JE & my other babies' summer 2012 drama
Naniwa Shonen Tanteidan
Date: From 8.00 p.m., Mondays, 2 July 2012
Station: TBS
Cast: Koike Teppei
Synopsis: Takeuchi Shinobu (Tabe Mikako), who has elementary school teaching qualifications, is assigned to be a temporary teacher of Class 6/2 at Ooji Elementary School in Osaka City’s old town. As inquisitive and energetic as her young charges (Maeda Koki, Hamada Tatsuomi, Takahashi Akira, Yagi Yuki, Hamabe Minami, Ninomiya Akari, Maeda Oshiro), Shinobu would poke her nose into strange incidents that happen among people and be up to her neck in it. She loves mystery novels and detests dishonesty. Together with her students, she solves difficult cases that baffle even the police detectives, using her sensitivity and unmatched powers of deduction.
GTO (remake)
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Tuesdays, 3 July 2012
Station: Fuji TV
Cast: Yamamoto Yusuke, Shirota Yu
Synopsis: Through the introduction of his friend Danma Ryuji (Shirota Yu), Onizuka Eikichi (AKIRA), the former legendary bike gang member, visits Meishu Academy to tend to the trees in the garden as a part-time gardener. Learning that Yoshikawa Noboru (Nakagawa Taishi), a student in teacher Fuyutsuki Azusa’s (Takimoto Miori) class is being bullied by Uehara Kyoko (Shinkawa Yua) and other classmates, Onizuka befriends and saves Yoshikawa. Seeing Onizuka’s unprecedented but visceral, powerful response to problem solving, the school’s director and principal, Sakurai Yoshiko (Kuroki Hitomi), overrides resistance from her vice principal Uchiyamada Hiroshi (Tayama Ryosei) and makes Onizuka a teacher. Onizuka goes on to tackle many issues as the teacher in charge of the most problematic class, Class 2/4.
Dragon Seinendan
Date: From 12.55 a.m., Tuesdays, 17 July 2012
Station: TBS
Cast: Yasuda Shota
Synopsis: A dragon appears in modern day Japan, causing a great uproar in Tokyo. On the other hand, at Mitsuyama City located at the foot of Mt Fuji, Yoshio (Yasuda Shota), Kenji (Endo Kaname) and Tamotsu (Honda Chikara), members of the young people’s association, talk idly at the cafe where Yoko (Renbutsu Misako) works. Yoshio, who had gone to buy a game, obtains a mysterious, old document at a secondhand bookstore. It is written literature about dragons. They learn that: warriors of the light had previously destroyed a dragon, Mitsuyama City is the town of their descendents, and a sword and crystal are needed to vanquish a dragon. And, the descendents of the light, who are the new heroes, have coats of arms. A good look reveals that Kenji and the others have them too. The four of them wonder if it is a joke even as they search for the crystal. A variety of reasons make them decide to destroy the dragon despite their conflicts. The spirit of adventure which they had almost forgotten, blossoms, and they take action, for world peace and regional development.
Shin Keishichou Sousa Ikka 9-Gakkari Season 4
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Wednesdays, 4 July 2012
Station: TV Asahi
Cast: Inohara Yoshihiko
Synopsis: -
Beginners!*UPDATED*
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Thursdays, 12 July 2012
Station: TBS
Cast: Fujigaya Taisuke, Kitayama Hiromitsu
Synopsis: Shimura Teppei (Fujigaya Taisuke) grew up watching his policeman father who would ride side-by-side in marathons because he was a motorcycle cop, and dreamt of being a marathon runner as a child. But Teppei’s father lost his job and disappeared. Teppei ruined himself by becoming a well-known delinquent in the area. Under the influence of his childhood friend, Yuichi, Teppei chose to become a policeman after graduating from high school. He miraculously passed the recruitment exam and entered the police academy. However, he has been assigned to a “class of reserves” (Goriki Ayame, Koyanagi Yu, Okamoto Azusa, Mizusawa Erina, Ishii Tomoya, Mori Ren) which is a gathering of odds and ends. There are eight of them and each day they are only instructed by the assistant teacher, Ryuzaki Misaki, to sweep the academy grounds..
