Japanese Drama Grand Prix: "Ryusei no Kizuna" dominates

For those who are looking for good and interesting Japanese drama to watch, you can look at the newly released results of the fall 2008 Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix survey before deciding :> I found the information from http://www.tokyograph.com/news/20090120/ and have decided on some dramas to watch for beginning of 2009 and the drama "Ryusei no Kizuna" which was a big winner in the survey is definitely on my "Must watch Japanese drama list" ;> I would post more information about the drama in my subsequent posts.


Nikkan Sports has revealed the results of its fall 2008 Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix survey. The survey ran between January 6 and January 15, resulting in a total of 5,623 votes. The TBS series "Ryusei no Kizuna" proved to be the clear favorite, winning four of the five categories by very large margins.

Best Drama:
Ryusei no Kizuna - 3610
Atsuhime - 341
Scrap Teacher - 331
Bloody Monday - 316
Innocent Love - 199

Best Actor:
Kazunari Ninomiya (Ryusei no Kizuna) - 3564
Haruma Miura (Bloody Monday) - 604
Yutaka Mizutani (Aibou) - 326
Ryosuke Yamada (Scrap Teacher) - 275
Kiichi Nakai (Kaze no Garden) - 266

Best Actress:
Aoi Miyazaki (Atsuhime) - 2127
Aya Ueto (Celeb to Binbou Taro) - 1009
Maki Horikita (Innocent Love) - 746
Asami Mizukawa (Yume wo Kanaeru Zou) - 594
Kyoka Suzuki (SCANDAL) - 384

Best Supporting Actor:
Ryo Nishikido (Ryusei no Kizuna) - 2485
Tomokazu Miura (Ryusei no Kizuna) - 373
Jun Kaname (Ryusei no Kizuna) - 338
Masato Sakai (Atsuhime) - 237
Ken Ogata (Kaze no Garden) - 215
Yusuke Kamiji (Scrap Teacher) - 215

Best Supporting Actress:
Erika Toda (Ryusei no Kizuna) - 2916
Maki Horikita (Atsuhime) - 359
Michiko Kichise (Bloody Monday) - 355
Keiko Matsuzaka (Atsuhime) - 290
Ai Kato (Scrap Teacher) - 210


In April, after the winter drama season is over, the annual Drama Grand Prix awards will be decided.

(Source: http://www.tokyograph.com/news/20090120/)
(Source: http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Image:Ryusei_no_Kizuna.jpg)