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- StarsTomohisa YamashitaKeiko KitagawaSaki AibuShirakawa Riko and Kamiya Naoki's intertwined fates lead them on a difficult journey towards love.
- StarsTakuya KimuraKôichi SatôYûko TakeuchiHalu (Kimura Takuya) is the captain and star player of an ice hockey team, who is greatly respected by his teammates. For him, hockey is serious business that fully occupies his mind, while he treats romance as if it were a game. Aki (Takeuchi Yuko) is a typical OL (office lady), and is waiting for her boyfriend to return from studying architecture abroad. At this point in time however, he shows no sign of coming back. One day, Aki's friends who are determined to find her a new boyfriend, invite her to watch an ice hockey game. There she sees Halu for the first time. After the game, Aki and her friends join the players for a party celebrating their victory. Aki, however, is not so excited to be there. When she leaves the party, she bumps into Halu, who was slightly injured from a fight. They exchange e-mail addresses and part. The sparks of mutual attraction are ignited in a second encounter between Aki and Halu, arranged with the help of her friends shortly after a party. Hyodo (Sato Koichi) has come as a replacement for the team's coach who has been hospitalized. Halu has a lot of respect for the hospitalized coach. Unfortunately, he can't stand Hyodo's way of doing things. Bringing with him a lot of coaching experience from overseas, Hyodo criticizes the former coach's strategies. Whenever Halu and Hyodo see each other, they get into a quarrel; consequently influencing Halu's behavior during games. Seeing that his game ended in a brawl, Aki visits Halu to comfort him. But he tells her that she is being too friendly with him. Aki is hurt, Halu is irritated, and his teammate Hotta (Sakaguchi Kenji) can't stand seeing Halu like this
- StarsNana SeinoDean FujiokaMariko ShinodaA rich, handsome businessman, Hokuto, proposes marriage to Chiwa, whose father has a large debt. Hokuto apparently has a secret reason for marrying Chiwa. Will this marriage work out?
- StarsSatomi IshiharaTomohisa YamashitaKei Tanaka"From Five to Nine" is a romantic comedy drama. It is a story of girl who works as an English teacher and dreams of moving to New York, but unexpectedly, she encounters a handsome monk, and the story begins.
- StarsMao InoueJun MatsumotoShun OguriMakino Tsukushi is an ordinary student at Eitoku Gakuen, a school for the ridiculously rich and privileged which is ruled by the Flower 4, or otherwise known as the F4, a group of four boys who come from extremely powerful families.
- StarsMao InoueJun MatsumotoShun OguriAfter a year of separation, Makino and Domyoji see whether their love can triumph over the many obstacles placed in their path. F4 (Flower Four), 4 close friends, are crucial to their journey.
- DirectorYasuharu IshiiStarsMao InoueJun MatsumotoShun OguriMakino and Domyoji have decided to marry, but are they really ready to take that step? F4 (Flower Four), 4 close friends, are crucial to helping them determine if they are ready to make a lifetime commitment to each other.
- StarsKasumi ArimuraKengo KôraMitsuki TakahataSix young men and women who move from the countryside to the big city of Tokyo, each with their own dreams and aspirations. Among them is Sugihara Oto and Soda Ren. After her mother died, Oto was raised by adoptive parents in Hokkaido. Although she has given up on having any high hopes or big dreams for her future, she still remains positive and faces life with optimistic attitude. One day, she finds out the fact that her adoptive parents are planning to marry her to the wealthy man in town in order to solve their financial debt. Soda Ren was raised by his grandfather in Fukushima. Ren works hard on one job after another in order to earn the money to buy back his grandfather's land so that they can start farming again. By chance, Oto and Ren meet in Hokkaido and they decide to move to Tokyo to find new life to change their fate and future. However, as soon as they arrive Tokyo, they get separated in the crowds.
- StarsMei NaganoRyô RyûseiMotoki OchiaiYuiko Yoshioka begins the first grade in high school. She gets sick with the cold and stays in bed. At that time, she gets a phone call from class president Matsubara. Yuiko becomes fluttered by his kind voice on the phone. The next day, she goes to school and meets Matsubara. He is a mysterious boy, wearing a paper bag over his head. Her high school days begin with pounding heart.
- StarsNao MatsushitaSatomi IshiharaTakanori IwataSisters Hazuki and Misaki are like night and day, but they share a strong bond and try to make each other happy.
- StarsWon BinKyôko FukadaHan Hye-jinA Japanese male tourist and a South Korean female film student become friends in Hong Kong. Before heading back to their respective countries, they promise to meet again without knowing what fate has in store for them.
