The Prime Time Report is an overview of dramas and drama specials that have aired during the prime time and all of their competitors. The occasional 2-hour dramas that don’t belong to a drama series will get listed as well, but not their competitors if no other drama aired in that time slot, except for a few that have an interesting cast. In addition morning and noon dramas, if available, will be added to the report as often as possible. Some dramas and variety shows will also get featured with a couple of screencaps, but this is not going to happen on a regular basis.

Improvements and declines will get illustrated by several icons. The colors of the icons and numbers inside of them indicate how much the ratings have changed. Orange… almost no change / Red… ratings dropped / Green… ratings improved

11/22 – Monday

08:00-08:15 – 15.8% Teppan
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13:30-14:00 – 06.5% Hanayome no Ren
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20:12-21:48 – 15.0% Otameshika! & Qsama!! 3h SP
20:00-20:54 – 11.5% Mitokomon Season 42
20:00-21:54 – 06.3% Toy Story
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21:00-21:54 – 13.9% Nagareboshi
21:00-21:54 – 11.5% Ippunkan no Fukaii Hanashi
21:00-22:00 – 11.3% News Watch 9
21:00-22:54 – 05.7% Chikyu SHOW Gakko
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22:00-22:54 – 16.3% SMAPxSMAP
21:54-23:10 – 13.1% Hodo Station
22:00-22:54 – 12.1% Shabekuri 007
22:00-22:50 – 07.5% Professional Shigoto no Ryuugi
22:00-22:54 – 03.2% Mori no Asagao
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23:50-24:20 – 03.3% Ojiichan wa 25-sai

Nagareboshi – Ueto Aya caps:

Nagareboshi – Kitano Kie caps (more):

Shabekuri 007 – Kuriyama Chiaki caps:

Ojiichan wa 25-sai – Kurashina Kana caps (more):

11/23 – Tuesday

08:00-08:15 – 15.9% Teppan
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21:00-21:54 – 15.4% Freeter
20:00-21:48 – 13.7% Yowiko no Mujinto! Kimura Takuya SP
21:00-22:00 – 13.2% News Watch 9
20:54-21:54 – 11.4% Kaiun! Nandemo Kantei Dan
21:00-21:54 – 08.6% Korette Ari Desuka?
21:00-21:54 – 06.4% Kaikin! Story
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21:54-23:10 – 16.3% Hodo Station
22:00-22:54 – 13.3% Guilty
22:00-22:54 – 10.2% Majotachi no 22ji
22:00-22:50 – 08.3% Second Virgin
22:00-22:54 – 07.9% Lincoln
22:00-22:54 – 05.1% Gaia no Yoake
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23:50-24:20 – 03.7% Ojiichan wa 25-sai

Freeter – Karina caps:

Freeter – Okamoto Rei caps:

Guilty – Kichise Michiko caps (more):

11/24 – Wednesday

08:00-08:15 – 17.1% Teppan
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13:30-14:00 – 06.6% Hanayome no Ren
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21:00-21:54 – 21.1% Aibou Season 9
21:00-21:54 – 15.3% Honmo Dekka!? TV
21:00-21:54 – 14.5% The! Sekai Gyoten News
21:00-22:00 – 11.2% News Watch 9
21:00-21:54 – 05.4% Kuraberu Kurabera
21:00-22:09 – 02.9% Ryouri no Gaijin
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21:54-23:10 – 16.3% Hodo Station
22:00-22:54 – 13.0% Ougon no Buta
22:00-22:54 – 11.2% The Best House 123
22:00-22:54 – 09.3% Ichi-Hachi
22:00-22:45 – 08.2% Rekishi Hiwa Historia
22:15-23:09 – 04.1% Yarisugi Kouji
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23:50-24:20 – 03.8% Ojiichan wa 25-sai

Ojiichan wa 25-sai – Kurashina Kana caps:

11/25 – Thursday

08:00-08:15 – 15.9% Teppan
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13:30-14:00 – 05.5% Hanayome no Ren
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19:00-20:54 – 11.9% Best Hit Kayosai 2010
19:00-20:54 – 07.6% SupaMoku!! Super Thursday
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19:57-20:54 – 13.2% Kiseki Taiken! Unbelievable
20:00-20:54 – 13.1% Kyoto Chiken no Onna 6
20:00-20:43 – 08.4% Shin Kankaku Game Questa
19:58-21:48 – 07.3% Sora Kara no Nihon wo Mitemiyo
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21:00-21:54 – 13.0% Nasake no Onna
21:00-21:54 – 12.8% Tunnels no Minasan
21:00-21:54 – 11.8% Himitsu no Kenmin Show SP
21:00-21:54 – 11.7% Wataru Seken wa oni Bakari 10
21:00-22:00 – 11.1% News Watch 9
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21:54-23:10 – 14.6% Hodo Station
22:00-22:54 – 13.1% Iryu 3
22:00-22:54 – 09.4% Himitsu no Arashi-chan
22:00-22:50 – 08.0% Buratamori
22:00-22:54 – 04.3% Cambria Kyuden
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23:50-24:20 – 04.2% Ojiichan wa 25-sai (end)
23:58-24:38 – 03.4% FACE MAKER

