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 Nikkansports Dorama Grand Prix (Spring 2018)

There were 4,021 valid votes for this round of voting between 19th and 26th June 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:

Utada Hikaru to sing the image song for TBS Spring 2018 drama "Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~"

Utada Hikaru will be singing the image song for TBS Spring 2018 drama "Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~" which will begin its run from 17 April in the Tuesdays 10pm timeslot. This is the first time in 11 years since Utada sang an image song for the Hanadan series since 2007's "Flavor of Life - Ballad Version -". Utada who is a fan of the original manga, was approached by the drama's producer to write and sing the image song which will be revealed for the first time in the pilot episode.

Source: Natalie

Preview of "Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~" - Spring 2018

Title: Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~ 花のち晴れ ~ 花男 Next Season ~ (Sunshine after flowers ~ Boys Over Flowers Next Season ~)
Official website: here
Official Instagram: here
Official LINE: here
Official Twitter: here
O.A. Start Date: 17 April 2018
Timeslot: Tuesdays 10pm
Broadcast by: TBS
Original manga by: Kamio Yoko
Theme Song: "Cinderella Girl" by King & Prince
Cast: Sugisaki Hana, Hirano Sho (King & Prince), Nakagawa Taishi, Hamada Tatsuomi, Iitoyo Marie, Imada Mio, Suzuki Jin, Nakata Keisuke, Kinami Haruka, Horiuchi Keiko, Tet Wada, Shiga Kotaro, Takaoka Saki, Takito Kenichi & Kikuchi Momoko

Supporting cast announcement for TBS Spring 2018 drama "Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~"

The supporting cast line-up for TBS Spring 2018 drama "Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~" starring Sugisaki Hana had been announced. The drama which is based on the same-titled manga by Kamio Youko, is the sequel to the hit series "Hana Yori Dango" and will begin its run from 17 April in the Tuesdays 10pm timeslot. The story is set 10 years after the F4 and Makino Tsukushi featured in "Hana Yori Dango" had graduated from Eitoku Gakuen which is facing difficulties due to declining enrollment as a result of the recession. Sugisaki plays the lead character Edogawa Oto who attends Eitoku despite being from a poor family. Hirano Sho plays Kakuragi Haruto who is the heir of Kakuragi Group and regarded as the 2nd Doumyouji in Eitoku because of his leader position in C5 (Correct 5) even though he is actually weak mentally and incompetent. Nakagawa Taishi will play Oto's fiance Hase Tenma who is the student council chairman at Momonozono Gakuin, the rival school of Eitoku.

Sugisaki Hana, Hirano Sho & Nakagawa Taishi to star in new TBS Spring 2018 drama "Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~"

Sugisaki Hana will be starring in the new TBS Spring 2018 drama "Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~" (Sunshine after flowers ~ Boys Over Flowers Next Season ~" which will begin its run from April 2018 in the Tuesdays 10pm. The drama is based on the same-titled manga by Kamio Youko and the sequel to the hit series "Hana Yori Dango". This will be Sugisaki's first leading role in a drama and co-stars include King & Prince's Hirano Sho and Nakagawa Taishi.