The story centers around the popular high school boy Masamune Asuka, the top kendo fighter in the nation. However, beneath his cool exterior, he is actually fond of sweets and shojo manga, and is skilled in sewing and cooking. When he instantly falls for the transfer student Miyakozuka Ryo, his secret is in danger of being exposed
* Title: ブザー・ビート * Title (English): Buzzer Beat * Tagline: 崖っぷちのヒーロー / Gakeppuchi no Hero * Format: Renzoku * Broadcast network: Fuji TV * Broadcast period: 2009-Jul-13 to 2009-Sep * Air time: Monday 21:00 * Theme song: Ichibutozenbu by B'z
Kamiya Naoki is a salaryman who belongs to his company's basketball team. Despite his appearance, he is completely weak under pressure when it comes to work and romance. Although he has a girlfriend, he falls in love with a spirited and cheerful woman who is unable to be straightforward.
Players
* Yamashita Tomohisa as Kamiya Naoki (shooting guard) * Mizobata Junpei as Hatano Shuji (shooting guard) * Kaneko Nobuaki (金子ノブアキ) as Yoyogi Ren (forward) * Aoki Munetaka as Moriguchi Shuto (forward/center) * Nagai Masaru as Utsunomiya Toru (team captain) * Ishida Takaki (石田剛規) as Saga Hiroaki
Management
* Ogi Shigemitsu as Ashikaga Kunimitsu (company director) * Ito Hideaki as Kawasaki Tomoya (head coach) * Kanada Satoshi (金田哲) as Kasukabe Yoshio (team manager) * Kawashima Akiyoshi (川島章良) as Matsuyama Ryosuke (trainer) * Ayana (綾那) as Saeki Kaori (official photographer)
Cheerleading Squad
* Aibu Saki as Nanami Natsuki * Komatsu Ayaka as Kanazawa Shion
Music Students
* Kitagawa Keiko as Shirakawa Riko * Kanjiya Shihori as Ebina Mai
Kamiya Family
* Maya Miki as Kamiya Makiko * Oomasa Aya as Kamiya Yuri
Title: Mr. Brain Format: Renzoku Genre: mystery, comedy Broadcast network: TBS Broadcast period: 2009-May-23 until - Air Time:7.56 p.m. Saturdays
Cast: Takuya Kimura as Tsukumo Ryusuke The newly arrived neuroscientist at the National Research Institute of Police Science. He met with an accident and injured a part of his brain. As if in compensation for that, his right brain is astoundingly well developed. He begins neuroscience research in his quest to learn about this abnormal change that has happened to him but his exceptional ability catches the attention of the National Research Institute of Police Science and he is recruited. Although he is an eccentric who cannot read situations around him, he solves difficult cases one after another with his peculiarly unique perspectives and ideas.
Ayase Haruka as Yuri Kazune Tsukumo’s only assistant. She majored in chemistry in university and was employed by the National Research Institute of Police Science after her graduation. She was originally assigned to the chemistry department’s research laboratory but enters the world of neuroscience because of Tsukumo’s appointment. She falls in love with his outward appearance when she first sees him and feels a little bewildered to be treated as the subject for his experiments every day … Even though she gets pushed around by the eccentric Tsukumo, she is gradually finds herself attracted to him while on the move around the crime scenes.
Mizushima Hiro as Hayashida Toranosuke A young detective in the First Investigative Division and Tanbara’s subordinate. He has a strong sense of justice and is full of energy because he gets to be involved in big cases in his admired division. He is naive and sentimental, and far from dependable … He respects the experienced Tanbara but also grows to have respect for Tsukumo, who solves cases from the perspective of neuroscience. Each time a case happens, he seeks Tsukumo’s advice and is scolded by Tanbara.
Synopsis: Tsukumo Ryusuke (Kimura Takuya) a neuroscientist who is in charge of the scientific method of identification, investigation and research of crime solving at the National Police Agency’s Science Institute. He solves difficult cases as well as major cases with his exceptional ability. He is quite different from people who can read situations and gets on the wrong side of those around him but his attitude when he gets thoroughly fixated in the pursuit of something that interests him, will certainly drive criminals into a corner …
NEWS member Tomohisa Yamashita has the lead role in Fuji TV's upcoming Monday night drama series, tentatively titled "Buzzer Beat ~Gakeppuchi no Hero~." His female lead this time is actress Keiko Kitagawa, who graduated from Meiji University's School of Commerce one year after he did.
The love story has Yamashita playing a salaryman who belongs to his company's basketball team. Despite his appearance, he is completely weak under pressure when it comes to work and romance. Although he has a girlfriend (Saki Aibu), he falls in love with a spirited and cheerful woman who is unable to be straightforward (Kitagawa).
Shihori Kanjiya plays Kitagawa's friend, while Hideaki Ito serves as Yamashita's rival in love. Junpei Mizobata, Nobuaki Kaneko, Miki Maya, and Masaru Nagai are also part of the supporting cast.
Yamashita's only experience with basketball so far is in classes at school, so he is undergoing special training for two weeks. "Buzzer Beat" premieres in July.
Soon on Japan Tv a new drama with Horikita Maki : Atashinchi no Danshi !!
* Title: アタシんちの男子 * Title (romaji): Atashinchi no Danshi * Format: Renzoku * Genre: Comedy * Broadcast network: Fuji TV * Broadcast period: 2009-Apr-14 start * Air time: Tuesday 21:00
Synopsis
In the drama, Horikita's character is burdened with 100 million yen worth of debt after her gambling father disappears. Chased out of her home by collectors, she is forced to sleep in places like internet cafes. However, she meets the president of a major company who offers to pay off the debt if she marries him, and she soon finds herself moving in with a rather eccentric family.
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