The 9 Exciting J-dramas Coming To Japanese TV This November!

More J-dramas? Yes, please!

This November, 9 new J-dramas are coming to Japanese TV (and a couple are also coming to streaming! Yay!). Here’s everything you need to know about them:

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• Release date: November 3rd, 2024
• Network: FOD (Fuji TV On Demand)
• Episodes: 10
• Writer and Director: Tomori Atsuki (who also wrote TV Tokyo’s Pocket ni Boken wo Tsumekonde)
• Remake of the Thai drama Love in the Air (2022), which, in turn, was an adaptation of MAME’s novels Love Storm and Love Sky.

Rei (Hamaya Takuto) is a university student who was once helped by a mysterious motorcyclist. This random encounter left a lasting impression on Rei, who tells his friend Kai (Nagatsuma Reo) the story over and over again. Rei eventually finds out that his mysterious helper is actually an architecture student at his university, the “legendary” Arashi (Nagumo Shoma). Even though Arashi claims to not remember the incident, Rei’s and Arashi’s lives become more and more entangled. Meanwhile, Kai is facing his own love challenges with after a fateful encounter with Fuma (Suzuki Asahi).

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• Release date: November 4th, 2024
• Network: YTV
• Episodes: 10
• Writer: Morino Mash (from NHK’s VR Ojisan no Hatsukoi)
• Director: Shibata Keisuke (from YTV’s Sukiyanen Kedo Dou Yaroka) and Makino Sho (TV Tokyo’s Hidamari ga Kikoeru)
• Adapted from Hi Nun’s webtoon Our Youth.

After honour student Minase Jin (Motojima Junsei) sees the troublemaker Hirukawa Haruki (Kamimura Kenshin) being beaten by his dad, he can’t forget him. Even though they are two completely different people, Jin sees a side to Haruki he had never seen before and that stays with him. Could it be fate that keeps bringing them together? Soon, a very special feeling blossoms between them.

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• Release date: November 7th, 2024
• Network: Nagoya TV
• Episodes: 4
• Writer: Kim Sung-jin (from 2018’s The Soul-Mate)
• Director: Matsuoka Tatsuya (from 2023’s Detective of Jyoshidaikoji)

Cha Eun-tae (Kim Hyun-joong) was happily married to Mai until an accident took her away from him. After the passing of his wife, Eun-tae is so shocked that he loses his memory. Numb and lost, he decides to embark on a final trip before following his wife. He finds a photo at home and tries to identify where and how it was taken. During his journey, he meets a mysterious high school girl (Tensho Amane) who might lead him to a side of Mai he had never known existed.

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• Release date: November 7th, 2024
• Network: MBS
• Episodes: 8
• Writer: Kirino Sachi (this is her first screenwriter credit)
• Director: Kato Naoki (from TBS’s I Will Be Your Bloom)
• Adapted from Asagi Chiyoharu’s novel of the same name

When Yuki Rio (Hayashi Meari), the daughter of a prestigious Kyoto family, was 16, she was forced to enter an arranged marriage. This marriage was only on paper: she never met her husband, the successful Takamine Masatomo (Inukai Atsuhiro), who is the CEO of an IT company. On her birthday, she would receive a huge amount of money from him but nothing else. After 10 years, Rio moves to Tokyo and meets her husband for the very first time to ask him for a divorce. However, Takamine feels immediately attracted to Rio and refuses her request.

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• Release date: November 14th, 2024
• Network: Netflix (YAAAY! ^^ )
• Episodes: 8
• Writer: Okada Yoshikazu (from TV Asahi’s Superstar Minami is My Boyfriend!?)
• Director: Kurosaki Hiroshi (from NHK’s Hiyokko)

Saeko (Arimura Kasumi) is a young woman living in profound grief and heartbreak after her beloved fiancé Yusuke (Ikuta Toma) passes away in a tragic accident. A few months later, she meets Naruse (Sakaguchi Kentaro). Not only does Naruse remind her of Yusuke but he also feels strangely attached to Saeko.

• Release date: November 15th, 2024
• Network: TV Tokyo
• Episodes: 10
• Writer: Ueno Shiori (from ABC’s Sugar Dog Life) and Imanishi Yuko
• Director: Fukuda Momoko (from TV Tokyo’s Kashimashi Meshi) and Kitahata Ryuichi
• Adapted from Nishino Toshiko’s novel Kanto Shuhen Umashi Itoshi no Gezan Meshi

Itadaki Mineko (Shida Mirai) is an illustrator who has enjoyed mountain hiking for the past two years. For her, the best part of hiking is actually stopping by a local eatery after a climb. The show follows her “adventures” as she explores different restaurants on the way back from her hikes.

• Release date: November 22nd, 2024
• Network: MBS
• Episodes: 10
• Writer: Kishimoto Kouki (this is his first screenwriter credit)
• Director: Tsubakimoto Keijiro and Totsuka Hiroto (both from MBS’s Haiiro no Otome)
• Based on the theatrical play School Idol Musical

The Takizakura Girls’ Academy in Osaka is known for its talented performing arts course and idol club. Meanwhile, the Tsubakisakahana Girls’ High School in Hyogo is known for being a traditional preparatory school. These two rival schools are brought together when Rurika (Watanabe Miho) and Anzu (Tomita Nanaka), the daughters of the chairmen of Takizakura and Tsubakisakahana, meet thanks to their idol activities.

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• Release date: November 28th, 2024
• Network: Amazon Prime (YAAAY! ^^ )
• Episodes: 8
• Writer: Ayako Kitagawa (from TBS’s My Second Aoharu)
• Director: Matsumoto Hana (from NTV’s 3 Nen C Gumi wa Furin Shitemasu.)
• Adapted from Akasaka Aka and Yokoyari Mengo’s manga

Aqua (Sakurai Kaito) and Ruby (Saito Nagisa) are twins whose mother is the beloved idol Hoshino Ai (Saito Asuka). She raises the two children with love but hides the fact that she’s a mother from the world. Aqua and Ruby support her as she returns to the entertainment world. Suddenly, Ai’s popularity skyrockets and she’s invited to perform at the Tokyo Dome. But a fanatical stalker might put an end to her happiness.

The story of the manga was adapted into Amazon Prime’s mini-series, which will be concluded in a live-action film (of the same name) coming out in Japan on December 20th.

• Release date: November 30th, 2024 (TBC)
• Network: UniReel
• Director: Matsunaga Yoichi (from NTV’s Haru wa Mijikashi Koiseyo Danshi.)

As their final lesson before graduation, a music teacher (Yagi Yusei) locks up a class of high school seniors in the music room. He tells them that they must kill each other because only the surviving ones will get to graduate. Supporting cast includes Hori Miona, Kikuchi Hinako, and Tanabe Ririka.

As the show was made to be released on an app, the series was filmed vertically.

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Are there any releases that particularly catch your eye? Tell me in the comments which of these J-dramas coming out in November you’re looking forward to the most! And make sure to check our K-drama calendar of November releases too!