2009 · Japanese Dramas
23 Japanese dramas aired in Q3 (Jul–Sep) 2009, including Care Worker Gang, The Super Splendid Spy, となりの芝生. NHK G, Fuji TV, TBS carried the most titles. Care Worker Gang led in ratings (14.7%). 3 titles hold award records.
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Care Worker Gang
任侠ヘルパー
Jul 9 · Kansai TV · 11 episodes
Drama
Cast Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Meisa Kuroki, Yui Natsukawa
The Super Splendid Spy
華麗なるスパイ
Jul 18 · 10 episodes
Crime
Cast Tomoya Nagase, Kyoko Fukada, Anne Watanabe
となりの芝生
Jul 1 · 12 episodes
Drama · Family
Cast Asaka Seto, Koji Ohkura, Pinko Izumi
Written by Sugako Hashida
Summer for Bureaucrats
官僚たちの夏
Jul 5 · TBS · 10 episodes
Drama
Cast Koichi Sato, Masato Sakai, Katsumi Takahashi
The Dog of Orthros
オルトロスの犬
Jul 24 · TBS · 9 episodes
Drama · Mystery
Cast Hideaki Takizawa, Ryo Nishikido, Asami Mizukawa
再生の町
Aug 29 · 5 episodes
Drama
Cast Michitaka Tsutsui, Ittoku Kishibe, Yasunori Danta
Otomen
オトメン
Aug 1 · Fuji TV · 16 episodes
Comedy
Cast Masaki Okada, Kaho, Ryo Kimura
Written by Aya Kanno, Noriko Hanzawa
Koishite Akuma
恋して悪魔〜ヴァンパイア☆ボーイ〜
Jul 7 · Fuji TV · 10 episodes
Drama
Cast Rosa Kato, Shintaro Morimoto, Yuma Nakayama
Love Call Center
コールセンターの恋人
Jul 3 · tv asahi · 10 episodes
Comedy
Cast Nonoka Yamasaki, Kotaro Koizumi, Taiki Nakabayashi
Written by Miho Nakazono, Masahiro Fukuma
Lady Oscar Works Temp
派遣のオスカル
Aug 28 · NHK · 6 episodes
Comedy · Drama
Cast Rena Tanaka, Yoshimi Tokui, Anne Suzuki
Written by Arisa Kaneko
Saru Lock
猿ロック
Jul 23 · Nippon TV · 13 episodes
Comedy
Cast Hayato Ichihara, Sei Ashina, Gota Watabe
Written by Naoki Serizawa
Welkame
ウェルかめ
Sep 28 · NHK G · 150 episodes
Drama
Cast Kana Kurashina, Ken Ishiguro, Michiko Hada
Written by Atsuko Sagara
Buzzer Beat
ブザー・ビート～崖っぷちのヒーロー～
Jul 13 · Fuji TV · 11 episodes
Drama · Comedy
Cast Tomohisa Yamashita, Keiko Kitagawa, Saki Aibu
Written by Mika Ohmori
Ueno Juri and the Five Bags
上野樹里と5つの鞄
Sep 3 · WOWOW Prime · 5 episodes
Comedy · Drama · Mystery
Cast Arai Hirofumi, Lily Franky, Noriko Eguchi
Written by Hideta Takahata, Kosuke Mukai
Keiji no Genba Season 2
刑事の現場 シーズン2
Jul 11 · NHK G · 5 episodes
Crime
Cast Mirai Moriyama, Tetsuya Takeda, Ai Kato
Written by Kazuhiko Yukawa
KochiKame: The TV Drama
こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所
Aug 1 · TBS · 8 episodes
Drama
Cast Shingo Katori, Karina, Mokomichi Hayami
Otokomae! 2
オトコマエ!: Otokomae! 2
Sep 5 · NHK G · 14 episodes
Drama
Cast Takumi Saitoh, Seiji Fukushi, Miyoko Asada
Written by Shin'ya Hishida
THE RED THEATER Season 2009
爆笑レッドシアター シーズン2009
Jul 1 · 20 episodes
Comedy
Cast Teruyoshi Uchimura
Sweet Room
スウィートルーム
Aug 1 · BeeTV · 4 episodes
Drama
Cast Osamu Mukai, Hiroki Narimiya, Jun Kaname
ダンディ・ダディ？〜恋愛小説家・伊崎龍之介〜
Jul 9 · tv asahi · 8 episodes
Comedy · Family
Cast Nao Minamisawa, Hideo Ishiguro, Hiroshi Tachi
Written by Yuko Nagata