How did that most fearsome instructor come to being?

The popular SP series “Kyojo” starring Takuya Kimura has been adapted into a drama series on the renowned Monday Night 9 p.m. Broadcast Slot.

In the last scene of “Kyojo 2” it was revealed that the artificial right eye was due to a wound that Kazama sustained during an attack while investigating as a detective. The identity of his attacker and the reasons for his intense resentment he has toward the police organization were never revealed…

In this series, the mystery of how Kazama became so ruthless and unmatched will be revealed. The story depicts the time before he was assigned to the police academy, when he was working as an instructor in charge of training new detectives…

Michi Yoshino works in the sales department of a construction company and leads an ordinary life. She and her husband, Yoichi Yoshino, have been married for five years and still get along well, but there is only one thing lacking: sex.

They sleep in the same bed every night, but he never tries to approach her. With the advice of her junior colleague, she makes an effort to buy flashy underwear and takes care of her skin whilst feeling, “maybe I’m not attractive enough for him?” The results are always disappointing. She spends days and months without feeling her husband’s love. The couple’s relationship gradually becomes strained, as they are left with a vague anxiety…

Meanwhile, Makoto Niina, a boss of Michi at her company is an excellent worker with a good personality, and has many fans at the workplace because of his handsomeness. He is even a good husband who does housework on behalf of his busy wife. Two couples that should have been doing well…

One day, Michi, who had been stood up by her husband for another night out, is drinking a can of beer alone in the night breeze. Makoto happens to pass by and the two end up drinking together. Michi gets drunk and confesses to him about their private life…

Honoka Hayami is an office worker in the sales department of a major consumer electronics manufacturer. Not only has she achieved the number one sales performance for five consecutive terms, but she’s an awardee for the Employee Award for outstanding achievement. She is an ace worker, and her colleagues call her the “God of Sales,” who catches the hearts and minds of most clients the day she meets them. Also, the ideal wife for everyone, such as when she finds someone who has soiled one’s shirt at a drinking party, she quickly pulls out a handkerchief to solve such a situation at once.

However, even though for such a “perfect” Hayami admired by everyone around, no one knows about her private life which is full of sloppiness living in a messy room. The opposite of what she portrays to be in society…

A strict but loving Grandma solves a myriad of issues for the people around her!

Miki Doumeki lives in a small rural village surrounded by abundant nature and beautiful scenery. After becoming a widow at an early age, she’s spent many years working as a leader in her village. A handsome, intelligent woman in her 70s, she’s incredibly spry, with perfect posture.

Whenever a problem arises, her neighbors all rush to Miki for advice.

When faced with two bickering villagers:

“Your plum tree is ruining my view!”

“Well, your cherry blossom tree is an eyesore, too!” Miki’s response is simple.

“Then, I’ll cut down both of your trees!” Strangely enough, after being reminded of how joyful it is to watch the seasons change through the blossoming of different trees, both neighbors cease their arguing and calm down.

One spring, Miki’s son moves himself and his family back to the village after living in the city and she comes face to face with her 6 year old granddaughter, Ako. Despite Miki’s severe personality and intimidating presence, the little girl seems intent on befriending her…

Hotaru Kusakari is a pharmacist who usually works at just an ordinary pharmacy. However contrary to her everyday appearance, she’s a descendant of the Koga Ninja clan, taking on the long tradition that has continued since the ancient times. She acts in a calm and reserved manner, but this is only her outward mannerisms of meekness and stealth to prevent her identity from being discovered. In fact, she is feistier than others, a perfectionist who hates failure and defeat, and sometimes her real intentions burst out in ways of a sharp tongue. She also trains her physical prowess through stoic jogging sessions and training every morning and spends her days behaving secretly in a ninja-like manner. At the age of 28, she married Goro Kusakari an ordinary guy (or so she thinks). She is proud to be a member of the ‘Koga clan’ but after she met him, her longing for a normal household begins to come out…

Taiyo Mihoshi is a self-proclaimed “human investor” who believes “People are assets. No investor should ever give it up!” As the CEO of the investment company “Sunshine Fund,” he encourages people not doing well in their corporate organizations or are having a hard time to “start up a business!” and uncover their potentials. The story meets people who have failed or experienced setbacks in their careers, given up on their dreams, as well as ones who carry the burden of various circumstances to regain hope for the future.

