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SUMMER 2000 (July to September 2000)

Summer Snow Cast: Dohmoto Tsuyoshi, Hirosue Ryoko, Imai Tsubasa Network: TBS Showtime: Friday nights, 9-10 pm Official site here Click here for Relationship map

A heartwarming family drama (has been likened to Hitotsu Yane no Shita/Under One Roof) starring Dohmoto Tsuyoshi (Kinki Kids) as a warm-hearted young man who has to take care of the family business and his teenage sister and hearing-impaired brother, after their parents die. He meets and falls in love with Hirosue Ryoko, who has a terminal heart condition.

Food Fight Cast: Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, Fukada Kyoko, Miyazawa Rie Network: NTV Showtime: Saturday nights, 9-10 pm Official site here Click here for Relationship Map

Kusanagi Tsuyoshi (SMAP) grew up in an orphanage but now works in a big food manufacturing plant by day, and competes in "all you can eat" food contests (held secretly in the company's basement) by night. He seems to have an infinitely expandable stomach and wins big bucks from the matches, which he donates to the orphanage he grew up in, and where he volunteers his free time together with his love interest, Fukada Kyoko.

Friends Cast: Wakui Emi, Hamada Masatoshi Network: TBS Showtime: Friday nights, 10-11 pm Official site here Click here for Relationship Map

Story evolves around people in their 30's who are alone in the big city.  Hama-chan is a relentless paparazzi photographer, who accidentally photographs Wakui Emi while shadowing the rendez-vous of two popstars, and his photo gets her fired...

Bus-stop Cast: Iijima Naoko, Uchimura Teruyoshi, Kokubun Taichi Network: Fuji TV Showtime: Monday nights, 9-10 pm Official site here Click here for Relationship Map

A fairytale drama where a bumpkin bus driver from the countryside falls in love with a high-powered female executive who finds herself at crossroads after being left by her elite boyfriend and then demoted by her company.

Some other Summer 2000 dramas: 20-sai no Kekkon Cast: Yuka, Yonekura Ryoko, Anzai Hiroko Network: TBS Showtime: Thursday nights, 9-10 pm Official site here Click here for relationship map Ai o Kudasai Cast: Kanno Miho, Eguchi Yosuke, Ito Hideaki Network: Fuji TV Showtime: Wednesday nights, 9-10 pm Official site here Click here for relationship map Tsugumi E Cast: Tsuruta Mayu, Nakamura Toru, Yamazaki, Tsutomu Network: Asahi Showtime: Thursday nights, 9-10 pm Official site here

Hanamura Daisuke Cast: Yusuke Santamaria, Ishida Issei, Mizuno Miki Network: Fuji TV Showtime: Tuesday nights, 10-11 pm Official site here Click here for relationship map Okumanchouja to kekkon suru houhou Cast: Fujiwara Norika Network: NTV Showtime: Wednesday nights, 10-11 pm Official site here Click here for relationship map Saimin Cast: Inagaki Goro, Seta Asaka Network: TBS Showtime: Sunday nights, 9-10 pm Official site here