Japanese Drama Season - Summer 2026

Summer 2026

Title	TV Network	Air Time (all times JST) and in 24-hr format	Cast
Midnight Taxi ミッドナイトタクシー	NHK	Mon-Thu 22:45	Furukawa Kotone
Kaze, Kaoru 風、薫る	NHK	Mon-Fri 8:00	Mikami Ai, Kosaka Juri
BLACK TRICK ブラックトリック	Fuji TV	Monday 21:00 (from Jul-20)	GACKT
GTO グレート ティーチャー オニヅカ	Fuji TV	Monday 22:00	Sorimachi Takashi
Sayonara Noir さよならノワール	Fuji TV	Tuesday 21:00 (from Jul-07)	Koike Eiko, Kita Kana
Crossroad クロスロード	TV Asahi	Tuesday 21:00	Imada Mio
Kimi no Suki wa Muteki 君の好きは無敵	TBS	Tuesday 22:00	Matsumoto Wakana, Sano Hayato
First Cry ファーストクライ	NTV	Wednesday 22:00	Higa Manami
Konya mo Serial Killer to Machiawase 今夜もシリアルキラーと待ち合わせ	KTV	Wednesday 23:00 (from Jul-01)	Yokoyama Yu, Sekimizu Nagisa
Ochitara Owari おちたらおわり	NTV	Thursday 00:24 (from Jul-02)	Ugaki Misato, Shinoda Mariko
Dai Kuko 大空港	TV Asahi	Thursday 21:00	Shuri
Shinainaru Otto e 親愛なる夫へ	NTV	Thursday 23:59 (from Jul-02)	Tanaka Rena, Furukawa Yuta
Emily to Maria エミリとマリア	MBS	Thursday 24:59	Matsumoto Marika, Takahashi Maryjun
Ima Kara, Shinyuu Yameyouka 今から、親友やめようか。	MBS	Thursday 25:29	Okamoto Natsumi, Sawamura Rei
T-shirt ga Kawaku made Tシャツが乾くまで	TBS	Friday 22:00	Aoi Yu
Shimobe no Oujisama しもべの王子様	TOKYO MX1	Friday 23:00 (from Jul-03)	Ogawa Fuminori, Seto Toshiki
Strange ストレンジ	TV Tokyo	Friday 24:12 (from Jul-03)	Murakami Nijiro, Hosoda Kanata, Maki Yoko
Kokuhaku 告白	NTV	Saturday 21:00	Matsumura Hokuto
Natsuiro no Kumo ga Koi to Arashi... 夏色の雲が恋と嵐をまきおこす	TV Asahi	Saturday 23:00 (from Jul-11)	Fukada Ryusei, Ukisho Hidaka
Kamen Rider Zeztz 仮面ライダーゼッツ	TV Asahi	Sunday 09:00	Imai Ryutaro
Toyotomi Kyodai! 豊臣兄弟!	NHK	Sunday 20:00	Nakano Taiga
VIVANT Season 2 ヴィヴァン	TBS	Sunday 21:00	Sakai Masato, Abe Hiroshi, Nikaido Fumi
ALIUS アリウス	WOWOW	Sunday 22:00 (from Jul-19)	Sasaki Kuranosuke, Nakagawa Taishi, Tsunematsu Yuri
My Fiction マイ・フィクション	ABC	Sunday 22:15 (from Jul-05)	Tamamori Yuta
Ichijigen no Sashiki 一次元の挿し木	NTV	Sunday 22:30 (from Jul-05)	Yamada Ryosuke, Shiraishi Sei

Summer 2026 Webdramas

Title	Distribution	Start Date	Air Time (all times JST)	Cast
Hanzaisha 犯罪者	Amazon Prime Video	2026-Jul-17	Friday 00:00	Takahashi Issei, Saito Takumi, Mizukami Koshi
Yagami Eiko 八神瑛子	Hulu	2026-Jul-24	Friday 00:00	Kuroki Meisa, Kora Kengo

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