Higashino Keigo Mysteries
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Thursdays, 5 July 2012
Station: Fuji TV
Cast: Miura Haruma
Synopsis: Omnibus drama of 11 works from Higashino Keigo’s collection of short novels: Sayonara Coach (Karasawa Toshiaki, Tanaka Rena), Endless Night (Matsushita Nao), Reiko to Reiko (Mizuki Arisa), Amai Hazu Nanoni (Sorimachi Takashi), Charade ga Ippai (Nagasawa Masami), Hannin no Inai Satsujin no Yoru (Sakaguchi Kenji), Shiroi Kyouki (Toda Erika), and Chiisana Koi no Monogatari (Miura Haruma), Kekkon Houkoku (Hirosue Ryoko) and Saisei Majutsu no Onna (Suzuki Kyoka).
Boys on the Run
Date: From 11.15 p.m., Fridays, 6 July 2012
Station: TV Asahi
Cast: Maruyama Ryuhei, Ueda Tatsuya
Synopsis: Tanishi Toshiyuki (Maruyama Ryuhei), a salaryman who works for a small toy manufacturer, has never had a girlfriend in the 27 years of his life. Naturally he has no experience in women too. Ridiculed as uninteresting at his workplace, Toshiyuki is a hopeless employee nowhere near getting ahead in life. He is in love with his colleague, Uemura Chiharu (Minami Akina). However, he is not able to approach her, and relieves this dejection every day through telephone dating clubs and adult videos. Then one day, Toshiyuki appears to make progress with Chiharu following coaching by the elite salaryman Aoyama Takahiro (Saito Takumi) whom he got to know at his workplace, but..
Sprout
Date: From 12.50 a.m., Saturdays, 7 July 2012
Station: NTV
Cast: Chinen Yuri, Lewis Jesse, Tanaka Juri, Hashimoto Ryosuke
Synopsis: One day, the father of Ikenouchi Miku (Morikawa Aoi) starts a boarding house and her high school classmate, Narahashi Sohei (Chinen Yuri), moves in to live under the same roof. Miku is initially opposed to it, but gradually falls for Sohei who does not have a care in the world. However, he already has a girlfriend..
Beautiful Rain
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Sundays, July 2012
Station: Fuji TV
Cast: Miura Shohei
Synopsis: Kinoshita Keisuke (Toyokawa Etsushi) has lived with his young daughter, Miu (Ashida Mana), at the factory’s detached dwelling ever since his wife died. He is a craftsman who has been supporting the metal processing factory in the old downtown neighbourhood and is even the coach of a youth baseball team. Keisuke is surrounded by compassionate friends and leads a happy life with Miu, but his memory has been failing lately. One day, he is diagnosed with the early onset of Alzheimer’s. On the other hand, Miu is level-headed but still a child at heart. The loneliness following her mother’s death has been warded off by her father’s cheerful personality. However, the days of closeness with her father changes dramatically with his sudden illness..
Summer Rescue ~ Tenkuu no Shinryosho
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Sundays, 8 July 2012
Station: TBS
Cast: Mukai Osamu
Synopsis: Hayami Keigo (Mukai Osamu) is a promising young heart surgeon at a university hospital, but is made to examine patients at a clinic in the mountains during summer on the orders of his superior. At a harsh environment 2,000 m above sea level, there is a very small quantity of testing equipment and medicine. It is a culture shock and setback for Keigo who is active in advanced medical care and the use of cutting-edge equipment. This is a place detached from modern medical care where doctors make all diagnoses by touching, looking at and talking to patients. Koyama Haruka (Ono Machiko) was raised by parents who ran a mountain lodge, but when she was 5, her mother died in an accident on the mountains. That influenced her to become a nurse in Tokyo. However, one day, an incident prompts her to escape from Tokyo and return to the mountain lodge. It is the same time that Keigo arrives at the clinic..