The story takes place at a law school where students aspire to become judges, prosecutors, lawyers, and other legal professions. Shizuku Hiiragi, a judge, is sent to law school as a Practitioner-Teacher. She arrives at Seinan Law School and meets faculty member Jin Aoi and five students. However, she finds that the students there are only focusing on passing the bar exams in their immediate future. The faculty members seem to be only interested in teaching the know-hows of these exams, and the students are only keen on preparing with classes that are easy to earn credits with. When she was working as a judge, she had spent a lot of time and effort on each case and fulfilled her duties with the belief that “you need to know people to make it in the legal industry.” In her classes, she begins to focus on “why behind people’s behavior” so that she can support them to become successful pioneers of the future in Japan’s legal industry…

An unassuming country girl crosses paths with an extravagant drag queen, sparking the beginning of a life-changing Cinderella Story!

Sachi is a plain woman living in the quiet countryside with her conservative father. Though she enjoys designing and making clothes, she’s convinced she doesn’t have the skills to make a career out of it.

All of this changes when Sachi meets the ostentatious Coolmint, decked out to the nines in both fashion and makeup. A famous drag queen who runs a club in Tokyo, Coolmint claims to have seen some of Sachi’s clothes online and has come to find new outfits for her show.

“Your outfits are dull, but the clothes you make are so glitzy. Why don’t you wear any of them?”

Inspired by her chance meeting with Coolmint, Sachi heads to Tokyo to become a designer. Little does she know her life is about to change forever…

A new medical drama centered around a Kids ICU!

Following the daily struggles of a clumsy and unsophisticated doctor, born and raised in Hokkaido, in this heartwarming medical drama.

Takeshiro Shikota is a 27 year old pediatrician born and raised in Hokkaido. He lives with his mother, Minami, who raised him on her own after his father passed away when he was a child. A caring son and a good cook, he handles housework with ease, but can be incredibly clumsy at inopportune moments. Thanks to his unambitious personality, he became pediatrician with the mindset that any medical department would be fine as long as he was working at a hospital within commuting distance from his family home.

One day Takeshiro is transferred to the newly established PICU at his hospital, where he meets Pediatric Intensive Care doctor Hajime Ueno. Dr. Ueno is a pioneer in pediatric intensive care who has campaigned for the implementation of PICUs across Japan. He has travelled up from Tokyo in order to complete his “final big job” of creating one of the best PICUs in Japan in one of the most inaccessible locations in the country.

However, the newly established PICU is not able to accept emergency patients due to an overwhelming shortage of staff. At this time, a remote hospital in Wakkanai City contacts the unit and a young girl who has been gravely ill for over four hours is brought in for care…

How will the honest, clumsy, cry-baby Dr. Takeshiro handle the harsh reality of working in the PICU, where children’s lives hang in the balance?

A suspense-filled, unpredictable thriller, based on the popular comic written by Hajime Inoryu, with art by Shota Ito, with over 1.2 million copies sold!

“Life is all about having fun, fun is all that matters.” This is what university student Eiji Urashima believes as he spends his days with friends. Eiji seems like any other care-free student, but in reality, his life has been one of bullying, suffering and torment from those around him, all due to his biological father being a convicted serial killer.

