Hi, I would really appreciate some help in finding out the names of these shows, I watched them reguarly when I lived in Japan, but never got round to noting down their names. I hope to get copies of them either from the kind traders here or otherwise via p2p. Thanks to anyone who spares the time to read this!
Comedy shows
Variety manzai show which has a section on new uses / words that have entered the language, heavy on puns such as aho baiza etc.
One Night Rock n roll? Starring some troupes from Okinawa on weds nights around 10pm Fuji terebi 2003
Saturday night ensemble comedy show starring 99 etc where they dress up as bosozoku and have to play a game based on counters while riding motorbikes on a roundabout the loser gets mashed up by sumotori
Dorama
Show seemingly set in the country, seems like a romance story with a rather dumb looking fuzzy hair gaijin is a regular 2003
Show starring the main bloke from one night rock n roll, which is based on a couple starting a delivery service in the 70s also starring Fujiwara Norika 2003
Show where the star had an operation (her whole family have normal or ugly faces) but when she gets emotional or upset , her face goes back to what it was and she has to hide (boyfriend/love interest is an ikebana expert or something) 2003
Show where the main dude is a salaryman by day, but a superhero by night – shown a bit later than other dramas, the main actor did a lot of training, a fair amount of sex scenes also/ 2003
Home and away? not sure, about the title, main actress was Nakayama Miho and she goes pretty much all over Japan and walks with her suitcase in the opening credits. 2002/ 2003
Show with a group of superheroes who work in an office – men and women only saw one episode, on late night 2003
Show on late night with a group of teenagers, one with bright yellow hair who gets into various fights around a bowling alley only saw one show. 2003
Drama with Kimutaku from smap and Samma who is a cop, in one episode he crosses the street and stabs Kimutaku as he is seeing his daughter and samma don�ft like it. 2003
Show set in a cake shop with 5 youngish men; they open the business and try to make it an success 2003
Show based on Bewitched. Early 2004
Show set in a noodle restaurant. 2003
�geste�h beautician salon drama where the main character in the title screen does that V gesture to her eyes. On in the afternoons. 2003
Drama set in a hostess club, starring the same main actor as Shomeni? 2003
Late night show with an old conman plus a young conman and woman working form an office each episode the old git presents them with a job they have to do. Shown midweek. 2003
Old cop show with some geezer called �gjeans�h who shouts out �gnan ja kore ya?!�h 70s
Music shows
Avex tv – Sunday nights late not sure of the show's name
Mono mane music show that always seems to be on week nights some are on normal tv one with that fat dude with the afro (and bald spot) is on nhk
�gWide shows�h – day
Show which has a regular section where this very nosy middle aged woman with black hair and glasses drops in on markets/shopping centres/beaches etc and either pokes around peoples shopping or comments on their fashion sense etc.
Show that has a group of celebs – often Take chan, and a large panel of Japanese speaking foreigners who discuss everyday issues and are largely ridiculed
�gwide�h shows – night
Show where Shinsuke san and a co presenter interview newlyweds or couples with problems
Sunday evening show where Shinsuke san presents a show almost identical to the judge with 4 judges and a group of guests – guests discuss whether a case (shown in a video) can be won in court or not then hear from the panel of judges
Show where the blonde dude from the morning shot commercials throws a dart or whatever at a map of Japan then visits it and does a report – seems to be the main part of the show
Treasure hunt show where 2 or 3 teams of celebs have to rush around town finding clues to hidden treasures – these clues are kept in small black jewel boxes and sometimes they have to play a forfeit game
Debuya?
Sunday night show on late with some of the London hearts crew, they usually have a model or idol on the show. Also features regular �gbatsu�h games
Sunday night show on late, with 3 regular hosts (one is that impressionist, in his 40s that also appears regularly on waratte ii to omou and the video show) they usually have 2 or 3 young women on and probe them about their sexual preferences and just lech about them and play games now and again.
Mid week video / commercial review show with the 40 ish geezer with the black hair who is always on waratte ii to omou along with one male and one female guest – they review one or two oddball films, some domestic and foreign commercials and one idol/av promo tape – the female guest are always asked to go watch something else in this segment except for megumi who always stays – the main host always seems to wear a kind of doctors outfit
Late night show early in the week where 2 popular comedians wear security guard outfits and bring in a load of hostesses / soap girls and get them to play games like bowling etc and sometimes have one on one catfights in order for them to strip – they usually have a female guest presenter
Samma show on Sunday afternoon with a section starring Thane and a trio of African blokes
Samma show on Saturday night with a guest presenter and 20 or so female guests (from the public or hostesses?) where samma holds a weird kind of presenting baton (like Dracula etc) and at the end of the show one of the women gets strapped to a chair and punished
Samma show on mid week in 2 parts, the 2nd part is a panel quiz with 3 or 4 pairs of contestants one pair of which are from the public and kampei chan always seems to be on the panel
Late night show where 3 perverts – 2 guys and one hot gal in glasses stalk various innocent young women around clubs/malls/gyms/bars etc then �greveal�h themselves for a brief interview
�granking�h show on pretty late with a cute girl and some messed up dragon/power rangers reject cheapass cgi character and they show ranking lists of food/comics etc and do the occasional interview with the public in various cities. 2003
Show where the (increasingly arrogant and unpleasant) Shingo from smap tries to learn English and often does a quiz against other bilingual J celebs. Features a random crowd of bored looking gaijin. 2003
Trivia show where the winner gets a melon pan that comes out of a golden brain
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