Best Japanese romance dramas

I’m trying to find a good Japanese romance drama to start watching next and wanted to figure out which ones are best. I’ve seen a few of these but still wanted to add them to the list. More suggestions are welcomed. It's fine if you haven't seen many of these .

Kumori Jun 3, 2021
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  • Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!

    1. Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!

    Japanese Drama - 2020, 12 episodes
    8.1
    700 points by 7 voters
    Adachi Kiyoshi is a regular salaryman who, at the age of 29, was still a virgin. On his 30th birthday, he suddenly finds himself acquiring a new power - the ability to ...more
  • Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo

    2. Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo

    Japanese Drama - 2013, 16 episodes
    7.8
    687 points by 7 voters
    At a high school entrance ceremony, high school student Aihara Kotoko, who isn't that smart, notices the pretty boy Irie Naoki. She falls in love with him immediately. Kotoko initially doesn't express ...more
  • An Incurable Case of Love

    3. An Incurable Case of Love

    Japanese Drama - 2020, 10 episodes
    8.3
    588 points by 6 voters
    Sakura Nanase is a 22-year-old rookie nurse. She met Doctor Tendo Kairi several years ago and fell in love with him. To meet him again, she studied hard and became a nurse. ...more
  • Good Morning Call

    4. Good Morning Call

    Japanese Drama - 2016, 17 episodes
    7.3
    397 points by 4 voters
    Yoshikawa Nao stays behind to live by herself when her parents leave to inherit her grandpa's farm in the country. On the day she moves into her new apartment, she discovers that ...more
  • Boys over Flowers

    5. Boys over Flowers

    Japanese Drama - 2005, 9 episodes
    8.2
    395 points by 4 voters
    Makino Tsukushi is the only poor student at Eitoku Gakuen, a school for the ridiculously rich and privileged. Eitoku Gakuen is ruled by the Flower 4, otherwise known as the F4, a ...more
  • Kimi wa Petto

    6. Kimi wa Petto

    Japanese Drama - 2003, 10 episodes
    7.7
    383 points by 4 voters
    In education, career, and appearance... Sumire is perfect, too perfect for even her boyfriend, who summarily dumps her. Also sexually harassed at work, Sumire takes matters into her own hands. Returning home ...more
  • Takane and Hana

    7. Takane and Hana

    Japanese Drama - 2019, 8 episodes
    7.2
    280 points by 3 voters
    After her older sister refuses to go to an arranged marriage meeting with Takane Saibara, the heir to a vast business fortune, high schooler Hana Nonomura agrees to be her stand-in to ...more
  • Shanai Marriage Honey

    8. Shanai Marriage Honey

    Japanese Drama - 2020, 7 episodes
    8.0
    198 points by 2 voters
    Miura Manatsu, an office worker seeking to cheer up his ailing mother, and Haruta Ami, trying to move on from her ex, meet through a dating app. Despite barely knowing each other, ...more
  • Coffee & Vanilla

    9. Coffee & Vanilla

    Japanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
    6.8
    194 points by 2 voters
    A love story between Risa Shiroki and Hiroto Fukami. Twenty year old Risa Shiroki comes to Tokyo from her hometown in the countryside to attend university. Pretty and popular with male students, ...more
  • Switch Girl!!

    10. Switch Girl!!

    Japanese Drama - 2011, 8 episodes
    7.4
    191 points by 2 voters
    High school student, Tamiya Nika, appears to be a stylish and fashionable girl at school, but that's really a fake persona she uses when she's in public. At home, she “switches off” ...more
  • Rich Man, Poor Woman

    11. Rich Man, Poor Woman

    Japanese Drama - 2012, 11 episodes
    8.1
    191 points by 2 voters
    29-year-old Hyuga Toru is a wealthy man. He first started to run an internet website in his small room, and his hobby began to make a lot of money. Nowadays, he doesn't ...more
  • Koizora

    12. Koizora

    Japanese Drama - 2008, 6 episodes
    7.9
    189 points by 2 voters
    An ordinary senior high school girl named Mika meets Hiro, a showy boy with dyed hair and pierced ears. It is a “pure love” story of the two going through many unimaginably ...more
  • Kiss That Kills

    13. Kiss That Kills

    Japanese Drama - 2018, 10 episodes
    8.2
    185 points by 2 voters
    Dojima Otaro works as a popular host. Because of a past incident, he believes that love makes people unhappy. He now only pursues money and power. A mysterious woman appears in front ...more
  • Kinou Nani Tabeta?

    14. Kinou Nani Tabeta?

    Japanese Drama - 2019, 12 episodes
    8.0
    184 points by 2 voters
    Kakei Shiro, a 45-year-old lawyer, lives with his boyfriend, Yabuki Kenji, a hairdresser. After work, Shiro sticks to a simple routine: he shops for groceries on a budget, then cooks a basic ...more
  • Boku, Unmei no Hito desu

    15. Boku, Unmei no Hito desu

    Japanese Drama - 2017, 10 episodes
    7.8
    179 points by 2 voters
    Makoto Masaki and Haruko Kogetsu are both single 29-year-olds. Since they were children, they have passed by each other at various places, such as the beach and at shrines. Yet the two ...more
  • Osozaki no Himawari

    16. Osozaki no Himawari

    Japanese Drama - 2012, 10 episodes
    7.9
    98 points by 1 voters
    The drama is set at the beautiful Shimanto River in the Kochi prefecture and revolves around a group of seven men and women and the unfolding of their lives. Ikuta plays a ...more
  • Uchi no Musume wa, Kareshi ga Dekinai!!

    17. Uchi no Musume wa, Kareshi ga Dekinai!!

    Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
    8.0
    97 points by 1 voters
    Aoi Minase is an accomplished author of popular romance novels. Now in her forties, she has a twenty year-old daughter, whom she raised on her own. Together they live in opulent high-rise, ...more
  • Kakafukaka

    18. Kakafukaka

    Japanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
    6.5
    89 points by 1 voters
    When her boyfriend was caught cheating on her, Terada Aki moved out of her apartment and into a sharehouse, where she found herself reunited with her first love, Hongyo Tomoya. Hongyo is ...more
  • Perfect Crime

    19. Perfect Crime

    Japanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
    7.0
    87 points by 1 voters
    Kaori works as a design planner for a housing manufacturer. She has been having a secret affair with her married boss Fuyuki for years. Although Kaori can't see a future with Fuyuki, ...more

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