Carrying the weight of being the “son of a serial killer”, Eiji spends his life desperately hiding the truth from those around him. For Eiji, the only bright spark in his life is his beloved girlfriend, Kyoka Yukimura. Only when he spends time with Kyoka, does Eiji truly manage to put all his troubles aside and truly enjoy himself. Until one day, when a murder occurs that closely resembles those of Eiji’s father. Strangely enough, Eiji can’t remember a single thing from the time the murder supposedly took place

After several other incidents, Eiji comes to the realization that he suffers from split-personality disorder. He soon becomes plagued by the horrific thought that the perpetrator of these new murders might be his “other self” who has inherited his father’s gruesome will. To discover the truth, Eiji heads out on a journey of self-discovery. Along the way, he encounters more shocking revelations than he had bargained for.

A touching human drama about two individuals overcoming their personal barriers, weaving their own love story, and pulling others into their yarn.

 Minato Togawa has had a crush on Tsumugi Aoba since they were at high school together. The two reunite at their high school reunion and begin dating as adults, eventually deciding to move in together. Whilst waiting at the station on the way to a viewing for a possible apartment, Tsumugi is surprised to see her high school ex-boyfriend Sou Sakura alighting from the train she’s supposed to be taking.

Sou became deaf after being afflicted with juvenile bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, since he can’t hear Tsumugi calling out to him, he is lost in the crowds. Unable to take her mind off Sou, Tsumugi begins to stake out the entrance to the station she saw him at. Dropping her headphones when someone bumps into her, the person who picks it up turns out to be Sou. Delighted to see him, Tsumugi rushes forward, but Sou appears to almost run from her. When she catches up to him and tugs on his arm, he finally turns to face her, and Tsumugi learns of his hearing loss.

Unable to understand sign language, Tsumugi reaches out to stop Sou as he tries to communicate, but Sou simply signs the phrase “shut up” and walks away. Tsumugi makes the decision attend a school for sign language, and to meet Sou again when she can communicate with him properly.

This chance reunion sparks a new relationship between the two. They begin to meet frequently, Sou starts to open up to the idea of working with others, and playing Deaf Soccer, which he previously refused to attempt…

A powerful and beautiful 60-year-old woman fixes problems and crushes injustice in this thrilling and entertaining show.

Izumi Kikuchi is 38, single, works in a small publisher, and has great anxiety about her ten-year long affair with a married man. One day she meets Haruko Nakajima, the manager of a popular cosmetic clinic. Though now single at 60 with two divorces under her belt, Haruko is known as a top-class cosmetic doctor in the highest echelons of the public and private sectors. And she hates waste. If someone’s got a problem that comes from their needless pride, she’s tearing through it with her sharp wit and merciless quips.

A confectioner troubled by who will take over the shop, a woman having difficulty finding a husband due to her high education, a rich housewife stressed out by her husband…people gather around Haruko one after another, each with a different problem! And whenever someone comes to her with their troubles, Haruko tears them apart with her signature scathing remarks. For some reason, the lives of the people she rips into get much better! Get ready to see this queen rend through the troubles of the world in a storm of catharsis!

Special Drama announcement marks a brand new addition to the beloved Galileo series!

Revealing an untold case that occurs 4 years before the events of the film “Silent Parade”.

Associate professor Manabu Yukawa is visited one day by new medical student Shingo Koshiba. Yukawa is an alumnus of the physics club from the same high school as Shingo and taught him in the past. Yukawa also knows Shingo’s father, an excellent scientist in his own right, and develops high hopes for Shingo’s future in the field. Full of excitement after his meeting with the esteemed Yukawa, Shingo calls his sister Akiho Koshiba to share his news, but for some reason, a police officer answers the phone…

