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

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 "Seigi no Se" - Spring 2018

Title: Seigi no Se 正義のセ
Official website: here
Official Instagram: here
Official LINE: here
Official Twitter: here
O.A. Start Date: 11 April 2018
Timeslot: Wednesdays 10pm
Broadcast by: NTV
Original novel by: Agawa Sawako
Theme Song: "Shippaigaku" by Fukuyama Masaharu
Cast: Yoshitaka Yuriko, Yasuda Ken, Miura Shohei, Hirose Arisu, Hirano Kinari, Shukugawa Atomu, Ohno Takuro, Tsukaji Muga, Miyazaki Yoshiko, Terawaki Yasufumi & Namase Katsuhisa

Update on Oosugi Ren's sudden demise and the aftermath

Following Oosugi Ren's sudden demise due to acute heart failure on 21 February, there are more details about the final moments of his life as well as announcements about the projects which involved him. Here is a summary of the information known so far:

Supporting cast line-up of NTV Spring 2018 drama "Seigi no Se" announced

The supporting cast line-up of NTV Spring 2018 drama "Seigi no Se" starring Yoshitaka Yuriko had been announced. The story which is based on the serial novel by Agawa Sawako, will begin its run from April in the Wednesdays 10pm timeslot. Yoshitaka plays the lead character Takemura Ririko who is 29 years old and has been working as a public prosecutor in Yokohama District Public Prosecutors' Office for two years. She is the eldest daughter in a family living at a suburban town in Tokyo which operates a tofu shop and still lives with her family. Ririko is far from perfect despite how people perceive her occupation as she is very inflexible and will speak out if she sees any injustice. The drama will focus not so much on the cases she handles but rather how she grows as a person with her colleagues and family members' support. In addition, she will be faced with the choice of marriage vs. career when her boyfriend proposes and has to deal with her father's suspected infidelity.

Yoshitaka Yuriko to star in new NTV Spring 2018 drama "Seigi no Se"

Yoshitaka Yuriko will be starring in the new NTV Spring 2018 drama "Seigi no Se" which is based on the serial novel by Agawa Sawako  and will begin its run from April in the Wednesdays 10pm timeslot. The story features Yoshitaka as the lead character Takemura Ririko who is 29 years old and has been working as a public prosecutor in Yokohama District Public Prosecutors' Office for two years. She is the eldest daughter in a family living at a suburban town in Tokyo which operates a tofu shop and still lives with her family. Ririko is far from perfect despite how people perceive her occupation as she is very inflexible and will speak out if she sees any injustice. The drama will focus not so much on the cases she handles but rather how she grows as a person with her colleagues and family members' support. In addition, she will be faced with the choice of marriage vs. career when her boyfriend proposes and has to deal with her father's suspected infidelity.