Ojiichan wa 25-sai – Kurashina Kana caps (more):

11/26 – Friday

08:00-08:15 – 16.7% Teppan
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13:30-14:00 – 06.7% Hanayome no Ren
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21:00-22:52 – 13.0% Kyukei no Koya (Part 1)*
         *Cast: Tamura Masakazu, Eguchi Yosuke, Ikuta Toma, Higa Manami…
21:00-21:54 – 13.0% Nakai Masahiro no KinSma
21:00-22:00 – 11.3% News Watch 9
21:05-22:59 – 10.9% Ghost
21:00-22:48 – 09.4% Sokon Tokoro SP
21:00-21:54 – 07.1% Kenji Onijima Heihachiro
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21:54-23:10 – 10.4% Hodo Station
22:00-22:54 – 09.6% SPEC
22:00-22:45 – 04.8% World Strollers
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23:05-23:35 – 09.7% Another Sky
23:00-23:30 – 08.4% Hitoshi Matsumoto no OO na Hanashi
23:15-24:15 – 07.7% Himitsu
23:00-23:30 – 06.9% A-Studio
22:54-23:58 – 05.5% World Business Satellite
22:55-23:50 – 04.4% Bizspo Wide

SPEC – Toda Erika caps (more):

11/27 – Saturday

08:00-08:15 – 14.9% Teppan
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19:00-19:30 – 16.1% News 7
19:00-19:56 – 13.5% Tensai! Shimura Dobutsuen
19:03-20:51 – 12.2% Figure Skating Grand Prix in France
19:30-20:00 – 09.0% Katsura Chizuru Shinsatsu Nichiroku
19:00-19:57 – 08.9% Sekai Shogeki Eizo Sha
19:00-20:54 – 08.3% Tobidase! SP
19:00-20:54 – 08.3% Saturday Special
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21:00-23:21 – 13.2% Shindai Tokkyu Cassiopeia Satsujin Jiken
21:00-21:54 – 12.0% Sekai Fushigi Hakken!
21:00-23:10 – 10.9% Kyukei no Koya (Part 2)*
        *Cast: Tamura Masakazu, Eguchi Yosuke, Ikuta Toma, Higa Manami…
21:00-21:54 – 10.9% Q10
21:00-21:54 – 08.6%  Shutsubotsu! Adomachikku Tengoku
21:00-22:15 – 08.2%   Kokoro no Ito**
       **Cast: Matsuyuki Yasuko, Kamiki Ryuunosuke, Tanimura Mitsuki…

Q10 – Maeda Atsuko caps (more):

Q10 – Fukuda Mayuko caps (more):

11/28 – Sunday

18:59-20:54 – 13.5% Figure Skating Grand Prix in France
19:00-20:54 – 08.6% Quiz Talent Meikan SP
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20:00-21:15 – 21.3% Ryoma den (final)
19:58-20:54 – 16.4% Sekai no Hate Made Itte Q!
19:58-20:54 – 08.6% G?Wars
19:54-21:48 – 07.8% Sunday Big Variety
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21:00-21:54 – 18.2% Gyoretsu no Dekiru Horitsu Sodanja
21:00-22:54 – 13.3% The Golden Compass
21:30-22:24 – 13.2% Jyuui Dolittle
21:32-22:21 – 08.7%  NHK Special: Yokuzuna Hakuho Saikyo-e no Chosen
21:00-21:54 – 05.6% Perfect Report
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23:30-24:25 – 09.7% Reinoryokusha Odagiri Kyoko no Uso

Jyuui Dolittle – Inoue Mao caps (more):

Perfect Report – Aibu Saki caps:

Odagiri Kyoko – Ishihara Satomi caps (more):

Odagiri Kyoko – Oshima Yuuko caps (more):

Green Color = Episode with the highest ratings of that dorama
Red Color = Episode with the lowest ratings of that dorama

Fall Season
Mondays
Nagareboshi (KJ: Ueto Aya, Kitano Kie, Kawaguchi Haruna…) Episode 01: 13.6% Episode 02: 14.2% Episode 03: 13.7% Episode 04: 15.0% Episode 05: 12.6% Episode 06: 13.9%	Mori no Asagao (KJ: Kashii Yuu, Tanimura Mitsuki…) Episode 01: 05.8% Episode 02: 03.8% Episode 03: 04.6% Episode 04: 04.3% Episode 05: 04.1% Episode 06: 03.2%

Tuesdays
Freeter (KJ: Karina, Okamoto Rei…) Episode 01: 17.6% Episode 02: 16.8% Episode 03: 17.7% Episode 04: 17.4% Episode 05: 16.7% Episode 06: 15.4%	Guilty (KJ: Kanno Miho, Kichise Michiko…) Episode 01: 15.4% Episode 02: 12.6% Episode 03: 10.8% Episode 04: 14.7% Episode 05: 11.3% Episode 06: 11.3% Episode 07: 13.3%
Second Virgin (KJ: Suzuki Kyoka, Fukada Kyoko…) Episode 01: 05.5% Episode 02: 07.3% Episode 03: 08.6% Episode 04: 07.8% Episode 05: 08.3% Episode 06: 09.4% Episode 07: 08.3%	Yamikin Ushijima-kun (KJ: Katase Nana, Yokoyama Mayuki…) Episode 01: 01.8% Episode 02: 02.4% Episode 03: 02.2% Episode 04: 03.3% Episode 05: 02.9% Episode 06: 02.5%
Kurohyou: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinshou (KJ: Haru…) Episode 01: 01.0% Episode 02: 01.9% Episode 03: 01.8% Episode 04: 01.6% Episode 05: 02.3% Episode 06: 02.1%

