The 97th Drama Academy Awards (Spring 2018) - Best Drama

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Ossans Love (TV Asahi)
2) Black Pean (TBS)
3) Anata niwa kaeru ie ga aru (TBS)

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Black Pean (TBS)
2) Ossans Love (TV Asahi)
3) Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~ (TBS)
4) Monte Cristo Haku - Karei naru Fukushuu - (FujiTV)
5) Confidence Man JP (FujiTV)

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Ossans Love (TV Asahi)
2) Anata niwa kaeru ie ga aru (TBS)
3) Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~ (TBS)
4) Black Pean (TBS)
5) Signal Chouki Mikaiketsu Jiken Sousahan (KTV/FujiTV)

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Ossans Love (TV Asahi)
2) Black Pean (TBS)
3) Signal Chouki Mikaiketsu Jiken Sousahan (KTV/FujiTV)
4) Confidence Man JP (FujiTV)
5)  Anata niwa kaeru ie ga aru (TBS)

Source: The Television

The 97th Drama Academy Awards (Spring 2018) - Best Leading Actress

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Nagasawa Masami - Confidence Man JP
2) Nakatani Miki - Anata niwa kaeru ie ga aru
3) Sugisaki Hana - Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Nagasawa Masami - Confidence Man JP
2) Yoshitaka Yuriko - Seigi no Se
3) Sugisaki Hana - Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~
4) Haru - Mikaiketsu no Onna Keishicho Bunsho Sousakan
5) Sasaki Nozomi - Daisy Luck

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Nagasawa Masami - Confidence Man JP
2) Nakatani Miki - Anata niwa kaeru ie ga aru
3) Sugisaki Hana - Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~
4) Nanao - Miss Devil Jinji no Akuma Tsubaki Mako
5) Yoshitaka Yuriko - Seigi no Se

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Nagasawa Masami - Confidence Man JP
2) Nanao - Miss Devil Jinji no Akuma Tsubaki Mako
3) Nakatani Miki - Anata niwa kaeru ie ga aru
4) Sugisaki Hana - Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~ / Yoshitaka Yuriko - Seigi no Se / Haru - Mikaiketsu no Onna Keishicho Bunsho Sousakan

Source: The Television

The 97th Drama Academy Awards (Spring 2018) - Best Supporting Actor

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Yoshida Kotaro - Ossans Love
2) Hayashi Kento - Ossans Love
3) Takeuchi Ryoma - Black Pean

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Hayashi Kento - Ossans Love
2) Takeuchi Ryoma - Black Pean
3) Hirano Sho - Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~
4) Uchino Seiyo - Black Pean
5) Koizumi Kotaro - Black Pean

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Yoshida Kotaro - Ossans Love
2) Hirano Sho - Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~
3) Yusuke Santa Maria - Anata niwa kaeru ie ga aru
4) Hayashi Kento - Ossans Love
5) Nakagawa Taishi - Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Yoshida Kotaro - Ossans Love
2) Kitamura Kazuki - Signal Chouki Mikaiketsu Jiken Sousahan
3) Hayashi Kento - Ossans Love / Yasuda Ken - Seigi no Se
4) Takeuchi Ryoma - Black Pean / Sato Ryuta - Yake ni ben no tatsu bengoshi ga gakkou de hoeru

Source: The Televison

The 97th Drama Academy Awards (Spring 2018) - Best Supporting Actress

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Kimura Tae - Anata niwa kaeru ie ga aru
2) Aoi Wakana - Black Pean
3) Uchida Rio - Ossans Love

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Aoi Wakana - Black Pean
2) Uchida Rio - Ossans Love
3) Ootsuka Nene - Ossans Love / Imada Mio - Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~
5) Kato Ayako - Black Pean

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Kimura Tae - Anata niwa kaeru ie ga aru
2) Imada Mio - Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~
3) Uchida Rio - Ossans Love / Iitoyo Marie - Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~
5) Aoi Wakana - Black Pean

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Kimura Tae - Anata niwa kaeru ie ga aru
2) Kichise Michiko - Signal Chouki Mikaiketsu Jiken Sousahan
3) Imada Mio - Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~ / Suzuki Kyoka - Mikaiketsu no Onna Keishicho Bunsho Sousakan / Toda Erika - Gakebuchi Hotel!