Renai Kentei
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Sundays, 3 June 2012
Station: NHK BS Premium
Cast: Seto Koji
Synopsis: -
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* disclaimer: i may not have included some other Johnnys on the list coz, to be honest, i'm sometimes confused with the names esp to the johnnys sempais (smap to v6), these are what i can only remember.. sorry~~
Date: From 8.00 p.m., Mondays, 2 July 2012
Station: TBS
Cast: Koike Teppei
Synopsis: Takeuchi Shinobu (Tabe Mikako), who has elementary school teaching qualifications, is assigned to be a temporary teacher of Class 6/2 at Ooji Elementary School in Osaka City’s old town. As inquisitive and energetic as her young charges (Maeda Koki, Hamada Tatsuomi, Takahashi Akira, Yagi Yuki, Hamabe Minami, Ninomiya Akari, Maeda Oshiro), Shinobu would poke her nose into strange incidents that happen among people and be up to her neck in it. She loves mystery novels and detests dishonesty. Together with her students, she solves difficult cases that baffle even the police detectives, using her sensitivity and unmatched powers of deduction.
GTO (remake)
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Tuesdays, 3 July 2012
Station: Fuji TV
Cast: Yamamoto Yusuke, Shirota Yu
Synopsis: Through the introduction of his friend Danma Ryuji (Shirota Yu), Onizuka Eikichi (AKIRA), the former legendary bike gang member, visits Meishu Academy to tend to the trees in the garden as a part-time gardener. Learning that Yoshikawa Noboru (Nakagawa Taishi), a student in teacher Fuyutsuki Azusa’s (Takimoto Miori) class is being bullied by Uehara Kyoko (Shinkawa Yua) and other classmates, Onizuka befriends and saves Yoshikawa. Seeing Onizuka’s unprecedented but visceral, powerful response to problem solving, the school’s director and principal, Sakurai Yoshiko (Kuroki Hitomi), overrides resistance from her vice principal Uchiyamada Hiroshi (Tayama Ryosei) and makes Onizuka a teacher. Onizuka goes on to tackle many issues as the teacher in charge of the most problematic class, Class 2/4.
Dragon Seinendan
Date: From 12.55 a.m., Tuesdays, 17 July 2012
Station: TBS
Cast: Yasuda Shota
Synopsis: A dragon appears in modern day Japan, causing a great uproar in Tokyo. On the other hand, at Mitsuyama City located at the foot of Mt Fuji, Yoshio (Yasuda Shota), Kenji (Endo Kaname) and Tamotsu (Honda Chikara), members of the young people’s association, talk idly at the cafe where Yoko (Renbutsu Misako) works. Yoshio, who had gone to buy a game, obtains a mysterious, old document at a secondhand bookstore. It is written literature about dragons. They learn that: warriors of the light had previously destroyed a dragon, Mitsuyama City is the town of their descendents, and a sword and crystal are needed to vanquish a dragon. And, the descendents of the light, who are the new heroes, have coats of arms. A good look reveals that Kenji and the others have them too. The four of them wonder if it is a joke even as they search for the crystal. A variety of reasons make them decide to destroy the dragon despite their conflicts. The spirit of adventure which they had almost forgotten, blossoms, and they take action, for world peace and regional development.
Shin Keishichou Sousa Ikka 9-Gakkari Season 4
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Wednesdays, 4 July 2012
Station: TV Asahi
Cast: Inohara Yoshihiko
Synopsis: -
Beginners!*UPDATED*
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Thursdays, 12 July 2012
Station: TBS
Cast: Fujigaya Taisuke, Kitayama Hiromitsu
Synopsis: Shimura Teppei (Fujigaya Taisuke) grew up watching his policeman father who would ride side-by-side in marathons because he was a motorcycle cop, and dreamt of being a marathon runner as a child. But Teppei’s father lost his job and disappeared. Teppei ruined himself by becoming a well-known delinquent in the area. Under the influence of his childhood friend, Yuichi, Teppei chose to become a policeman after graduating from high school. He miraculously passed the recruitment exam and entered the police academy. However, he has been assigned to a “class of reserves” (Goriki Ayame, Koyanagi Yu, Okamoto Azusa, Mizusawa Erina, Ishii Tomoya, Mori Ren) which is a gathering of odds and ends. There are eight of them and each day they are only instructed by the assistant teacher, Ryuzaki Misaki, to sweep the academy grounds..