Wednesdays
Aibou Season 9 (KJ: …) Episode 01: 17.7% Episode 02: 19.6% Episode 03: 18.4% Episode 04: 20.2% Episode 05: 21.1%	Ougon no Buta (KJ: Shinohara Ryoko, Yamaguchi Sayaka…) Episode 01: 15.3% Episode 02: 14.2% Episode 03: 12.1% Episode 04: 15.2% Episode 05: 14.1% Episode 06: 13.0%

Thursdays
Kyoto Chiken no Onna 6 (KJ: …) Episode 01: 11.1% Episode 02: 12.7% Episode 03: 11.5% Episode 04: 12.0% Episode 05: 14.3% Episode 06: 11.3% Episode 07: 13.1%	Nasake no Onna (KJ: Yonekura Ryoko…) Episode 01: 17.6% Episode 02: 13.1% Episode 03: 12.6% Episode 04: 15.1% Episode 05: 12.1% Episode 06: 13.0%
Wataru Seken wa oni Bakari 10 (KJ: …) Episode 01: 13.3% Episode 02: 10.8% Episode 03: 12.0% Episode 04: 11.4% Episode 05: 11.8% Episode 06: 11.7%	Iryu 3 (KJ: Inamori Izumi, Tanimura Mitsuki…) Episode 01: 16.4% Episode 02: 14.8% Episode 03: 12.5% Episode 04: 12.9% Episode 05: 12.7% Episode 06: 15.2% Episode 07: 13.1%
FACE MAKER (KJ: Hinata Chiho…) Episode 01: 04.3% Guests: Ando Tamae (before), Kato Ai (after) Episode 02: 04.2% Guests: Yoshida Yo (before), Inoue Waka (after) Episode 03: 03.4% Guests: Sato Hiroko (before), Fujii Mina (after) Episode 04: 03.3% Guests: __ (before), __ (after) Episode 05: 02.5% Guests: Machida Mari (before), MEGUMI (after) Episode 06: 04.6% Guests: Watanabe Miyu (before), Iwasa Mayuko (after) Guests: Takizawa Saori (before), Watanabe Miyu (after) Episode 07: 03.3% Guests: Konno Narumi Episode 08: 03.4% Guests: Ito Risako

Fridays
Kenji Onijima Heihachiro (KJ: Uchida Yuki, Nishiyama Maki…) Episode 01: 09.0% Episode 02: 08.8% Episode 03: 09.3% Episode 04: 07.8% Episode 05: 06.1% Episode 06: 07.1%	SPEC (KJ: Toda Erika…) Episode 01: 11.5% Episode 02: 08.2% Episode 03: 10.1% Episode 04: 11.6% Episode 05: 12.1% Episode 06: 10.0% Episode 07: 09.6%
Himitsu (KJ: Shida Mirai, Motokariya Eika, Hayashi Tantan…) Episode 01: 10.1% Episode 02: 08.8% Episode 03: 08.8% Episode 04: 08.8% Episode 05: 09.7% Episode 06: 07.9% Episode 07: 07.7%

Saturdays
Q10 (KJ: Maeda Atsuko, Renbutsu Misako, Takahata Mitsuki…) Episode 01: 15.3% Episode 02: 10.2% Episode 03: 10.7% Episode 04: 11.2% Episode 05: 10.9% Episode 06: 10.9% Episode 07: 10.9%

Sundays
Jyuui Dolittle (KJ: Inoue Mao. Fujisawa Ema…) Episode 01: 16.0% Episode 02: 13.3% Episode 03: 14.2% Episode 04: 14.5% Episode 05: 11.5% Episode 06: 13.2%	Perfect Report (KJ: Matsuyuki Yasuko, Aibu Saki…) Episode 01: 07.7% Episode 02: 07.9% Episode 03: 07.6% Episode 04: 09.7% Episode 05: 06.0% Episode 06: 05.6% Episode 06: 05.6%
Reinoryokusha Odagiri Kyoko no Uso (KJ: Ishihara Satomi, Oshima Yuuko…) Episode 01: 07.8% Episode 02: 07.0% Episode 03: 07.6% Episode 04: 07.5% Episode 05: 08.3% Episode 06: 07.5% Episode 07: 09.0% Episode 08: 09.7%

Green Color = Episode with the highest ratings of that dorama
Red Color = Episode with the lowest ratings of that dorama

Saturdays
Katsura Chizuru Shinsatsu Nichiroku (KJ: Ichikawa Yui…) Episode 01: 10.6% Episode 02: 08.3% Episode 03: 07.7% Episode 04: 08.3% Episode 05: 07.0% Episode 06: 08.6% Episode 07: 09.0% Episode 08: 09.4% Episode 09: 07.4% Episode 10: 07.9% Episode 11: 09.0%

Green Color = Episode with the highest ratings of that dorama
Red Color = Episode with the lowest ratings of that dorama

You can always check the "Drama Ratings Archive" (also available in the top menu) to find the ratings from previous seasons, daily dramas and NHK's taiga drama. Below you will find a list of past season's dramas that are still airing on TV, even though the new season has already begun.

