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- KINDAICHI SHONEN NO JIKENBO
(Kindaichi boy's accident file / The Files of young Kindaichi)
A young man who showed little promise while a high school student becomes a master detective, just like his grandfather.
[Regarding the second series] This is the second TV series of the manga strip. Kindaichi Hajime (Domoto), and his good friend Miyuki (Tomosaka) are high school detectives. This show was very popular last summer, it even bested 'Aishiteirutte itte kure' in the ratings. Every week there is a special guest star. The two kid detectives solve all kinds of murders, mysteries, etc.. Fun TV. It's actually pretty good.
- STARRING: Domoto Tsuyoshi (KinKi Kids), Tomosaka Rie, Nakayama Emiri, Miura Rieko, Kosugi Kane and more...
- THEME SONG: Hitori Ja nai by Domoto Tsuyoshi in year 1995 & Kiss kara Hajimaru Mystery by KinKi Kids in year 1996.
- NETWORK: NTV
- DURATION: There has been two series and an anime series based on the manga.( July15-September16 1995 and July13-September21 1996 )
- RECOMMENDATION: This is really good. For those who love X-Files/investigative mystery dramas which is a bit on the hip side. I thought the casting of Dohmoto Tsuyoshi and Tomosaka Rie was excellent and definitely recommended for the drama viewer.
- ASUNARO RATING (out of 5 stars):
 
- SECOND CHANCE
This about a widow named Haruko who has three kids who
she has to raise. Kids who don't respect her and call her by her
first name. Noda is a divorced man raising a daughter and under
certain circumstances in their lives brings Noda and Haruko
together for a second chance in their life. A very good drama.
The widowed mother of three boys has fallen in love with a
widower who has a daughter in junior high school. The journey of
their developing romance is sensitively interwoven with their
struggles to do their best for their children.
- STARRING: Tsuyoshi Domoto(Kinki Kids), Misako Tanaka,
Hidekazu Akai, Yuki Kuroda and more...
- THEME SONG: Tomorrow by Okamoto Mayo
- NETWORK: TBS
- DURATION:12 episodes and 1 special called "Kaette Kita Second
chance". (April14-June30 1995 and December20,1996)
- RECOMMENDATION: A very good family comedy that people will
love. A little bad acting from the younger children but the drama is
worth watching.
- ASUNARO RATING (out of 5 stars):
- Ginrou Kaiki File - 2 Futatsu no zunou
wo motsu shounen
(The files of silver wolf)
An otherwise average high school student in fact carries
altered genes that enable him to become a dynamic, super-brained
sleuth.
(2 eps. complete 1 story. Sequel to THE FILES OF THE YOUNG KINDAICHI)
- STARRING: Domoto Koichi (KinKi Kids),Hoshou Mai, Nakayama
Emiri, Inohara Yoshihiko(V6) and Miyake Ken(V6). and more...
- THEME SONG: Midnight shuffle by Masahiko Kondou
- NETWORK: NTV
- DURATION: 10 espisodes (January13-March16 1996)
- RECOMMENDATION: (need)
- Dareka ga Dareka ni Koi Shiteru
(Somebody is in Love with Somebody)
"Dareka ga Dareka ni Koi Shiteru" special drama featuring Mori Mitusko, Higashiyama Noriyuki (Shonentai), Nakai-chan, and Domoto Tsuyoshi (KinKi
Kids), with the theme (of all things!!) "love over a computer network." Nakai-chan uses the name "Ai-no Karyudo" which means "Hunter of Love"... This
drama also was center of attention because former Minister of Finance Takemura has a short appearance. You can see the Electronic Cafe Tokyo on
TV! The program is "Dareka Ga Dareka Ni Koi Shiteru (Somebody is in Love with Somebody)".
Produced by Kazunori Shiokawa and Naoyuki Yokoi, and Directed by Shin- ichi Kamoshita.
- STARRING: Domoto Tsuyoshi (KinKi Kids), Mitsuko Mori, Noriyuki
Higashiyama, Masahiro Nakai, Masa-aki Sakai and more...
- THEME SONG: ???
- NETWORK: TBS
- DURATION: One special episode drama.(March 29, 1996).
- RECOMMENDATION: Electronic Cafe Tokyo promoted this drama
like crazy and I was expecting this super internet drama but it was
very boring. It's not what you expect it to be...it's very corny.
- ASUNARO RATING (out of 5 stars):
- WAKABA NO KORO
(About the Young Generation)
Two teenage boys from starkly different backgrounds find
themselves joined in a common search to discover how to do the
right thing and find happiness in life. One boy, whose father is an
alcoholic, works hard to care for his younger brothers, while the
other enjoys the privileges of a wealthy family, but is starved for
his father's love. Their friendship reflects the sadness, pain, and
sometimes cruelty that can enter into the relationships between
fathers and sons in today's society.
Takeshi (Tsuyoshi) 15, lives with his younger brother and
sister and alcoholic father in a small Tokyo suburb. Takeshi works
two jobs at nite to support his family because his father is in no
shape to work. Kai (Koichi) 15, is the son of the town doctor.
