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Taiga drama
Japanese annual drama series
Japanese annual drama series
Taiga drama is the name NHK gives to the annual year-long historical drama television series it broadcasts in Japan. Beginning in 1963 with the black-and-white Hana no Shōgai, starring kabuki actor Onoe Shoroku II and Awashima Chikage, the network regularly hires different writers, directors, and other creative staff for each taiga drama. The 45-minute show airs on the NHK General TV network every Sunday at 8:00pm, with rebroadcasts on Saturdays at 1:05pm. NHK BS, NHK BS Premium 4K and NHK World Premium broadcasts are also available.
Taiga dramas are very costly to produce. The usual procedure of a taiga drama production would have one-third of the total number of scripts finished before shooting begins. Afterwards, audience reception is taken into account as the rest of the series is written. Many times, the dramas are adapted from a novel (e.g. Fūrin Kazan is based on The Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan). Though taiga dramas have been regarded by Japanese viewers as the most prestigious among dramas in Japan, viewership ratings have considerably declined in recent years.
Current series
- Brothers in Arms (2026)
Upcoming series
- Gyakuzoku no Bakushin (2027)
List of series
| Showa Era | # | Romanised Name | English title | Start | End | Starring | Supporting cast | Notes | Average Rating | Heisei Era | Reiwa era |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hana no Shōgai | ||||||||||
| 花の生涯 | author1=Clements, Jonathan | author2=Tamamuro, Motoko | title=The Dorama Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese TV Drama Since 1953 | date=November 2003 | publisher=Stone Bridge Press | location=Berkeley, California | isbn=1-880656-81-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LzeSd4SvU7cC}} | 7 April 1963 | 29 December 1963 | Onoe Shoroku II |
| (as Ii Naosuke) | Chikage Awashima | ||||||||||
| Kaoru Yachigusa | |||||||||||
| Kyōko Kagawa | |||||||||||
| Keiji Sada | {{hidden | Detail | Black and white. | 20.2% | |||||||
| 2 | Akō Rōshi | ||||||||||
| 赤穂浪士 | 5 January 1964 | 27 December 1964 | Kazuo Hasegawa | ||||||||
| (as Ōishi Kuranosuke) | Isuzu Yamada | ||||||||||
| Osamu Takizawa | |||||||||||
| Chikage Awashima | |||||||||||
| Onoe Baikō VII | {{hidden | Detail | Black and white. Also the most viewed taiga drama in its early history. | 31.9% | |||||||
| 3 | Taikōki | ||||||||||
| 太閤記 | 3 January 1965 | 26 December 1965 | Ken Ogata | ||||||||
| (as Toyotomi Hideyoshi) | Shiho Fujimura | ||||||||||
| Yoshiko Mita | |||||||||||
| Sessue Hayakawa | |||||||||||
| Kōji Takahashi | {{hidden | Detail | Black and white. | 31.2% | |||||||
| 4 | Minamoto no Yoshitsune | ||||||||||
| 源義経 | Minamoto no Yoshitsune | 2 January 1966 | 25 December 1966 | Onoe Kikunosuke IV | |||||||
| (as Minamoto no Yoshitsune) | Ken Ogata | ||||||||||
| Junko Fuji | |||||||||||
| Osamu Takizawa | |||||||||||
| Isuzu Yamada | {{hidden | Detail | Black and white. | 23.5% | |||||||
| 5 | San Shimai | ||||||||||
| 三姉妹 | Three Sisters | 1 January 1967 | 24 December 1967 | Mariko Okada | |||||||
| (as Mura) | |||||||||||
