The 87th Drama Academy Awards (Autumn 2015) - Best Drama Theme Song

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Christmas Song - back number (5-ji kara 9-ji made Watashi ni koishita obosan)
2) Sora ga mata kuraku naru - RC Succession (Okashi no Ie)
3) Anata ga koko ni ite dakishimeru koto ga dekiru nara - miwa (Kounodori)

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Christmas Song - back number (5-ji kara 9-ji made Watashi ni koishita obosan)
2) MUGEN ROAD - Sandaime J Soul Brothers from EXILE TRIBE (HIGH&LOW)
3) No.1 by Nishino Kana (Okitegami Kyoko no Biboroku)
4) AAO by Kis-My-Ft2 (Seishun Tantei Haruya)
5) Anata ga koko ni ite dakishimeru koto ga dekiru nara - miwa (Kounodori)

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Christmas Song - back number (5-ji kara 9-ji made Watashi ni koishita obosan)
2) Samurai Song - Kanjani 8 (Samurai Sensei)
3) Girl A - Alexandros (Siren Keiji x Kanojo x Kanzen Akujo)
4) Anata ga koko ni ite dakishimeru koto ga dekiru nara - miwa (Kounodori)
5) MUGEN ROAD - Sandaime J Soul Brothers from EXILE TRIBE (HIGH&LOW) / Sora ga mata kuraku naru - RC Succession (Okashi no Ie) / What You Want - JUJU (Gisou no Fuufu) / Kuroi Shizuku - Superfly (Mutsu ~ Mieru no Me)

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Sora ga mata kuraku naru - RC Succession (Okashi no Ie)
2) Anata ga koko ni ite dakishimeru koto ga dekiru nara - miwa (Kounodori)
3) Hanataba - Nakashima Mika (Otona Joshi)
4) Christmas Song - back number (5-ji kara 9-ji made Watashi ni koishita obosan)
5) Kuroi Shizuku - Superfly (Mutsu ~ Mieru no Me)

Source: The Television

The 87th Drama Academy Awards (Autumn 2015) - Best Supporting Actor

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Kikkawa Koji - Shitamachi Rocket
2) Yamashita Tomohisa - 5-ji kara 9-ji made Watashi ni koishita obosan
3) Kamiki Ryunosuke - Samurai Sensei

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Yamashita Tomohisa - 5-ji kara 9-ji made Watashi ni koishita obosan
2) Okada Masaki - Okitegami Kyoko no Biboroku
3) Kitayama Hiromitsu - Siren Keiji x Kanojo x Kanzen Akujo
4) Kamiki Ryunosuke - Samurai Sensei
5) Arioka Daiki - Okitegami Kyoko no Biboroku

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Kikkawa Koji - Shitamachi Rocket
2) Kamiki Ryunosuke - Samurai Sensei
3) Yasuda Ken - Shitamachi Rocket
4) Koizumi Kotaro - Shitamachi Rocket
5) Tatekawa Danshun - Shitamachi Rocket

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Sawamura Ikki - Gisou Fuufu
2) Kikkawa Koji - Shitamachi Rocket
3) Nakamura Aoi - Mutsu ~ Mieru Me ~
4) Yasuda Ken - Shitamachi Rocket
5) Hoshino Gen - Kounodori

Source: The Television

The 87th Drama Academy Awards (Autumn 2015) - Best Leading Actress

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Ishihara Satomi - 5-ji kara 9-ji made Watashi ni koishita obosan
2) Aragaki Yui - Okitegami Kyoko no Biboroku
3) Amami Yuki - Gisou no Fuufu

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Ishihara Satomi - 5-ji kara 9-ji made Watashi ni koishita obosan
2) Aragaki Yui - Okitegami Kyoko no Biboroku
3) Amami Yuki - Gisou no Fuufu
4) Inoue Mao - Hana Moyu
5) Shinohara Ryoko - Otona Joshi

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Ishihara Satomi - 5-ji kara 9-ji made Watashi ni koishita obosan
2) Aragaki Yui - Okitegami Kyoko no Biboroku
3) Amami Yuki - Gisou no Fuufu
4) Inoue Mao - Hana Moyu
5) Shinohara Ryoko - Otona Joshi