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Written for: KawaiiJoyuu & tokyohive
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Since 2006 the two actors have often been working together. According to a friend of them their friendship has now developed into a serious relationship while working together on the movie "Love Come" (pictures) that opened in September this year.

Apparently love started to spring between the two of them during the filming for the movie in mid-June, although Karina had just lamented about seeing no signs of love in her life a few days earlier.

"They must have started dating this summer. Pictures of them going on dates and having meals together at restaurants in Tokyo are piling up left and right."

It's quite possible for the rumor to be true, since Tanaka already described himself as a person who is most likely to develop love through a friendship.

At a PR-Event for "Love Come" on September 25, he asked Karina to show how she is acting in front of the person she likes, but she dodged the question and said, "That I'm only going to show that person and nobody else." He liked the answer and replied, "That's great! Men like that!"

They both also commented on how much they have enjoyed acting out the dating scenes in the movie.

I haven't seen any pictures of them online yet, so it's hard to tell whether the rumor is true. However, Karina's agency already denied it, saying that, "They are 100% not in a relationship!"

It's also a fact that both of them are going to star in one drama each next season, thus many netizens already commented that they are probably just trying to create some publicity beforehand.

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Written by: KawaiiJoyuu
Sources: Daily Sports Online via Entame Scoop
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= Episode was 2.6% or more above the previous = Episode was 1.6%-2.5% above the previous = Episode was 0.6%-1.5% above the previous = Episode was similar to the previous (+/- 0.5%)

= Episode was 0.6%-1.5% below the previous = Episode was 1.6%-2.5% below the previous = Episode was 2.6% or more below the previous

10/25 – Monday
08:00-08:15 – 18.2% - 20:00-20:54 – 09.9% 20:00-21:54 – 06.2% - 21:00-21:54 – 14.2% 21:00-21:54 – 11.7% 21:00-21:54 – 10.8% 21:00-22:00 – 09.8% 21:00-22:54 – 07.5%   - 22:00-22:54 – 16.1% 22:00-23:09 – 13.1% 21:54-23:10 – 12.4% 22:00-22:50 – 06.1% 22:00-22:54 – 03.8%	Teppan -  Mitokomon Season 42 Aizo Mystery -  Nagareboshi Takeshi no TV Tackle Ippunkan no Fukaii Hanashi News Watch 9 Asu mo Mata Ikiteikou (Aibu Saki, Higa Manami)         明日もまた生きていこう - Shabekuri 007 SMAPxSMAP SP Hodo Station Professional Shigoto no Ryuugi  Mori no Asagao
Nagareboshi – Ueto Aya caps: More Ueto Aya caps from that episode here! Nagareboshi – Kitano Kie caps: More Kitano Kie caps from that episode here! SMAPxSMAP SP – Maki Yoko caps: More Maki Yoko caps from that episode here!

10/26 – Tuesday
08:00-08:15 – 18.1% - 21:00-21:54 – 16.8% 20:54-21:54 – 11.9% 21:00-21:54 – 11.1% 21:00-22:00 – 11.0% 21:00-21:54 – 08.4% 21:00-21:54 – 06.0% -  21:54-23:10 – 12.9% 22:00-22:54 – 10.8% 22:00-22:54 – 10.0% 22:00-22:54 – 08.4%  22:00-22:50 – 08.6%  22:00-22:54 – 06.4% - 24:55-25:25 – 02.2% - 25:25-25:55 – 01.6%	Teppan  - Freeter Kaiun! Nandemo Kantei Dan London Hearts News Watch 9 Korette Ari Desuka? Kaikin! Story - Hodo Station Guilty Lincoln Majotachi no 22ji Second Virgin Gaia no Yoake - Yamikin Ushijima-kun - Kurohyou: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinshou
Freeter – Karina caps: More Karina caps from that episode here! Freeter – Okamoto Rei caps: More Okamoto Rei caps from that episode here! Second Virgin – Suzuki Kyoka caps: More Suzuki Kyoka caps from that episode here! Second Virgin – Fukada Kyoko caps: More Fukada Kyoko caps from that episode here! Psma – Ishihara Satomi caps: More Ishihara Satomi caps from that episode here! Lincoln – Toda Erika caps: More Toda Erika caps from that episode here! Ari Desuka? – Kato Rosa, Minamizawa Nao & Kato Natsuki caps: More Kato, Minamizawa and Kato caps from that episode here!