| Tsutomu Yamazaki | |||||||||||
| Shinsuke Ashida | |||||||||||
| Kō Nishimura | |||||||||||
| Osamu Takizawa | {{hidden | Detail | Black and white. | 19.1% | |||||||
| 6 | Ryōma ga Yuku | ||||||||||
| 竜馬がゆく | Ryōma Goes | 7 January 1968 | 29 December 1968 | Kin'ya Kitaōji | |||||||
| (as Sakamoto Ryōma) | Ruriko Asaoka | ||||||||||
| Yoshie Mizutani | |||||||||||
| Hideki Takahashi | |||||||||||
| Keiju Kobayashi | {{hidden | Detail | Black and white. | 14.5% | |||||||
| 7 | Ten to Chi to | ||||||||||
| 天と地と | Heaven and Earth | 5 January 1969 | 28 December 1969 | Kōji Ishizaka | |||||||
| (as Nagao Kagetora/Uesugi Kenshin) | Fumie Kashiyama | ||||||||||
| Ineko Arima | |||||||||||
| Osamu Takizawa | |||||||||||
| Kōji Takahashi | {{hidden | Detail | Sengoku period. | 25.0% | |||||||
| 8 | Momi no Ki wa Nokotta | ||||||||||
| 樅の木は残った | The Fir Tree Remained | 4 January 1970 | 27 December 1970 | Mikijirō Hira | |||||||
| (as Harada Kai) | Sayuri Yoshinaga | ||||||||||
| Komaki Kurihara | |||||||||||
| Kinuyo Tanaka | |||||||||||
| Kin'ya Kitaōji | {{hidden | Detail | About the Date Disturbance during the Edo period. | 21.0% | |||||||
| 9 | Haru no Sakamichi | ||||||||||
| 春の坂道 | Slope of Spring | 3 January 1971 | 26 December 1971 | Nakamura Kinnosuke | |||||||
| (as Yagyū Munenori) | Yoshio Harada | ||||||||||
| Yoko Tsukasa | |||||||||||
| Ichikawa Ebizō X | |||||||||||
| So Yamamura | {{hidden | Detail | Set during late Sengoku period to early Edo period. | 21.7% | |||||||
| 10 | Shin Heike Monogatari | ||||||||||
| 新・平家物語 | New Tale of the Heike | 2 January 1972 | 24 December 1972 | Tatsuya Nakadai | |||||||
| (as Taira no Kiyomori) | Tamao Nakamura | ||||||||||
| Tsutomu Yamazaki | |||||||||||
| Masakazu Tamura | |||||||||||
| Osamu Takizawa | {{hidden | Detail | Set during the late Heian era. | 21.4% | |||||||
| 11 | Kunitori Monogatari | ||||||||||
| 国盗り物語 | Tale of Taking Countries | 7 January 1973 | 30 December 1973 | Mikijirō Hira | |||||||
| (as Saitō Dōsan) | Keiko Matsuzaka | ||||||||||
| Shōhei Hino | |||||||||||
| Shigeru Tsuyuguchi | |||||||||||
| Masaomi Kondō | {{hidden | Detail | Sengoku period. | 22.4% | |||||||
| 12 | Katsu Kaishū | ||||||||||
| 勝海舟 | 6 January 1974 | 29 December 1974 | Tetsuya Watari → Hiroki Matsukata | ||||||||
| (as Katsu Kaishū) | Reiko Ohara | ||||||||||
| Yoshiko Kuga | |||||||||||
| Keiju Kobayashi | |||||||||||
| Onoe Shoroku II | {{hidden | Detail | Set during Bakumatsu at the end of the Edo period. | 24.2% | |||||||
| 13 | Genroku Taiheiki | ||||||||||
| 元禄太平記 | 6 January 1975 | 29 December 1975 | Kōji Ishizaka | ||||||||
| (as Yanagisawa Yoshiyasu) | Tōru Emori | ||||||||||
| Muga Takewaki | |||||||||||
| Shinsuke Ashida | |||||||||||
| Hisaya Morishige | {{hidden | Detail | Set during the Edo period. | 24.7% | |||||||
| 14 | Kaze to Kumo to Niji to | ||||||||||
| 風と雲と虹と | Wind, Clouds, and Rainbow | 4 January 1976 | 26 December 1976 | Gō Katō | |||||||
| (as Taira no Masakado) | Sayuri Yoshinaga | ||||||||||
| Masao Kusakari | |||||||||||
| Shigeru Tsuyuguchi | |||||||||||
| Ken Ogata | {{hidden | Detail | Heian period. | 24.0% | |||||||
| 15 | Kashin | ||||||||||
| 花神 | Flower Spirit | 2 January 1977 | 25 December 1977 | Nakamura Umenosuke IV | |||||||
