[JD] Japan Box Office Report – May 7th/8th

The “Golden Week” ended last week on Thursday, many people took the necessary days off in order to make it a complete week of holidays – and therefore no more dramas had to suffer from the sudden vacation-spree of the masses. However, the weekend and Friday dramas didn’t really suffer from the first batch of holidays in the first place.

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The only normal dramas that lost some ground were the Friday dramas “Umareru.” and “Inu wo Kau to Iu Koto“, but both their ratings were still within the ordinary fluctuations. The former managed to stop the plunge and the latter even improved by 0.8%.

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Saturday finally got itself a drama again – it felt so lonely since the end of “Deka Wanko” last season – and with “Kokosei Restaurant“, starring TOKIO’s Matsuoka Masahiro as well as the two young stars Kamiki Ryunsokue and Kawashima Umika, it even got itself quite a delicious feast. 13.1% is looking good as well, the previous drama had a similar start, but now it has to prove that it is just as enjoyable throughout the season. “Deka Wanko” ended with an average of 13.3%, which should also be the goal of the high school restaurateurs.

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Oh Sunday, what’s up with your “Gou“? Last week it dropped by 2.1% and this week it improved by 4.8% – that’s far from ordinary. Didn’t people know what to do on Sunday after a week full of holidays and decided to give it a try again? Well, the holiday sure had some influence on the Sunday ratings, but there were more things that helped the taiga drama: 1 – the competition was pretty weak, 2 – story is improving (yet not that exciting at the moment), 3 – EXILE’s AKIRA made his appearance (the main reason according to many netizens), 4 – a picture of Mukai Osamu as Tokugawa Hidetada was released on Friday. The latter won’t make his appearance until June 12th, but maybe his countless of fans – he is incredibly popular right now – missed that part of the announcement… Ah well, we should be happy that it’s back up above the 20%, no matter the reason.

Coincidentally “JIN 2” had the exact same rating as “Gou”, 20.7%. Normally it’s an honor for a normal drama to be on a par with a taiga drama, but this season it seems to be the opposite. Cutie-pie Ashida Mana and her drama “Marumo no Okite” improved as well. Fans of “Asuko March!” and Takei Emi will have to wait until next Sunday for their third episode. Unfortunately there is going to be yet another delay for the fourth episode as well, at least as far as we are informed.

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In case the ratings aren’t available, the shows get marked with a ??.?% rating. This doesn’t mean that the ratings were too low to recorded!!

Improvements and declines will be illustrated with the use of several icons. The colors and the numbers indicate how much the ratings have changed.

An orange color means almost no change, while a red color means the ratings dropped, and a green color means the ratings improved.

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05/06 – Friday
10pm slot
01 – 21:54-23:10 – 15.3% Hodo Station
02 – 21:00-22:52 – 14.4% Asami Mitsuhiko Series (40/1)
03 – 22:00-22:54 – 09.8% Umareru. (03)
04 – 21:00-23:24 – 08.6% Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
?? – 22:00-22:54 – ??.?% Takeshi no Nippon no Mikata!
?? – 22:00-22:45 – ??.?% Chikyu Ichiban

11pm slot
01 – 23:15-24:15 – 08.6% ? Inu wo Kau to Iu Koto (04)
02 – 23:00-23:30 – 07.6% Hitoshi Matsumoto no OO na Hanashi
03 – 23:30-24:00 – 04.5% Another Sky
?? – 23:00-23:30 – ??.?% A-Studio

midnight slot
01 – 24:20-24:50 – 02.5% ShimaShima (03)

Info:
Umareru. Cast: Horikita Maki, Okura Tadayoshi, Tanaka Misako, Osugi Ren and more
Inu wo Kau Cast: Nishikido Ryo, Mizukawa Asami, Taguchi Junnosuke and more
ShimaShima: Yada Akiko, Miura Shohei, Kikuta Daisuke and more

Caps:
Umareru. – Horikita Maki

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05/07 – Saturday
9pm slot
?? – 21:00-22:15 – 19.5% Giant Tsunamis: How to Protect Lives?
?? – 21:00-23:10 – 13.3% Asami Mitsuhiko Series (40/2)
?? – 21:00-22:09 – 13.1% Koukousei Restaurant (Start)
?? – 21:00-22:51 – 08.3% Onna Keiji: Sakonyama Kyoko
?? – 21:00-21:54 – ??.?% Shutsubotsu! Admatic Tengoku
?? – 21:00-21:54 – ??.?% Sekai Fushigi Hakken!

