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2021/12/25

10 no Himitsu

Date: From 9.00 p.m., Tuesdays, 14 January ( 2020)
Station: Fuji TV
Scriptwriter: Goto Noriko (Innocent Days, Uso no Sensou, Kazoku no Katachi)

Cast: Mukai Osamu (Shirakawa Keita) , Nakama Yukie(Yukiko), Naka Riisa, Matsumura Hokuto, Yamada Anna (Hitomi), Takashima Tsuyoshi, Hotta Akane, Kawamura Hana, Sano Shiro, Endo Yuya, Fujiwara Mitsuhiro, Yamano Umi, Natori Yuko, Watabe Atsuro

Synopsis: Being a divorced man, Shirakawa Keitais lives with his 14-year-old daughter Hitomi and works as a building certification inspector. Her wife walked out of their life after filing for divorce. Since them, his exclusive daughter Hitomi has been the only focus in his life. Keitais and Hitomi share about anything and he is the ideal father for Hitomi’s friends. One day, Keita receives a phone call and he is demanded to find his ex-wife so as to save her daughter’s life. As Keita searches for his daughter, more and more secrets were unveiled.

Website: www.ktv.jp/10himitsu

Shiranakute Ii Koto
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Wednesdays, 8 January
Station: NTV
Scriptwriter: Oishi Shizuka (Ie Uru Onna Series, Dairenai, Contrail)
Cast: Yoshitaka Yuriko(Makabe Kate) , Emoto Tasuku, Shigeoka Daiki, Imai Takafumi, Kobayashi Kinako, Sekimizu Nagisa, Wada Soko, Morita Kanro, Honda Chikara, Yamauchi Takaya, Akiyoshi Kumiko (Anna ) , Sasaki Kuranosuke, Kobayashi Kaoru

Synopsis: Makabe Kate is a reporter and she works for a weekly magazine which exposes the corruptions of politicians and celebrity scandals. Her mother Anna is a film critic. Kate’s mother suddenly passes away out of the blue. The last words of her mother reveal the truth about her blood father she never meets.

Website: www.ntv.co.jp/shiranakuteiikoto

< Medical Drama> Alive ~ Gan Senmoni no Karute
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Thursdays, 9 January
Station: Fuji TV
Scriptwriter: Kuromitsu Yasuko (Scandal Senmon Bengoshi Queen, Keiji Yugami, Love Song)
Genre: Medical
Cast: Matsushita Nao(Onda Kokoro ) , Kimura Yoshino (Kajiyama Kaoru) , Kiyohara Sho, Okazaki Sae, Nakamura Shunsuke, Miura Shohei, Tanabe Seiichi, Fujii Takashi, Kinoshita Houka, Takahata Atsuko, Kitaoji Kinya, Terawaki Yasufumi (guest star), Fujii Takashi (guest star)

Synopsis: Onda Kokoro is an oncologist. She married to Takumi (Nakamura Shunsuke) and they had a son. Life was good. But her husband remained unconsciousness because of an accident three month ago. It was hard for her to accept the hard truth. Kajiyama Kaoru, a competent gastroenterologist was transferred to the hospital and ….

Website: www.fujitv.co.jp/alive

Koi wa Tsuzuku yo Doko made mo

Date: From 10.00 p.m., Tuesdays, 14 January 2
Station: TBS
Scriptwriter: Kaneko Arisa (Tokyo Dokushin Danshi, Chugaku Seinikki, Boku no Tsuma to Kekkon Shite Kudasai)
Original Work: Koi wa Tsuzuku yo Doko made mo by Enjoji Maki

Cast: Kamishiraishi Mone( Sakura Nanase ) , Sato Takeru, Maiguma Katsuya, Kousei, Watanabe Keisuke, Yoshikawa Ai, Takiuchi Kumi, Hotta Mayu, Eren, Hara Fukiko, Ando Sei, Horimoto Yukie, Mikami Ai, Karina, Hiraiwa Kami, Katase Nana, Renbutsu Misako, Yamamoto Koji

Synopsis: Sakura Nanase made the acquaintance of Dr. Tendo Kairi (Sato Takeru)and she fell in love with him. To see him again, she studied very hard to be a nurse. They get to be reunited five years later, Nanase finds the man she adores is completely different from what she imagined…

Website: www.tbs.co.jp/koitsudu_tbs

Zettai Reido Season 4 ~ Mizen Hanzai Sennyuu Sousa
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Mondays, 6 January (2020)
Station: Fuji TV
Scriptwriter: Hamada Hideya (Voice, Zettai Reido Series, Naomi to Kanako)
Cast: Sawamura Ikki (Izawa Norito), Yokoyama Yu, Honda Tsubasa, Mizuno Miki, Morinaga Yuki, Takasugi Mahiro, Uesugi Shuhei, Emoto Akira, Magy

Synopsis: Being the leader of Mihan team, Izawa Norito’s wife and daughter were being murdered, is the. Mihan is a team which is responsible for analyzing big data, including personal information on citizens, email and phone records, financial situation, deposit and withdrawal records nationwide. Thus, the team helps to investigate people who are identified as possible criminals so as to prevent murders before it happens.

One day, explosives were placed in multiple places including Shibuya, Shinjuku and Kasumigaseki. While searching for the explosives, Yui found Izawa standing in front of a woman who had been shot dead….

Website: www.fujitv.co.jp/zettaireido

Byouin no Naoshikata ~ Dr Arihara no Chousen
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Mondays, 20 January (2020)
Station: TV Tokyo
Scriptwriter: Nakamura Mutsumi (Aibou Seasons 12, 14 – 17, Kounodori Season 1, Yae no Sakura)

Cast: Koizumi Kotaro (Arihara Shuhei) , Takashima Masanobu, Konishi Manami, Inaba Yu, Owada Shinya, Isono Kiriko, Katagiri Jin, Kadono Takuzo, Mitsuishi Ken, Asada Miyoko (head nurse, Hyodo Etsuko), Nakamura Masatoshi　

Synopsis: Arihara Shuhei works for a university hospital and commits to the researches on catheter-based treatment. One day, he is notified that his father Shotaro was sent to the hospital because of stroke. As he reaches the hospital, Shotaro has fallen into a coma. He overhears that the hospital is in debt…

Website: www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/byouinnonaoshikata

Lunch Gokon Tantei ~ Koi to Gurume to Nazotodoki to
Date: From 11.59 p.m., Thursdays, 9 January 2020
Station: NTV
Scriptwriter: Aso Kumiko (Gosaigyou, Yami no Bansosha Series, Double Fantasy)
Originally written by Mizuki Hiromi

Cast: Yamamoto Mizuki (Amano Yuika) , Triendl Reina, Seto Toshiki, Iketani Nobue, Sakaguchi Ryotaro, Kanai Hiroto, Kimura Yuichi, Sano Kazuma (guest star), Ota Motohiro (guest star), Hakamada Yoshihiko (guest star), Ogoe Yuki (guest star), Nerio Hiroaki (guest star), Furuya Robin (guest star)

Synopsis: Being socially awkward, the leading lady Amano Yuika is being observant and she has talented analyzation skills…

Website: www.ytv.co.jp/lunchtantei