Texting in Tokyo
LINEの答えあわせ
30min.
30min.
Description
Those who master the art of texting shall master love...
A “Ready-to-use Romcom” comes to life, here and now for everyone who’s struggling with love!
Letters have always been a method for humans to express their emotions towards one another. Today, writing letters have been replaced by texting through SNS and messaging apps. In the multiple texts we send daily, have you ever thought about the text you just sent could be giving a bad impression? A simple text that you send every day, “I had a long day at work today” could be tiring your partner!
Fear not, this drama is here to save you from your troubles!
The drama takes place in Tokyo, where a group of men and women meet at a weekend cooking class. All the characters have a different background and a bitter love life caused by texting. We’ll see what does on behind each text and find out the successful way to acquire love!
A brand new drama series targets for all men and women out there!
This might just be you're a hint to get your reply from him/her.
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Beauty and perfection are not the key to being loved.
Women are all unique and with different looks. Some may be fortunate with beauty and some may not. However, your looks don’t determine your happiness in life and love. Those who are successful in life are those who master the art of “a balanced...
芸恋リアル
Even Celebrities Want Romance!
Many of the actors who dazzle us on our TV screens are actually bad at relationships, or have no time for them. But of course, celebrities want romance too! Our program shines a path to real love for celebrities who haven't had a chance at it!
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まじっく快斗1412
Kaito Kuroba is a seventeen-year-old high school student who is an adept magician due to the influence of his father, Toichi Kuroba who died mysteriously. Eight years after his father’s death, Kaito discovers a secret room in his home that was set up by his father to reveal itself on that very day. ...
愛の修羅バラ
Will bonds or wounds remain?!
All marriages have difficulties. Newlyweds and longtime couples alike all have concerns. This program shows us marriages that just barely exist! We invite regular people couples or celebrity couples “on the rocks” to the studio, expose the dark side of their married ...
Metaphor Variety Quiz! Hana Kara suika
たとえるバラエティ クイズ！鼻からスイカ
There are strange “metaphors” that exist in our daily lives (novels, hit songs, famed scholars’ quotes, popular comedian phrases)! This program unearths these unique “metaphors” and teaches their unknown history and unexpected usage! Various panel members enjoy answering quizzes about all kinds of “...
マネーの天使
Monetary problems happen everyday at everywhere. The hero, Shigeru (Kazutoyo Koyabu), is one of the aggrieved party who suffers from monetary trouble.
“Never doubt people! “ So says Shigeru, who has a faith in the basic goodness of human being, lost his job due to his honest personality. On the day...
向かいのバズる家族
People hides who they reallyare. But social media makes you show your true color.
Akari Kagari is a bright young woman, living with her family happily. One day, Akari is filmed dealing with an irritated customer at her coffee shop professionally and becomes famous on the Internet overnight. In fa...
木下部長とボク
Kinoshita, the boss at an ad agency, is a guy that lives in the moment and for today. He’s always late for work and then leaves early. He’s completely unpredictable.
Kinoshita and his bunch of useless employees ‘work’ at the Marumaru Tsushinsha advertising agency. Everything is done at a leisurel...
わたし旦那をシェアしてた
She was just a single mother, living happily with her “common-law husband”... But one day, she gets a call from the police, who tell her that her husband has been murdered.
She rushes to the hospital, only to find that there were two other “wives” besides her! As if that weren’t enough, as part o...
New Nobunaga Chronicle: High School is a Battlefield
新・信長公記〜クラスメイトは戦国武将〜
A history buff mad scientist cloned warlords of Japanese civil war period out of his curiosity and released them to the world.
And 15 years later... The cloned warlords grew up as highschoolers gathered in Ginnan High School. To be the ruler of the school, they were expected to be fighting each o...
Octo: Mind Investigator Akari Shinno
オクトー感情捜査官 心野朱梨
Octo is a detective drama that fits the current times where crimes with ambiguous motives are increasing. Unlike existing detective stories focusing on finding criminals and working out tricks, Octo spotlights finding motives, the emotions that triggered the crimes.
An eccentric female detective ...
オンリー・ユー 愛されて
This is a pure love story of the young man with mild intellectual disability and a top fashion model.
Sumio has mild intellectual disability and works at the restaurant, Sezon. He could not communicate with others well, but he is pure like a child. Sumio’s favorite activity is to watch outside by...
Otasukeya -Jinpachi the Helping Hero-
お助け屋☆陣八
Girls deceived into paying money to bad guys…
Elderly involved in a banking fraud…
Kids being bullied…
The little injustices that we can all relate to…
Because of injustice, the dreams of people looking for happiness are shattered.
Of course, we want to help people out, but to lend out a h...
