Japanese Dramas Summer 2013 Ratings & Awards

The Japanese summer season of dramas recently ended. I'm sure many of you were wondering which dramas got the highest ratings, and were received the best. In this article, I will do my best to provide you with each season’s ratings and recognition. 

1) Hanzawa Naoki  - (29.07%)
2) DOCTORS 2 ~ Saikyo no Meii -  (18.18%) 
3) Yae no Sakura (NHK taiga) – (14.89%)
4) Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji 5 – (14.55%)
5) Woman – (13.55%)
6) Keishicho Sosa Ikka 9 Gakari 8 – (13.19%)
7) Naruyouni Narusa – (12.65%) 
8) SUMMER NUDE – (12.53%) 
9) Saitou-san 2 – (12.31%)
10) Shomuni 2013 – (11.85%) 
11) Kyoto Chiken no Onna 9 – (11.13%) 
12) Namonaki Doku – (09.26%) 
13) Oh,My Dad!!  - (09.23%) 
14) Starman ~ Kono Hoshi no Koi – (08.46%) 
15) Gekiryu – (08.35%)

Note: The drama with the highest single episode rating is the last episode of Hanzawa Naoki aired on September the 22[sup]nd[/sup] with 42.2% of viewers, the highest ratings for an evening drama from a commercial broadcaster in three decades. It surpassed the previous record which was held by TBS' 'Beautiful Life'(41.3%) which aired in 2000.

The awards of the recently finished season are provided by Only Star magazine. As usual, the winners were decided by the votes of 1000 female readers. The results are:


The Most Popular Dramas:
1) Hanzawa Naoki (TBS)
2) Amachan(NHK)
3) Summer Nude (Fuji TV)
4) Woman(NTV)
5) Tenma-sanga Yuku (TBS)
6) Pin toKona (TBS)
7) Doctors 2 – Saikyou no Meii (NTV)
8) Keibuho Yabe Kenzo 2 (TV Asahi)
9) Starman– Kono Hashi no Koi (Fuji TV)
10) Kyuumei Byouto 24-ji Season 5 (Fuji TV)


The Most Popular Leading Actors:
1) Sakai Masato (Hanzawa Naoki, TBS)
2) YamashitaTomohisa (Summer Nude, Fuji TV)
3) Doumoto Tsuyoshi (Tenma-san ga Yuku, TBS)
4) Tamamori Yuuta (Kis-My-Ft2) (Pin to Kona, TBS)
5) Namase Katsuhisa (Keibuho Yabe Kenzo 2, TV Asahi)
6) Sawamura Ikki (Doctors 2 – Saikyou no Meii, TV Asahi)
7) Koizumi Koutarou (Namonaki Doku, TBS)
8) FujigayaTaisuke (Kis-My-Ft2) (Kamen Teacher, NTV)
9) Tachi Hiroshi (Naruyouni Narusa, TBS)
10) MatsushigeYutaka  (Kodoku Gurume Season 3, TVTokyo)


The Most Popular Leading Actresses:
1) Nounen Rena (Amachan, NHK)
2) Ayase Haruka (Yae no Sakura, NHK)
3) Matsushima Nanako (Kyuumei Byouto 24-ji Season 5, Fuji TV)
4) Mitsushima Hikari (Woman, NTV)
5) Mizuki Arisa (Saitou-san 2, NTV)
6) Esumi Makiko (Shomuni 2013, Fuji TV)
7) Hirosue Ryouko (Starman – Kono Hoshi no Koi, Fuji TV)
8) Natori Yuuko (Kyouto Chiken no Onna, TV Asahi)
9) Kaho(Akuryou Byouto, TBS)
10) Asano Atsuko (Naruyouni Narusa, TBS)


The Most Popular Supporting Actors:     
1) Fukushi Souta (Amachan, NHK)
2) Nishijima Hidetoshi (Yae no Sakura, NHK)
3) Fukushi Souta (Starman - Kono Hoshi no Koi, Fuji TV)
4) Matsuda Ryuuhei (Amachan, NHK)
5) Oikawa Mitsuhiro (Hanzawa Naoki, TBS)
6) Katsuji Ryou (Summer Nude, Fuji TV)
7) Miura Shouhei (Shomuni 2013, Fuji TV)
8) Yasuda Shouta (Kanjani 8) (Naruyouni Narusa, TBS)
9) Oguri Shun (Woman, NTV)
10) KoikeTeppei (Amachan, NHK)  
                                                 
The Most Popular Supporting Actresses:
1) Koizumi Kyouko (Amachan, NHK)
2) Toda Erika (Summer Nude, Fuji TV)
3) Karina(Summer Nude, Fuji TV)
4) Ueto Aya(Hanzawa Naoki, TBS)
5) Kiritani Mirei (Saitou-san 2, NTV)
6) Higa Manami (Doctors 2 – Saikyou no Meii, TV Asahi)
7) Fukada Kyouko (Namonaki Doku, TBS)
8) Kawashima Umika (9nine) (Pin to Kona, TBS)
9) Hashimoto Ai (Amachan, NHK)
10) Arimura Kasumi (Amachan, NHK)


The Most Popular Theme Songs:
1) YamashitaTomohisa [Summer Nude ‘13] (Summer Nude, Fuji TV)
2) Dreams Come True [Saa Kane o Narase] (Kyuumei Byouto 24-ji Season 5, Fuji TV)
3) Kis-My-Ft2[Kimi to no Kiseki] (Pin to Kona, TBS)
4) DoumotoTsuyoshi [Mabataki] (Tenma-san ga Yuku, TBS)
5) Yuki[Starmann] (Starman – Kono Hoshi no Koi, Fuji TV)
6) B’z[Utopia] (Doctors 2 – Saikyou no Meii, TV Asahi)
7) Glay[Dark River] (Gekiryuu – Watashi o Oboete imasuka?, NHK)
8) GreeeeN[Itoshi Kimi e] (Oh, My Dad!!, Fuji TV)
9) Androp[voice] (Woman, NTV)

10) V6[Kimi ga Omoidasu Boku wa Kimi o Aishite iru darouka] (Keishichou Sousa 1-ka 9-gakari, TV Asahi)


I hope this article was helpful for anyone who wanted to know more about this summer's J-dramas. 

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