Five months later, freelance writer Osamu Nagaoka is beaten to death in his own home. A memory card containing a video file is found at the scene. Looking deeper into the case, investigators Shunpei Kusanagi and Tomoka Makimura discover that Osamu was strongly opposed to a public project relating to science and technology being planned in Kohara City, Ibaraki Prefecture. After Shunpei watches the video left at the scene, which shows a strange phenomenon in which a hole suddenly appears in the wall of a warehouse, he visits Yukawa alongside Tomoka. After the investigators inform him who the victim was, Yukawa and his assistant Hiromi Kuribayashi’s expressions change. In actuality, Osamu visited Yukawa’s lab a few days before he was murdered, however, Yukawa does not share this information with the investigators. “Take me to the location that this video was filmed.” Yukawa requests, and the investigators lead Yukawa and Hiromi there, concerned by the professor’s strange behavior. When Yukawa attempts to call Shingo after viewing the location, there is no answer…

Tsutomu Koshobu, a genius, and a character who is always based around the idea of logic, and Kaede Shirokuma, an honest and emotionally driven former detective are the main characters. As members of the Fair Trade Commission’s sixth examination division (aka. ‘Dairoku’), they crack down on violations of the Anti-Monopoly Law and keep a watchful eye on economic activities to protect a free and fair competition in the market. They expose the hidden facts about companies that engage in bid-rigging, cartels, and other forms of corruption…

The protagonist Hiroshi Kokusho was an ace rugby player in his high school days attracting national attention, but his forceful play led to an injury. Condemned by his teammates and becoming isolated, he retires. After graduation, he lives on his own but fails to get a regular job, living a dizzying, carefree, day-to-day life.

One day, after getting involved in a fight leads to the point of getting the police involved, he is fired from his job at a construction site and is evicted from the apartment he lives in for nonpayment of rent, leaving him at complete loss. Then a man comes to him and says, “let me introduce a job that’s perfect for you!”

“A dormitory and three meals included! So perfect for your physical strength which you are so proud of!” The job is in fact at a “Ground Self-Defense Force” which protects the peace and security of the country…

One day, your husband transforms into a woman…?

This drama explores the many differences of life, love and relationships can change in a world where peoples bodies can spontaneously alter sex!

Akira is a 30-year-old salaryman married to novelist Sonoko. After five years of marriage things between them have cooled and now they barely speak.

One evening Akira is suddenly struck with an unbearable headache and, after being taken to the hospital, is told his illness is life-threatening. At the same time, a strange change starts to take over Akira’s body. The Akira who walks out of the operating theater has transformed into a woman!

It turns out Akira has a rare medical condition known as “Sex Altering Syndrome” which can cause a sudden change in biological sex among humans. After receiving this diagnosis, Akira receives a “Altered Sex Certificate” and begins life as a man inside a female body.

Learning to use makeup, wearing a bra, Akira faces a steep learning curve in his first days living as a woman. After returning to work a few days later he encounters even more troubles. A client of his jokes that he can “touch boobs as much as he wants”, he’s even groped in an elevator, Akira begins to understand the daily struggles of life for women. Akira begins seeing the clear differences between perspectives of men and women after his transformation. Not only that, but for some reason he’s started feeling flustered around his helpful boss, is the transformation having more effect on him than he’d thought?

What awaits Akira now, as he begins to question what his real identity is?!

The story takes place in a certain high school. Masaki Nitta arrives as a new music teacher, but the school is greatly disturbed by the disappearance of the previous teacher.

While playing the piano in the music room the night before work, Masaki meets Sae Izumi, a student who is running away from one issue. Sae is a student in the class in which he is an assistant teacher. The two of them, gradually develop a bond through the disappearance.

Masaki one day begins to realize the special feelings he has for her.

He never wants to admit that it is love, but Sae on the other hand believes otherwise…

Haruka Ayase takes on her first lawyer role in the Monday at 9pm timeslot!
This gripping mystery drama brings a breath of fresh air to the boredom of our daily lives.

Reiko Kenmochi works at a major law firm. Formidable in both fashion and looks, she’s an accomplished lawyer who paces the hallways of the firm in luxury brand suits and high heels. Never intimidated, no matter who she’s up against, her unparalleled knowledge of the law and ability to think on the fly has helped to save countless clients out of trouble.

