"Drama 1 Week" introduces the main drama news of the week. This time (May 31st to June 6th), it was announced that Fuka Koshiba will be appearing in the TBS Sunday Theatre "The 19th medical record " (Sundays at 9pm) in July, and that the NHK Taiga drama "Toyotomi Brothers!" starring Taiga Nakano has started filming in 2026. We will cover these topics in two parts.
On June 4th, it was revealed that Koshiba will be making her first appearance in a Sunday Theatre drama, " The 19th medical record ," starring Jun Matsumoto . This will also be her first time acting alongside Matsumoto. Koshiba plays Takino Mizuki, a novice orthopedic surgeon who works at the same hospital as the main character, general practitioner Tokushige Akira (Matsumoto). She is a character with a stronger sense of justice than most, a straightforward personality, and dislikes crookedness and dishonesty. The drama is based on Fujiya Katsuhito's manga, " The 19th medical record: Tokushige Akira's Medical Interview" (Zenon Comics/Core Mix, currently serialized).
On the 4th, it was announced that Tatsuya Fukazawa of "Snow Man" will appear in the drama series "The Kidnapping Day" (TV Asahi, Tuesdays at 9:00 pm) starting on July 8th. He will change his image to black hair and take on his first role as a lawyer. The drama is based on the drama of the same name (2023) that became a hot topic in Korea. The main character, Takumi Saito plays the kind-hearted and clumsy kidnapper Masamune Shinjo, and the child actor Yuno Nagao plays the amnesiac genius girl Rin Nanase, who is pursued by unidentified men and goes on the run. Fukazawa plays lawyer Tadashi Yamazaki, a former tutor who used to frequent Rin's house. He serves as a consulting lawyer for the hospital where Rin's father is the director, and is a key person who will determine the fate of Shinjo and Rin.
On the 5th, it was revealed that Naniwa Naniwa Danshi Kazuya Ohashi be starring in the drama series Revenge Spy, which will be broadcast on TV Asahi's Oshidora Saturday slot (Saturdays at 11pm) from July. Ohashi plays Sugawara Yuga, a spy who infiltrates a medical IT company to gather evidence to avenge his brother, who died mysteriously as a result of someone's scheme. Sugawara behaves cheerfully within the company, is loved by his juniors and trusted by his superiors. When he approaches Imuta Hana (Shibuya Nagisa), the daughter of the company president, to obtain information, he falls in love with her... This is the story. This is the first time Ohashi and Shibuya have acted together.
On the 5th, it was announced that Kaho, Narumi Riko, Mitsuishi Ken, and Kobayashi Satomi will appear in WOWOW's drama "W-30 Hei no Naka no Biyoshitsu" (Fridays at 11pm), which will begin airing on August Ken Mitsuishi and will star Nao. Kaho will play Komatsubara Natsu, the older sister of inmate and hairdresser Komatsubara Haru (played by Nao), Narumi will play Kagawa Misa, a beauty technician who trains inmates at a women's prison so they can obtain their hairdressing licenses, Mitsuishi will play Hosaka Ichiro, the warden of the prison where Haru is held and who created the beauty salon, and Kobayashi will play Sugo Fuyuko, a prison guard in charge of the salon who watches over Haru. The drama is based on the novel of the same name (Futaba Bunko) by Sakurai Mina, which was modeled after a real beauty salon that operates inside a prison.
On the 5th, the 2026 taiga drama "Toyotomi Brothers!" starring Nakano started filming at Zuihozan Honzan Jionji Temple in Sagae City, Yamagata Prefecture. Nakano said, "We had no worries because we had communicated well before filming started." The first scene was from Koichiro's (later Toyotomi Hidenaga, Nakano) youth. His older brother Fujikichirō (later Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Ikematsu Sosuke), who had been missing since he ran away eight years ago, suddenly returns to his hometown of Nakamura, Owari Province (present-day Nakamura Ward, Nagoya City). Fujikichirō says he serves Oda Nobunaga, and in front of their late father's grave, invites Koichiro to go to Kiyosu together and become a samurai...
On the 5th, "Another Story: Rescue Worker Nishina Ren's Last Mission," a spin-off of the TV series "PJ ~Air Rescue Team~" (TV Asahi, Thursday 9pm), began streaming on "TELASA." The drama, starring Hamada Gaku, depicts the behind-the-scenes of Nishina (Hamada), who died during rescue operations, and the conversation between Nishina (Hamada) and his wife Mei (Kurokawa Tomoka) on the night before the mission, which were only shown in fragments in the main story. Hamada commented, "I think you'll enjoy the spin-off drama even more if you watch it to get to know the Air Rescue Team."
On the 6th, it was announced that Suzuki Osamu, who retired from his work as a scriptwriter and television writer at the end of March last year, will be writing the script for the TV Asahi drama series "Ubai Ai, Manatsu" (Fridays at 11:15pm *excluding some regions), which will begin airing in July. The new installment in the "Ubai Ai" series, which has always been a hot topic for its slushy love-hate drama and the cast's eccentric performances, is a sequel that Suzuki, the creator of the series, had promised the production team a sequel even before announcing his retirement, and has now decided to take up his pen once again in order to fulfill that promise. The lead role will be played by Marika Matsumoto, co-starring Ken Yasuda, as a man and woman at the mercy of forbidden love.