10/27 – Wednesday
08:00-08:15 – 16.6% - 21:00-21:54 – 19.6% 21:00-21:54 – 15.4% 21:00-21:54 – 12.4% 21:00-22:00 – 10.0% 21:00-22:48 – 08.4% 21:00-21:54 – 02.9% - 22:00-22:54 – 14.2%  21:54-23:10 – 12.4% 22:00-22:54 – 12.2% 22:00-23:24 – 08.2% 22:00-22:45 – 06.2%	Teppan - Aibou Season 9 Honmo Dekka!? The! Sekai Gyoten News News Watch 9 First Otoku Tour Experience SP Ryuuri no Kaijin SP - Ougon no Buta Hodo Station The Best House 123 Yarisugi Toshi Densetsu Rekishi Hiwa Historia
Ougon no Buta – Shinohara Ryoko caps: More Shinohara Ryoko caps from that episode here! Waratte Koreate – Horikita Maki caps: More Horikita Maki caps from that episode here!

10/28 – Thursday
08:00-08:15 – 16.1% - 19:00-20:54 – 11.8% - 19:56-20:54 – 15.0% 19:57-20:54 – 13.6% 20:00-20:54 – 11.5% 20:00-20:43 – 08.1% 19:58-20:54 – 06.6% - 21:00-21:54 – 15.1% 21:00-21:54 – 13.1% 21:00-21:54 – 12.9% 21:00-21:54 – 12.0% 21:00-22:00 – 09.3% 21:00-21:54 – 04.3% - 21:54-23:10 – 15.2% 22:00-22:54 – 12.5% 22:00-22:54 – 12.2% 22:00-22:54 – 12.0% 22:00-22:45 – 08.3% 22:00-22:54 – 03.2% - 23:58-24:38 – 03.3%	Teppan - Supa Moku!! - Guru-Guru Ninety-Nine Kiseki Taiken! Unbelievable Kyoto Chiken no Onna 6 Shin Kankaku Game Questa Sora Kara no Nihon wo Mitemiyo - Tunnels no Minasan Nasake no Onna Himitsu no Kenmin SHOW Wataru Seken wa oni Bakari 10 News Watch 9 Wafu Sohonke - Hodo Station Iryu 3 Himitsu no Arashi-chan! Downtown DX Buratamori Encore Cambria Kyuden - FACE MAKER
Iryu 3 – Kanazawa Miho caps: More Kanazawa Miho caps from that episode here!

10/29 – Friday
08:00-08:15 – 17.9% - 19:00-22:52 – 17.0% 19:00-21:24 – 11.3% - 21:30-22:24 – 12.1% 21:00-23:44 – 12.1% 21:00-22:00 – 10.0% 21:00-21:54 – 08.8% 21:00-21:54 – 05.8% - 22:30-23:24 – 11.6% 21:54-23:10 – 11.0% 22:00-22:45 – 05.3% 22:00-22:54 – 04.1% - 23:00-23:30 – 10.7% 23:15-24:15 – 08.8% - 24:12-24:53 – ??.?%	Teppan - Oawarai Geinin Uta ga Umai Special Volleyball Women: Japan vs. Poland - Nakai Masahiro no Kinyobi no SMAtachi Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone News Watch 9 Kenji Onijima Heihachiro Sokon Tokoro - SPEC Hodo Station World Strollers Takeshi no Nippon no Mikata! - Hitoshi Matsumoto no OO na Hanashi Himitsu - Jyouou 3 Special Edition
SPEC – Toda Erika caps: More Toda Erika caps from that episode here!

10/30 – Saturday
08:00-08:15 – 19.4% - 19:00-19:30 – 17.3% 19:00-19:56 – 16.5% 19:00-20:59 – 12.8% 19:00-19:57 – 10.9% 19:00-19:54 – 09.9% 19:30-20:00 – 09.4% 19:00-20:54 – 06.7% - 19:57-21:24 – 18.8% - 21:30-23:40 – 16.0% 21:05-21:59 – 13.9% 21:00-22:51 – 12.9%   21:00-21:54 – 10.7% 21:00-21:54 – 09.3% 21:00-22:50 – 05.8%	Teppan - News 7 Tensai! Shimura Dobutsuen Volleyball Women: Japan vs. Peru Sekai Shogeki Eizo Sha Onegai! Ranking GOLD Katsura Chizuru Shinsatsu Nichiroku Saturday Special  - Mecha-Mecha Iketeru! SP - Die Hard 4.0 Sekai Fushigi Hakken! Tenshi ga Kiete Iku                    天使が消えていく Q10 Shutsubotsu! Adomachikku Tengoku Nihon no, korekara…
Q10 – Maeda Atsuko caps: More Maeda Atsuko caps from that episode here! Futari no Shokutaku – Horikita Maki caps: More Horikita Maki caps from that episode here!

