2017 · Japanese Dramas
59 Japanese dramas aired in Q1 (Jan–Mar) 2017, including Naotora: The Lady Warlord, You're My Pet, Tokyo Tarareba Girls. Nippon TV, Fuji TV, TBS carried the most titles. Naotora: The Lady Warlord led in ratings (12.8%). 4 titles hold award records.
By network and streaming service
Nippon TV 9
Fuji TV 6
TBS 5
tv asahi 5
WOWOW Prime 5
NHK G 4
TV Tokyo 4
NHK BS1 2
Kansai TV 2
59 titles
Naotora: The Lady Warlord
おんな城主 直虎
Jan 8 · NHK BS1 · 50 episodes
Drama
Cast Tetta Sugimoto, Haruma Miura, Ko Shibasaki
Written by Yoshiko Morishita
You're My Pet
きみはペット
Feb 6 · Fuji TV · 16 episodes
Comedy
Cast Noriko Iriyama, Jun Shison, Terunosuke Takezai
Written by Yayoi Ogawa
Tokyo Tarareba Girls
東京タラレバ娘
Jan 18 · Nippon TV · 10 episodes
Drama
Cast Yuriko Yoshitaka, Nana Eikura, Yuko Oshima
Written by Yuko Matsuda
A Family Goes Job Hunting
就活家族〜きっと、うまくいく〜
Jan 12 · tv asahi · 9 episodes
Drama
Cast Tomokazu Miura, Hitomi Kuroki, Atsuko Maeda
Super Salaryman Mr. Saenai
スーパーサラリーマン左江内氏
Jan 14 · Nippon TV · 10 episodes
Comedy
Cast Shinichi Tsutsumi, Haruka Shimazaki, Kyoko Koizumi
Written by Yuichi Fukuda, Fujiko F. Fujio
Virtual Detective Tabito Higurashi
視覚探偵 日暮旅人
Jan 22 · Nippon TV · 9 episodes
Drama
Cast Tori Matsuzaka, Mikako Tabe, Gaku Hamada
Written by Mitsunori Fukuhara
Grade A Reversal
下剋上受験
Jan 13 · TBS · 10 episodes
Family · Comedy
Cast Sadao Abe, Kyoko Fukada, Fuka Koshiba
Written by Shin'ichi Sakurai, Kazuyuki Morosawa
Everyone's Getting Married
突然ですが、明日結婚します
Jan 23 · Fuji TV · 9 episodes
Drama · Comedy
Cast Mariya Nishiuchi, Ryuta Yamamura, Ikusaburo Yamazaki
Written by Yukiko Yamamuro, Yasuko Kuramitsu
The Courage to be Disliked
嫌われる勇気
Jan 12 · Fuji News Network · 10 episodes
Drama
Cast Karina, Shigeaki Kato, Kippei Shiina
Written by Yuichi Tokunaga, Tetsuya Oishi
Winter, Grasping Love
奪い愛、冬
Jan 20 · tv asahi · 7 episodes
Drama
Cast Kana Kurashina, Shohei Miura, Ryohei Otani
Written by Osamu Suzuki
Thrill!
スリル!
Feb 22 · NHK BS1 · 8 episodes
Crime
Cast Nana Komatsu, Koji Yamamoto, Houka Kinoshita
Written by Koji Tokuo
Wednesday Downtown: 2017
水曜日のダウンタウン: 2017
Jan 25 · TBS · 39 episodes
Comedy
Cast Masatoshi Hamada, Hitoshi Matsumoto
AKBINGO!: 2017
Jan 10 · Nippon TV · 51 episodes
Comedy
Cast Daisuke Muramoto
Kumokiri Nizaemon Season 3
雲霧仁左衛門 シーズン3
Jan 6 · NHK G · 8 episodes
Drama · Mystery
Cast Tetsu Watanabe, Asuka Kurosawa, Kyosuke Yabe
Written by Ichirō Miyagawa, Shotaro Ikenami
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit Season 2
精霊の守り人 シーズン2
Jan 21 · NHK G · 9 episodes
Action & Adventure · Drama
Cast Haruka Ayase, Mizuki Itagaki, Masahiro Higashide
Written by Sumio Ōmori, Nahoko Uehashi
Scum's Wish
クズの本懐
Jan 18 · Fuji TV · 12 episodes
Drama
Cast Miyu Yoshimoto, Dori Sakurada, Kouki Mizuta
Written by Hagiwara Erei, Motoko Takahashi
Byplayers ~ What If 6 Supporting Actors Had a Houseshare
バイプレイヤーズ～もしも6人の名脇役がシェアハウスで暮らしたら～
Jan 14 · BS TV Tokyo · 29 episodes
Comedy
Cast Kenichi Endo, Ren Osugi, Tomorowo Taguchi
Silver and Gold
銀と金
Jan 7 · TV Tokyo · 12 episodes
Crime · Drama
Cast Sosuke Ikematsu, Lily Franky, Makita Sports
Written by Nobuyuki Fukumoto
Samurai Gourmet
野武士のグルメ
Mar 17 · Netflix · 12 episodes
Comedy
Cast Honami Suzuki, Tetsuji Tamayama, Naoto Takenaka
Written by Masayuki Kusumi
Quartet
カルテット
Jan 17 · TBS · 10 episodes
Drama
Cast Takako Matsu, Hikari Mitsushima, Issey Takahashi
Written by Yuji Sakamoto