Info:
Koukousei Restaurant Cast: Matsuoka Masahiro, Kamiki Ryuunosuke, Kawashima Umika and many(!!) more
Onna Keiji Cast: Kikukawa Rei, Daichi Yasuo and more
Caps:
Koukousei Restaurant – Kawashima Umika and more



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05/01 – Sunday
8pm slot
01 – 20:00-20:45 – 20.7% Gou – Himetachi no Sengoku (17)
02 – 19:58-20:54 – 13.0% Sekai no Hate Made Itte Q!
03 – 18:56-20:54 – 12.2% Shiru-Shiru-Mishiru Sunday 2h SP
04 – 19:58-20:54 – 09.0% Bakusho! Dainippon Akan Keisatsu
?? – 19:00-20:54 – ??.?% Sanma no SUPER Karakuri TV! SP
?? – 19:54-21:48 – ??.?% Big Sunday Variety (Various)

9pm slot
01 – 21:00-21:59 – 20.7% JIN 2 (04)
02 – 21:00-21:54 – 12.9% Gyoretsu no Dekiru Horitsu Sodanjo
03 – 21:00-21:54 – 12.3% Marumo no Okite (03)
04 – 21:00-23:39 – 12.2% Ototo
?? – 19:54-21:48 – ??.?% Big Sunday Variety (Various)
?? – 21:00-21:50 – ??.?% Special: Ukiyoe Mystery Sharaku

11pm slot
01 – 21:00-23:39 – 12.2% Ototo
02 – 23:15-23:45 – 11.4% Mr. Sunday
03 – 22:56-23:26 – 09.4% Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai
?? – 23:05-23:35 – ??.?% Jonetsu Tairiku

Info:
No “Asuko March!” due to TV Asahi airing the lengthy film “Ototo” (2010)
Ototo Cast: Yoshinaga Sayuri, Shofukutei Tsurube, Aoi Yuu, Kase Ryo and more
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JIN2 Cast: Osawa Takao, Nakatani Miki, Ayase Haruka, Koide Keisuke and more
Marumo no Okite Cast: Ashida Mana, Abe Sadao and Suzuki Fuku
Asuko March! Cast: Takei Emi, Matsuzaka Tori, Shiraishi Miho and more
Caps:


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Drama Overview:
Title
Hancho 4
Shiawase ni Narou yo
Namae wo Nakushita
Good Life
Madonna Verde
Muscle Girl!
Iryu Sousa
Rebound
Omiya-san 8
Hagane no Onna 2
BOSS 2
Shitsuren Hoken
Umareru.
Inu wo Kau to Iu Koto
Shima Shima
Kokosei Restaurant
JIN 2
Marumo no Okite
Asuko March! ??.? – ??.? – ??.? – ??.? – ??.? – ??.? – ??.? – ??.? – ??.? – ??.? – ??.? – ??.?
13.0% – 12.8% – 11.4% - 10.1%
16.4% – 11.9% – 10.0%
09.5% – 11.2% – 10.8% – 10.5%
09.5% – 09.5% – 08.3%
07.3% – 08.2% – 07.2%
01.4% – 01.9% – 02.6%
17.0% – 14.0% – 15.8% – 10.8%
14.3% – 10.5%
11.6% – 09.5%
09.3% – 06.1% – 06.4%
16.3% – 15.5% – 14.7%
07.3% – 03.3% – 03.9% – 04.1% – 03.0%
11.2% – 09.7% – 09.8%
09.3% – 08.3% – 07.8% – 08.6%
02.8% – 03.6% – 02.5%
13.1%
23.7% – 18.4% – 20.4% – 20.7%
11.6% – 12.9% – 12.3%
07.5% – 04.9%
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NHK Taiga Drama

Gou – Himetachi no Sengoku
(Cast: Ueno Juri, Miyazawa Rie, Mizukawa Asami, Mukai Osamu…)

01 – 21.7%
02 – 22.1%
03 – 22.6%
04 – 21.7%
05 – 22.0%
06 – 19.8%
07 – 18.5%
08 – 20.9%
09 – 20.0%
10 – 16.9% 11 – 15.7%
12 – 17.1%
13 – 16.6%
14 – 19.2%
15 – 18.0%
16 – 15.9%
17 – 20.7%
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Credits: Tokyo Hive