Source: The Televison

The 97th Drama Academy Awards (Spring 2018) - Best Theme Song

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Kono michi wo - Oda Kazumasa (Black Pean)
2) Revival - Sukima Switch (Ossans Love)
3) Cinderella Girl - King & Prince (Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~)

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Kono michi wo - Oda Kazumasa (Black Pean)
2) Revival - Sukima Switch (Ossans Love)
3) Cinderella Girl - King & Prince (Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~)
4) Echo - Dean Fujioka (Monte Cristo Haku - Karei naru Fukushuu -)
5) Hatsukoi - Utada Hikaru (Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~)

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Cinderella Girl - King & Prince (Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~)
2) Hatsukoi - Utada Hikaru (Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~)
3) Fall - Superfly (Anata niwa kaeru ie ga aru)
4) Don't Leave Me - BTS (Signal Chouki Mikaiketsu Jiken Sousahan)
5) Kono michi wo - Oda Kazumasa (Black Pean)

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Cinderella Girl - King & Prince (Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~)
2) Kono michi wo - Oda Kazumasa (Black Pean)
3) Revival - Sukima Switch (Ossans Love)
4) Body Feels EXIT (from AL [Finally]) - Amuro Namie (Miss Devil Jinji no Akuma Tsubaki Mako) / Crazy Rays - V6 (Tokusou 9) / Kakumei - MOROHA (Miyamoto kara kimi e)

Source: The Televison

Winners of the 12th Confidence Award Drama Prize (Spring 2018)

Here are the winners of the 12th Confidence Award Drama Prize for the Spring 2018 season:

Best Drama: Ossans Love

Best Leading Actor: Dean Fujioka (Monte Cristo Haku Karei naru Fukushuu)

Best Leading Actress: Nagasawa Masami (Confidence Man JP)

Best Supporting Actor: Yoshida Kotaro (Ossans Love)

Best Supporting Actress: Kimura Tae (Anata niwa kaeru ie ga aru)

Best Script: Kosawa Ryota (Confidence Man JP)

Best Newcomer: Shuri (Black Pean)

Source: Confidence Award Drama Prize

Oricon's most anticipated Spring 2018 dramas ranking

Oricon conducted a survey on 1,364 people from their teens to 50s between 6 March and 12 March where they chose which Spring 2018 they are looking forward to watch. Dramas which were not announced by the TV stations before 6 March were not included in this survey and only dramas from the private networks and NHK were considered as candidates in this list.

There are two rankings here i.e. the primetime (7pm to 10pm) and midnight categories (shown after 11pm). Numbers in brackets indicate the overall weighted score in terms of anticipated ratings, leading actor/actress, supporting cast and content which account for 20 marks each. As such, the maximum score a drama can get is 80. The asterisk indicates dramas which are based on novels/manga.

Preview of "Anata ni wa kaeru ie ga aru" - Spring 2018

Title: Anata ni wa kaeru ie ga aru あなたには帰る家がある (You have a home to return to)
Official website: here
Official Instagram: here
Official LINE: here
Official Twitter: here
O.A. Start Date: 13 April 2018
Timeslot: Fridays 10pm
Broadcast by: TBS
Original novel by: Yamamoto Fumio
Cast: Nakatani Miki, Tamaki Hiroshi, Suruga Taro, Takahashi Maryjun, Triendl Reina, Fujimoto Toshifumi (FUJIWARA), Fueki Yuuko, Yusuke Santa Maria, Kimura Tae

Nakatani Miki & Tamaki Hiroshi to play a married couple in new TBS Spring 2018 drama "Anata niwa kaeru ie ga aru"

Nakatani Miki will be starring in the new TBS Spring 2018 drama "Anata niwa kaeru ie ga aru" (You have a home to return to) which will begin its run from April 2018 in the Fridays 10pm timeslot. The drama is based on the 1994 same-titled novel by Yamamoto Fumio which talks about the frustrations and unhappiness brewing in the daily lives of two married couples which is said to resonate with many people for its reality check on the issues in married life. In addition, the staff had also conducted interviews with more than 100 women to find out their true thoughts about their husbands, child rearing, work and juggling household chores so as to feature these elements in the drama.