Yuki, Yashima Norito, Namioka Kazuki, Komoto Masahiro, and more

> 'Meshibana Deka Tachibana'
Cast: Sato Jiro, Ozawa Hitoshi, Kasai Tomomi, Suzuki Mirai, Nukumizu Yoichi, and more

> 'Kazoku Game'
Cast: Sakurai Sho, Kamiki Ryunosuke, Kutsuna Shiori, Uragami Seishu, Kitahara Rie, and more

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NHK, TBS and TV Tokyo usually don't disclose the ratings for their shows on a regular basis, therefore they won't be included in the list below. Certain dramas or drama specials that aired on those channels and might lack ratings are still included with a ??.?% rating. This doesn't mean that the ratings were too low to recorded.

An orange color means almost no change, while a red color means the ratings dropped, and a green color means the ratings improved.

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Drama Overview (Spring 2013):

[bold = new] - [green = highest] - [red = lowest]



Title
Kakusho
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Galileo 2
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Hokago Groove
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Monsieur!
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Kamo, Kyoto e Iku.
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Daini Gakusho
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Kasuka na Kanojo
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Iryu Sousa 3
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Kumo no Kaidan
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Kazoku Game
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Sarutobi Sansei
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Keiji 110 Kilo
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Doubles
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Sennyu
Tantei Tokage
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Last Cinderella
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Detarame Hero
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Tank Top Fighter
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TAKE FIVE
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Otenki Oneesan
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Goen Hunter
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35 Sai no
Koukousei
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Machigawarechatta
Otoko
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BAD BOYS J
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Sora Tobu
Kouhoushitsu
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Yae no Sakura
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(00) 00.0% - (00) 00.0% - (00) 00.0% - (00) 00.0% - (00) 00.0% - (00) 00.0%
(01) 10.9% - (02) 09.5% - (03) 09.5%
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(01) 22.6% - (02) 20.5% - (03) 21.1%
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(01) 01.3% - (02) 00.7%
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(01) 01.0% - (03) 00.4%
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(01) 11.1% - (02) 09.3% - (03) 10.9% - (04) 09.4%
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(01) 04.4% - (02) 05.3% - (03) 06.2%
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(01) 11.8% - (02) 10.2% - (03) 10.7% - (04) 11.6%
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(01) 14.6% - (02) 09.8% - (03) 10.8%
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(01) 09.2% - (02) 09.0% - (03) 09.4%
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(01) 12.0% - (02) 13.7% - (03) 11.1%
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(01) 03.9% - (02) 05.1% - (03) 02.5%
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(01) 14.1%
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(01) 15.8% - (02) 11.6%
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(01) 09.9% - (02) 10.4%
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(01) 13.3% - (02) 14.4% - (03) 14.4%
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(01) 03.6% - (02) 03.3% - (03) 03.2% - (04) 03.2%
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(01) 01.6%
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(01) 12.3% - (02) 10.5%
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(01) 11.9% - (02) 10.1% - (03) 09.5%
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(01) 04.4% - (02) 06.4% - (03) 05.9% ##
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(01) 14.7% - (02) 12.9% - (03) 15.1%
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(01) 08.8% - (02) 06.0% - (03) 05.3%
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(01) 02.5% - (02) 02.2% - (03) 03.1% - (04) 02.5%
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(01) 14.0% - (02) 13.5% - (03) 11.6%
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(01) 21.4% - (02) 18.8% - (03) 18.1% - (04) 18.2% - (05) 18.1% - (06) 15.3% -
(07) 17.5% - (08) 15.6% - (09) 15.1% - (10) 12.6% - (11) 14.3% - (12) 13.9% -
(13) 14.3% - (14) 11.7% - (15) 14.2% - (16) 13.8% - (17) 13.7%
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Average Ratings (Spring 2013):

Previous: [Spring 2011] [Summer 2011] [Fall 2011] / [Winter 2012] [Spring 2012] [Summer 2012] [Fall 2012] / [Winter 2013]

21.40% - Galileo (-0.15)
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15.68% - Yae no Sakura [NHK taiga]
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14.23% - 35 Sai no Koukousei
14.10% - Keiji 110 Kilo
14.03% - Last Cinderella
13.70% - Doubles ~ Futari no Keiji
13.03% - Sora Tobu Kouhoushitsu
12.27% - Kazoku Game (-0.58)
11.73% - Iryu Sousa 3 (-0.47)
11.40% - TAKE FIVE
11.08% - Kasuka na Kanojo (+0.18)
10.50% - Otenki Oneesan [11:00pm drama]
10.18% - Kamo, Kyoto e Iku. (-0.25)
10.15% - Sennyu Tantei Tokage
10.00% - Kakusho ~ Keishicho Sousa 3 Ka (-0.20)
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09.20% - Kumo no Kaidan (+0.10)
06.70% - Machigawarechatta Otoko [11:00pm drama]
05.57% - Goen Hunter [NHK mini drama] #Finished
05.30% - Daini Gakusho [NHK drama] (+0.45)
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03.83% - Sarutobi Sansei [NHK free TV rerun]
03.33% - Detarame Hero [midnight drama]
02.58% - BAD BOYS J [late-night drama]
01.60% - Tank Top Fighter [late-night drama]
01.00% - Hokago Groove [midnight drama] (-0.30)
00.70% - Monsieur! [late-night drama] (-0.30)

(The average ratings are based on the episode ratings listed above. There can be differences between the calculated averages and the official announcements at the end of each season. You can see the official season average in square brackets.)