After her boss is informed that one of her clients is going to sue her for extortion, Reiko is told that her annual bonus will be cut. Enraged by this news, Reiko is encouraged to take a leave of absence from the firm. With an increase in her free time, she messages everyone she knows, but only gets one reply, from her ex-boyfriend, Eiji Morikawa. Shockingly, the message informs her that Eiji Morikawa recently passed away. The sender is someone called “Shinoda” who, despite never having met before, calls her up and says, “long time no see.” Stranger still, it seems Eiji left a huge inheritance, along with a will stating, “I bequeath my fortune to the person who killed me.” More concerned about the fortune than the death of her ex-boyfriend, Reiko starts to plot with Shinoda to have him framed as the murderer in order to split the inheritance between the two of them…

A common woman marries into an extravagantly lavish family filled with evil spirits. Don’t be fooled, though,
this isn’t your average rags-to-riches Cinderella story! Will they be able to find true happiness in the midst of this herculean trial?

Born and raised downtown, Sato, the daughter of a diner owner, accepts a proposal from her boyfriend Kenta. She is immediately surprised to learn about Kenta’s upbringing. It turns out, Kenta is the son of a super wealthy family with a mansion in the most luxurious part of town!

Upon going to visit Kenta’s family for the first time, the gate opens only to close as soon as Kenta has entered. Through the intercom, Kenta’s father, Keiichi tells her “Know your place! Never come here again!”, Sato is miserable and frustrated. On the other side, Kenta also argues with his father, but instead of lashing out at his son, Keiichi instead hits Kenta’s mother. Seeing his own mother being beaten and watching his other family members not only turn a blind eye to the violence, but seem to not care at all, Kenta feels disgusted by his awful family, and makes a solemn promise to himself.

In order to change this rotten family, who seem elegant and charming on the outside but secretly cut each other down for their own twisted agendas, from the inside out, Kenta and Sato begin an all-out war!!

The long-awaited live action adaptation of “NANBA MG5” and “NANBA Dead-end” from the master of
delinquent manga, Toshio Ozawa. The heartwarming, tear-jerking tale of an “Ex-Delinquent.”

Second son of an infamous delinquent family, Tsuyoshi is known across all of Chiba as the strongest fighter in junior high school.

On the day of his entrance to high school, Tsuyoshi dons his brawlers’ jacket and heads not to Ichimatsu High, the toughest school for delinquents in all of Kanto, but to the peaceful and pleasant school nearby known as Shirayuri High. Unbeknownst to his family, Tsuyoshi’s dream is actually to quit being a delinquent and to have a normal high school life!

A thrilling double life begins for Tsuyoshi. To avoid upsetting his family, he wears his brawling clothes and acts the delinquent at home, but at school he’s a well-dressed, polite and serious student. An honor student, he ends up joining the art club, but, unable to overlook the bullying of his new friend, he changes into his delinquent persona and rushes to save them. In doing so, he unwittingly becomes famous as the “mysterious, super strong delinquent.” Unable to share his secret with anyone, will Tsuyoshi be able to live out the normal high school he dreams of?

A new kind of mystery series in which continuous talk leads to the unraveling of both the mystery of a case and people’s hearts.

Totonou Kunou is a college student who has a complex about his natural perm, has no friends or a girlfriend, and simply loves curry. He is someone who always questions about what is taken for granted in society and tries to think things through thoroughly. He has a vast amount of knowledge and develops his own theories based on his unique values. As a young guy, he has lived his life being called “annoying and troublesome” because he can’t help talking no matter what is happening around him.

One day, he is accused of a murder he isn’t aware of. As he is interrogated by the detectives, he realizes that there are hidden clues behind the case and the problems that the detectives are facing. Then, without any desire to “solve the case,” he just talks about whatever comes to mind at his own pace, and before you know it, he has unraveled not only the mystery of the case, but also people’s hearts…