- DirectorShôsuke MurakamiStarsNao MinamisawaJunpei MizobataNaoki AbeA drama that follows the emotional and spiritual growth of teenage girl as she wrestles with love, family, and other matters.
- StarsErena MizusawaKôji SetoAkiko KikuchiAn ordinary senior high school girl named Mika meets Hiro, a showy boy with dyed hair and pierced ears. It is a "pure love" story of the two going through many unimaginably sad incidents while nurturing their love single-mindedly.
- StarsTaisuke FujigayaMasataka KubotaMarie IitoyoThe story revolves around Kira and Rei, two high school students. Kira is an extremely introverted artist, and Rei is an outgoing playboy with a frightening violent side. The two start a friendship and eventually a romance after Rei sees a drawing that Kira drew on the back of a map she gave him. However, both Kira and Rei are hiding troubled pasts, and through their relationship they confront their past demons. Masao, a student at Kira and Rei's school, has a connection to Rei's violent past. He enters Kira and Rei's lives to try to force Rei to return to the person he used to be.
- DirectorSaiji YakumoStarsTaisuke FujigayaMasataka KubotaMarie IitoyoKira is a sweet young girl with a traumatic past. She meets Rei who made her overcome her inner struggles. However, as much as they wanted to live as close to perfect as a couple can be, Kirishima tries to shake their relationship. Kirishima is a disturbed being who was bullied when he was young, and his outlook on life is what makes him do dark things.
- StarsTaishi NakagawaMaika YamamotoNaomi AkimotoGirl magically shrinks to a 15 cm (6") height and hides out in her former childhood sweetheart's bedroom, both hoping for her return to normal.
- CreatorSatoru HiuraStarsHaruka AyaseNaohito FujikiYuka ItayaWhen she's not at her fancy job, Hotaru just wants to relax at home - until her landlord's son shows up, and it's none other than her fastidious boss.
- StarsEmi TakeiTôri MatsuzakaKento KakuNao fails entrance exams and enrolls at a technical high school. She's one of just 3 girls and the only girl in her class of 148 freshmen.
- StarsTomohisa YamashitaMasami NagasawaNana EikuraThis is a romantic comedy in which a young man who missed a chance to confess his love, is given a second chance and struggles to undo the past and win the heart of the woman on the day she is getting married to someone else.
- StarsShun OguriSatomi IshiharaSaki AibuHyuga Toru who run an internet website from his small room and doesn't like to socialize makes a lot of money. He then meets Sawaki Chihiro, a hardworking student who by an unexpected occurrence begins to work for Toru.
- StarsMisaki ItôKazuya KamenashiEita NagayamaAfter her lover doubts her, a 28 year old office worker (Misaki) meets a young man (Kazuya) in her company.
- StarsKazuya KamenashiKyôko FukadaAkari HayamiA down-on-his-luck dancer falls in love with a unhappy teacher at an all girls school.
- StarsEmi TakeiHideaki TakizawaAoi NakamuraKurihara Mia works for the public relations department of a company. She falls in love with her company's vice president Miyoshi Kairi after he helps her locate her missing engagement ring during a business trip. Mia does not realize who he is until he comes to the public relations department as part of training. She finds herself having to work with Miyoshi as his trainer. He is severe at times and yet gentle at others. Mia's heart is captured by him little by little. But Miyoshi already has a wife.
- StarsAkiko YadaShôhei MiuraAyane NagabuchiTo anyone looking and wondering Shio comes across as a pretty, well-adjusted and successful businesswoman who is succeeding at her aromatherapy business. The truth, however, is that she is stressed, cannot sleep and not over her divorce after another woman seduced her husband. Her creativity kicks in and she launches a services whereby young and handsome men clad in pyjamas crawl into bed with insomniacs.
- StarsShun OguriYui AragakiKiichi NakaiHayakawa Vito has a Filipino father and a Japanese mother, but he was born and raised in Japan and has never visited the Philippines. The ever-smiling Vito works at Machimura Foods during the day, and at night, he works a part-time job trying to make his dreams come true. One day during an incident at a bookstore, he meets a girl named Mishima Hana, who lost her ability to speak due to an accident. But even though she can't speak, Vito is drawn to her beautiful smile. However, Vito becomes wrongly suspected by the police for a crime, and after meeting the lawyer Kazuma, the issue begins to grow - Together, Vito, Hana, and Kazuma will go through challenging times and have to overcome many obstacles.