10/31 – Sunday
19:00-20:54 – 12.3% - 19:58-20:54 – 18.0% 20:00-20:45 – 16.2% 19:58-20:54 – 13.0% 19:58-20:54 – 07.5% 19:54-22:18 – 06.7% - 21:00-21:54 – 14.2% 21:00-21:54 – 14.1% 21:00-21:50 – 13.2% 21:00-22:54 – 11.0% 21:00-21:54 – 07.6% - 23:30-24:25 – 07.5%	Volleyball Women: Japan vs. Algeria - Sekai no Hate Made Itte Q! Ryoma den  Daikaizo!! Gekiteki Before-After Season 2 G★Wars Sunday Big Variety - Jyuui Dolittle Gyoretsu no Dekiru Horitsu Sodanja NHK Docu Special: Curing Dementia The Island Perfect Report - Reinoryokusha Odagiri Kyoko no Uso
Jyuui Dolittle – Inoue Mao & Taira Airi caps: More Inoue and Taira caps from that episode here! Perfect Report – Aibu Saki caps: More Aibu Saki caps from that episode here! Odagiri Kyoko – Ishihara Satomi caps: More Ishihara Satomi caps from that episode here! Odagiri Kyoko – Morisako Ei & Takara Hikari caps: More Morisako and Takara caps from that episode here!

Green Color = Episode with the highest ratings of that dorama
Red Color = Episode with the lowest ratings of that dorama

Fall Season
Mondays
Nagareboshi (KJ: Ueto Aya, Kitano Kie, Kawaguchi Haruna…) Episode 01: 13.6% Episode 02: 14.2%	Mori no Asagao (KJ: Kashii Yuu, Tanimura Mitsuki…) Episode 01: 05.8% Episode 02: 03.8%

Tuesdays
Freeter (KJ: Karina, Okamoto Rei…) Episode 01: 17.6% Episode 02: 16.8%	Guilty (KJ: Kanno Miho, Kichise Michiko…) Episode 01: 15.4% Episode 02: 12.6% Episode 03: 10.8%
Second Virgin (KJ: Suzuki Kyoka, Fukada Kyoko…) Episode 01: 05.5% Episode 02: 07.3% Episode 03: 08.6%	Yamikin Ushijima-kun (KJ: Katase Nana, Yokoyama Mayuki…) Episode 01: 01.8% Episode 02: 02.4% Episode 03: 02.2%
Kurohyou: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinshou (KJ: Haru…) Episode 01: 01.0% Episode 02: 01.9% Episode 03: 01.8% Episode 04: 01.6%

Wednesdays
Aibou Season 9 (KJ: …) Episode 01: 17.7% Episode 02: 19.6%	Ougon no Buta (KJ: Shinohara Ryoko, Yamaguchi Sayaka…) Episode 01: 15.3% Episode 02: 14.2%

Thursdays
Kyoto Chiken no Onna 6 (KJ: …) Episode 01: 11.1% Episode 02: 12.7% Episode 03: 11.5%	Nasake no Onna (KJ: Yonekura Ryoko…) Episode 01: 17.6% Episode 02: 13.1%
Wataru Seken wa oni Bakari 10 (KJ: …) Episode 01: 13.3% Episode 02: 10.8% Episode 03: 12.0%	Iryu 3 (KJ: Inamori Izumi, Tanimura Mitsuki…) Episode 01: 16.4% Episode 02: 14.8% Episode 03: 12.5%
FACE MAKER (KJ: Hinata Chiho…) Episode 01: 04.3% Guests: Ando Tamae (before), Kato Ai (after) Episode 02: 04.2% Guests: Yoshida Yo (before), Inoue Waka (after) Episode 03: 03.4% Guests: Sato Hiroko (before), Fujii Mina (after) Episode 04: 03.3% Guests: __ (before), __ (after)

Fridays
Kenji Onijima Heihachiro (KJ: Uchida Yuki, Nishiyama Maki…) Episode 01: 09.0% Episode 02: 08.8%	SPEC (KJ: Toda Erika…) Episode 01: 11.5% Episode 02: 08.2% Episode 03: 10.1% Episode 04: 11.6%
Himitsu (KJ: Shida Mirai, Motokariya Eika, Hayashi Tantan…) Episode 01: 10.1 Episode 02: 08.8 Episode 03: 08.8	Jyouou 3 Special Edition (KJ: Hara Mikie, Kagurazaki Megumi, Asuka Kirara…) Episode 01: 04.6% Episode 02: ??.?% Episode 03: ??.?% Episode 04: ??.?%

Saturdays
Q10 (KJ: Maeda Atsuko, Renbutsu Misako, Takahata Mitsuki…) Episode 01: 15.3 Episode 02: 10.2 Episode 03: 10.7

Sundays
Jyuui Dolittle (KJ: Inoue Mao. Fujisawa Ema…) Episode 01: 16.0 Episode 02: 13.3 Episode 03: 14.2	Perfect Report (KJ: Matsuyuki Yasuko, Aibu Saki…) Episode 01: 07.7 Episode 02: 07.9 Episode 03: 07.6
Reinoryokusha Odagiri Kyoko no Uso (KJ: Ishihara Satomi, Oshima Yuuko…) Episode 01: 07.8% Episode 02: 07.0% Episode 03: 07.6% Episode 04: 07.5%

Green Color = Episode with the highest ratings of that dorama
Red Color = Episode with the lowest ratings of that dorama

Saturdays
Katsura Chizuru Shinsatsu Nichiroku (KJ: Ichikawa Yui…) Episode 01: 10.6% Episode 02: 08.3% Episode 03: 07.7% Episode 04: 08.3% Episode 05: 07.0% Episode 06: 08.6% Episode 07: 09.0% Episode 08: 09.4%

Green Color = Episode with the highest ratings of that dorama
Red Color = Episode with the lowest ratings of that dorama

You can always check the "Drama Ratings Archive" (also available in the top menu) to find the ratings from previous seasons, daily dramas and NHK's taiga drama. Below you will find a list of past season's dramas that are still airing on TV, even though the new season has already begun.

