Acting
A bullied high schooler becomes an overnight sensation after a viral video. But when his newfound fame turns sour, he must learn to fight for himself.
A Heisei youth graffiti drama, in which the heroine Yoneda Yui (Hashimoto Kanna), born in the first year of the Heisei era, connects people's hearts to the future as a nutritionist. Always cherishing her individuality, she sometimes struggles, but powerfully and joyfully pushes through the turbulent Heisei and Reiwa eras.
Former detective Tatsuhiko Kinosaki forms a private team to search for missing persons overlooked by the police, while secretly seeking to uncover the truth behind the disappearance of his wife.
Nagumo Shuuji, a social studies teacher at Mie Prefecture’s Etsuzan Senior High School, was a former baseball player up until university when he quit after sustaining an injury. Thereafter, he worked as a sports trainer but returned to university at 32 years old in order to pursue his dream of becoming a teacher. However, his peaceful daily life goes through a change after he’s appointed to be the advisor of his school’s baseball club that is on the verge of abolition.
The show's main protagonist is the 5-year-old title character Chico-chan. An actor wears a costume with an oversize head to portray her, while the broadcasts show her face in 3D computer graphics, which allows for a variety of outrageous expressions and effects. Accompanied by comedian Takashi Okamura, the show features Chico-chan asking Okamura and others simple questions, such as "Why do people wave their hands when they say goodbye?" If they cannot answer properly, she spits out her sarcastic signature phrase, "Botto ikiten ja ne-yo!" (Don't sleep through life!) Yuichi Kimura provides the voice of Chico-chan.
A group of 23 former classmates of Nezu’s 6th grade class 2 gathered at their alma mater for a reunion and were involved in a major incident in which they were confined for three days and 13 people died. The one who confined them was Miki Yumizaki, a former classmate. Miki’s purpose was to test how much human “goodness” could be maintained in a life-threatening situation. Who will betray whom and who will kill whom? What actions will people take in the midst of a disordered situation? Revenge, bullying, betrayal, exposure, and other unpredictable developments continue in this shocking suspense!
A baseball-obsessed man who’s always relied on his personality is forced into the world of fashion, discovering that style might matter more than he ever thought.
When Shinji Nagashima sees Hikazu Kamuro, memories flood back of his unrequited love for Chiharu and the financial strain of her family's struggling company, now seeking another loan.
A dynamic duo of detectives operates from a high-tech mobile command truck to solve complex "wide-area" crimes that cross jurisdictional boundaries.
Ijuuin Shou is the leader of the Grand Cross, a gang of delinquents with over a thousand members. Yamada Tatsuhito is a perennial errand boy with no presence in class who is the bottom of the school hierarchy. When Shou ends up hospitalized, he proposes that Tatsuhito take his place as his body double for a month while he recovers to prevent the gang falling into disarray. Tatsuhito, who goes from a life of being bullied to a life as a delinquent leader, struggles to get through each day without others finding out his true identity. Takahashi Fumiya takes on a dual role of both characters.
Detective Suzunosuke Shikahama is currently suspended from work after a screw up. He gets together with Haruhi Mabuchi from the Administration Bureau, Sesuna Tsumiki from the Community Safety Bureau, and Ruka Kotori from Accounting. All from different departments and carrying their own baggage, the four join forces. They’re not exactly what you would call champions of justice. They’re not even ambitious enough to go for success. All they want is the truth.
A dedicated nurse and a flower-loving resident doctor grow closer while confronting difficult questions about medicine, aging, and end-of-life care at a regional hospital. Adapted from the collection of short stories "Wasurenagusa no Saku Machi de: Azumino Shinryoki"
A fierce struggle unfolds as a university team fights for a comeback in the Hakone Ekiden while TV producers battle behind the scenes to broadcast their story.
A behind-the-scenes docuseries following nationwide auditions, training, and set life for young actors vying to play the high-school baseball team in TBS’s drama Gekokujō Kyūji, from first qualifiers to the finale at Koshien.
