The 96th Drama Academy Awards (Winter 2018) - Best Drama

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Unnatural (TBS)
2) 99.9 Keiji Senmon Bengoshi Season II (TBS)
3) Warotenka (NHK)

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) 99.9 Keiji Senmon Bengoshi Season II (TBS)
2) Unnatural (TBS)
3) Momikeshite Fuyu ~ Wagaya no mondai nakatta koto ni ~ (NTV)
4) Kuragehime (FujiTV)
5) BG ~ Shinpen Keigonin ~ (TV Asahi)

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Unnatural (TBS)
2) 99.9 Keiji Senmon Bengoshi Season II (TBS)
3) anone (NTV)
4) Warotenka (NHK)
5) Tonari no kazoku wa aoku mieru (FujiTV)

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Unnatural (TBS)
2) 99.9 Keiji Senmon Bengoshi Season II (TBS)
3) Warotenka (NHK)
4) anone (NTV)
5) BG ~ Shinpen Keigonin ~ (TV Asahi)

Source: The Television

The 96th Drama Academy Awards (Winter 2018) - Best Leading Actor

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Matsumoto Jun - 99.9 Keiji Senmon Bengoshi Season II
2) Yamada Ryosuke - Momikeshite Fuyu ~ Wagaya no mondai nakatta koto ni ~
3) Kimura Takuya - BG ~ Shinpen Keigonin ~

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Matsumoto Jun - 99.9 Keiji Senmon Bengoshi Season II
2) Yamada Ryosuke - Momikeshite Fuyu ~ Wagaya no mondai nakatta koto ni ~
3) Oosugi Ren - Byplayers 2
4) Yamazaki Kento - Todome no Kiss
5) Kimura Takuya - BG ~ Shinpen Keigonin ~

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Matsumoto Jun - 99.9 Keiji Senmon Bengoshi Season II
2) Saito Takumi - MASKMEN
3) Yamada Ryosuke - Momikeshite Fuyu ~ Wagaya no mondai nakatta koto ni ~
4) Kimura Takuya - BG ~ Shinpen Keigonin ~
5) Oosugi Ren - Byplayers 2

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Matsumoto Jun - 99.9 Keiji Senmon Bengoshi Season II
2) Kimura Takuya - BG ~ Shinpen Keigonin ~
3) Yamada Ryosuke - Momikeshite Fuyu ~ Wagaya no mondai nakatta koto ni ~ / Oosugi Ren - Byplayers 2
5) Yamazaki Kento - Todome no Kiss / Mizutani Yutaka - Aibou season 16

Source: The Televison

The 96th Drama Academy Awards (Winter 2018) - Best Supporting Actor

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Iura Arata - Unnatural
2) Kagawa Teruyuki - 99.9 Keiji Senmon Bengoshi Season II
3) Seto Koji - Kuragehime

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Kagawa Teruyuki - 99.9 Keiji Senmon Bengoshi Season II
2) Iura Arata - Unnatural
3) Seto Koji - Kuragehime
4) Kubota Masataka - Unnatural
5) Kotaki Nozomu - Momikeshite Fuyu ~ Wagaya no mondai nakatta koto ni ~

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Iura Arata - Unnatural
2) Mukai Osamu - Kimi ga kokoro ni sumitsuita
3) Matsuyama Kenichi - Tonari no kazoku wa aoku mieru
4) Kubota Masataka - Unnatural / Kitamura Takumi - Tonari no kazoku wa aoku mieru

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Iura Arata - Unnatural
2) Takahashi Issei - Warotenka
3) Hamada Gaku - Warotenka
4) Seto Koji - Kuragehime
5) Kitamura Takumi - Tonari no kazoku wa aoku mieru

Source: The Televison

The 96th Drama Academy Awards (Winter 2018) - Best Supporting Actress

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Kimura Fumino - 99.9 Keiji Senmon Bengoshi Season II
2) Tanaka Yuko - anone
3) Kadowaki Mugi - Todome no Kiss

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Kimura Fumino - 99.9 Keiji Senmon Bengoshi Season II
2) Ichikawa Mikako - Unnatural
3) Haru - Momikeshite Fuyu ~ Wagaya no mondai nakatta koto ni ~
4) Kadowaki Mugi - Todome no Kiss
5) Babazono Azusa - 99.9 Keiji Senmon Bengoshi Season II

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Tanaka Yuko - anone
2) Ichikawa Mikako - Unnatural
3) Kadowaki Mugi - Todome no Kiss
4) Hirose Arisu - Warotenka
5) Haru - Momikeshite Fuyu ~ Wagaya no mondai nakatta koto ni ~

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Tanaka Yuko - anone
2) Kadowaki Mugi - Todome no Kiss
3) Hirose Arisu - Warotenka / Haru - Momikeshite Fuyu ~ Wagaya no mondai nakatta koto ni ~ / Kimura Fumino - 99.9 Keiji Senmon Bengoshi Season II

Source: The Televison

The 96th Drama Academy Awards (Winter 2018) - Best Theme Song

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Lemon - Yonezu Kenshi (Unnatural)
2) Find The Answer - Arashi (99.9 Keiji Senmon Bengoshi Season II)
3) Ashita wa doko kara - Matsu Takako (Warotenka)

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Find The Answer - Arashi (99.9 Keiji Senmon Bengoshi Season II)
2) Lemon - Yonezu Kenshi (Unnatural)
3) Mae wo muke - Hey! Say! JUMP (Momikeshite Fuyu ~ Wagaya no mondai nakatta koto ni ~)
4) Sayonara Elegy - Suda Masaki (Todome no Kiss)
5) A New Day - Beverly (Kuragehime)

