Best Japanese TV Dramas on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best Japanese TV Dramas on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 44 titles in category code 711367. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
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1. GTO Drama Special (1999)
Rated 9/10 on IMDb, from 1999, 1h 31m. In this post-TV-series special, Onizuka finds himself in over his head when he's hired as a substitute teacher at a private girls' school.
2. 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.
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. Solitary Gourmet (2014)
Rated 7.9/10 on IMDb, from 2014. A traveling salesman visits a variety of neighborhoods on business, then eats alone in restaurants where he samples an array of Japanese delicacies.
6. Wakako Zake (2016)
Rated 7.9/10 on IMDb, from 2016. After a hard day at work, businesswoman Wakako relishes the moment she can finally treat herself to the best food and drink she can find.
7. Snow White with the Red Hair (2016)
Rated 7.8/10 on IMDb, from 2016. When herbalist Shirayuki's unusual hair attracts unwanted attention, she cuts it off and escapes to neighboring Clarines, where she meets Prince Zen.
8. Unfair (2006)
Rated 7.6/10 on IMDb, from 2006. A no-nonsense detective with a reputation for pushing limits investigates a rash of brutal murders connected by a series of cryptic short stories.
9. Atelier (2015)
Rated 7.5/10 on IMDb, from 2015. A young 'fabric geek' lands a job at an upscale Japanese lingerie company -- and quickly discovers she'll need help to survive.
10. SIGNAL (2018)
Rated 7.5/10 on IMDb, from 2018. Fifteen years apart, two driven detectives work together to crack an unsolved kidnapping case and rewrite history.