シロでもクロでもない世界で、パンダは笑う。
Boldly expose hidden dark truths！
The streets are swamped with malicious sexual and power harassment, corporate fraud, and corrupt authorities… Amidst the slew of tabloid stories, internet rumors and speculations about these crimes, the truth often remains gray, disappearing into the darkness.
B...
騙し合いバトルロワイヤル THE完全犯罪
It is a psychological quiz battle based on the werewolf game between three players who want to answer correctly and X, who wants to answer all questions incorrectly.
This is a one-story game.
In each episode, we have cast four people with different relationships.
For example, in an episode f...
おじさんはカワイイものがお好き。
Mitsutaka Oji is an attractive hard-working manager, admired by both his superiors and subordinates. Well-mannered, gentlemanly, and stylish to boot, he’s popular among women. However, this man has a secret... He absolutely loves cute things! Mitsutaka can’t resist cuteness, and he’s head over heels...
ピュアソウル ～君が僕を忘れても～
Happily married to Koichi, 30 year-old Kaoru’s world is shaken when she is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease. Amidst this turmoil, they discover that Kaoru is pregnant. Deciding to keep the baby, they name their little girl Himawari. But Kaoru’s condition worsens, and she begins to wonder what she ...
クイズ！オンリーワン
A brand new type of ranking quiz that everyone will become addicted to!
Aim for 1 in 100! You’ll find yourself playing along! A hundred people are surveyed on a topic such as, “Name a celebrity with Paul in their name.” Studio panelists must match the answer that is only one – that is a response ...
でたらめヒーロー
Kenta Kusumi (31) is jobless, single, and in debt. His best friend Shuji, a police officer, often tells him, “Get your act together, you’re 30!” but Kenta lacks any drive or will. One day he is asked by his sister to take care of her son, Daichi. Kenta hates children and is reluctant, but trouble oc...
リピート ～運命を変える10か月～
What if you could have another go on some events in life?
One day, librarian Ayumi receives a mysterious phone call from a strange man named Kazama, who tells her that an earthquake is going to happen at 6:45pm. She thinks it’s just a joke, however an earthquake really does happen at exactly 6:45...
愛に乱暴
Having or not having a spouse, children, or a job. Women today have the “freedom to choose the lives they want”; and yet, they are divided by various social factors. The main character is Momoko, who quits her job upon marriage but a misfortune leaves her childless. Then her husband (Mamoru) has an ...
琉神ジュワラ―
Ryujin Juwara is a localized version of Ryujin Mabuyer, which is a top-rated TV series in Okinawa. This version imparts the essence of Malay tradition and culture to the young generation. Ryujin Juwara is a hit with young Malaysians.
“Ryujin Mabuyer” is a community-based live-action superhero TV ...
秘密諜報員エリカ
A cool spy and a loving mother!!
Erika is a normal housewife, the kind you can find on any street in Japan. But she has a secret she can’t tell anyone. She is a former spy, who quit her job to live with her salaryman husband and young son. Nobody knows she used to be a spy, not her parents, or h...
シークレット同盟
Shian is a college girl with a severe case of androphobia, who prefers her own company. The somewhat lonely girl has stunning looks that make all the other girls on the campus swoon over her. Suddenly, Ritsuko, a pretty freshman girl who’s been garnering a lot of attention, admits that she has feeli...
シスター
A story of a woman who falls for the wrong man, and her wicked and scheming older sister who stands in her way to happiness... Nagisa and Saho are close-knit sisters living together, who were born quite a few years apart. One day, the younger sister Nagisa finds out that her coworker and secret crus...
宇宙兄弟
'“The older brother should always be ahead of the younger one...”
Once upon a time there were two brothers, Hibito and Mutta. Hibito, the littler brother, had been blessed with good luck since the day he was born. Mutta, the elder, had always had bad luck. One day, the two brothers saw a UFO. Thi...
自転しながら公転する
Having had her dreams broken, Miyako, age 30, returns to her hometown in Ibaraki from Tokyo. As her friends are getting married or getting an older boyfriend, she meets 29 year old Kanichi, a gentle but financially unstable guy. But even with a boyfriend, dating is different than when she was in he...
ビッグ☆プレイ
New dynamic and crazy extreme sports is born.
The game is simple. Contestants go on the swing and kick their shoe as far as they can. That’s it.
However, the swing is not normal. We create the monster size swing of 35m height with huge crane. With this monster size swing, contestants swing and k...
最高の最下位
There are various rankings in the world, but everyone focuses on the top spot... However, if you change your perspective, the worst can even be praised as the best! The unknown “bests” among the worst are uncovered in this program! Delivering the best of the worst from a positive point of view.
