Drama Grand Prix: "Ryusei no Kizuna" dominates

[Tokyograph News]

Nikkan Sports has revealed the results of its fall 2008 Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix survey. The survey ran between January 6 and January 15, resulting in a total of 5,623 votes. The TBS series "Ryusei no Kizuna" proved to be the clear favorite, winning four of the five categories by very large margins.

Best Drama:

1. Ryusei no Kizuna - 3610
2. Atsuhime - 341
3. Scrap Teacher - 331
4. Bloody Monday - 316
5. Innocent Love - 199

Best Actor:

1. Kazunari Ninomiya (Ryusei no Kizuna) - 3564
2. Haruma Miura (Bloody Monday) - 604
3. Yutaka Mizutani (Aibou) - 326
4. Ryosuke Yamada (Scrap Teacher) - 275
5. Kiichi Nakai (Kaze no Garden) - 266

Best Actress:

1. Aoi Miyazaki (Atsuhime) - 2127
2. Aya Ueto (Celeb to Binbou Taro) - 1009
3. Maki Horikita (Innocent Love) - 746
4. Asami Mizukawa (Yume wo Kanaeru Zou) - 594
5. Kyoka Suzuki (SCANDAL) - 384

Best Supporting Actor:

1. Ryo Nishikido (Ryusei no Kizuna) - 2485
2. Tomokazu Miura (Ryusei no Kizuna) - 373
3. Jun Kaname (Ryusei no Kizuna) - 338
4. Masato Sakai (Atsuhime) - 237
5. Ken Ogata (Kaze no Garden) - 215<br />Yusuke Kamiji (Scrap Teacher) - 215

Best Supporting Actress:

1. Erika Toda (Ryusei no Kizuna) - 2916
2. Maki Horikita (Atsuhime) - 359
3. Michiko Kichise (Bloody Monday) - 355
4. Keiko Matsuzaka (Atsuhime) - 290
5. Ai Kato (Scrap Teacher) - 210

In April, after the winter drama season is over, the annual Drama Grand Prix awards will be decided.

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