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Lemon - Yonezu Kenshi (Unnatural)
2) here comes my love - Mr.Children (Tonari no kazoku wa aoku mieru)
3) Sayonara Elegy - Suda Masaki (Todome no Kiss)
4) Find The Answer - Arashi (99.9 Keiji Senmon Bengoshi Season II)
5) Masquerade - Toshi (MASKMEN)

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Ashita wa doko kara - Matsu Takako (Warotenka)
2) Lemon - Yonezu Kenshi (Unnatural) / Sans toi, ma mie - Takimoto Miori (Koshiji Fubuki Monogatari)
4) Gomibako kara, Blues - Takehara Pistol (Byplayers 2)
5) Sayonara, Elegy - Suda Masaki (Todome no Kiss) / Ichikabachika - Re:versed (Kakegurui)

Source: The Televison

Top 10 ikemen heartthrobs from the Winter 2018 drama season (Modelpress)

Modelpress conducted a survey on its readers between 16 February and 23 February to find out who they regarded as their favourite ikemen heartthrob from the Winter 2018 drama season. There were 16,927 responses received and the top 10 list is as follows:

1) Seto Koji (Kuragehime)

2) Iura Arata (Unnatural)

3) Kubota Masataka (Unnatural)

4) Matsumoto Jun (99.9 Keiji Senmon Bengoshi SEASON II)

5) Yamazaki Kento (Todome no Kiss)

6) Kitamura Takumi (Tonari no kazoku wa aoku mieru)

7) Yamada Yuki (Holiday Love)

8) Kamenashi Kazuya (FINAL CUT)

9) Yamada Ryosuke (Momikeshite Fuyu)

10) Kimura Takuya (BG ~ Shinpen Keigonin ~)

Source: Modelpress

Production press conference of NTV Winter 2018 drama "Momikeshite Fuyu ~ Wagaya no mondai nakatta koto ni ~"

The production press conference of NTV Winter 2018 drama "Momikeshite Fuyu ~ Wagaya no mondai nakatta koto ni ~" was held at Akagi Shrine in Kagurazaka, Tokyo, on 4 January which was attended by the cast members Yamada Ryosuke, Haru, Ozawa Yukiyoshi, Nakamura Baijaku and Chiba Yuudai. The drama begins its run from 13 January in the Saturdays 10pm timeslot.

Preview of "Momikeshite Fuyu ~ Wagaya no mondai nakatta koto ni ~" - Winter 2018

Title: Momikeshite Fuyu ~ Wagaya no mondai nakatta koto ni ~ もみ消して冬 ~ 我が家の問題なかったことに~ (The winter of cover-ups ~ Solving our family problems ~)
Official website: here
Official LINE: here
Official Twitter: here
O.A. Start Date: 13 January 2018
Timeslot: Saturdays 10pm
Broadcast by: NTV
Theme Song: "Mae wo muke" by Hey! Say! JUMP
Cast: Yamada Ryosuke, Haru, Ozawa Yukiyoshi, Nakamura Baijaku, Kotaki Nozomu, Tsunematsu Yuri, Kojima Kazuya, Chiba Yuudai & Asano Kazuyuki

Supporting cast line-up of NTV Winter 2018 drama "Momikeshite Fuyu ~ Wagaya no mondai nakatta koto ni ~" announced

The supporting cast line-up of NTV Winter 2018 drama "Momikeshite Fuyu ~ Wagaya no mondai nakatta koto ni ~" starring Yamada Ryosuke had been announced. The drama which will begin its run from January in the Saturdays 10pm timeslot features Yamada as the 25-year-old Kitazawa Shusaku, an outstanding police officer who graduated from University of Todai and works at the Metropolitan Police Department's Administrative Services Bureau which is filled with many talented aspiring executives. Since he hopes to become the Commissioner one day, Shusaku tries hard to prepare for his promotion exam in order to get ahead. He has two elder siblings i.e. 27-year-old sister Chiaki (Haru) who is a lawyer and 38-year-old Hirofumi (Ozawa) who is a heart surgeon thus making them a family of elites. One day, the family's peace is disrupted when the siblings find out that their father Taizou (Nakamura Baijaku) who is the principal of a private junior high school, gets into trouble. Taizou had his nude photos taken by a student's mother and is eager to cover this up so as to prevent this from hurting his career and image. The siblings come together to use their intelligence to resolve the issue which if left unattended, will affect the stability of their family.

Yamada Ryosuke, Haru & Ozawa Yukiyoshi to play siblings in new NTV Winter 2018 drama "Momikeshite Fuyu ~ Wagaya no mondai nakatta koto ni ~"

Yamada Ryosuke will be starring in the new NTV Winter 2018 drama "Momikeshite Fuyu ~ Wagaya no mondai nakatta koto ni ~" (The winter of cover-ups ~ Solving our family problems ~) which will begin its run from January in the Saturdays 10pm timeslot. In this original comedy, Yamada plays 25-year-old Kitazawa Shusaku, an outstanding police officer who graduated from University of Todai and works at the Metropolitan Police Department's Administrative Services Bureau which is filled with many talented aspiring executives. Since he hopes to become the Commissioner one day, Shusaku tries hard to prepare for his promotion exam in order to get ahead. He has two elder siblings i.e. 27-year-old sister Chiaki (Haru) who is a lawyer and 38-year-old Hirofumi (Ozawa) who is a heart surgeon thus making them a family of elites.