1. Soar High! (舞いあがれ!)
Iwakura Mai lives with her parents Kota and Megumi and older brother Haruto. Her father Kota runs a small factory in Higashi Osaka, a district that is known for its craftsmen. Mai is shy and withdrawn. But when she visits her grandmother Shoko who lives on Nagasaki’s Goto Islands which has a rich natural environment, she is entranced by the Baramon kites that catch the wind and soar high in the sky. Wanting to fly high in the sky like these kites, Mai’s longing swells into a dream to become a pilot. Even though she works hard, the path to getting there is tougher than she had imagined. As Mai deepens her ties with the people living in her two hometowns of Higashi Osaka and Goto, her dream eventually takes a new form. She gathers enthusiastic friends to build a small electric plane that can fly to and from the islands. Her dream becomes a wing that carries everyone’s dreams and takes off.
It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.
2. Otei-chan (おていちゃん)
The 21st NHK Asadora. Starring Chikako Yuri in a dramatization of the life of Sadako Sawamura.
3. Kazamidori (風見鶏)
The 20th NHK Asadora. Starring Harumi Arai as a woman who marries a German and starts a bakery in Kobe.
4. Ichibanboshi (いちばん星)
The 19th NHK Asadora. A dramatization of the life of the singer Chiyako Sato. Michiko Godai replaced Haruna Takase in the lead two months into the series when Takase became ill.</p><p></p><p>Adapted from the novel "Aa Tokyo Koshinkyoku" by Yuki Ryoichi.
5. Hi no kuni ni (火の国に)
The 18th NHK Asadora. Starring Keiko Suzuka about a woman who strives to become a landscape gardener.
6. Kumo no Jutan (雲のじゅうたん)
The 17th NHK Asadora. Starring Youko Asaji as a woman who wants to become a pilot.
7. Ohayousan (おはようさん)
The 16th NHK Asadora. Starring Yoko Akino in a contemporary story about a woman who is an office worker.
8. Hiyokko (ひよっこ)
The 17-year-old Yatabe Mineko grew up in a family of seven in a mountain village in northeastern Ibaraki Prefecture. Her father Minoru has gone to Tokyo to work in order to earn extra money. However, her life completely changes when her father does not come back for the New Year. Mineko asks her family to let her go to Tokyo to find him and promises to send money home. In the autumn of 1964, she and two childhood friends Tokiko and Mitsuo are hired to start working at a small factory in Tokyo’s working class neighborhood. After work each day, Mineko searches for her father and gets disheartened at times. Mineko overcomes challenges and starts to lay down roots in Tokyo as she experiences many meetings and farewells amid the laughter and tears with regulars, people of the shopping street, friends, and colleagues. But will she be able to find her father?
It has an average vote of 8.2 on TMDB.
9. Haikara-san (ハイカラさん)
The 29th NHK Asadora. Starring Satomi Tezuka as a woman who starts a hotel in the Meiji era.
10. Honjitsu mo Seiten Nari (本日も晴天なり)
Katsuragi Motoko started as an NHK announcer, became a reportage writer after the war, and then an author. This story is about a woman's struggle to find her life's purpose and to survive.</p><p></p><p>The 28th NHK asadora, set in the Showa era and location included Tokyo.
11. Mansaku no hana (まんさくの花)
The story follows the Nakamori family in Yokote, Akita Prefecture, where half of the year is buried by deep snow.
12. Natchan no shashinkan (なっちゃんの写真館)
The 25th NHK Asadora. Nishiki Natsuko is a woman who strives to become a photographer.
13. Ayu no uta (鮎のうた)
The 24th NHK Asadora. Starring Senri Yamazaki as a woman who makes her life at a fishing port.
14. Miyako no kaze (都の風)
The 37th NHK Asadora. A woman from Kyoto moves to Nara and runs a ryokan and then enters the fashion industry.
15. Ichiban Daiko (いちばん太鼓)
The 35th NHK Asadora about a man who enters the world of popular theater.
16. Kokoru wa Itsumo Ramune Iro (心はいつもラムネ色)
The 33rd NHK Asadora. Starring Eisaku Shindou as a man who loves manzai . Average rating of 40.2%</p><p></p><p>Based on the life of a famous two-man comedy act writer, Akita Minoru, who loved comedy more than anything. His life itself was full of wit and humor, love and friendship.
17. Romansu (ロマンス)
The 32nd NHK Asadora. Starring Takaaki Enoki as a young man who becomes a film director. The first Asadora with a male lead since 1967.
It has an average vote of 2 on TMDB.
18. Yôi don (よーいドン)
A struggling Korean veteran comes to terms with the fact that he is actually a caterpillar. I just made this up.
19. Watashi wa umi (わたしは海)
The 22nd NHK Asadora. Starring Tomoko Aihara. About a woman raising war orphans.
20. Warotenka (わろてんか)
The 97th NHK asadora is about Ten who becomes the first female comedian.
