Best Japanese TV Comedies on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best Japanese TV Comedies on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 30 titles in category code 711366. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
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1. GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (1998)
Rated 8.5/10 on IMDb, from 1998. One-time juvenile delinquent Onizuka finds his old tricks give him an edge when he starts teaching a class of unruly high school students.
2. Mob Psycho 100 (2018)
Rated 8.5/10 on IMDb, from 2018. There's an organization gathering espers for a nefarious purpose.
3. He Who Can't Marry (2006)
Rated 8.3/10 on IMDb, from 2006. A lonely bachelor practices single life like a religion, but one encounter triggers a search for his version of the ultimate happy ending.
4. Saiko no Rikon (2013)
Rated 8.2/10 on IMDb, from 2013. Love and marriage are the issues when one bickering couple can't quite split up, but another seemingly happy couple wonders if they really are.
5. Kamisama Kiss (2012)
Rated 8.1/10 on IMDb, from 2012. A goodhearted teenager who has been abandoned by her deadbeat father accidentally becomes an earth deity with a wily fox spirit as her familiar.
6. Ossan's Love (2018)
Rated 7.8/10 on IMDb, from 2018. First his boss shocks him with a confession of love, then his roommate.
7. Mosaic Japan (2014)
Rated 5.5/10 on IMDb, from 2014. After losing his job as a stockbroker in Tokyo, straitlaced Riichi gets wrapped up in the porn industry that's taken over his sleepy hometown.
8. The Virgin Psychics (2015)
Rated 5.3/10 on IMDb, from 2015. Aimless and pining for a girl who doesn't love him, a student develops psychic powers at the same time other virgins manifest similar abilities.
9. Goddotan: Kisu gaman senshuken the Movie (2013)
Rated 4.4/10 on IMDb, from 2013, 1h 51m. A comedian appearing for a movie shoot is warned to avoid kissing for 24 hours, then chased by an assassin, zombies and hordes of attractive women.
10. Let Me Call You Father-in-Law (2016)
From 2016. Tamotsu Daidoji has found love at the mature age of 51, the same age as his fiancee's father, who's not happy with a son-in-law his own age.