Fans of the widely popular medical drama series ‘Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji‘ will be delighted to hear that Fuji TV has just announced that there is going to be a new season this summer.
‘Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji’ is set at an emergency ward and follows a team of doctors as they try to save as many lives as possible. This …
The second season of Fuji TV’s popular drama ‘Galileo‘ starring Fukuyama Masaharu was anticipated by many fans and premiered on April 15th with very high expectations. Fortunately all the expectations have been met as the first episode of this season’s “Getsu 9″ (Monday 9 pm) drama recorded an average rating of 22.6%.
Fukuyama himself commented about the ratings, “I’m relieved that …
As announced earlier this year, a special episode of Fuji TV’s lawyer comedy drama ‘Legal High‘ – starring Sakai Masato – aired this past weekend. At the end of the special, the producers revealed that the drama would return for a full second season this fall.
In the drama, Sakai portrays an eccentric lawyer named ‘Komikado Kensuke’ who has never …
On February 16th, Fuji TV announced that the former AKB48 member Maeda Atsuko will be appearing in their upcoming spring drama ‘Kasuka na Kanojo‘ starring SMAP’s Katori Shingo.
This drama is going to mark Maeda’s first participation in a drama since her graduation from AKB48 and her first role as a teacher. It’s also her first time to appear in a …
'Marumo no Okite' (Fuji TV)
'Marumo no Okite' (Fuji TV)
On February 12th, Fuji TV announced that a new variety show titled ‘TV Shakai Jikken Variety Asunaro Lab‘ (tentative title) - featuring comedian Kato Koji and freelance announcer Takashima Aya as the hosts – will be aired every Sunday at 9:00 pm starting in April.
Fuji TV has been using this time frame for weekly dramas since …
On January 31, Fuji TV announced that the lawyer comedy drama ‘Legal High‘ – starring Sakai Masato – will be returning with a special episode on April 13.
In ‘Legal High’, Sakai plays an eccentric, lavish and moody lawyer with a wicked tongue who partners up with a hot blooded rookie lawyer played by actress Aragaki Yui. Both will reprise their …
On December 25th, it was announced that the popular Fuji TV drama ‘Rich Man, Poor Woman‘ – starring Oguri Shun and Ishihara Satomi – is going to return with a special episode this coming spring.
The drama portrayed the relationship between ‘Hyuga Toru’ (Oguri), a young billionaire and manager of an innovative IT company, and the unemployed female college student ‘Natsui …
On November 30th, Fuji TV announced that actress Nakama Yukie will reprise her role as the beautiful, yet scary and malicious ‘Meyer Saki’ from the 2011 winter drama ‘Utsukushii Rinjin‘ (‘Beautiful Neighbor’).
In the upcoming winter season, ‘Meyer Saki’ will be the protagonist in the same-named drama ‘Saki‘. Her goal in ‘Utsukushii Rinjin’ was to deceive a married woman and to …
On November 30th, it was announced that Eita is going to star in the upcoming Fuji TV winter 2013 drama ‘Saikou no Rikon‘.
Eita is playing a just-divorced salesman who is still living together with his ex-wife. One day he happens to run into his now-married former girlfriend from his student days and feels attracted to her again. His ex-wife will …
On November 27th, Fuji TV announced that they are going to produce a modern-day adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s final novel ‘The Brothers Karamazov‘ starring actor Ichihara Hayato for the upcoming 2013 winter season.
Simply speaking, the drama is going to follow the lives of three brothers as they become the prime suspects in their father’s murder case. One by one, they …
On November 26th, Fuji TV announced that their Sunday drama for the upcoming winter season is going to be titled ‘dinner‘ and will feature actor Eguchi Yosuke in the starring role as a gifted chef.
The story is set at a super famous Italian restaurant. It depicts all the worries, conflicts and dreams of the restaurant’s chef, the owner and everyone …
On November 21st, Fuji TV announced that they have selected young actress Gouriki Ayame for the leading role in their upcoming ‘Getsu 9′ (Monday 9:00pm) winter drama titled ‘Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou‘.
Though Gouriki has been appearing in all kind of dramas for seven seasons in a row without rest, this is going to mark her first starring role in …
EXILE’s “I Believe” has been chosen as the theme song for Fuji TV’s winter event, ‘Odaiba Gasshuukoku presents Kira Kira WINTER LAND‘ (December 15th – January 6th).
“I Believe” is EXILE’s 26th single that was released back in November of 2007. It’s a medium tempo winter song with romantic lyrics. It will be used as the BGM at the event as …
On November 16th, Fuji TV announced that they are going to air another special episode of the popular drama remake ‘GTO‘ starring EXILE’s AKIRA (31). The new special is titled ‘GTO Oshogatsu Special (tentative)‘ (lit. ‘GTO New Year’s Day Special’) and is going to air on January 2nd, 2013.
‘GTO Oshogatsu Special’ is already the second special after ‘GTO Aki mo …
On October 31st, Fuji TV announced that one of their upcoming winter dramas will be a medical drama titled ‘Last Hope‘ starring Aiba Masaki from the popular group Arashi.
Fuji TV describes ‘Last Hope’ as a human medical suspense drama. The story revolves around a medical team with completely different individuals, whether it’s their age, their gender, their achievements …
