Top 20 FujiTV drama theme songs as chosen by 10,000 people

FujiTV's variety programme "Kono sekai wa 1derful" aired a top 20 ranking of FujiTV drama theme songs as chosen by 10,000 people on 17 April 2025. 

• The dramas' titles are reflected within the brackets. 
• The links lead to music videos or live performances of the theme songs.
• The years when the dramas were aired are reflected at the end of each line.

What is clear from this ranking:

• FujiTV's golden age for its dramas were indeed the 90s - the top 10 were all from this era.
• The most "recent" entry in this ranking was already 3 years ago.
• Seems like the dramas from the past 2 years haven't left as much of an impact on viewers unlike some from decades ago which are still remembered fondly.

Are your favourites in this list? 

1) "Love Story wa totsuzen ni" by Oda Kazumasa (Tokyo Love Story) - 1991

2) "SAY YES" by Chage & Aska (101 kaime no proposal) - 1991

3) "Ima sugu Kiss Me" by LINDBERG (Sekai de ichiban kimi ga suki) - 1990

4) "Kimi ga iru dake de" by Kome Kome Club (Sugao no mama de) - 1992

5) "Makenaide" by ZARD (Shiratori Reiko de gozaimasu!) - 1993

6) "Sekaijuu no dare yori kitto" by Nakayama Miho & WANDS (Dare ka ga kanojo wo aishiteru) - 1992

7) "La La La Love Song" by Kubota Toshinobu with Naomi Campbell (Long Vacation) - 1996

8) "YAH YAH YAH" by Chage Aska (Furikaereba yatsu ga iru) - 1993

9) "Kanashimi wa yuki no you ni" by Hamada Shogo (Ai to iu na no moto ni) - 1992

10) "Saboten no hana" by Zaitsu Kazuo (Hitotsu yane no shita) - 1993

11) "Sora mo toberu hazu" by Spitz (Hakusen Nagashi) - 1996

12) "HANABI" by Mr.Children (Code Blue) - 2008

13) "Sekai ni hitotsu dake no hana" by SMAP (Boku no ikiru michi) - 2003

14) "TRUE LOVE" by Fujii Fumiya (Asunaro Hakusho) - 1993

15) "Gin no ryu no se ni notte" by Nakajima Miyuki (Dr. Kotoo shinryoujou) - 2003

16) "Everything" by MISIA (Yamato Nadeshiko) - 2000

17) "Subtitle" by Official Hige Dandism (silent) - 2022

18) "Tomorrow never knows" by Mr.Children (Wakamono no subete) - 1994

19) "Love Somebody" by Oda Yuji (Odoru Daisousasen) - 1997

20) "Poison" by Sorimachi Takashi (GTO) - 1998

Top 10 dramas which you would want to see a sequel for (Oricon)

This is a poll conducted by Oricon on 1,000 respondents as to which dramas they want to see a sequel for:

1) Hanzawa Naoki

2) Ama-chan

3) Kagi no kakatta heya

4) Strawberry Night

5) Kekkon Dekinai Otoko

6) Kaseifu no Mita

7) Haken no Hinkaku

8) Shitsuren Chocolatier

9) Lucky Seven

10) Odoru Daisousasen / Last Cinderella

Yanagiba Toshiro as 1-day police station chief to promote Odoru Daisousasen's Blu-ray DVD

Yanagiba Toshiro appeared at the Wangan Police Station on 31 March as its 1-day police station chief and took part in the parade at Odaiba. About 3,000 people gathered for the 2-hour parade which was followed by a talk-show where Yanagiba promoted the upcoming release of the Blu-ray disc of his movie "Odoru Daisousasen THE FINAL" on 26 April. When asked about how he practices road safety, Yanagiba recounted that when he learnt driving, he was told by the instructor to avoid using the brakes as much as possible so he made it a point to keep a safety distance from the cars in front of him so that he could avoid having to apply the brakes suddenly.

Source: Nikkansports

Top 10 drama ratings for 2012 (single episode basis) - Oricon

Note that this takes into consideration the highest rating for a single episode of a drama series or the rating for an once-off drama SP so it will be different from the usual ratings ranking we see which is based on averages. Dates in brackets indicate the date when the episode or SP was shown:

1) Carnation (28 Jan 2012) - 25.0%

2) Ume-chan Sensei (11 Aug 2012) - 24.9%

3) Doctor X (13 Dec 2012 - Last episode) - 24.4%

4) 24 Jikan Terebi Drama SP Kuruma Isu de Boku wa Sora wo Tobu (25 Aug 2012) - 23.8%

5) Odoru Daisousasen THE LAST TV Salaryman Keiji to Saigo no Nanjiken (1 Sep 2012) - 21.3%

6) Aibou (21 Mar 2012 - Last episode) - 20.5%

7) PRICELESS (10 Dec 2012) - 20.1%

8) ATARU (15 Apr 2012) - 19.9%

9) Jun to Ai (1 Oct 2012) - 19.8%

10) Atsui Kuuki (22 Dec 2012) - 18.6%

Source: Oricon

First-day screening of "Odoru Daisousasen THE FINAL"

The first-day screening of "Odoru Daisousasen THE FINAL" was held on 7 September where cast members including Oda Yuji, Yanagiba Toshiro, Yusuke Santa Maria, Uchida Yuki, Oguri Shun, Koizumi Kotaro and Katori Shingo appeared in front of 2,000 fans outside Hibiya's TOHO Cinemas Scala. With the help of Marunouchi Police Station's 80 police officers , a stretch of road measuring 100m was sealed off for the red carpet event. The movie began its run with screenings at 452 cinemas nationwide and the producer Kameyama Chihiro said that they are hoping to see box office figures of JPY 10bn or more. Oda Yuki also wore the trademark coat of Aoshima for the past 15 years and thanked the fans for their support while singing the series' theme song "Love Somebody".


Source: Sanspo

Odoru Daisousasen THE FINAL's completion screening

The completion screening of "Odoru Daisousasen THE FINAL" was held on 23 August at Tokyo International Forum where 4,000 fans gathered. Cast members including Oda Yuji, Fukatsu Eri, Yanagiba Toshiro, Yusuke Santa Maria, Koizumi Kotaro, Uchida Yuki, Oguri Shun, Ito Atsushi, Satoi Kenta, Ono Takehiko, Kitamura Soichiro and Saito Satoru also appeared at the event to greet the fans and were treated to a 5-minute standing ovation.

The movie which is due to be shown from 7 September, marks the final instalment in the Odoru Daisousan series which began as a TV drama in 1997. Since then, there have been 3 movies and the last movie in 2003 was the highest-grossing film that year.



Source: Sanspo

Odoru Daisousasen's SP to be shown before the final movie

"Odoru Daisousasen" will be back as a drama SP for the first time in 14 years in conjunction with the impending screening of the last movie in the series "Odoru Daisousaen THE FINAL". The movie is due to be screened in Sep while the drama SP titled "Odoru Daisousasen" which is due to be shown on FujiTV before that will have its story set at one month before the movie's story. The SP's cast members include the original lineup of Oda Yuji, Yanagiba Toshiro, Fukatsu Eri and Yusuke Santa Maria along with new participants such as Oguri Shun, Ito Atsushi and Uchida Yuki who also appear in the movie.

Source: Sanspo