| (as Ōmura Masujirō) | Masatoshi Nakamura | ||||||||||
| Jukichi Uno | |||||||||||
| Ruriko Asaoka | |||||||||||
| Hideki Takahashi | {{hidden | Detail | Bakumatsu period. | 19.0% | |||||||
| 16 | Ōgon no Hibi | ||||||||||
| 黄金の日日 | Golden Days | 8 January 1978 | 24 December 1978 | Ichikawa Somegorō VI | |||||||
| (as Luzon Sukezaemon) | Komaki Kurihara | ||||||||||
| Jinpachi Nezu | |||||||||||
| Kōji Tsuruta | |||||||||||
| Matsumoto Kōshirō VIII | {{hidden | Detail | Depicts daily life of merchants and traders in Sakai during the Sengoku period. | 25.9% | |||||||
| 17 | Kusa Moeru | ||||||||||
| 草燃える | Grass Burns | 7 January 1979 | 23 December 1979 | Kōji Ishizaka | |||||||
| (as Minamoto no Yoritomo) | Ken Matsudaira | ||||||||||
| Hiromi Go | |||||||||||
| Keiko Matsuzaka | |||||||||||
| Onoe Shoroku II | {{hidden | Detail | Set during the Genpei War into the start of the Kamakura period. The story is told from the female main character's perspective. | 26.3% | |||||||
| 18 | Shishi no Jidai | ||||||||||
| 獅子の時代 | The Age of Lions | 6 January 1980 | 21 December 1980 | Bunta Sugawara | |||||||
| (as Hiranuma Eiji) | Reiko Ohara | ||||||||||
| Shinobu Otake | |||||||||||
| Minoru Chiaki | |||||||||||
| Kōji Tsuruta | {{hidden | Detail | Set during the Bakumatsu and Meiji Restoration periods. | 21.0% | |||||||
| 19 | Onna Taikōki | ||||||||||
| おんな太閤記 | 11 January 1981 | 20 December 1981 | Yoshiko Sakuma | ||||||||
| (as Nene) | Masatoshi Nakamura | ||||||||||
| Pinko Izumi | |||||||||||
| Harue Akagi | |||||||||||
| Toshiyuki Nishida | {{hidden | Detail | Set during the Sengoku and early Edo periods. | 31.8% | |||||||
| 20 | Tōge no Gunzō | ||||||||||
| 峠の群像 | 10 January 1982 | 19 December 1982 | Ken Ogata | ||||||||
| (as Ōishi Kuranosuke) | Ken Matsudaira | ||||||||||
| Juzo Itami | |||||||||||
| Nakamura Umenosuke IV | |||||||||||
| Jukichi Uno | {{hidden | Detail | Edo period. | 23.7% | |||||||
| 21 | Tokugawa Ieyasu | ||||||||||
| 徳川家康 | Tokugawa Ieyasu | 9 January 1983 | 18 December 1983 | Sakae Takita | |||||||
| (as Tokugawa Ieyasu) | Shinobu Otake | ||||||||||
| Tetsuya Takeda | |||||||||||
| Masako Natsume | |||||||||||
| Kōji Ishizaka | 31.2% | ||||||||||
| 22 | Sanga Moyu | ||||||||||
| 山河燃ゆ | Burning Mountains and Rivers | 8 January 1984 | 23 December 1984 | Matsumoto Kōshirō IX | |||||||
| (as Kenji Amo) | Reiko Ohara | ||||||||||
| Yoko Shimada | |||||||||||
| Kenji Sawada | |||||||||||
| Toshiro Mifune | 21.1% | ||||||||||
| 23 | Haru no Hatō | ||||||||||
| 春の波涛 | Big Waves of Spring | 6 January 1985 | 15 December 1985 | Keiko Matsuzaka | |||||||
| (as Sada Yacco) | Masatoshi Nakamura | ||||||||||
| Morio Kazama | |||||||||||
| Chikage Awashima | |||||||||||
| Keiju Kobayashi | {{hidden | Detail | Set in the Meiji and Taishō eras. | 18.2% | |||||||
| 24 | Inochi | ||||||||||
| いのち | Inochi: Life | 5 January 1986 | 14 December 1986 | Yoshiko Mita | |||||||
| (as Miki Iwata) | Tetsurō Tamba | ||||||||||
| Mako Ishino | |||||||||||
| Koji Yakusho | |||||||||||
| Ken Utsui | {{hidden | Detail | Shōwa era. | 29.3% | |||||||
| 25 | Dokuganryū Masamune | ||||||||||