Their lifestyles are the opposite. Kai and Takeshi start off as
enemies but become good friends. Izumi (Okina ) 15, is Takeshi's
childhood friend. Takeshi likes her but she likes Kai. This drama is a
trauma drama. Love, friendship, adultery, attempted murder,
betrayal, etc.. are all touched.
- STARRING: KinKi Kids (Domoto Tsuyoshi and Koichi), Okina
Megumi, Nezu Jinpachi and Takuma Shin
- THEME SONG: FIRST OF MAY by BEEGEES & Friends by KinKi Kids
- NETWORK: TBS
- DURATION: 12 Episodes total.(April 12-June 28, 1996)
- RECOMMENDATION: This drama was very good...I was
surprised. A lot of things that can make you say "Oh, this is one of
those screwed up dramas" but it shows its strength until the end.
Very sad but very good !
- ASUNARO RATING (out of 5 stars):
- YUUKI TOIU KOTO (Brave calling)
August 23, 1997-A movie drama starring Domoto Kohichi
about a basketball player who get?s paralyzed and tries to
overcome his handicapped. A charity drama benifitting those who
are paralyzed.
- STARRING: Domoto Koichi (KinKi Kids), Inohara Yoshihiko(V6)
and more...
- THEME SONG: ???
- NETWORK: NTV(24hour tv 1997)
- DURATION: One special episode drama. (August,23 1997).
- RECOMMENDATION: It's a touching special and the story is very
good as well. But it is predictable since their has been dramas like
this before.
- ASUNARO RATING (out of 5 stars):
- BOKURA NO YUUKI MIMAN CITY
(Keys to the City ~ The Kids are in charge~)
An entire city becomes managed solely by children after a
government-hidden accident results in all of the adults being killed.
The child leaders must save the city and also fight the government,
which tries to hide the truth.
- STARRING: KinKi Kids (Domoto Tsuyoshi and Koichi), Hoshou Mai
and many Johnny's Jr.
- THEME SONG: Ai Sareru Yori Ai Shitai by KinKi Kids.
- NETWORK: NTV
- DURATION: 10 episodes.(October 18-December 20, 1997)
- RECOMMENDATION: I enjoyed this...it was strange (NTV dramas
are usually strange) but it was kinda weird. Anyways, I think
mostly fans of KinKi Kids or Johnny's Jr. will watch this.
- ASUNARO RATING (out of 5 stars):
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AO NO JIDAI (Blue Days)
"Ao no Jidai" ( July 3, 9 p.m. on TBS) is about a wicked boy
(Domoto Tsuyoshi) struggling in society with other delinquents,
and a young lawyer ( Kamikawa Takaya) who helps him. Later, the
lawyer develops a double personality and betrays the boy.
Abandoned by his mother and having had to fend for himself,
Hasumi Ryuu (Domoto Tsuyoshi) is one of many Japanese youths
that have turned to a life of petty crime in order to survive in
Japanese society. Life on the streets has given him a tough
exterior, but it is his kind heart and his dislike for what he has
become that wins over a local beauty and helps him take his first
steps towards a better life. When an overzealous and less than
ethical police inspector fingers Ryuu for a crime he didn't commit,
he is resigned to accept his fate. However, help emerges from an
unexpected source to give him the strength to fight for his
freedom: a victim of one of his past crimes.
- STARRING: Domoto Tsuyoshi (KinKi Kids), Okina Megumi,
Kamikawa Takaya , Ando Masanobu , Shinohara Ryoko and
Yamamoto Kei
- THEME SONG: Ao no Jidai by KinKi Kids.
- NETWORK: TBS
- OFFICIAL HOMEPAGE: Ao no Jidai (Japanese)
- DURATION: 11 episodes(July 3 -September 1998)
- RECOMMENDATION: I already watched this drama. I think it's
good and theme song is very good too .. In this drama try to show
us about love , friendship and each charactors' life .
- HARMONIA
Another love story enters the world of the occult. In NTV's
drama "Harmonia" (July 11, 9 p.m.), Koichi Domoto of KinKi Kids
plays a music student who becomes involved in the case of a girl
who cannot understand any language but music, due to an
incurable brain disease. He is asked to cooperate in a medical
treatment using music, and the girl is inspired to use her hidden
supernatural powers. Based on a novel by Setsuko Shinoda.
- STARRING: Domoto Koichi (KinKi Kids) ,Miki Nakatani, Akiko Yada
- THEME SONG: Ai to Chinmoku by Shounentai
- NETWORK: NTV
- DURATION: 9 episodes. (July 11-September 12, 1998)
- RECOMMENDATION: Typical NTV drama to have another X-Files
freaky drama. This drama is FUH-REAKY! It's interesting but like
most NTV dramas, it tends to borderline spooky to corny. This
drama is one of the better ones though....