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Index:

Adachi Rika
♥ "BOMB" 2010 November
   
 

Aiba Karin
♥ "BOMB" 2010 November

Aibu Saki
♥ "BOMB" 2010 May (3) ++ FLASH 2010.10.12 (4)
   
   

Aizawa Rina
♥ "Weekly Playboy" 2010 No.43
   
 

Inoue Mao
♥ "BOMB" 2010 May
 

Inoue Waka
♥ "BOMB" 2010 November
   
 

Iriki Mari
♥ "BOMB" 2010 May

Ishihara Satomi
♥ "Business Jump" Vol.21 (2) ++ "BOMB" 2010 May (2) ++ "Shonen Magazine" 2010 Vol.45 (6)
    
   
  

Karina
♥ "nissen" 2010 Fall
    
   

Kawashima Umika
♥ "BOMB" 2010 May
  

Kutsuna Shiori
♥ "BOMB" 2010 May

Maeda Atsuko
♥ "BOMB" 2010 November (8) ++ FLASH 2010.10.12 (4) ++ FRIDAY 2010.10.15 (08) ++ "Weekly Playboy" 2010 No.42 (8) ++ "Young Jump" 2010 Vol.47 (10)
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
 

Mano Erina
♥ "BOMB" 2010 May (1) ++ "Young Gangan" 2010 Vol.18 (11)
    
    
   

Miyaji Mao
♥ "Weekly Playboy" 2010 No.42
   

Morita Suzuka
♥ "BOMB" 2010 November (2) ++ "Young Animal" 2010 Vol.20 (7)
 
    
  

Nakamura Yuri
♥ FLASH 2010.10.12
   
  

Natsuna
♥ "Young Jump" 2010 Vol.46
   
 

Okamoto Rei
♥ "BOMB" 2010 November

Oriyama Miyu
♥ "BOMB" 2010 November (1) ++ FLASH 2010.10.12 (2)
  

Oshima Yuuko
♥ "BOMB" 2010 November (1) ++ "Young Magazine" 2010 Vol.39 (3)
   

Rikuna Yuka
♥ "BOMB" 2010 May

Satake Uki
♥ "BOMB" 2010 November
 

Takada Riho
♥ "Young Gangan" 2010 Vol.19
    
   
 

Tanimura Mitsuki
♥ "BOMB" 2010 November

Ueno Juri
♥ "BOMB" 2010 May
 

Ueto Aya
♥ "BOMB" 2010 May
 

Autumn Drama Heroines – "BOMB" 2010 November
♥ Ueto Aya ++ Ishihara Satomi ++ Aibu Saki ++ Inoue Mao ++ Fukuda Saki ++ Hinata Chiho ++ Kinami Haruka ++ and many more!
    
    
    
   

There is still more to look forward to. Fuji TV's Monday dramas always aimed for the drama crown, but recently their stories failed to deliver that certain unique element. This season they will put their hope on Takenouchi Yutaka and Ueto Aya. The drama "Freeter" starring Ninomiya Kazunari, Karina and veteran actress Asano Atsuko seems to have all the ingredients to become a hit as well. Other interesting dramas such as "SPEC" (Kase Ryo, Toda Erika), "Himitsu" (Shida Mirai, Sasaki Kuranosuke) and "Reinoryokusha" (Ishihara Satomi, Tanihara Shosuke) might have it more difficult with the average drama viewers in Japan, but they all still have the potential of becoming a hit. The young cast of "Q10" (Sato Takeru, Maeda Atsuko) will probably get a lot of fans as well and a lot of women are going to be interested in the story of "Second Virgin" starring Suzuki Kyoka and Fukada Kyoko.

Anyway, this fall most people seem to be anticipating the continuation of the story about our favorite medical dragons lead by Sakaguchi Kenji in "Iryu 3". Arashi's Ninomiya Kazunari can be happy as well, because his new drama "Freeter" made it on the 2nd place, followed by 9th season of the "Aibou" series.

Here is the top 10:

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Karina about her role, "She might have some traits of an old man, but she's still a woman. You can see her more feminine side in front of men or when she's crying her eyes out. I've tried to express that character gap to the best of my abilities."

The host of the event asked her, if she has some traits of an old man in real life as well. "She does have a few," Director Hirakawa immediately tossed in. Karina just laughed and said, "I don't think I have," but then she corrected herself again, "maybe I do, but I don't know?"

Tanaka also revealed that there are some unscripted parts throughout the movie, "We were able to ad-lib quite a few parts, but once I actually made a mistake by referring to myself with "Ore" instead of "Boku". My character usually says boku and I thought that I would have to repeat that scene again, but then the director suddenly gave his okay."

