Nikkansports Drama Grand Prix 2014 - Best Leading Actress

Nikkansports is announcing the winners for their Drama Grand Prix 2014 daily from today and the first announcement is for Best Leading Actress.

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of valid votes received for the actor/actress/drama:

Best Leading Actress
1) Ayase Haruka - Kyouwa Kaisha Yasumimasu (341)

2) Yonekura Ryoko - Doctor X (293)

3) Charlotte Kate Fox - Massan (280)

4) Yoshitaka Yuriko - Hanako to Anne (164)

5) Ueno Juri - Arisu no Toge (149)

6) An - Hanasaki Mai ga damatte inai (146)

7) An - Date ~ Koi to wa donna mono kashira ~ (128)

8) Koizumi Kyoko - Zoku Saigo kara nibanme no koi (126)

9) Nakatani Miki - Ghost Writer (123)

10) Eikura Nana - N no tame ni (120)

Source: Nikkansports

Nikkansports Dorama Grand Prix - Spring 2014

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of votes received:

Best Drama
1) Shinigami-kun (853)
2) Roosevelt Game (144)
3) Gunshi Kanbee (132)
4) Hanasaki Mai ga damatte inai (129)
5) BORDER (116)


Best Leading Actor
1) Ohno Satoshi - Shinigami-kun (873)
2) Okada Junichi - Gunshi Kanbee (209)
3) Oguri Shun - BORDER (167)
4) Nishijima Hidetoshi - MOZU (161)
5) Karasawa Toshiaki - Roosevelt Game (152)

Best Leading Actress
1) An - Hanasaki Mai ga damatte inai (487)
2) Ueno Juri - Arisu no Toge (351)
3) Yoshitaka Yuriko - Hanako to Anne (307)
4) Koizumi Kyoko - Zoku Saigo kara nibanme no Koi (256)
5) Nakatani Miki - Gunshi Kanbee (214)

Best Supporting Actor
1) Suda Masaki - Shinigami-kun (576)
2) Kamikawa Takaya - Hanasaki Mai ga damatte inai (206)
3) Shibata Kyohei - Gunshi Kanbee (126)
4) Eguchi Yosuke - Roosevelt Game (85)
5) Miura Tomokazu - Gokuaku Ganbo (72)

Best Supporting Actress
1) Kiritani Mirei - Shinigami-kun (609)
2) Nakama Yukie - Hanako to Anne (205)
3) Kiritani Mirei - Gunshi Kanbee (134)
4) Maki Yoko - MOZU (121)
5) Dan Rei - Roosevelt Game (85)

Source: Nikkansports

Top 10 highest-rated single episode ratings for dramas shown in the first half of 2014 (Oricon)

1) Gochisousan - NHK - 13 March 2014 (Episode 136) - 25.3%

2) Hanako to Anne - NHK - 9 May 2014 / 26 May 2014 (Episodes 35 and 49) - 24.8%

3) Aibou New Year SP & Aibou season 12 2-hour finale SP - TV Asahi - 1st Jan 2014 / 19 Mar 2014 - 19.6%

4) Gunshi Kanbee - NHK - 5 Jan 2014 - Episode 1 - 18.9%
S Saigo no Keisatsukan - TBS - 12 Jan 2014 - Episode 1 - 18.9%

6) Hanasaki Mai ga damatte inai - NTV - 18 Jun 2014 - Final Episode - 18.3%

7) Roosevelt Game - TBS - 22 Jun 2014 - Final Episode - 17.6%

8) Kaseifu wa Mita! - TV Asahi - 2 Mar 2014 - 17.4%

9) BORDER - TV Asahi - 22 May 2014 - Episode 7 - 16.7%

10) Kinkyuu Toshirabeshitsu - TV Asahi - 23 Jan 2014 - Episode 3 - 16.1%
Specialist 2 - TV Asahi - 8 Mar 2014 - 16.1%

Source: Oricon

Preview of "Hanasaki Mai ga damatte inai" - Spring 2014

Title: Hanasaki Mai ga damatte inai
Official website: here
Official Twitter: here
Broadcast by: NTV
O.A. Start Date: 16 April 2014
Timeslot: Wednesdays 10pm
Original novel by: Ikeido Jun
Cast: An, Kamikawa Takaya, Tsukaji Muga, Enoki Takaaki, Komoto Masahiro, Osugi Ren, Namase Katsuhisa, Kimura Yoshino (First episode's guest)

Kamikawa Takaya to appear in NTV Spring 2014 drama "Hanasaki Mai ga damattenai"

Kamikawa Takaya will be appearing in the NTV Spring 014 drama "Hanasaki Mai ga damattenai" featuring An which begins its run from April in the Wednesdays 10pm timeslot. He will be playing the role of a veteran bank employee Soma Ken who has given up on climbing the corporate ladder and simply goes with the flow which is in contrast with his subordinate Hanasaki Mai (An) who cannot keep quiet about unfair or wrong things. Despite their differences, the two of them combine forces to solve the problems cropping up at the branch they work at when the auditors come knocking.

Source: Sponichi

An to play the heroine in NTV Spring 2014 drama "Hanasaki Mai ga damatte inai"

An will be playing the role of the heroine in the upcoming NTV Spring 2014 drama "Hanasaki Mai ga damatte inai" (Hanasaki Mai does not keep quiet) which begins its run from April 2014 in the Wednesdays 10pm timeslot. The drama is based on the novel by Ikeido Jun who is famous for his novels such as the Hanzawa Naoki series which made it big last year. The role of Hanasaki Mai is the only heroine among his many novels where she works as a bank employee who cannot keep quiet about the bad things happening in the bank she works for and doesn't care for power nor status. She works with a long-forgotten veteran employee Soma Ken to get justice for those being bullied and set the wrong things right.

An commented that this is not merely a drama about the banking industry but hopes that it can be an encouragement to the working class who may have many things they want to say but cannot do so at work. Through Hanasaki Mai's sense of justice, she hopes that it will give the viewers some inspiration and boost to strive on despite the daily challenges.

Source: Sponichi