Top Rated Asian Dramas

Nodame Cantabile is the TV series that got me into Jdoramas. The series is a live action drama adaptation of the successful manga by Tomoko Ninomiya. Noda Megumi ("Nodame") and Chiaki Shinichi are music students at Momogaoka College of Music. Both are extremely gifted but they have opposite personalities. Ultimately, it's their shared love for music that brings them together and takes them to greater heights in their respective careers. If you love classical music, you will love watching this award-winning J-drama.

Nodame Cantabile won't be a spectacular hit without excellent acting by the charming and talented cast members Juri Ueno (Nodame), Tamaki Hiroshi (Chiaki Shinichi) and Ryutaro Mine (Eita). Learn more about the Japanese actors by visiting their profile pages.

The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince is not the first Korean drama I saw but it's the first one I really loved. Go Eun Chan is a tomboyish girl who tries to make ends meet by taking on various jobs. She meets food mogul Choi Han Kyul who mistakes her for a boy and hires her to work in his coffee shop. Hilarity and heartbreak ensues when they fall in love before he even learns that she is a woman after all. Coffee Prince is based on a romance novel titled Coffee Prince Ilhojeom by Seon-mi Lee.

Coffee Prince had a perfect cast - everyone worked well together and it felt like they were real people and not just characters! Props go to Korean actors Gong Yoo (Han Kyul), Yoon Eun Hye* (Go Eun Chan), and Lee Sun Gyun (Choi han Seong) for leading the pack.

* Squidoo lens by Hanjee

Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (Hana Kimi) is a fun TV series about a girl who enrolls in a private boarding school for boys to chase after her high jump hero. Her main goal is to get him back into the sport but then she ends up falling in love with him.

Below are pages devoted to cast members of the popular Hana Kimi Jdrama (also known as Hanazakari no Kimitachi e).

Pasta is a Korean drama series about Yoo Kyung (Kong Hyo-jin), a young kitchen assistant who dreams of becoming a top-rated chef. She finds herself working under a stuck-up Italy-trained Chef Hyun wook (Lee Sun Gyun) who proceeds to make life in the Las Sfera kitchen a living hell. Things get even more complicated when they fall in love with one another.

Prosecutor Princess is another Korean drama that I enjoyed watching. Ma Hye Ri (Kim So Yeon) is a fresh graduate from law school who has a brilliant mind and a sharp memory. However she is more interested in her looks, fashion and in shopping than in her new career as a prosecutor. She later matures into an excellent prosecutor after life hands her some challenges.