2011 Japanese television dramas

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This is a list of Japanese television dramas often called doramas by fans.

Networks

NHK NTV (Nihon TV) YTV (Yomiuri TV) TBS MBS CX (Fuji TV) KTV (Kansai TV) THK (Tokai TV) EX (TV Asahi) ABC TX (TV Tokyo) WOWOW

Winter (January to March) BroadcastingPeriod DayofWeek Air Time(JST)English TitleJapanese Title Ep. Network Lead Actor/Actress WebPage ThemeSong AVGRating 2010 | Mar. 21 Mon. 20:00 | 20:54 Mito Kōmon (XLII) TBS Kōtarō Satomi web Jan. 17 | Mar. Mon. 21:00 | 21:54 Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta CX Erika Toda, Haruma Miura web Porno Graffitti"EXIT" Jan. 10 | Mar. Mon. 22:00 | 22:54 Saijō no Meii 10 TX Takumi Saito web Jan. 11 | Mar. Tue. 21:00 | 21:54 CONTROL CX Nao Matsushita, Naohito Fujiki web Jan. 4 | Feb. 8 Tue. 22:00 | 22:43 Fake Kyoto Bijutsu Jiken Emaki 6 NHK Naomi Zaizen web Feb. 15 | Mar. 8 Tue. 22:00 | 22:43 Shijūkunichi no Recipe 4 NHK Emi Wakui web Jan. 11 | Mar. Tue. 22:00 | 22:54 Utsukushii Rinjin KTV Yukie Nakama web Jan. 18 | Mar. Tue. 24:55 | 25:25 Quartet 9 MBS Saki Fukuda web 2010 | Mar. Wed. 21:00 | 21:54 Aibō (IX) EX Yutaka Mizutani web Jan. 12 | Mar. Wed. 22:00 | 22:54 Misaki NO.1!! NTV Karina Nose web Jan. 20 | Mar. Thu. 20:00 | 20:54 Honboshi EX Eiichiro Funakoshi web Jan. 20 | Mar. Thu. 21:00 | 21:54 Kokuhatsu EX Masakazu Tamura web 2010 | 春 Thu. 21:00 | 21:54 Wataru Seken wa oni Bakari (X) TBS Izumi Pinko web Jan. 13 | Mar. Thu. 22:00 | 22:54 Gaikoukan Kuroda Kōsaku CX Yūji Oda web 2010 | Mar. Thu. 22:55 | 23:25 Shukujo NHK Miwako Ichikawa web Jan. 6 | Mar. Thu. 23:58 | 24:38 Jidankōshōnin Gota Keshi YTV Akihiro Nishino web Jan. 21 | Mar. Fri. 21:00 | 21:54 Akutō EXABC Katsunori Takahashi web Jan. 7 | Mar. Fri. 22:00 | 22:54 LADY TBS Keiko Kitagawa web Kou Shibasaki"Mukei Spirit" Feb. 4 | Mar. Fri. 23:15 | 24:10 Bartender EX Masaki Aiba web Jan. 14 | Mar. Fri. 24:12 | 24:53 URAKARA TX Kara web Jan. 14 | Mar. Fri. 24:20 | 24:50 Heaven's Flower TBS Umika Kawashima web Jan. 8 | Mar. Sat. 19:30 | 20:00 Onmitsu Happyaku Yachō 9 NHK Hiroshi Tachi web Feb. 26 | Mar. 26 Sat. 21:00 | 21:50 Taro no Tō 4 NHK Suzuki Matsuo web Mar. 26 | Sat. 21:00 | 21:50 Challenged NHK Kuranosuke Sasaki Jan. 15 | Mar. Sat. 21:00 | 21:54 Deka Wanko NTV Mikako Tabe web Jan. 8 | Feb. 26 Sat. 00:00 | 00:54 Shakking (II) 8 WOWOW Shunsuke Nakamura web Jan. 9 | 春 Sun. 20:00 | 20:45 Gō NHK Juri Ueno web Jan. 16 | Mar. Sun. 21:00 | 21:54 SCHOOL!! CX Yōsuke Eguchi web Jan. 16 | Mar. Sun. 21:00 | 21:54 Fuyu no Sakura TBS Tsuyoshi Kusanagi web Mar. 27 | Sun. 22:00 | 22:54 CO Ishoku Coordinator WOWOW Hidetaka Yoshioka web 2010 | Mar. Sun. 23:00 | 23:45 Sōkyū no Subaru NHK Yūko Tanaka web Jan. 30 | Mar. Sun. 23:00 | 23:55 Dr. Irabu Ichirō EX Satoshi Tokushige web

