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

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Tanaka Kei - Ossans Love
2) Ninomiya Kazunari - Black Pean
3) Dean Fujioka - Monte Cristo Haku - Karei naru Fukushuu -

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Ninomiya Kazunari - Black Pean
2) Tanaka Kei - Ossans Love
3) Dean Fujioka - Monte Cristo Haku - Karei naru Fukushuu -
4) Iwata Takanori - Gakebuchi Hotel!
5) Sakaguchi Kentaro - Signal Chouki Mikaiketsu Jiken Sousahan

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Tanaka Kei - Ossans Love
2) Ninomiya Kazunari - Black Pean
3) Sakaguchi Kentaro - Signal Chouki Mikaiketsu Jiken Sousahan
4) Dean Fujioka - Monte Cristo Haku - Karei naru Fukushuu -
5) Ikematsu Sousuke - Miyamoto kara kimi e

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Tanaka Kei - Ossans Love
2) Ninomiya Kazunari - Black Pean
3) Sakaguchi Kentaro - Signal Chouki Mikaiketsu Jiken Sousahan / Dean Fujioka - Monte Cristo Haku - Karei naru Fukushuu -
5) Matsushige Yutaka - Kodoku no Gurume Season 7

Source: The Televison

Preview of "Gakebuchi Hotel" - Spring 2018

Title: Gakebuchi Hotel 崖っぷちホテル (The hotel on the edge)
Official website: here
Official Instagram: here
Official Twitter: here
O.A. Start Date: 15 April 2018
Timeslot: Sundays 10.30pm
Broadcast by: NTV
Theme Song: "Strangers In The Night" by Frank Sinatra
Cast: Iwata Takanori, Toda Erika, Hamabe Minami, Nakamura Tomoya, Kukkii, Chad Mullane, Saeki Daichi, Suzuki Kosuke, Nishio Mari, Miyagawa Daisuke, Ryou & Watanabe Ikkei

Supporting cast line-up of NTV Spring 2018 drama "Gakebuchi Hotel" announced

The supporting cast line-up of NTV Spring 2018 drama "Gakebuchi Hotel" starring Iwata Takanori & Toda Erika had been announced. The drama which begins its run from 15 April 2018 in the Sundays 10.30pm timeslot, is a situational comedy set at a hotel in the suburbs with a debt of JPY 300m and is on the verge of bankruptcy despite having seen better days in the past as a high-class hotel. Ukai Naoya (Iwata), a guy with a rough appearance and hardly looks like a typical hotel guest, shows up unannounced at the hotel and starts making unthinkable demands on the staff who are not motivated and poor at their work which then leads to various unexpected miracles happening as a result. Toda plays the 29-year-old general manager Sakurai Sana who is serious and straightforward but somewhat clumsy as she tries to save the hotel from ruin. The entire drama will features locations within the hotel only i.e. the rooms, lobby, playroom and restaurant etc.

Iwata Takanori & Toda Erika to star in new NTV Spring 2018 drama "Gakebuchi Hotel"

Iwata Takanori will be starring in his first leading role in a drama series when he appears in the upcoming NTV Spring 2018 drama "Gakebuchi Hotel" (The hotel on the edge) which will be shown on Sundays at 10.30pm from April 2018. Toda Erika will play the heroine which marks her first appearance in a NTV drama in 12 years and this will be their first collaboration. The situation comedy is set at a hotel in the suburbs with a debt of JPY 300m and is on the verge of bankruptcy despite having seen better days in the past as a high class hotel. Ukai Naoya (Iwata), a guy with a rough appearance and hardly looks like a typical hotel guest, shows up unannounced at the hotel and starts making unthinkable demands on the staff who are not motivated and poor at their work which then leads to various unexpected miracles happening as a result. Toda plays the 29-year-old general manager Sakurai Sana who is serious and straightforward but somewhat clumsy as she tries to save the hotel from ruin. The entire drama will features locations within the hotel only i.e. the rooms, lobby, playroom and restaurant etc.