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Amami Yuki - Gisou no Fuufu
2) Aragaki Yui - Okitegami Kyoko no Biboroku
3) Ishihara Satomi - 5-ji kara 9-ji made Watashi ni koishita obosan
4) Inoue Mao - Hana Moyu
5) Karina - Kekkon shiki no zenjitsu ni / Sakuma Yui - Transit Girls

Source: The Television

The 87th Drama Academy Awards (Autumn 2015) - Best Drama

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Shitamachi Rocket (TBS)
2) Kounodori (TBS)
3) Siren Keiji x Kanojo x Kanzen Akujo (FujiTV)

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) 5-ji kara 9-ji made Watashi ni koishita obosan (FujiTV)
2) Okitegami Kyoko no Biboroku (NTV)
3) HIGH&LOW ~ THE STORY OF S.W.O.R.D ~ (NTV)
4) Kounodori (TBS)
5) Shitamachi Rocket (TBS)

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Shitamachi Rocket (TBS)
2) Siren Keiji x Kanojo x Kanzen Akujo (FujiTV)
3) Kounodori (TBS)
4) Samurai Sensei (TV Asahi)
5) 5-ji kara 9-ji made Watashi ni koishita obosan (FujiTV)

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Shitamachi Rocket (TBS)
2) Kounodori (TBS)
3) Gisou no Fuufu (NTV)
4) Okashi no Ie (TBS)
5) Siren Keiji x Kanojo x Kanzen Akujo (FujiTV) / Transit Girls (FujiTV)

Source: The Television

Abe Hiroshi & Amami Yuki to play a married couple in new movie "Koisaika Miyamoto"

Abe Hiroshi and Amami Yuki will be teaming up in the new movie "Koisaika Miyamoto" (Miyamoto - the man who loves his wife) which will be directed and written by scriptwriter Yukawa Kazuhiko who is making his directorial debut through this movie. The movie which is based on writer Shigematsu Kiyoshi's novel "FamiResu" (Family Restaurant), features Abe and Amami as a married couple who is faced with the issue of how to live with each other after 25 years of marriage and the departure of their child from the family home after he gets married.

Abe plays the role of Miyamoto Yohei, a junior high school teacher who got to know his wife Miyoko through a go-kon and got married hastily soon after due to her pregnancy. After being married for 25 years, the couple find themselves having to contend with the notion of living with each other only on the day their son and his wife move to Fukushima for his work. On that very night, Miyoko gets herself drunk as she is filled with apprehension about the days ahead while Yohei is aghast to see a divorce application hidden by her which was already filled up. As she struggles to cope with the frustrations of living with her husband who is retiring, Miyoko suddenly leaves home which leaves Yohei scrambling to salvage his marriage.

Yukawa revealed that he got the offer to write the script for this movie in January last year despite the fact that he does not write scripts for adaptations and prefers to write his original stories. However, he found the theme of a couple's struggles to live with each other after retirement fascinating thus agreed to write the script on the condition that he could still inject his personal touch into the story. Initially, there were a few candidates for the director's post but the producer Fukuyama Ryo told Yukawa in April this year that he should be the best candidate for the job since he knows the story inside out. Thus, this was what led to Yukawa taking on the challenge of being a director for the first time.

Abe who is acting in a Yukawa work for the first time, commented that he is eagerly looking forward to how Yukawa will present Shigematsu's story in his own unique manner. As for Amami, she has prior experience working with Yukawa in dramas such as "Joou no Kyoushitsu" and "Gisou no Fuufu" so she anticipates that this will be another tough project for her but one which will make the audience laugh and cry at the same time.

Filming begins in January next year and the movie is due to be shown in cinemas in 2017.

Source: Nikkansports / Yomiuri Hochi

Preview of "Gisou no Fuufu" 偽装の夫婦 (Fake Couple) - Autumn 2015

Title: Gisou no Fuufu 偽装の夫婦 (Fake Couple)
Official website: here
Official Twitter page: here
O.A. Start Date: 7 October 2015
Timeslot: Wednesdays 10pm
Broadcast by: NTV
Scriptwriter: Yukawa Kazuhiko
Theme Song: What You Want by JUJU
Cast: Amami Yuki, Sawamura Ikki, Uchida Yuki, Kudo Asuka, Sakai Maki, Sato Jiro, Shibamoto Yuki, Tanaka Yoji, Kimura Midoriko, Fuji Sumiko