Specials BroadcastingPeriod DayofWeek Air Time(JST)English TitleJapanese Title Ep. Network Lead Actor/Actress WebPage ThemeSong AVGRating Jan. 5 Wed. Toilet no Kamisamaトイレの神様 1 MBS web Mar. 30 Wed. Sayonara Bokutachi no Youchien さよならぼくたちのようちえん 1 NTV Mana Ashida web Sayonara Bokutachi no Youchien

Spring (April to June) BroadcastingPeriod DayofWeek Air Time(JST)English TitleJapanese Title Ep. Network Lead Actor/Actress WebPage ThemeSong AVGRating Apr. | Jun. Mon. 22:00 | 22:54 Suzuki Sensei TX Hiroki Hasegawa web Apr. 14 | May Tue. 22:00 | 22:43 Madonna Verde 6 NHK Keiko Matsuzaka Apr. | Jun. Tue. 22:00 | 22:54 Good Life KTV Takashi Sorimachi Apr. | Jun. Tue. 22:00 | 22:43 BOSS (II) CX Yūki Amami Apr. | Jun. Thu. 21:00 | 21:54 Hagane no Onna (II) EX Michiko Kichise 冬 | 夏 Thu. 21:00 | 21:54 Wataru Seken wa oni Bakari (X) TBS Izumi Pinko web Apr. 15 | Jul. 1 Fri. 24:12 | 24:53 Majisuka Gakuen (II) 12 TX Atsuko Maeda web AKB48 "Yankee Soul" 冬 | 夏 Sun. 20:00 | 20:45 Gō NHK Juri Ueno web Apr. 17 | Jun.26 Sun. 21:00 | 21:54 JIN (II) 11 TBS Takao Osawa web Ken Hirai "Itoshiki Hibi yo" 20.6% Apr. | Jun. Sun. 23:00 | 23:55 Asukō March EX Emi Takei web Apr.4 | Oct. 1 Mon | Sat 08:00 Ohisama NHK Mao Inoue, Kengo Kora web Apr. 24 | Jul. 3 Sun | 21:00 | 21:54 Marumo no Okite 11 Fuji TV Mana Ashida, Abe Sadao web Kaoru to Yuki, Tama ni Mook "Maru Maru Mori Mori!" 15.48% April 15 | Jun. 10 Fri 23:15 | 24:10 Inu o Kau to Iu Koto 9 EX Nishikido Ryo, Mizukawa Asami web Kanjani Eight "My Home" 8.47%

Specials BroadcastingPeriod DayofWeek Air Time(JST)English TitleJapanese Title Ep. Network Lead Actor/Actress WebPage ThemeSong AVGRating Mar 27 | Apr 17 Mon. 23:00 | 23:54 Yokoyama Hideo Suspense 横山秀夫サスペンス 4 WOWOW web