- ASUNARO RATING (out of 5 stars):
- Kimi to Ita Mirai no Tame ni -- I'll be
back
(For the future when I was with you--I'll Be Back)
( Sat 9.00 pm.) Domoto Tsuyoshi as a 22 years old ,a college
senior ,who suddenly dies on Dec. 31, 1999 returns to life four
years earlier, and, with full memory of his future, attempts to
correct past mistakes and realize that previously unaccomplished
goals, only to die and be reborn again and again. Though the
circumstances are different each time, he encounters people who
form a common connecting thread.
- STARRING: Domoto Tsuyoshi (KinKi Kids), Endo Kumiko and
more...
- THEME SONG: Yamenai de,PURE by KinKi Kids
- NETWORK: NTV
- DURATION: 10 episodes.(January 16-March 13, 1999)
- RECOMMENDATION: From the little of what I saw, it seems to be
another NTV crazy drama...not sure if it's about multi-personalities
or what.
- To Heart-- Koi Shite Shinitai
Tokieda Yuji (Domoto Tsuyoshi) will be featured in To Heart
Koishite Shinitai. He plays a college dropout determined to make it
as a boxer. This gives real-life former boxer Yoshii Masaru
(Hidekazu Akai) a chance to return to his roots playing Domoto's
coach.
Domoto is enamored of his boss at the flower shop where he
works part-time, an unusual sideline for a boxer, but she has only
a motherly affection for him. That leaves plenty of room for his
chief fan, Miura Toko (Kyoko Fukada), to show up at ringside with a
bouquet for the boxer. To make it clear that this is a summer of
'99 drama, Fukada is employed in a crepe shop and believes in the
predictions of Nostradamus.
The meaning of the confusing title of To Heart: Koi Shite
Shinitai (Fridays at 9 p.m. on TBS network) was revealed to us in
the first episode. It seems the Nostradamus-believing Ryoko
Fukada character wants to fall in love before the world ends and it
is already July. No wonder she hurriedly picks our hero the boxing
florist Tsuyoshi Domoto. [From Wm. Penn - Daily Yomiuri 7/7/99].
- STARRING: Domoto Tsuyoshi (KinKi Kids), Fukuda Kyoko, Hara
Sachie, Akai Hidekazu, Azechi Reiko, Yoshizawa Hisashi, Matsutoshi
Matsuo and Okada Kyoki.
- THEME SONG:To Heart by KinKi Kids , LIFE by Des'ree
- NETWORK: TBS
- OFFICIAL HOMEPAGE: to Heart-Koi Shite Shinitai (Japanese)
- DURATION: 12 episodes. (July 2-September17 1999)
- RECOMMENDATION: This drama is awesome! I love every episode.
- ASUNARO RATING (out of 5 stars):
- P.S. Genki Desu Shunpei
(P.S. I'm fine Shunpei)
Meanwhile, Koichi Domoto stars in P.S. Genki desu Shunpei
(starting tonight at 10 p.m. on TBS). It is the tale of the romance
between a would-be Waseda University student and a powerful,
cynical college dropout (Asaka Seto) who meet in cram school. The
supporting cast in this one looks more interesting than Shunpei
himself. Nenji Kobayashi plays Shunpei's neighbor, a Waseda grad,
who enjoys living off his wife's bar hostess income. Takaya
Kamikawa has the role of a debt collector for a loan shark firm who
really dreams of a career in "pure literature."
- STARRING: Domoto Koichi (KinKi Kids), Seto Asaka, Kobayashi
Nenji.
- THEME SONG: Naze by Hysteric blue.
- NETWORK: TBS
- OFFICIAL HOMEPAGE: P.S. Genki desu Sunpei (Japanese)
- DURATION: 12 episodes (July -September 1999)
- RECOMMENDATION: (need)
- Tenshi ga Kieta Machi
Tatsuro (Domoto) makes money in the streets by charging Y1000 to have people fight him
(with boxing gloves) for a minute. He does this because he is in major debt.
Seems as if Tatsuro has enough problems but now he is told to take care of his brother (Fumiya) who has autism.
Is this going to be a burden for Tatsuro or will he discover something in his life that he has never before?
- STARRING: Domoto Koichi (KinKi Kids), Fumiya Fujii, Sakai Noriko, Uchida Yuki and more.
- THEME SONG: Mou Kimi Igai Aisenai by KinKi Kids
- NETWORK: NTV
- DURATION: April 12, 2000 through June 2000.
- RECOMMENDATION: This movie is loosely based on the Tom Cruise/Dustin Hoffman movie, "Rain Man". We'll see how the whole drama turns out....
- Summer Snow
In the family entertainment department, Summer Snow starts the same evening on TBS at 9 p.m. This heartwarming scenario stars Tsuyoshi Domoto of the
Kinki Kids. After his parents die he has his hands full running the family bicycle repair shop and caring for a younger brother and sister with
problems, but still finds time to fall in love with an office worker with a heart condition. She is played by Ryoko Hirosue, on summer vacation from
Waseda University, no doubt.
- STARRING: Domoto Tsuyoshi (KinKi Kids) ,Hirosue Ryoko and more.
- THEME SONG: Natsu no Osama by KinKi Kids
- NETWORK: TBS
- DURATION: July 7, 2000 through September 2000
- RECOMMENDATION: (need)
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