2021 · Japanese Dramas
293 Japanese dramas aired in 2021, including Come Come Everybody, Welcome Home, Mone, Reach Beyond the Blue Sky. TV Tokyo, tv asahi, Nippon TV carried the most titles. Come Come Everybody led in ratings (17.1%). 15 titles hold award records.
By network and streaming service
TV Tokyo 36
tv asahi 30
Nippon TV 26
WOWOW Prime 25
Fuji TV 19
MBS 14
NHK 14
TBS 13
NHK G 10
NHK BS Premium 8
Originals & remakes
All Korea–Japan remakesAward-winning highlights
All 15 award-winning titles from 2021.
293 titles
Come Come Everybody
カムカムエヴリバディ
Nov 1 · NHK · 112 episodes
Family · Comedy · Drama
Cast Mone Kamishiraishi, Eri Fukatsu, Rina Kawaei
Written by Yuki Fujimoto
Welcome Home, Mone
おかえりモネ
May 17 · NHK · 120 episodes
Family · Drama
Cast Kaya Kiyohara, Seiyo Uchino, Kyoka Suzuki
Written by Naoko Adachi
Reach Beyond the Blue Sky
青天を衝け
Feb 14 · NHK BS Premium · 41 episodes
Drama
Cast Emi Wakui, Ryo Yoshizawa, Eri Murakawa
Written by Mika Ohmori
Ichikei's Crow
イチケイのカラス
Apr 5 · Fuji TV · 11 episodes
Drama · Comedy · Mystery
Cast Yutaka Takenouchi, Haru Kuroki, Mackenyu
Written by Hideya Hamada, Rito Asami
Oh! My Tsundere! Koi wa Bessatsu de
オー!マイ・ツンデレ!恋は別冊で
Jan 12 · Paravi · 7 episodes
Drama
Cast Shotaro Mamiya, Sayu Kubota, Yuzuki Akiyama
Written by Takeshi Miyamoto
Night Doctor
Jun 21 · Fuji TV · 11 episodes
Drama
Cast Haru, Kei Tanaka, Yuta Kishi
Written by Haruka Okita
Rainbow Chart
にじいろカルテ
Jan 21 · tv asahi · 9 episodes
Drama · Comedy
Cast Mitsuki Takahata, Arata Iura, Takumi Kitamura
Written by Yoshikazu Okada, Takaaki Honda
ドリフに大挑戦スペシャル
Sep 26 · Fuji TV · 2 episodes
Comedy
Cast Boo Takagi, Cha Katō, Kanako Momota
She Was Pretty
彼女はキレイだった
Jul 6 · Fuji TV · 10 episodes
Comedy · Drama
Cast Kento Nakajima, Fuka Koshiba, Eiji Akaso
Written by Kisa Miura, Yukako Shimizu
ONLY JUST MARRIED
婚姻届に判を捺しただけですが
Oct 19 · MBS · 10 episodes
Drama · Comedy
Cast Kentaro Sakaguchi, Nana Seino, Mai Fukagawa
Written by Shigenori Tanabe, Aoharu Yuki
Red Eyes
レッドアイズ 監視捜査班
Jan 23 · Nippon TV · 10 episodes
Crime · Mystery · Drama
Cast Kazuya Kamenashi, Nao Matsushita, Yuichi Kimura
Written by Yukiko Manabe, Masaaki Sakai
Tower of Justice
桜の塔
Apr 15 · tv asahi · 9 episodes
Drama · Crime
Cast Hiroshi Tamaki, Hirosue Ryoko, Kippei Shiina
Written by Shogo Muto
Story of My Family!!!
俺の家の話
Jan 22 · TBS · 10 episodes
Comedy · Drama
Cast Tomoya Nagase, Erika Toda, Toshiyuki Nishida
Written by Kankuro Kudo
How to Get a Divorce for the Whole Family!
リコカツ
Apr 16 · TBS · 10 episodes
Comedy · Drama
Cast Keiko Kitagawa, Eita Nagayama, Shiro Sano
Love's in Sight!
恋です! 〜ヤンキー君と白杖ガール〜
Oct 6 · Nippon TV · 10 episodes
Drama · Comedy
Cast Hana Sugisaki, Yosuke Sugino, Nobuyuki Suzuki
Written by Uoyama, Yuko Matsuda
Love Deeply!
恋はDeepに
Apr 14 · Nippon TV · 9 episodes
Comedy · Drama
Cast Satomi Ishihara, Go Ayano, Mio Imada
Written by Koji Tokuo
Why I Dress Up for Love
着飾る恋には理由があって
Apr 20 · TBS · 10 episodes
Drama
Cast Haruna Kawaguchi, Ryusei Yokohama, Yui Natsukawa
Written by Arisa Kaneko
Promise Cinderella
プロミス・シンデレラ
Jul 13 · TBS · 10 episodes
Drama
Cast Fumi Nikaido, Gordon Maeda, Takanori Iwata
Written by Kazunao Furuya
Love You as the World Ends
君と世界が終わる日に
Jan 17 · Nippon TV · 32 episodes
Drama · Mystery · Action & Adventure
Cast Ryoma Takeuchi, Ayami Nakajo, Marie Iitoyo
Written by Natsuko Ikeda
Guilty Flag
真犯人フラグ
Oct 10 · Nippon TV · 20 episodes
Crime · Mystery · Drama
Cast Hidetoshi Nishijima, Rie Miyazawa, Kyoko Yoshine
Written by Minato Takano