This is a list of Japanese television dramas often called by fans.
The list is not complete, and aims to include all those Japanese television dramas that are somehow of interest for Wikipedia contents.
1980s
1980
Covert Journal of Yukihime's Journey (TBS) 3 nen B gumi Kinpachi Sensei (3年B組金八先生) (TBS) Hadaka no Taisho Horoki (裸の大将放浪記) (Fuji TV)
1981
Father's kitchen (おやじの台所) (TV Asahi) Jikans Season 4 (事件) (NHK) Kita no Kuni Kara (北の国から) (Fuji TV)
1982
Hiatari Ryōkō!, based on the manga series of the same name by Mitsuru Adachi
1983
Oshin, created by Sugako Hashida, starring Ayako Kobayashi and Yūko Tanaka. It is based on the fictional biography of a Japanese woman.
1984
Sanga Moyu, starring Matsumoto Hakuō II and Kenji Sawada. (NHK)
1985
Sukeban Deka, based on the manga series of the same name by Shinji Wada
Sukeban Deka II: Shōjo Tekkamen Densetsu
Ponytail wa Furimukanai
1986
Abunai Deka
Sukeban Deka 3: Shōjo Ninpōjō Denki
1987
Kamen Rider Black
1990s
1991
Tokyo Love Story (東京ラブストーリー) starring Yūji Oda, Honami Suzuki
1992
Sono toki Heartwa Nusumareta (その時ハ-トは盜まれた) - starring Sae Isshiki, Takuya Kimura and Yuki Uchida
1995
Aishiteiru to Itte Kure (愛していると言ってくれ)
1996
Long Vacation – starring Takuya Kimura, Tomoko Yamaguchi, Takako Matsu, Yutaka Takenouchi, Ryō, and Ryōko Hirosue Furuhata Ninzaburo - by Kōki Mitani starring Masakazu Tamura, and Masahiko Nishimura. Iguana Girl Itazura Na Kiss - starring Aiko Sato and Takashi Kashiwabara
1997
Bayside Shakedown (踊る大捜査線) - starring Yūji Oda. Glass Mask (Series 1) (ガラスの仮面) - starring Yumi Adachi, Megumi Matsumoto, Seiichi Tanabe, and Hinako Saeki Love Generation (ラブ ジェネレーション)
1998
Glass Mask (Series 2) (ガラスの仮面2) - starring Yumi Adachi, Megumi Matsumoto, Seiichi Tanabe, and Hinako Saeki Great Teacher Onizuka - starring Takashi Sorimachi, Nanako Matsushima, Oguri Shun, and Yōsuke Kubozuka Shomuni, an office lady comedy starring Makiko Esumi Nemureru Mori (A Sleeping Forest), It is written by Nozawa Hisashi, starring Miho Nakayama and Takuya Kimura, and features music by Mariya Takeuchi (Theme song - Camouflage) and U2 (With or Without You).
1999
- starring Nanako Matsushima and Hideaki Takizawa
Ringu- Saishūshō-
2000s
2000
Beautiful Life - starring Takuya Kimura, Takako Tokiwa, and Koyuki
Food Fight - starring Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Kyoko Fukada, Rie Miyazawa, and Takuya Kimura The 6th Sayoko (六番目の小夜子) - starring Suzuki Anne, Chiaki Kuriyama, Takayuki Yamada, Ryo Katsuji, and Marika Matsumoto Summer Snow - starring Tsuyoshi Domoto, Ryōko Hirosue, Tsubasa Imai, Ikewaki Chizuru, and Oguri Shun Aikotoba wa Yūki - starring Kōji Yakusho, Shingo Katori, Kyōka Suzuki, Akira Terao, Jun Kunimura, Kōichi Yamadera, and Zen Kajiwara - starring Tomoya Nagase, Ai Kato, Yamashita Tomohisa, Ken Watanabe, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Yōsuke Kubozuka, Shun Oguri, and Koyuki Trick (トリック)- starring Yukie Nakama, Hiroshi Abe
2001
Ashita ga Arusa - starring Masatoshi Hamada, Izumi Inamori, Takashi Fujii, Shozo Endo and Naoki Tanaka, and Hitoshi Matsumoto Hero - starring Takuya Kimura, Takako Matsu, and Hiroshi Abe Strawberry on the Shortcake (ストロベリー・オンザ・ショートケーキ) - starring Hideaki Takizawa, Kyoko Fukada, Yōsuke Kubozuka, and Rina Uchiyama The Files of Young Kindaichi (Series 3) (金田一少年の事件簿 thirdseason) - starring Matsumoto Jun, Suzuki Anne, Kazue Fukiishi, and Haruka Ayase San nen B-gumi Kinpachi Sensei (Series 6) - starring Tetsuya Takeda, Aya Ueto, Mari Hoshino, Takahisa Masuda, and Shigeaki Kato