Summer (July to September) BroadcastingPeriod DayofWeek Air Time(JST)English TitleJapanese Title Ep. Network Lead Actor/Actress WebPage ThemeSong AVGRating 春 | Sep. Thu. 21:00 | 21:54 Wataru Seken wa oni Bakari (X) TBS Izumi Pinko web 夏 | 秋 Sun. 20:00 | 20:45 Gō NHK Juri Ueno web 夏 | 秋 Sun. 21:00 | 21:54 Hanazakari no Kimitachi e CX Maeda Atsuko web 夏 | 秋 Sun. 22:00 | 22:54 Ikemen desu ne TBS web Jul 5 | Sep Mon | Fri 13:30 | 14:00 Ashita no Hikari wo Tsukame 2 CX Fujiko Kojima, Yuya Matsushita web Jul | Sep Thu 22:00 | 22:54 Soredemo, Ikite Yuku CX Eita, Hikari Mitsushima Tokyo no Sora by Kazumasa Oda Jul | Sep Tue 21:00 | 21:54 Zettai Reido 2 CX Aya Ueto May 31 | Sep Tue 22:00 | 22:54 Karyu no Utage 8 NHK Hitomi Kuroki, Yōko Nogiwa, Natsuki Kato May 31 | Sep Tue 22:00 | 22:54 Team Batista 3 web CX Atsushi Itō, Toru Nakamura Jul | Sep Tue 24:55 | Arakawa Under the Bridge TBS Kento Hayashi, Mirei Kiritani Jul | Sep Fri 24:20 | 24:50 Ouran High School Host Club TBS Haruna Kawaguchi, Yusuke Yamamoto web Jul | Sep Wed 21:00 | 21:54 Keishicho Sosa Ikka 9 Gakari 6 EX Yutaka Mizutani, Oikawa Mitsuhiro Jul | Sep Thu 20:00 | 20:54 Kyoto Chiken no Onna 7 EX Tsunehiko Watase, Atsuko Sakurai, Natsumi Nanase Jul | Sep Thu 21:00 | 21:54 Saigo no Bansan EX Kōichi Satō, Haruma Miura Jul | Sep Thu 23:58 | 24:38 Kudo Shinichi he no Chosenjo YTV Junpei Mizobata, Shioli Kutsuna Jul | Sep Fri 24:12 | 24:53 Yuusha Yoshihiko to Maou no Shiro web TX Takayuki Yamada, Haruka Kinami, Tsuyoshi Muro Jul | Sep Mon 21:00 | 21:54 Zenkai Girl CX Yui Aragaki, Ryo Nishikido

Specials BroadcastDate Air Time(JST)English TitleJapanese Title Network Lead Actor/Actress WebPage ThemeSong AVGRating July 5 21:00 - 22:48 Furusato: Musume no Tabidachi CX Maki Horikita, Jun Fubuki, Ken Matsudaira web July 17 02:10 - 03:10 Tonari no Akuma-chan: Mizu to Mizonokuchi CX Seika Taketomi web August 5 21:00 - 23:24 Kono Sekai no Katasumi ni NTV Keiko Kitagawa, Keisuke Koide web Kasha EX Kamikawa Takaya, Sasaki Nozomi, Terawaki Yasufumi

Autumn (October to December) BroadcastingPeriod DayofWeek Air Time(JST)English TitleJapanese Title Ep. Network Lead Actor/Actress WebPage ThemeSong AVGRating 夏 | Nov. Sun. 20:00 | 20:45 Gō NHK Juri Ueno web Oct. | Dec. Fri. 22:00 | 22:54 Sengyou Shufu Tantei ~ Watashi wa Shadow (tentative name) TBS Fukada Kyoko, Fujiki Naohito, Kiritani Kenta web Oct. 3 | Mar. 31, 2012 Mon Sat 22:00 | 22:54 Carnation 86 NHK Machiko Ono, Chiaki Kuriyama Oct. | Dec. Wed. 22:00 | 22:54 Kaseifu no Mita NTV Nanako Matsushima web Oct. | Dec. Fri. 24:12 | Koko ga Uwasa no El Palacio TX Machiko Ono, Chiaki Kuriyama Oct. | Dec. Sun. 21:00 | 21:54 Nankyoku Tairiku TBS Haruka Ayase, Kuriyama Chiaki web Oct. | Dec. Tue. 21:00 | 21:54 Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de CX Sho Sakurai, Keiko Kitagawa Oct. | Dec. Thu. 22:00 | 22:54 Mitsu no Aji: A Taste Of Honey CX Nana Eikura, Miho Kanno, ARATA web Oct. | Dec. Sun. 21:00 | 21:54 Boku to Star no 99 Nichi CX Hidetoshi Nishijima, Kim Tae-hee web Oct. | Dec. Mon. 21:00 | 21:54 Watashi ga Renai Dekinai Riyuu CX Karina, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Yuko Oshima web Oct. | Dec. Thu. 23:58 | 24:38 Himitsu Chouhouin Erika NTV Chiaki Kuriyama, Tetta Sugimoto web Oct. | Dec. Fri. 23:15 | 24:15 11 Nin mo Iru! EX Ryunosuke Kamiki Archived from the original September 23, 2011

See also List of Japanese television dramas