The 97th Drama Academy Awards (Spring 2018) - Best Leading Actor

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Tanaka Kei - Ossans Love
2) Ninomiya Kazunari - Black Pean
3) Dean Fujioka - Monte Cristo Haku - Karei naru Fukushuu -

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Ninomiya Kazunari - Black Pean
2) Tanaka Kei - Ossans Love
3) Dean Fujioka - Monte Cristo Haku - Karei naru Fukushuu -
4) Iwata Takanori - Gakebuchi Hotel!
5) Sakaguchi Kentaro - Signal Chouki Mikaiketsu Jiken Sousahan

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Tanaka Kei - Ossans Love
2) Ninomiya Kazunari - Black Pean
3) Sakaguchi Kentaro - Signal Chouki Mikaiketsu Jiken Sousahan
4) Dean Fujioka - Monte Cristo Haku - Karei naru Fukushuu -
5) Ikematsu Sousuke - Miyamoto kara kimi e

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Tanaka Kei - Ossans Love
2) Ninomiya Kazunari - Black Pean
3) Sakaguchi Kentaro - Signal Chouki Mikaiketsu Jiken Sousahan / Dean Fujioka - Monte Cristo Haku - Karei naru Fukushuu -
5) Matsushige Yutaka - Kodoku no Gurume Season 7

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 the 12th Confidence Award Drama Prize (Spring 2018)

Here are the winners of the 12th Confidence Award Drama Prize for the Spring 2018 season:

Best Drama: Ossans Love

Best Leading Actor: Dean Fujioka (Monte Cristo Haku Karei naru Fukushuu)

Best Leading Actress: Nagasawa Masami (Confidence Man JP)

Best Supporting Actor: Yoshida Kotaro (Ossans Love)

Best Supporting Actress: Kimura Tae (Anata niwa kaeru ie ga aru)

Best Script: Kosawa Ryota (Confidence Man JP)

Best Newcomer: Shuri (Black Pean)

Source: Confidence Award Drama Prize

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:

Preview of "Monte Cristo Haku - Karei naru Fukushuu -" - Spring 2018

Title: Monte Cristo Haku - Karei naru Fukushuu - モンテ・クリスト伯 - 華麗なる復讐 - (Count Monte Cristo - The Splendid Revenge -)
Official website: here
Official Instagram: here
Official Twitter: here
O.A. Start Date: 19 April 2018
Timeslot: Thursdays 10pm
Broadcast by: FujiTV
Original novel by: Alexandre Dumas
Theme Song: "Echo" by Dean Fujioka
Cast: Dean Fujioka, Ookura Tadayoshi, Yamamoto Mizuki, Takasugi Mahiro, Hayama Shono, Kishii Yukino, Sakurai Yuki, Miura Masaki, Shibukawa Kiyohiko, Arai Hirofumi, Tanaka Min, Fubuki Jun, Kinoshita Houka, Yamaguchi Sayaka, Ibu Masato, Inamori Izumi & Takahashi Katsunori

Supporting cast line-up of FujiTV Spring 2018 drama "Monte Cristo Haku - Karei naru Fukushuu -" announced

The supporting cast line-up of FujiTV Spring 2018 drama "Monte Cristo Haku - Karei naru Fukushuu -" starring Dean Fujioka had been announced. The drama which will begin its run from 19 April in the Thursdays 10pm timeslot also features Kanjani 8's Ookura Tadayoshi, Arai Hirofumi, Takahashi Katsunori and Yamamoto Mizuki in its cast. The story is based on the novel "The Count of Monte Cristo" by French writer Alexandre Dumas but will have its setting changed to modern-day Japan.

Fujioka plays the lead character Saimon Dan who got framed for a crime he didn't commit and served 15 years in prison and lost the woman he loved i.e. Meguro Sumire (Yamamoto). Upon his release, he sets out to take revenge on the three men who were responsible for his plight. Ookura plays Nanjo Yukio who is an unpopular actor and was jealous of Dan even though he had offered his blessings to the latter and his fiancee while Arai plays Kagura Kiyoshi who was Dan's senior at the fishery company where they worked at and has a flawed viewed towards love. Last but not least, Takahashi plays Iruma Kohei, the police officer who concealed Dan's innocence and sent him off to prison.

Dean Fujioka to star in new FujiTV Spring 2018 drama "Monte Cristo Haku - Karei naru Fukushuu -"

Dean Fujioka will be starring in the new FujiTV Spring 2018 drama "Monte Cristo Haku - Karei naru Fukushuu -" (Count Monte Cristo - The Splendid Revenge -) which will begin its run from April in the Thursdays 10pm timeslot. Co-stars include Kanjani 8's Ookura Tadayoshi, Arai Hirofumi, Takahashi Katsunori and Yamamoto Mizuki. The story is based on the novel "The Count of Monte Cristo" by French writer Alexandre Dumas but will have its setting changed to modern-day Japan. Filming begins in early March.