| 独眼竜政宗 | Masamune the One-Eyed Dragon | 4 January 1987 | 13 December 1987 | Ken Watanabe | Tomokazu Miura | ||||||
| Teruhiko Saigō | |||||||||||
| Shima Iwashita | |||||||||||
| Shintaro Katsu | 39.7% | ||||||||||
| 26 | Takeda Shingen | ||||||||||
| 武田信玄 | Shingen Takeda | 10 January 1988 | 18 December 1988 | Kiichi Nakai | |||||||
| (as Takeda Shingen) | Kyōhei Shibata | ||||||||||
| Misako Konno | |||||||||||
| Toshiyuki Nishida | |||||||||||
| Ryōtarō Sugi | {{hidden | Detail | Sengoku period. | 39.2% | |||||||
| 27 | Kasuga no Tsubone | ||||||||||
| 春日局 | Kasuga the Court Lady | 1 January 1989 | 17 December 1989 | Reiko Ōhara | |||||||
| (as Lady Kasuga) | Aiko Nagayama | ||||||||||
| Shinji Yamashita | |||||||||||
| Tetsurō Tamba | |||||||||||
| Yoshiko Sakuma | {{hidden | Detail | Late Sengoku to early Edo periods. Focuses on the early reign of the Tokugawa shogunate. | 33.1% | |||||||
| 28 | Tobu ga Gotoku | ||||||||||
| 翔ぶが如く | As If in Flight | 7 January 1990 | 9 December 1990 | Toshiyuki Nishida | |||||||
| (as Saigō Takamori) | Yūko Tanaka | ||||||||||
| Sumiko Fuji | |||||||||||
| Hideki Takahashi | |||||||||||
| Yūzō Kayama | 23.2% | ||||||||||
| 29 | Taiheiki | ||||||||||
| 太平記 | 6 January 1991 | 25 December 1991 | Hiroyuki Sanada | ||||||||
| (as Ashikaga Takauji) | Yasuko Sawaguchi | ||||||||||
| Tetsuya Takeda | |||||||||||
| Frankie Sakai | |||||||||||
| Kataoka Takao | 26.0% | ||||||||||
| 30 | Nobunaga | ||||||||||
| 信長 KING OF ZIPANGU | Nobunaga: King of Zipang | 5 January 1992 | 13 December 1992 | Naoto Ogata | |||||||
| (as Oda Nobunaga) | Momoko Kikuchi | ||||||||||
| Keiko Takahashi | |||||||||||
| Ken Utsui | |||||||||||
| Mikijirō Hira | {{hidden | Detail | Sengoku period. | 24.6% | |||||||
| 31 | Ryūkyū no Kaze | ||||||||||
| 琉球の風 DRAGON SPIRIT | Wind of the Ryūkyū Islands | 10 January 1993 | 13 June 1993 | Noriyuki Higashiyama | |||||||
| (as Keitai) | Atsuro Watabe | ||||||||||
| Tomoyo Harada | |||||||||||
| Rumiko Koyanagi | |||||||||||
| Kenichi Hagiwara | {{hidden | Detail | Depicts the Ryūkyū peoples during the Azuchi-Momoyama and Edo periods. It features a fictional character as the lead. | 17.7% | |||||||
| 32 | Homura Tatsu | ||||||||||
| 炎立つ | Burst Into Flames | 4 July 1993 | 13 March 1994 | Ken Watanabe | |||||||
| (as Fujiwara no Tsunekiyo, Fujiwara no Yasuhira) | Yūko Kotegawa | ||||||||||
| Kei Satō | |||||||||||
| Tsunehiko Watase | |||||||||||
| Kōtarō Satomi | {{hidden | Detail | Set during the Genpei War during the late Heian period, it focuses on the Northern Fujiwara Dynasty from its founding to its fall. | 17.3% | |||||||
| 33 | Hana no Ran | ||||||||||
| 花の乱 | 3 April 1994 | 25 December 1994 | Yoshiko Mita | ||||||||
| (as Hino Tomiko) | Ichikawa Danjūrō XII | ||||||||||
| Mansai Nomura | |||||||||||
| Yorozuya Kinnosuke | |||||||||||
| Machiko Kyō | {{hidden | Detail | Muromachi to early Sengoku periods, focuses around the Ōnin War. | 14.1% | |||||||
| 34 | Hachidai Shōgun Yoshimune | ||||||||||
| 八代将軍吉宗 | Yoshimune | 8 January 1995 | 10 December 1995 | Toshiyuki Nishida | |||||||
| (as Tokugawa Yoshimune) | Hideji Ōtaki | ||||||||||
| Nenji Kobayashi | |||||||||||
| Nakamura Baijaku II | |||||||||||
| Masahiko Tsugawa | {{hidden | Detail | Edo period. | 26.4% | |||||||