Director Hirakawa might be tolerant about ad-libbing, but actor Watabe Atsuro revealed some points you have to be careful about when working together with Hirakawa. "Two points you have to keep in mind when working with him. You should never be late and you should always remember his name," he said playfully.

Then they commented about what they've liked about the movie and what they've learned from the movie. Karina replied, "It's great when a man has two sides. In the movie we have this type of man people like to refer to as a softy (literally: herbivore) and most of the time you don't know what to do with him, but then he also has those moments where he just grabs your arms and pulls yourself towards him. I think any woman would love those kind of sudden moments."

Tanaka revealed some interesting information about Karina while answering the same question. "The woman in the movie is a very strong-willed woman and in my opinion Karina-chan is the same in some ways. I wanted to ask her how she behaves in front of the man she loves and she answered, 'that I can only show to the person I love'. Such an answer is typical of her." Karina was standing right next to him when he told this story and it seemed like she was a bit embarrassed.

Kitano Kie also said what she liked about the movie, "I love the director." Everyone was surprised and Karina asked her, "Is that a confession?!" Of course it all was just a joke.

Both Karina and Kitano ended the event by tossing their bouquets backwards towards the audience.

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The upcoming commercials will be for their new product "TSUBAKI WATER" and feature young actress/model Takei Emi (16). She will become their youngest and first teenage image character.

Takei entered the world of showbiz by winning one award in the model and one award in the multimedia category of the "11th Japan Bishojo Contest" back in 2006. Right now she's working as an exclusive model for the fashion magazine "SEVENTEEN" and tried out her first acting role in the recent drama "GOLD".

Three more girls will be starring in the new commercials, Karina (26), Mizuki Alisa (33) and Hasegawa Jun (24). The latter will make her debut as a TSUBAKI image character as well. In the clips all four of them can be seen in front of beautiful fountains from all over the world. Karina even took advantage of her ballet skills and demonstrated a perfect split jump. She even had to do that difficult jump 24 times during the filming, but that didn't keep her from jumping like a pro over and over again.

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Karina will play the role of a manager of a flower arrangement shop, who has not had a boyfriend in nearly two years. Despite her feminine beauty, she can be described as one of the "most frightening woman". She is reunited with an awkward anime screenwriter, played by Tanaka Kei (26), 17 years after they last met.

Karina's comment, "I was looking forward to my next movie and was very happy when I got this starring role. The dating scenes with Tanaka felt very fresh and were a lot of fun. We were able to go to various place that you stop going to when becoming an adult and watched the fireworks. I know it's just for the movie, but I always went to the sate with the feeling, 'Today I will have a date!' "

Young actress Kitano Kie (19) will also appear as a young woman working part-time at a cabaret club and at the flower arrangement shop. She said, "It's by far the most cheerful and frivolous role I've played so far. It was difficult to be in such high spirits since early morning, but I've tried to make it easier by having my favorite ice cream every morning." Actor Watabe Atsuro (42) will play a voice actor who falls in love with Kitano's character.

The movie will open in Japan on September 25, 2010

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The new commercial promotes their autumn/winter collection 2010. Karina wore a tweed jacket, a culotte skirt and long boots to give us a nice example at the event. Since she's a model as well, she showed us her favorite pieces in form of a short walk on the runway.

In the commercial we can see her multiple times at the same time in a somewhat futuristic train. Each of her roles wears another outfit from the new collection. It's supposed to show that you can express lots of different feelings with different styles. Karina said that it was fun wearing all those clothes and looked back at the filming. "We had to film each outfit at once first and then they all got edited into one commercial. It was difficult for me to move the right way and find the right positions," she explained.

Before and after the presentation of the new commercial, nissen also held the "nissen BEST STYLING CONTEST 2010" where 100 of their customers had the chance to show their skills as a stylist by coordinating their own outfits based on the 4 categories "Natural" – "Cool" – "Sparkling" and "Sweet". The various clothes were provided by nissen, of course. Karina also participated at the contest as one of the judges.

The new "nisse, autumn edition" commercial with Karina's collection can be seen on TV as of today.

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The show is Ninomiya's first starring role in a drama series since the 2008 "Ryusei no Kizuna." As an actor, he has recently been focused on filming for his upcoming movies "Ooku" and "GANTZ." In contrast with those spectacular big screen roles, his character in this home drama will be a "freeter" (a term used to describe young people without full time employment, not counting students and homemakers).

The story is based on a book of the same name by Hiro Arikawa, published last year. The story revolves around a young man named Seiji Take (Ninomiya), who quits his job after three months. With no dreams, no savings, and a poor relationship with his family, he becomes a hikikomori (shut-in) in his own room. However, after his mother falls ill with depression, he ends up having to take on a part-time job at a construction site. Because of that, he soon decides to work towards rebuilding his life: "Even though I'm just a freeter, I'm going to buy a house for the sake of my family."

One of the people he meets at the construction site is Manami Chiba (Karina), who graduated from a top-class university and joined a well-known general contracting firm. Manami, proud to be working as an on-site supervisor, is the complete opposite of Seiji. But while their personalities clash at first, they gradually come to understand each other.

Filming already started earlier this month. The show will air on Fuji TV on Tuesdays at 9:00pm, starting in October.

cr: Tokyograph