2026 · Japanese Dramas
60 Japanese dramas aired in Q3 (Jul–Sep) 2026, including Blossom, Until the T-Shirt Dries, Plastic Beauty. TV Tokyo, tv asahi, Fuji TV carried the most titles. Blossom led in ratings (14.6%). 4 are currently airing.
Japanese dramas, Q3 2026: the quarter in reviewSixty Japanese dramas premiered between July and September 2026. TBS's VIVANT Season 2, back after three years, recorded the year's highest rating for a Japanese drama, and fresh takes on familiar stories also stood out, such as GTO, a serial that brings Takashi Sorimachi back to the lead for the first time in 28 years, and Tokyo middle 30, a remake of a Chinese drama.Read →By network and streaming service
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All of 2026Official Netflix Weekly Top 10 records · full year 2026 (not quarterly)
60 titles
Blossom
ブラッサム
Sep 28 · NHK G · 1 episode
Drama
Cast Shizuka Ishibashi, Masaki Miura, Taiyu Fujiwara
Until the T-Shirt Dries
Tシャツが乾くまで
Jul 10 · TBS · 10 episodes
Drama · Mystery
Cast Yu Aoi, Ayumu Nakajima, Fumiya Takahashi
Written by Miku Ubukata
Plastic Beauty
ダウンタイム
Sep 17 · Netflix · 8 episodes
Drama
Cast Mayu Matsuoka, Riisa Naka, Shotaro Mamiya
Written by Junya Ikegami
Human Vapor
ガス人間
Jul 2 · Netflix · 8 episodes
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Crime
Cast Shun Oguri, Yu Aoi, Suzu Hirose
Written by Ryu Yong-jae, Takeshi Kimura
Vivant Season 2
VIVANT Season 2
Jul 26 · TBS · 10 episodes
Drama
Cast Masato Sakai, Hiroshi Abe, Fumi Nikaido
Written by Shoki Doi, Nana Yamamoto
Evening Drink Style Season 6
晩酌の流儀 シーズン6
Jul 3 · TV Tokyo · 7 episodes
Drama
Cast Chiaki Kuriyama, Kouhei Takeda, Nagiko Tsuji
Written by Yosuke Masaike
Your Summer, My Storm
夏色の雲が恋と嵐をまきおこす
Jul 11 · tv asahi · 10 episodes
Drama · Family · Comedy
Cast Ryusei Fukada, Hidaka Ukisho, Momoko Tanabe
Written by Yuko Matsuda
GTO (2026)
GTO
Jul 20 · Fuji TV · 11 episodes
Drama
Cast Takashi Sorimachi, Meru Nukumi, Asuka Kudo
Written by Tôru Fujisawa, Kazuhiko Yukawa
Love Is Better the Second Time Around Season 2
恋をするなら二度目が上等 シーズン2
Sep 2 · MBS · 1 episode
Drama
Cast Makoto Hasegawa, Robin Furuya, Aloha Takamatsu
Happy Kanako's Killer Life Season 2
幸せカナコの殺し屋生活 シーズン2
Sep 17 · DMM TV · 5 episodes
Comedy · Action & Adventure · Drama
Cast Non, Taisuke Fujigaya, Yuma Yamoto
Written by Toshiya Wakabayashi
The Vacation Principle
バカンスの法則
Jul 27 · ABEMA · 18 episodes
Drama · Comedy
Cast Kanna Hashimoto, Chae Jong-hyeop, Mizuki Yamashita
Written by Akiko Higashimura
Spinnerbait
スピナーベイト
Jul 1 · Fuji TV · 11 episodes
Crime
Cast Seishirou Katou, Mamoru Hagiwara, So Okuno
Written by Kazuya Konomoto, Shintaro Mitani
25 Years of You
告白ー25年目の秘密ー
Jul 11 · Nippon TV · 7 episodes
Drama
Cast Hokuto Matsumura, Sae Okazaki, Tetsuji Tamayama
Your Sky: Hare Nochi Koi
Your Sky ハレのち恋
Aug 1 · Tokyo MX · 9 episodes
Drama
Cast Ayuta Fukuda, Isshin Aihara, Totaro
Written by 25.15.66
Duty First, Kiss Later
キスは捜査のあとで
Jul 27 · ABC TV · 10 episodes
Drama · Comedy
Cast Shu Watanabe, Ryu Saito, Haruka Kudo
Written by Su, Kokeshi Murata
The Criminal
犯罪者
Jul 17 · Prime Video · 7 episodes
Mystery · Drama
Cast Koshi Mizukami, Issey Takahashi, Takumi Saitoh
Written by Ai Ota, Takeharu Sakurai
GATE24: The Border
大空港～GATE24～
Jul 23 · tv asahi · 10 episodes
Crime · Drama
Cast Shuri, Gordon Maeda, Rihito Itagaki
Written by Kentaro Ushio
Popular Serizawa Acts Weird Around Me
陽キャ集団にいる芹沢は、俺の前だと様子がおかしい
Aug 11 · YTV · 10 episodes
Drama
Cast Kosaku Koizumi, Ryoto Shisaka, Kaiki Kimura
Written by Yuzu Tsubaki
I was supposed to have killed my husband
夫を殺したはずなのに
Jul 6 · TV Tokyo · 6 episodes
Drama
Cast Rio Uchida, Keisuke Watanabe, Yumena Yanai
BLACK TRICK: The Lawyer Who Controls Justice
ブラックトリック～裁きを操る弁護人～
Jul 20 · Fuji TV · 11 episodes
Drama · Mystery
Cast GACKT, Mirai Shida, Fuju Kamio
Written by Tatsuya Kanazawa, Sayaka Abe