Hotaru no Hikari

* Title: ホタルノヒカリ
* Title (romaji): Hotaru no Hikari
* Title (English): Glow of Fireflies
* Format: Renzoku
* Genre: Romance, comedy
* Episodes: 10
* Viewership rating: 13.6 (Kanto)
* Broadcast network: NTV
* Broadcast period: 2007-Jul-11 to 2007-Sept-12
* Air time: Wednesday 22:00
* Theme song: Yokogao by aiko


Synopsis

Hotaru works for a famous interior design company. It's a glamorous job but Hotaru's private life is totally the opposite of glamorous. She lives alone, and when she isn't working she's mostly lazing about her rented house in training wear. She's not interested in men. In fact, she isn't interested in anything. "I'd rather lay around than fool around," is her motto.

Her landlord is a bar owner, and one day his son, who has just separated from his wife, comes to inspect the rental property, not knowing that someone is living there. He is shocked at the mess, but not as shocked as Hotaru. He turns out to be her boss, Takano. -- Japan Times Online (http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fd20070708cs.html)

Cast

* Ayase Haruka as Amemiya Hotaru
o Yoshida Riko as young Hotaru (ep1)
* Fujiki Naohito as Takano Seiichi
* Kuninaka Ryoko as Saegusa Yuuka
* Kato Kazuki as Teshima Makoto
* Takeda Shinji as Jinguuji Kaname
* Itaya Yuka as Yamada Sachiko
* Yasuda Ken as Futatsugi Shouji
* Asami Reina as Sono Minako
* Watabe Gota as Sawaki Shun
* Shibue Joji as Tadokoro Junpei
* Matsumoto Marika as Murota Suzuko
* Matsushita Sara as Kasumi Hatsuko
* Maruyama Tomomi as Goutokuji Ken
* Matsunaga Hiroshi as Yamaguchi Takatoshi
* Kurotani Tomoka as Miyuki

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Yamada Taro Monogatari

* Title: 山田太郎ものがたり
* Title (romaji): Yamada Taro Monogatari
* Also known as: The Story of Yamada Taro
* Format: Renzoku
* Genre: Comedy
* Episodes: 10
* Viewership ratings: 15.2(Kanto)
* Broadcast network: TBS
* Broadcast period: 2007-Jul-6 to 2007-Sept-14 (ep9 Sept 7)
* Air time: Friday 22:00
* Theme song: "Happiness" by Arashi
* Related drama: Poor Prince Taro

Synopsis

Yamada Taro, a freshman on a scholarship at Ichinomiya Private Senior High School, is high-achieving, strikingly handsome, and truly athletic and seems perfect. But he is actually extremely poor. The story humorously portrays Taro, who tackles problems that occur because of his poverty, and his six younger brothers and sisters. --TBS

Cast

* Ninomiya Kazunari as Yamada Taro
* Sakurai Sho as Mimura Takuya
* Kikuchi Momoko as Yamada Ayako
* Matsuoka Mitsuru as Yamada Kazuo
* Oshinari Shugo as Sugiura Keichi
* Fukiishi Kazue as Torii Kyoko
* Otsuka Chihiro as Nakai Masami
* Shibata Rie as Ikegami Maria
* Musaka Naomasa as Ikegami Ryunosuke
* Tabe Mikako as Ikegami Takako
* Utsui Ken as Ichinomiya
* Yoshizawa Hisashi as Ehara Makoto
* Fukui Hiroaki as Osaki Shinosuke
* Yamada Shintaro as Ando Masaki
* Kojima Haruna as Usui Kotone
* Takahashi Ryosuke as Okubo Shin
* Ogata Sayaka as Kashiwagi Honoka
* Yarita Akihiro (鎗田晟裕) as Yamada Jiro
* Shimizu Naoya (清水尚弥) as Yamada Saburo
* Muranaka Haruna (村中暖奈) as Yamada Yoshiko
* Yoshida Riko as Yamada Itsuko
* Shibuya Takeru as Yamada Mutsumi
* Ayata Toshiki (綾田俊樹) as Isogai Shitsuji
* Maro Akaji as Mimura Hijirichi
* Nishida Naomi as Mimura Tsuyuko
* Mizukawa Asami as Kotani
* Yoshiyuki Kazuko as Ume
* Ohno Satoshi (ep10)
* Nekoze Tsubaki as House maid
* Hankai Kazuaki (ep10)

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Papa to Musume no Nanokakan

* Title: パパとムスメの７日間
* Title (Romaji): Papa to Musume no Nanokakan
* Also known as: Seven Days of a Daddy and a Daughter
* Format: Renzoku
* Genre: Comedy
* Episodes: 7
* Viewership ratings: 13.9(Kanto)
* Broadcast network: TBS
* Broadcast period: 2007-Jul-01 to 2007-Aug-19 (ep5 Aug-5)
* Air time: Sunday 21:00
* Theme song: Hoshikuzu Sunset by YUKI

Synopsis

This home comedy tells the story of Kyoichiro (Tachi Hiroshi) and his teenage daughter Koume (Aragaki Yui). One day, the two ride a train together after visiting Kyoichiro's mother-in-law. He sees it as a chance to get to know his daughter better, but he ends up getting more than that - by some mysterious force, both Kyoichiro and Koume end up with their mind in the other's body! Unfortunately, they have no choice but to swap lives, pretending to be each other at school and work. -- Tokyograph (http://www.tokyograph.com/features/Summer-07-Drama)