| 35 | Hideyoshi | ||||||||||
| 秀吉 | Hideyoshi | 7 January 1996 | 22 December 1996 | Naoto Takenaka | |||||||
| (as Toyotomi Hideyoshi) | Yasuko Sawaguchi | ||||||||||
| Hiroaki Murakami | |||||||||||
| Etsuko Ichihara | |||||||||||
| Tetsuya Watari | {{hidden | Detail | Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods. | 30.5% | |||||||
| 36 | Mōri Motonari | ||||||||||
| 毛利元就 | Mōri Motonari | 5 January 1997 | 14 December 1997 | Nakamura Hashinosuke III | |||||||
| (as Mōri Motonari) | Yasuko Tomita | ||||||||||
| Takaya Kamikawa | |||||||||||
| Keiko Matsuzaka | |||||||||||
| Ken Ogata | {{hidden | Detail | Sengoku period. | 23.4% | |||||||
| 37 | Tokugawa Yoshinobu | ||||||||||
| 徳川慶喜 | Tokugawa Yoshinobu | 4 January 1998 | 13 December 1998 | Masahiro Motoki | |||||||
| (as Tokugawa Yoshinobu) | Bunta Sugawara | ||||||||||
| Ayako Wakao | |||||||||||
| Hikari Ishida | |||||||||||
| Reiko Ohara | {{hidden | Detail | Bakumatsu period. | 21.1% | |||||||
| 38 | Genroku Ryōran | ||||||||||
| 元禄繚乱 | Chūshingura | 1 January 1999 | 12 December 1999 | Nakamura Kankurō V | |||||||
| (as Ōishi Kuranosuke) | Shinobu Otake | ||||||||||
| Noriyuki Higashiyama | |||||||||||
| Honami Suzuki | |||||||||||
| Kenichi Hagiwara | {{hidden | Detail | Edo period. | 20.2% | |||||||
| 39 | Aoi Tokugawa Sandai | ||||||||||
| 葵 徳川三代 | Aoi | 9 January 2000 | 17 December 2000 | Masahiko Tsugawa | |||||||
| (as Tokugawa Ieyasu) | Tōru Emori | ||||||||||
| Nakamura Baijaku II | |||||||||||
| Mayumi Ogawa | |||||||||||
| Shima Iwashita | {{hidden | Detail | Azuchi-Momoyama to early Edo periods. | 18.5% | |||||||
| 40 | Hōjō Tokimune | ||||||||||
| 北条時宗 | Hōjō Tokimune | 7 January 2001 | 9 December 2001 | Motoya Izumi | |||||||
| (as Hōjō Tokimune) | Atsuro Watabe | ||||||||||
| Ken Watanabe | |||||||||||
| Sumiko Fuji | |||||||||||
| Kin'ya Kitaōji | 18.5% | ||||||||||
| 41 | Toshiie to Matsu | ||||||||||
| 利家とまつ~加賀百万石物語~ | Toshiie and Matsu | 6 January 2002 | 15 December 2002 | Toshiaki Karasawa | |||||||
| (as Maeda Toshiie) | Takashi Sorimachi | ||||||||||
| Teruyuki Kagawa | |||||||||||
| Ken Matsudaira | |||||||||||
| Bunta Sugawara | 22.1% | ||||||||||
| 42 | Musashi | ||||||||||
| 武蔵 MUSASHI | Musashi | 5 January 2003 | 7 December 2003 | Ichikawa Shinnosuke VII | |||||||
| (as Miyamoto Musashi) | Ryoko Yonekura | ||||||||||
| Shinichi Tsutsumi | |||||||||||
| Tsunehiko Watase | |||||||||||
| Makoto Fujita | 16.7% | ||||||||||
| 43 | Shinsengumi! | ||||||||||
| 新撰組! | 11 January 2004 | 12 December 2004 | Shingo Katori | ||||||||
| (as Kondō Isami) | Tatsuya Fujiwara | ||||||||||
| Koji Yamamoto | |||||||||||
| Masato Sakai | |||||||||||
| Kōji Ishizaka | 17.4% | ||||||||||
| 44 | Yoshitsune | ||||||||||
| 義経 | Yoshitsune | 9 January 2005 | 11 December 2005 | Hideaki Takizawa | |||||||
| (as Minamoto no Yoshitsune) | Ken Matsudaira | ||||||||||
| Mikijirō Hira | |||||||||||
| Kiichi Nakai | |||||||||||
| Tetsuya Watari | {{hidden | Detail | Depicts the Genpei War during late Heian period. | 19.5% | |||||||
| 45 | Kōmyō ga Tsuji | ||||||||||
| 功名が辻 | Love and Glory | 8 January 2006 | 10 December 2006 | Yukie Nakama | |||||||
| (as Yamauchi Chiyo) | Tetsuya Takeda | ||||||||||