彼女たちの犯罪
We all want to be happy. This is a story of ordinary women in their mid-thirties, who find themselves at a crossroads in their lives. They all used to be young and shining, but the passage of time robbed them of many things while burdening them with other things. And yet, they keep pursuing their ha...
言われるマンマ
"The Delicious Journey" is a reality game show / travelogue searching for the best dish of someone’s whole life.
The following question is asked to people walking by…“What is the dish you really want to eat again?” The answer would be for example: “The sushi I ate on my trip to Hokkaido”, or “The...
The Detective is Way Ahead Season 2
探偵が早すぎる 春のトリック返し祭り
A love story filled with comedy and solving mysteries?!
Season 2 of The Detective is Way Ahead is jam-packed with all of that!
This comedy-mystery is so exhilarating that you won't be able to take your eyes off the action even for a second!
No one dies, and no accidents!
Picking up on the sl...
夏の庭
An award-winning film by Shinji Somai. Jun, spectacled Watanabe, and plump Yamashita make up a trio of sixth-grade boys who come to understand death for the first time during their summer vacation. When Yamashita’s grandmother dies, the boys go to stay with the grandfather to help him out. During th...
The Guide -Five Stars in Kyoto-
五つ星ツーリスト～最高の旅、ご案内します!!～
Kyoto, one of Japan's most popular cities, attracts around 50 million visitors a year. Kyoka Takase works for a travel agency there, and has a legendary reputation as the city's preeminent bespoke tour guide. Whatever the request, whoever the visitor – she’s always able arrange the ultimate and most...
The Inheritance Lawyer: Shinichi Kakizaki
遺産相続弁護士 柿崎真一
“May you rest in peace.”
In the downtown area of Yokohama area, the Kakizaki Shinichi law firm stand. Shinichi has been an elite lawyer representing major companies and handling criminal cases. However, due to a two month business suspension he received two years ago, he had lost all the trust he...
ランチ合コン探偵
A delicious lunchtime combo filled with“things that women love”: Group dating, gourmet food, and mysteries! A mystery drama that brings together, these three female favorites! Women in today’s world are extremely busy! They want to meet guys efficiently and seize opportunities that will change their...
The Promise: The Truth from 16 Years Ago
約束～16年目の真実～
There’s someone sinister living in this town... A female detective, who has once lost everything in her life to the string of murders, comes back to her hometown. She sets about uncovering “the truth from the past,” which triggers the killer to reappear! The serial killer who stole everything from h...
切り取りドン！
One-second music buzzer quiz!
Panelists must guess the song after hearing just a one-second clip. All songs being questioned are famous songs that everyone knows. Panelists will choose the part of the song they think will be easiest to identify. That one second chosen will determines the player’s...
オールスターの皆様に芸能界の厳しさを教えます
Fame is life?! Celebrities losing their image?!
This program shows celebrities in a new light, as we find out what it’s really like to be famous through a series of quizzes. Japan's most famous TV host subjects a panel of celebrities to the quizzes… Will humiliation or glory ensue?
1.Example qui...
“What is the top brand chosen from 1000 men and women of all ages?”
In this whole new type of a survey show, the studio panelists will try to guess which item received the most votes. The presenter decides the odds on his own judgment. When the odds are open, the studio panelists will be misled, ...
A new cooking show by the director of “Iron Chef”
In this spectacular studio based cooking show, 2 couples compete to see which team can create the best dish to win a cash prize! Within 40 minutes, couples need to cooperate and create 2 dishes. However, the kitchens are separated and conversation...
The Secret is Out! HOMETOWN PRIDE
秘密のケンミンSHOW
Learn all about the unique parts of Japan!
This show highlights the differences between different parts of the country, focusing on language and culture. Although Japan is geographically a relatively small country, each prefecture has its own traditions, dialect, foods, etc. This program shows w...
The Secret is Out! HOMETOWN PRIDE KIWAMI
秘密のケンミンSHOW 極
You might not be aware of the secrets hidden in your own country... There are 47 prefectures in Japan, each with its own unique culture and customs. Each one has its own shocking culinary traditions, festivals, and customs that will make you wonder whether they all really come from Japan. The Secret...
脳にスマホが埋められた
“Where did my life go wrong?”
Divorced, in need to pay child-support, and now a layoff candidate at his company; Keita Orimo, 34 years old was in the pits of despair. However, it all changes when his brain suddenly became a smartphone! Now his vision can see messages people send on their phones, ...
極主夫道
An infamous yakuza sets out to master the Way of the Househusband!“The Immortal Dragon”—an infamous and feared yakuza who has left behind countless legends in the underworld—has decided to wash his hands of his dark past and become...a “househusband”! Under the watchful eye of the neighborhood, the ...
