2020 · Japanese Dramas
65 Japanese dramas aired in Q1 (Jan–Mar) 2020, including Awaiting Kirin, An Incurable Case of Love, Off the Record. TV Tokyo, WOWOW Prime, Fuji TV carried the most titles. Awaiting Kirin led in ratings (13.3%). 3 titles hold award records.
By network and streaming service
TV Tokyo 7
WOWOW Prime 7
Fuji TV 5
Nippon TV 5
tv asahi 5
TBS 4
NHK 3
MBS 3
NHK G 2
Paravi 2
65 titles
Awaiting Kirin
麒麟がくる
Jan 19 · NHK · 44 episodes
Drama · War & Politics
Cast Masahiro Motoki, Shota Sometani, Hiroki Hasegawa
An Incurable Case of Love
恋はつづくよどこまでも
Jan 14 · TBS · 10 episodes
Comedy · Drama
Cast Mone Kamishiraishi, Takeru Satoh, Karina
Written by Arisa Kaneko, Maki Enjoji
Off the Record
知らなくていいコト
Jan 8 · Hulu · 10 episodes
Drama
Cast Yuriko Yoshitaka, Tasuku Emoto, Takafumi Imai
Written by Shizuka Oishi
Police and Prosecutor
ケイジとケンジ 所轄と地検の24時
Jan 16 · tv asahi · 9 episodes
Crime
Cast Kenta Kiritani, Masahiro Higashide, Manami Higa
Written by Yasushi Fukuda
Please Don't Chant Buddhist Prayers in the Hospital Room
病室で念仏を唱えないでください
Jan 17 · TBS · 10 episodes
Drama
Cast Hideaki Ito, Tsuyoshi Muro, Honoka Matsumoto
Written by Tomoko Yoshizawa
Alive: Dr. Kokoro, The Medical Oncologist
アライブ がん専門医のカルテ
Jan 9 · Fuji TV · 11 episodes
Family
Cast Nao Matsushita, Yoshino Kimura, Sho Kiyohara
Written by Yasuko Kuramitsu, Yu Kanda
Secret of 10
10の秘密
Jan 14 · 10 episodes
Drama · Mystery
Cast Osamu Mukai, Yukie Nakama, Riisa Naka
Written by Noriko Gotô
Wasteful Days of High School Girls
女子高生の無駄づかい
Jan 24 · tv asahi · 7 episodes
Comedy
Cast Yui Okada, Yuri Tsunematsu, Yurika Nakamura
Written by Masahiro Yokotani, Shigenori Tanabe
Kyojo
教場
Jan 4 · Fuji TV · 15 episodes
Drama
Cast Takuya Kimura, Asuka Kudo, Haruna Kawaguchi
Written by Ryôichi Kimizuka, Hiroki Nagaoka
Wednesday Downtown: 2020
水曜日のダウンタウン: 2020
Jan 8 · TBS · 42 episodes
Comedy
Cast Masatoshi Hamada, Hitoshi Matsumoto
Absolute Zero Season 4
絶対零度 シーズン4
Jan 6 · Fuji TV · 11 episodes
Drama · Crime · Mystery
Cast Ikki Sawamura, Tsubasa Honda, You Yokoyama
Written by Hideya Hamada
Yell
エール
Mar 30 · NHK G · 120 episodes
Drama
Cast Masataka Kubota, Fumi Nikaido, Toshiaki Karasawa
I'll Do Better Next Life
来世ではちゃんとします
Jan 9 · Paravi · 32 episodes
Comedy · Drama
Cast Rio Uchida, Yuta Koseki, Rina Ohta
Written by Maki Peyoung, Sorami Date
Yuru Camp△
ゆるキャン△
Jan 9 · TV Tokyo · 24 episodes
Comedy · Drama
Cast Haruka Fukuhara, Yuno Ohara, Momoko Tanabe
Written by Ayako Kitagawa, Afro
The Road to Red Restaurant List
絶メシロード
Jan 25 · TV Tokyo · 20 episodes
Drama
Cast Takayuki Hamatsu, Wakana Sakai, Ruka Nishimura
Written by Hayashi Mori
Followers
Feb 27 · Netflix · 9 episodes
Drama
Cast Miki Nakatani, Elaiza Ikeda, Mari Natsuki
Written by Mika Ninagawa, Yuri Kanchiku
シリーズ・横溝正史短編集 シーズン2
Jan 18 · NHK BS · 3 episodes
Cast Sosuke Ikematsu
Written by Seishi Yokomizo
Konya wa Konoji De
今夜はコの字で
Jan 6 · BS TV Tokyo · 24 episodes
Drama
Cast Yuri Nakamura, Kodai Asaka, Keisuke Horibe
Written by Tomofumi Tanaka, Takashi Iwabuchi
Kotaki Brothers and Shikuhakku
コタキ兄弟と四苦八苦
Jan 11 · TV Tokyo · 12 episodes
Drama · Comedy
Cast Kyoko Yoshine, Kanji Furutachi, Kenichi Takitoh
Written by Akiko Nogi
Until The Cherry Blossom Falls
僕だけが17歳の世界で
Feb 20 · ABEMA · 8 episodes
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama
Cast Hayato Sano, Marie Iitoyo, Kousei Yuki
Written by Kei Sanbe