| Gin Maeda | |||||||||||
| Akira Emoto | |||||||||||
| Hiroshi Tachi | {{hidden | Detail | Sengoku to early Edo periods. | 20.9% | |||||||
| 46 | Fūrin Kazan | ||||||||||
| 風林火山 | The Trusted Confidant | 7 January 2007 | 9 December 2007 | Masaaki Uchino | |||||||
| (as Yamamoto Kansuke) | Ichikawa Kamejirō II | ||||||||||
| Gackt | |||||||||||
| Sonny Chiba | |||||||||||
| Tatsuya Nakadai | {{hidden | Detail | Sengoku period. | 18.7% | |||||||
| 47 | Atsuhime | ||||||||||
| 篤姫 | Princess Atsu | 6 January 2008 | 21 December 2008 | Aoi Miyazaki | |||||||
| (as Atsuhime) | Eita | ||||||||||
| Masato Sakai | |||||||||||
| Hideki Takahashi | |||||||||||
| Kin'ya Kitaōji | 24.5% | ||||||||||
| 48 | Tenchijin | ||||||||||
| 天地人 | Heart of a Samurai | 4 January 2009 | 22 November 2009 | Satoshi Tsumabuki | |||||||
| (as Naoe Kanetsugu) | Kazuki Kitamura | ||||||||||
| Takako Tokiwa | |||||||||||
| Hiroshi Abe | |||||||||||
| Hiroki Matsukata | {{hidden | Detail | Sengoku to early Edo periods. | 21.2% | |||||||
| 49 | Ryōmaden | ||||||||||
| 龍馬伝 | Ryōmaden: The Legend | 3 January 2010 | 28 November 2010 | Masaharu Fukuyama | |||||||
| (as Sakamoto Ryōma) | Teruyuki Kagawa | ||||||||||
| Nao Ōmori | |||||||||||
| Kiyoshi Kodama | |||||||||||
| Kōtarō Satomi | {{hidden | Detail | Bakumatsu period. | 18.7% | |||||||
| 50 | Gō | ||||||||||
| 江〜姫たちの戦国〜 | Princess Go | 9 January 2011 | 27 November 2011 | Juri Ueno | |||||||
| (as Gō) | Rie Miyazawa | ||||||||||
| Asami Mizukawa | |||||||||||
| Gorō Kishitani | |||||||||||
| Kin'ya Kitaōji | 17.7% | ||||||||||
| 51 | Taira no Kiyomori | ||||||||||
| 平清盛 | Kiyomori | 8 January 2012 | 23 December 2012 | Kenichi Matsuyama | |||||||
| (as Taira no Kiyomori) | Hiroshi Tamaki | ||||||||||
| Masaki Okada | |||||||||||
| Shota Matsuda | |||||||||||
| Kiichi Nakai | {{hidden | Detail | Late Heian period's Genpei War. | 12.0% | |||||||
| 52 | Yae no Sakura | ||||||||||
| 八重の桜 | Yae's Sakura | 6 January 2013 | 15 December 2013 | Haruka Ayase | |||||||
| (as Niijima Yae) | Hidetoshi Nishijima | ||||||||||
| Hiroki Hasegawa | |||||||||||
| Nakamura Shidō II | |||||||||||
| Toshiyuki Nishida | 14.6% | ||||||||||
| 53 | Gunshi Kanbei | ||||||||||
| 軍師官兵衛 | Strategist Kanbe | 5 January 2014 | 21 December 2014 | Junichi Okada | |||||||
| (as Kuroda Kanbei) | Miki Nakatani | ||||||||||
| Tori Matsuzaka | |||||||||||
| Naoto Takenaka | |||||||||||
| Kyōhei Shibata | 15.8% | ||||||||||
| 54 | Hana Moyu | ||||||||||
| 花燃ゆ | Burning Flower | 4 January 2015 | 13 December 2015 | Mao Inoue | |||||||
| (as Sugi Fumi) | Takao Osawa | ||||||||||
| Yūsuke Iseya | |||||||||||
| Kengo Kora | |||||||||||
| Yoshiko Mita | 12.0% | ||||||||||
| 55 | Sanada Maru | ||||||||||
| 真田丸 | Sanada Maru | 10 January 2016 | 18 December 2016 | Masato Sakai | |||||||
| (as Sanada Yukimura) | Yo Oizumi | ||||||||||
| Masami Nagasawa | |||||||||||
| Seiyō Uchino | |||||||||||
| Masao Kusakari | {{hidden | Detail | Sengoku to early Edo periods. | 16.6% | |||||||
| 56 | Onna Jōshu Naotora | ||||||||||
| おんな城主 直虎 | Naotora: The Lady Warlord | 8 January 2017 | 17 December 2017 | Ko Shibasaki | |||||||
| (as Ii Naotora) | Haruma Miura | ||||||||||
| Issey Takahashi | |||||||||||