Higashino Keigo Mysteries
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Thursdays, 5 July 2012
Station: Fuji TV
Cast: Miura Haruma
Synopsis: Omnibus drama of 11 works from Higashino Keigo’s collection of short novels: Sayonara Coach (Karasawa Toshiaki, Tanaka Rena), Endless Night (Matsushita Nao), Reiko to Reiko (Mizuki Arisa), Amai Hazu Nanoni (Sorimachi Takashi), Charade ga Ippai (Nagasawa Masami), Hannin no Inai Satsujin no Yoru (Sakaguchi Kenji), Shiroi Kyouki (Toda Erika), and Chiisana Koi no Monogatari (Miura Haruma), Kekkon Houkoku (Hirosue Ryoko) and Saisei Majutsu no Onna (Suzuki Kyoka).
Boys on the Run
Date: From 11.15 p.m., Fridays, 6 July 2012
Station: TV Asahi
Cast: Maruyama Ryuhei, Ueda Tatsuya
Synopsis: Tanishi Toshiyuki (Maruyama Ryuhei), a salaryman who works for a small toy manufacturer, has never had a girlfriend in the 27 years of his life. Naturally he has no experience in women too. Ridiculed as uninteresting at his workplace, Toshiyuki is a hopeless employee nowhere near getting ahead in life. He is in love with his colleague, Uemura Chiharu (Minami Akina). However, he is not able to approach her, and relieves this dejection every day through telephone dating clubs and adult videos. Then one day, Toshiyuki appears to make progress with Chiharu following coaching by the elite salaryman Aoyama Takahiro (Saito Takumi) whom he got to know at his workplace, but..
Sprout
Date: From 12.50 a.m., Saturdays, 7 July 2012
Station: NTV
Cast: Chinen Yuri, Lewis Jesse, Tanaka Juri, Hashimoto Ryosuke
Synopsis: One day, the father of Ikenouchi Miku (Morikawa Aoi) starts a boarding house and her high school classmate, Narahashi Sohei (Chinen Yuri), moves in to live under the same roof. Miku is initially opposed to it, but gradually falls for Sohei who does not have a care in the world. However, he already has a girlfriend..
Beautiful Rain
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Sundays, July 2012
Station: Fuji TV
Cast: Miura Shohei
Synopsis: Kinoshita Keisuke (Toyokawa Etsushi) has lived with his young daughter, Miu (Ashida Mana), at the factory’s detached dwelling ever since his wife died. He is a craftsman who has been supporting the metal processing factory in the old downtown neighbourhood and is even the coach of a youth baseball team. Keisuke is surrounded by compassionate friends and leads a happy life with Miu, but his memory has been failing lately. One day, he is diagnosed with the early onset of Alzheimer’s. On the other hand, Miu is level-headed but still a child at heart. The loneliness following her mother’s death has been warded off by her father’s cheerful personality. However, the days of closeness with her father changes dramatically with his sudden illness..
Summer Rescue ~ Tenkuu no Shinryosho
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Sundays, 8 July 2012
Station: TBS
Cast: Mukai Osamu
Synopsis: Hayami Keigo (Mukai Osamu) is a promising young heart surgeon at a university hospital, but is made to examine patients at a clinic in the mountains during summer on the orders of his superior. At a harsh environment 2,000 m above sea level, there is a very small quantity of testing equipment and medicine. It is a culture shock and setback for Keigo who is active in advanced medical care and the use of cutting-edge equipment. This is a place detached from modern medical care where doctors make all diagnoses by touching, looking at and talking to patients. Koyama Haruka (Ono Machiko) was raised by parents who ran a mountain lodge, but when she was 5, her mother died in an accident on the mountains. That influenced her to become a nurse in Tokyo. However, one day, an incident prompts her to escape from Tokyo and return to the mountain lodge. It is the same time that Keigo arrives at the clinic..
Renai Kentei
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Sundays, 3 June 2012
Station: NHK BS Premium
Cast: Seto Koji
Synopsis: -
source
* disclaimer: i may not have included some other Johnnys on the list coz, to be honest, i'm sometimes confused with the names esp to the johnnys sempais (smap to v6), these are what i can only remember.. sorry~~