The 98th Drama Academy Awards (Summer 2018) - Best Drama

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Gibo to Musume no Blues
2) Hanbun, Aoi
3) dele

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Good Doctor
2) Zero - Ikkaku Senkin Game
3) Tokyo Alien Brothers
4) Gibo to Musume no Blues
5) dele

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Gibo to Musume no Blues
2) Hanbun, Aoi
3) dele
4) Good Doctor
5) Takane no Hana

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Hanbun, Aoi
2) Gibo to Musume no Blues
3) Kono sekai no katasumi ni
4) dele
5) Toumei na Yurikago

Source: The Television

The 98th Drama Academy Awards (Summer 2018) - Best Leading Actor

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Yamazaki Kento - Good Doctor
2) Yamada Takayuki - dele
3) Suda Masaki - dele

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Yamazaki Kento - Good Doctor
2) Inoo Kei - Tokyo Alien Brothers
3) Kato Shigeaki - Zero - Ikkaku Senkin Game -
4) Ayano Go - Hagetaka
5) Yamada Takayuki - dele

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Yamazaki Kento - Good Doctor
2) Yamada Takayuki - dele
3) Kubota Masataka - Himomen
4) Matsuzaka Toori - Kono sekai no katasumi ni
5) Suda Masaki - dele / Sawamura Ikki - Zettai Reido ~ Mizen Hanzai Sennyuu Sousa ~

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Yamazaki Kento - Good Doctor
2) Suda Masaki - dele
3) Yamada Takayuki - dele
4) Sano Shiro - Genkai Danchi
5) Ayano Go - Hagetaka

Source: The Televison

The 98th Drama Academy Awards (Summer 2018) - Best Supporting Actor

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Sato Takeru - Hanbun, Aoi
2) Toyokawa Etsushi - Hanbun, Aoi
3) Takenouchi Yutaka - Gibo to Musume no Blues

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Sato Takeru - Hanbun, Aoi
2) Totsuka Shota - Tokyo Alien Brothers
3) Fujiki Naohito - Good Doctor
4) Mamiya Shotaro - Zero - Ikkaku Senkin Game -
5) Sato Ryuga - Zero - Ikkaku Senkin Game -

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Sato Takeru - Hanbun, Aoi
2) Takenouchi Yutaka - Gibo to Musume no Blues
3) Toyokawa Etsushi - Hanbun, Aoi
4) Seto Koji - Toumei na Yurikago / Mineta Kazunobu - Takane no Hana / Katsuji Ryo - Himomen / Sato Takeru - Gibo to Musume no Blues

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Toyokawa Etsushi - Hanbun, Aoi
2) Sato Takeru - Hanbun, Aoi
3) Mineta Kazunobu - Takane no Hana
4) Yoshida Kotaro - Keiji Shichinin / Takenouchi Yutaka - Gibo to Musume no Blues / Iura Arata - Kenkou de bunkateki na saiteigendo no seikatsu

Source: The Televison

The 98th Drama Academy Awards (Summer 2018) - Best Supporting Actress

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Ueno Juri - Good Doctor
2) Yokomizo Naho - Gibo to Musume no Blues
3) Kamishiraishi Moka - Gibo to Musume no Blues

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Ueno Juri - Good Doctor
2) Koike Eiko - Zero - Ikkaku Senkin Game -
3) Sawajiri Erika - Hagetaka / Yoshine Kyoko - Takane no Hana
5) Matsuyuki Yasuko - Hanbun, Aoi

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Kamishiraishi Moka - Gibo to Musume no Blues
2) Seino Nana - Hanbun, Aoi
3) Yokomizo Naho - Gibo to Musume no Blues / Ueno Juri - Good Doctor
5) Asou Kumiko - dele

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Matsuyuki Yasuko - Hanbun, Aoi / Harada Tomoyo - Hanbun, Aoi
3) Yokomizo Naho - Gibo to Musume no Blues / Ueno Juri - Good Doctor
5) Sawajiri Erika - Hagetaka

Source: The Televison

The 98th Drama Academy Awards (Summer 2018) - Best Theme Song

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Idea - Hoshino Gen (Hanbun, Aoi)
2) Ai no katachi feat. HIDE (GReeeeN) - MISIA (Gibo to Musume no Blues)
3) Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley (Takane no Hana)

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) COSMIC HUMAN - Hey! Say! Jump (Tokyo Alien Brothers)
2) Ikiro - NEWS (Zero - Ikkaku Senkin Game -)
3) Idea - Hoshino Gen (Hanbun, Aoi)
4) Hibiwareta sekai - majiko (Genkai Danchi)
5) Ai no katachi feat. HIDE (GReeeeN) - MISIA (Gibo to Musume no Blues)

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Ai no katachi feat. HIDE (GReeeeN) - MISIA (Gibo to Musume no Blues)
2) Idea - Hoshino Gen (Hanbun, Aoi)
3) Hikari - androp (Good Doctor)
4) Moshi kimi wo yurusetara - Ieiri Leo (Zettai Reido ~ Mizen Hanzai Sennyuu Sousa ~)
5) Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley (Takane no Hana)