| Masaki Suda | |||||||||||
| Kaoru Kobayashi | 12.8% | ||||||||||
| 57 | Segodon | ||||||||||
| 西郷どん | Segodon | 7 January 2018 | 16 December 2018 | Ryohei Suzuki | |||||||
| (as Saigō Takamori) | Eita | ||||||||||
| Keiko Kitagawa | |||||||||||
| Shota Matsuda | |||||||||||
| Ken Watanabe | {{hidden | Detail | The second work to depict Saigō Takamori as its main lead in Taiga dramas. | 12.7% | |||||||
| 58 | Idaten | ||||||||||
| いだてん~東京オリムピック噺~ | Idaten: The Epic Marathon to Tokyo | 6 January 2019 | 15 December 2019 | Nakamura Kankurō VI | |||||||
| (as Shizo Kanakuri) | Haruka Ayase | ||||||||||
| Takeshi Kitano | |||||||||||
| Mirai Moriyama | |||||||||||
| Koji Yakusho | {{hidden | Detail | Set during Meiji and Shōwa eras. | 8.2% | |||||||
| 59 | Kirin ga Kuru | ||||||||||
| 麒麟がくる | Awaiting Kirin | 19 January 2020 | 7 February 2021 | Hiroki Hasegawa | |||||||
| (as Akechi Mitsuhide) | Shota Sometani | ||||||||||
| Mugi Kadowaki | |||||||||||
| Haruna Kawaguchi | |||||||||||
| Masahiro Motoki | {{hidden | Detail | Sengoku period. | 14.4% | |||||||
| 60 | Seiten o Tsuke | ||||||||||
| 青天を衝け | Reach Beyond the Blue Sky | 14 February 2021 | 26 December 2021 | Ryo Yoshizawa | |||||||
| (as Shibusawa Eiichi) | Kengo Kora | ||||||||||
| Ai Hashimoto | |||||||||||
| Tsuyoshi Kusanagi | |||||||||||
| Kaoru Kobayashi | 14.1% | ||||||||||
| 61 | Kamakura-dono no 13-nin | ||||||||||
| 鎌倉殿の13人 | The 13 Lords of the Shogun | 9 January 2022 | 18 December 2022 | Shun Oguri | |||||||
| (as Hōjō Yoshitoki) | Eiko Koike | ||||||||||
| Koji Yamamoto | |||||||||||
| Yo Oizumi | |||||||||||
| Toshiyuki Nishida | 12.7% | ||||||||||
| 62 | Dousuru Ieyasu | ||||||||||
| どうする家康 | What Will You Do, Ieyasu? | 8 January 2023 | 17 December 2023 | Jun Matsumoto | |||||||
| (as Tokugawa Ieyasu) | Kasumi Arimura | ||||||||||
| Junichi Okada | |||||||||||
| Keiko Kitagawa | |||||||||||
| Hiroshi Abe | {{hidden | Detail | Sengoku to early Edo periods. | 11.2% | |||||||
| 63 | Hikaru Kimi e | ||||||||||
| 光る君へ | Dear Radiance | 7 January 2024 | 15 December 2024 | Yuriko Yoshitaka | |||||||
| (as Murasaki Shikibu) | Tasuku Emoto | ||||||||||
| Akihisa Shiono | |||||||||||
| Ai Mikami | |||||||||||
| Yasunori Danta | 10.7% | ||||||||||
| 64 | Berabou | ||||||||||
| べらぼう ~蔦重栄華乃夢噺~ | Unbound | 5 January 2025 | 14 December 2025 | Ryusei Yokohama | |||||||
| (as Tsutaya Jūzaburō) | Ken Yasuda | ||||||||||
| Fuka Koshiba | |||||||||||
| Toma Ikuta | |||||||||||
| Ken Watanabe | 9.5% | ||||||||||
| 65 | Toyotomi Kyōdai! | ||||||||||
| 豊臣兄弟! | Brothers in Arms | 4 January 2026 | 2026 | Taiga Nakano | |||||||
| (as Toyotomi Hidenaga) | Sosuke Ikematsu | ||||||||||
| Riho Yoshioka | |||||||||||
| Minami Hamabe | |||||||||||
| Shun Oguri | |||||||||||
| 66 | Gyakuzoku no Bakushin | ||||||||||
| 逆賊の幕臣 | TBA | 2027 | 2027 | Tori Matsuzaka | |||||||
| (as Oguri Tadamasa) | Takao Osawa |
NHK Special Drama
Clouds Over the Hill was originally set for a 2006 broadcast as "21st Century Taiga Drama". However, the scriptwriter of the series committed suicide, causing a delay in production. The series was aired as "NHK Special Drama" in three parts, each part airing from late November to late December of each year.
