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- StarsMiki NakataniAtsuro WatabeKen'ichi YajimaJun Shibata, daughter of an infamous detective, it's on the fast track to leadership within the Metropolitan Police Department. While socially awkward, she is a crime solving genius with superior mental abilities. Assigned to the cold case unit to gain experience, she meets a motley group of investigators who are considered a joke by the senior detectives. Using her deductive abilities, she and her team work on some of the most bizarre unsolved cases ever encountered.
- 2010– 10 eps7.4 (373)TV SeriesStarsErika TodaRyô KaseRyunosuke KamikiElite officer reassigned to Unidentified Crimes Unit after an incident involving his subordinate. He teams up with a genius who possesses supernatural "SPEC" abilities, uncovering a criminal world run by powerful SPEC individuals.
- StarsMasato SakaiYui AragakiKôtarô SatomiA never-lose lawyer, Kensuke Komikado, uses his way and understanding of the spirit of the law to win every case on the court of law.
- StarsMasato SakaiAya UetoMitsuhiro OikawaAn idealistic banker takes on corruption and wrongdoing at his corporate bank. He must use his financial expertise, his instincts about human nature, and his skills of improvisation to try to stay one step ahead of his powerful enemies.
- StarsRyôko YonekuraIttoku KishibeYuki UchidaDaimon Michiko is a freelance surgeon who wanders from hospital to hospital because the harsh environment led many doctors to retire. However, Michiko doesn't look like a doctor at all with her flashy clothes and eccentric attitude.
- StarsTôru NakamuraAyako ImotoYûdai ChibaMachi Sangenya is an excellent real estate agent who will do anything to sell the property to her customers, including meeting their families and solving their personal problems.
- StarsYui AragakiMasaki OkadaMitsuhiro OikawaKyoko Okitegami is known as the Forgetful Private Detective. When she wakes up in the morning, her memory is reset. Because of her condition, she has to solve every case just in a day.
- StarsYui AragakiGen HoshinoRyôhei OhtaniMoriyama Mikuri had graduated from university and got no job offers. She became a temporary employee but was even laid off. Now, she works as a housekeeper for bachelor Tsuzaki Hiramasa by chance and he proposes a contract marriage to her.
- StarsMasami NagasawaMasahiro HigashideFumiyo KohinataDako (Masami Nagasawa) is a con woman who takes money from wealthy people like yakuza bosses and evil businessmen. She works with Boku-chan (Masahiro Higashide) and Richard (Fumiyo Kohinata) to carry their plans using fantastic teamwork.
- StarsKiichi NakaiYukari KanasawaAnna Odaka11 mysteries, 11 actors. Japan's favorite mystery author, the world of Higashino Keigo comes to life on screen through an assortment of short stories. For every episode, there will be a different lead actor and story, it's themes varying from mystery to comedy to horror to human drama. Nakai Kiichi is the navigator as he takes you on a journey through each episode, seasoned with Higashino's authentic spices, failing your assumptions with vivid story composition and an even bigger betrayal before the finale.
- StarsTsuyoshi KusanagiYûko ÔshimaFumino KimuraThe story begins with an inventor and entrepreneur's suicide. Despite his company being on the brink of a breakthrough he is out of money and out of time. All is lost. His son vows to put things right, but he first has to pick himself up and that is not a simple concern.
- StarsTomoya NagaseYui AragakiYûya TegoshiThe series follows Makio Sakaki, a 27-year-old aiming to become his father's successor. To prove his worth, he must pass high school and overcome various challenges including friendship, righteousness, and potential love.
- StarsHiroshi AbeMasami NagasawaSaekoKenji Sakuragi is a lawyer and former member of a motorcycle gang. He takes on the challenge of preparing a special class for a famous stupid school, Ryuuzan to enter the prestigious Toudai University.
- StarsYukie NakamaHiroshi AbeKatsuhisa NamaseQuirky professor Jiro Ueda and struggling magician Naoko Yamada investigate and unmask the fraudulent people who claim to have supernatural abilities.
- StarsYû AoiJun'ichi OkadaSadao AbeThe show revolves around Rakugo, a traditional Japanese comedy that can look back on a 400 year long history. It tells about a Yakuza who goes to a Rakugo performer to collect debts, and a talented comedian who tries to change his destiny.
- CreatorShinobu KaitaniStarsErika TodaShôta MatsudaMichiko KichiseThe trusting and naive Nao suddenly finds herself participating in the mysterious Liar Game, a game in which players receive large sums of money and then have to deceive each other.
- StarsShun OguriMunetaka AokiHaruIshikawa Ango is a very capable detective that lives only for his job. One day, while investigating a crime scene, he gets shot in the head by the criminal that was still lurking about. Ango gets thrown over that line that divides life and death but, though he dies, doctor's are able to reanimate him and he pulls through. Yet, the bullet remains stuck in his head as the operation to remove it is very dangerous. Shortly after, he goes back to work and soon realizes that he's now able to see and talk with the recently departed.
- StarsYûki FurukawaTomoka KurotaniReo UchikawaAfter finding his mom killed, Satoru's time-traveling ability takes him back 18 years for a chance to prevent her death and those of three classmates.
- StarsAya UetoSeiyô UchinoGekidan HitoriThe story focuses on 26-year-old Rika, a single editor who is unskilled in love. The story starts when a man appears before her, telling her that he is her husband from 10 years in the future. He informs her that she will meet the young version of himself in a few days, but begs her not to marry him.
- StarsSatomi IshiharaArata IuraMasataka KubotaStories of Unnatural Death Investigation, a Japanese non-governmental organization as they work on unnatural death cases and try to reveal the truth behind the deaths.
- StarsTakaya KamikawaMasahiro KômotoChiaki Kuriyama"CSI: Crime Scene Talks" depicts the work of a group of detectives who solve murder cases by looking for clues in the articles left by victims.
- StarsChiaki KobayashiJun'ichi SuwabeNatsumi FujiwaraA Japanese conman crosses paths with a French rival, and gets entangled in conspiracies and scams beyond his wildest dreams.
- CreatorHaro AsoStarsKento YamazakiTao TsuchiyaNijirô MurakamiArisu - a listless, jobless and video-game-obsessed young man - suddenly finds himself in a strange, emptied-out version of Tokyo in which he and his friends must compete in dangerous games in order to survive.
- StarsHaru KurokiTomoya NakamuraYoshiko MitaNagi seems to have it all: a good job, a boyfriend, friends at work. Unfortunately, she overhears her coworkers and boyfriend dissing her, so she stays home from work, and no one comes to see her. She decides to quit, and move to the country, and let her curly hair hang free.