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Idea - Hoshino Gen (Hanbun, Aoi)
2) Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley (Takane no Hana)
3) SINGLES - Mr.Children (Hagetaka)
4) Ikiro - NEWS (Zero - Ikkaku Senkin Game -)
5) Hibiwareta sekai - majiko (Genkai Danchi)

Source: The Televison

Winners of Nikkansports Dorama Grand Prix (Summer 2018)

There were 894 valid votes for this round of voting between 13th and 20th Sep where the top 5 for each category in each season would then be eligible as nominees for the annual awards.The numbers in brackets indicate the number of votes received for the drama and/or actor/actress.

Note: This season's voting numbers were much lower than usual which could probably be due to the fact that Japan was hit with a number of natural disasters this summer:

Best Drama
1) Hanbun, Aoi (133)
2) Gibo to Musume no Blues (132)
3) Segodon (111)
4) Good Doctor (79)
5) Hagetaka (56)

Best Leading Actor
1) Suzuki Ryohei - Segodon (178)
2) Yamazaki Kento - Good Doctor / Sawamura Ikki - Zettai Reido 3 ~ Mizen Hanzai Sennyuu Sousa ~ (145)
4) Ayano Go - Hagetaka (86)
5) Yamada Takayuki - dele (58)

Best Leading Actress
1) Ayase Haruka - Gibo to Musume no Blues (247)
2) Nagano Mei - Hanbun, Aoi (217)
3) Tsuchiya Tao - Chia Dan (102)
4) Ishihara Satomi - Takane no Hana (91)
5) Yoshioka Riho - Kenkou de bunkateki na saiteigendo no seikatsu (58)

Best Supporting Actor
1) Sato Takeru - Hanbun, Aoi (164)
2) Eita - Segodon (68)
3) Sato Takeru - Gibo to Musume no Blues (58)
4) Takenouchi Yutaka - Gibo to Musume no Blues (48)
5) Mineta Kazunobu - Takane no Hana (39)

Best Supporting Actress
1) Matsuyuki Yasuko - Hanbun, Aoi (111)
2) Kuroki Haru - Segodon (84)
3) Ueno Juri - Good Doctor (68)
4) Kamishiraishi Moka - Gibo to Musume no Blues / Honda Tsubasa - Zettai Reido 3 ~ Mizen Hanzai Sennyuu Sousa ~ (55)

Source: Nikkansports

Top 10 heartthrobs from the Summer 2018 drama season (Modelpress)

Modelpress conducted a survey with its readers between 16 August and 23 August to find out who they regarded as their favourite heartthrob from the Summer 2018 drama season. There were 33,865 responses received and the top 10 list is as follows with the number of votes indicated in brackets:

1) Yoshizawa Ryo - Survival Wedding (6,781)

2) Kato Shigeaki - Zero Ikkaku Senkin Game (3,175)

3) Yamazaki Kento - Good Doctor (3,034)

4) Yokoyama Yu - Zettai Reido 3 ~ Mizen Hanzai Sennyuu Sousa (2,821)

5) Tanaka Kei - Kenkou de Bunkateki na Saiteigendo no Seikatsu (2,655)

6) Sato Takeru - Gibo to Musume no Blues (2,503)

7) Kubota Masataka - Himomen (2,216)

8) Matsuzaka Toori - Kono sekai no katasumi ni (2,108)

9) Takenouchi Yutaka - Gibo to Musume no Blues (2,067)

10) Ogoe Yuuki - Survival Wedding (2,009)

Source: Modelpress

Top 10 Summer 2018 dramas with the highest satisfaction rating for its first episode (Oricon)

Oricon conducted a survey on 690 of its members comprising of men and women from their teens to 50s living in 18 prefectures where they gave points according to the amount of satisfaction they felt about the first episodes of Summer 2018 dramas in 5 aspects i.e. the amount of minutes they had watched, the leading actor/actress, the supporting cast, content and how much the drama is being talked about. The full score is 100 points i.e. 20 points for each aspect.

Here are the top 10 dramas with the highest scores displayed in the brackets:

Oricon's most anticipated Summer 2018 dramas ranking

Oricon conducted a survey on 1,364 people from their teens to 50s between 15 June and 19 June where they chose which Summer 2018 they are looking forward to watch. Dramas which were not announced by the TV stations before 15 June 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 "Good Doctor" - Summer 2018

Title: Good Doctor グッドドクター
Official website: here
Official Twitter: here
O.A. Start Date: 12 July 2018
Timeslot: Thursdays 10pm
Broadcast by: FujiTV
Original drama by: KBS
Cast: Yamazaki Kento, Ueno Juri, Fujiki Naohito, Totsugi Shigeyuki, Nakamura Yuri, Hamano Kenta, Itao Itsuji & Emoto Akira