Cast

* Tachi Hiroshi as Kawahara Kyoichiro
* Aragaki Yui as Kawahara Koume
* Kato Shigeaki as Osugi Kenta
* Morita Ayaka as Nakayama Ritsuko
* Yashima Norito as Nakajima Kokai
* Sada Mayumi as Nishino Wakako
* Aso Yumi as Kawahara Rieko
* Sasaki Sumie as Kunieda Hisoka
* Emori Toru as Watanabe Takeshi
* Natsuko as Hirata Saori
* Imai Rika as Shiina Kanako
* Takada Nobuhiko (高田延彦) as Sakuragi Shinichi
* Takayama Yuko as Takagi Mika
* Owada Kensuke (大和田健介) as Ozeki Tomohiro
* Kaneko Norihito as Maeda Koichi
* Miyashita Yuji as Mifune Wataru
* Iinuma Chieko (飯沼千恵子) as Uchizaki Hisako
* Koju Tatsuki (香寿たつき) as Kunieda Toshiko

Guests

* Kashiwabara Shuji as Kajino (ep1)
* Mori Ren as Yamawaki Yuuji (ep2)
* Ito Masayuki as Uekusa Kiichi (ep2)
* Taguchi Hiromasa (ep4)
* Aijima Kazuyuki (ep7)
* Owada Shinya (大和田伸也)
* Onodera Akira

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Hanazakari no Kimitachi e

* Title: 花ざかりの君たちへ
* Title (romaji): Hanazakari no Kimitachi e
* Title (English): For You in Full Blossom
* Tagline: イケメン♂パラダイス / Ikemen Paradise
* Also known as: Hana Kimi
* Genre: High school romance comedy
* Broadcast network: Fuji TV
* Episodes: 12
* Viewership ratings: 17.3(Kanto)
* Broadcast period: 2007-Jul-03 to 2007-Sept-18
* Air time: Tuesday 21:00
* Theme songs:
o Opening theme: Ikenai Taiyo by Orange Range
o Ending theme: PEACH by Otsuka Ai
o Insert songs: My Love by Kawashima Ai, Boom boom boom by Go Hiromi, Paradise Ginga by Hikaru Genji, Tomaranai Ha~Ha by Yazawa Eikichi, Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne
* Related drama: Hua Yang Shao Nian Shao Nu

Synopsis

The drama is based on the popular manga of the same name by Nakajo Hisaya, which has already been dramatized in Taiwan. Horikita plays the protagonist Ashiya Mizuki, a Japanese girl in the U.S. who one day sees the young athlete Sano Izumi (Oguri) compete in the high jump on television. She begins to idolize him, and decides to move to Japan to attend the same school as him. However, Izumi goes to an all-boys school, so Mizuki disguises herself as a boy to achieve her dream of being with her idol.

Cast

Horikita Maki as Ashiya Mizuki
Oguri Shun as Sano Izumi
Ikuta Toma as Nakatsu Shuichi
Kimura Ryou as Senri Nakao
Okada Masaki as Sekime Kyogo
Mizushima Hiro as Nanba Minami
Yamamoto Yusuke as Kayashima Taiki
Konno Mahiru as Hara Akira
Kamikawa Takaya as Umeda Hokuto
Shirota Yuu as Kagurazaka Makoto
Kyou Nobuo as Himejima Masao
Matsuda Seiko as Tsubaki, the School Principal
Ishigaki Yuma as Tennouji Megumi
Iwasa Mayuko as Hanayashiki Hibari
Matsuda Madoka as Kishino Juri
Kiritani Mirei as Amakasaki Kanna
Kurose Manami as Imaike Komari
Ukaji Takashi as Saruwatari
Taira Airi as Abeno Erika
Kobayashi Susumu as Yoshioka

First Dormitory Students

* Ishigaki Yuma as Tennoji Megumi (Dorm Leader)
* Takahashi Mitsuomi as Daikokucho Mitsuomi
* Takeda Kohei as Kitahanada Kohei
* Suzuki Ryohei as Akashi Soichiro
* Sato Yuuichi as Tetsukayama Shota
* Hayakawa Ryo as Gotenyama Sakyo
* Matsushita Kouji as Shojaku Ren
* Nishiyama Sosuke as Shichido Soma
* Hagiwara Tatsuya (萩原達也) as Ishikiri Hiroto


Second Dormitory Students

* Mizushima Hiro as Nanba Minami (Dorm Leader)
* Kimura Ryo as Senri Nakao
* Okada Masaki as Sekime Kyogo
* Yamamoto Yusuke as Kayashima Taiki
* Igarashi Shunji as Noe Shinji
* Mizobata Junpei as Saga Kazuma
* Sakimoto Hiromi as Kyobashi Arata
* Chiyo Shota as Yodoyabashi Taichi
* Tajima Ryo as Arashiyama Jyo
* Shimegi Enoku as Tannowa Kyoichi
* Okada Hikaru as Takaida Riku
* Ikeda Jun as Kamishinjo Itsuki
* Shibasaki Keisuke (柴崎佳佑) as Minase Manato

Third Dormitory Students

* Kyo Nobuo as Himejima Masao (Oscar M. Himejima, Dorm Leader)
* Kato Keisuke as Yao Hikaru
* Watanabe Toshihiko (渡辺俊彦) as Imamiya Sho
* Takahashi Yuta (高橋優太) as Shijo Haruki
* Matsuda Shouichi as Kuzuha Junnosuke
* Miyata Naoki as Saiin Tsukasa
* Furuhara Yasuhisa as Ogimachi Taiyo
* Ojima Naoya as Kaizuka Kohei
* Suzuki Kota (鈴木康太) as Uenoshiba Kanata
* Nakada Yuya as Katabiranotsuji Ken
* Kawakami Yu as Korien Genji

St. Blossom's Academy

* Iwasa Mayuko as Hanayashiki Hibari
* Matsuda Madoka as Kishizato Juri
* Kiritani Mirei as Amagasaki Kanna
* Kurose Manami as Imaike Komari
* Taira Airi as Abeno Erika


Official Site: http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/hanakimi/index.html

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