The WAY OF THE HOUSEHUSBAND: The Cinema
極主夫道 ザ・シネマ
The most（notorious）househusband in history appears！！
The sinister Yakuza who left behind many legends in the underworld, “The Immortal Dragon”
He washed his hands of the Yakuza lifestyle, and the new path he chose...was “househusband”!
Up to now, in Japan ‘househusbands’ were a rare breed, but th...
THE5連覇無双
This is a " head-to-head" battle between five challengers and a champion of various genres.
The challenger will challenge with a striking skill he or she is good at, and the champion must take all fight.
In short, the champion must fight with the five specialists, regardless of his or her own str...
THE5連覇無双
This is a " head-to-head" battle between five challengers and a champion of various genres.
The challenger will challenge with a striking skill he or she is good at, and the champion must take all fight.
In short, the champion must fight with the five specialists, regardless of his or her own str...
勝利の法廷式
Ran Kagura (age 29) was once a talented child performer. She grew up and became an attorney, but she couldn’t save her best friend who was wrongfully convicted of murder. Ran has disappeared from the legal circles since then. A year later, an online legal column catches people’s attention. It is wri...
月収ぶっちゃけハウマッチ!!
Does your neighbor seem to have it all?
Does another neighbor never buy a new car and pinch pennies?
Can you guess what their monthly income might be?
The truth might surprise you! As two reporters investigate the target family, studio panelists must try to guess the family’s monthly income. Th...
めぐる未来
Mirai, a 25-year-old man who keeps to himself,is hiding a certain secret from his beloved wife Meguru...The truth is that he’s suffering from an unexplained disease that causes him to travel back in time whenever he experiences sudden, intense emotions. It was Meguru who brought him solace from his ...
CHEAT ～詐欺師の皆さん、ご注意ください～
Saki Hoshino, age 25. The daughter of a legendary conman, and hailed as a genius,she was scouted to join the “Conman Hit-back Expert A-Team”, aka CHEAT.
But she has “a little secret” that cannot be revealed.
She is an “IDOL”...
She has to hide her true self not to be found out that she’s the ...
電波教師
To teach or not to teach? Such is the dilemma facing 22-year old otaku nerd and physics wunderkind Junichiro Kagami, in The Ultimate Otaku Teacher [Denpa Kyoushi ], an anime based on the bestselling weekly manga of the same name.
Burned out after being published in esteemed science journal “Natur...
An unprecedented uprising in the history of the kitchen is coming!
A battle between a first-class chef, a housewife celeb, and an amateur cooking celeb.
They cook a dish based on a theme and compete to see which is the tastier. However, the budget the three chefs can spend on food shopping is as...
VISION -the Girl Who Sees Murders-
VISION～殺しが見える女～
In this drama, an unpopular fashion model suddenly develops a supernatural ability to see murder scenes before the murders occur. While fearing her new ability, she meets a detective under suspension, after being involved in a certain murder case...
Together, the two of them begin to use her unique...
Voluntary Appearance: Can You Tell Me Who You Are?
任意同行願えますか？
This program dives into surveys of people who work in industries that “seem interesting but have many unknowns.” Looking at the surveys they gathered, the three hosts let their imaginations run wild and select people that particularly stand out to them. They invite the person they chose to represent...
クイズ！のぞき見マーケット
Peek in the cart at home improvement store!
Let’s check out what’s in the customers’ cart at the home improvement store!
This show will reveal what kinds of great things customers bought and how they will use it. Based on what they purchased and their hints, studio panelists will try to guess what...
ヤッターマン
“The hit anime series from the ‘70s is refashioned for the 21st century!”
Join Gan, his girlfriend Ai, and their all-purpose rescue robot dog, Yatterman, as they strive to foil the plans of the evil Doronbo gang. This gang will do whatever it takes to steal the Dokuro Rings, which, if all five ar...
押しつけクイズ YOU！ ANSWER！！
This quiz show is one like no other!
It‘s the fastest finger first quiz. But there is a catch...
▼ In front of each of the 5 contestants, there are 4 buttons.
▼ However, none of these buttons correspond to that person. Instead, they are for the other 4 people.
▼ In other words, when a conte...
“My Life” -survival rate of 0%・I’ll defeat the little bug in my stomach-
ぼくのいのち
I’ll defeat the little bug in my stomach!” In Hyogo prefecture Aioi city, Michiyo Kawada lived a tranquil life with her husband and three sons. Their 4 year old son Yuhei Kawada loved sports and brightened the family with his cheerful personality. However, his body developed a rare cancer that only ...