| Title | season | Episodes | Start | End | Starring | Supporting cast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clouds Over the Hill | 1 | 5 eps | 29 November 2009 | 27 December 2009 | Masahiro Motoki | |
| Hiroshi Abe | ||||||
| Teruyuki Kagawa | Miho Kanno | |||||
| Gō Katō | ||||||
| Hideki Takahashi | ||||||
| Tetsuya Watari | ||||||
| 2 | 4 eps | 5 December 2010 | 26 December 2010 | |||
| 3 | 4 eps | 4 December 2011 | 25 December 2011 |
Fantasy taiga drama
| Title | season | Episodes | Start | End | Starring | Supporting cast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit | 1 | 4 eps | 26 March 2016 | 9 April 2016 | Haruka Ayase | Masahiro Higashide |
| Mizuki Itagaki | ||||||
| Mikijirō Hira | ||||||
| Tatsuya Fujiwara | ||||||
| 2 | 9 eps | 21 January 2017 | 25 March 2017 | |||
| 3 | 9 eps | 25 November 2017 | 27 January 2018 |
New Big Jidaigeki
NHK broadcast three taiga dramas covering modern and contemporary history from 1984 to 1986. Instead, they specially prepared these three productions for jidaigeki fans. Many viewers see them as almost equivalent to Taiga dramas.
| # | Romanised Name | Kanji Name | Episodes | Start | End | Starring | Supporting cast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miyamoto Musashi | 宮本武蔵 | 45 eps | 4 April 1984 | 13 March 1985 | Koji Yakusho | Yūko Kotegawa |
| Eiji Okuda | |||||||
| Kōji Naka | |||||||
| Tetsurō Tamba | |||||||
| 2 | Sanada Taiheiki | 真田太平記 | 45 eps | 3 April 1985 | 19 March 1986 | Tsunehiko Watase | Masao Kusakari |
| Kurara Haruka | |||||||
| Misako Konno | |||||||
| Tetsurō Tamba | |||||||
| 3 | Musashibō Benkei | 武蔵坊弁慶 | 34 eps | 9 April 1986 | 12 December 1986 | Nakamura Kichiemon II | Tarō Kawano |
| Keiko Oginome | |||||||
| Bunta Sugawara | |||||||
| Yorozuya Kinnosuke |
Series overviews

- 武蔵 MUSASHI (2003). Kabuki actor Ichikawa Shinnosuke VII (now Ichikawa Ebizō XI) held the lead role as the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, whose lives spanned the end of the sengoku and the beginning of the Edo periods. The series was based on the Yoshikawa Eiji novel that forms the basis for most modern fiction based on the events of Musashi's life. This was the first Taiga Drama to have its title in both kanji and the Latin alphabet.
- Toshiie and Matsu (2002). Toshiaki Karasawa as Maeda Toshiie and Nanako Matsushima as Matsu recounted the establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate from the point of view of an outside daimyō.
- Hōjō Tokimune (2001). Kyōgen actor Izumi Motoya played the lead character, heading a cast that included Watanabe Ken. Major events in the series included the Mongol Invasions of Japan.
- Genroku Ryōran (1999). Kabuki actor Nakamura Kankurō V played Ōishi Kuranosuke in this story set in the Genroku period, during which the events of the Forty-seven rōnin occurred.
References
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