This is a list of Japanese television dramas shown within Japan during the year of 2010.
| Title (Japanese title) | Cast | Broadcast period | Episodes | Network | Avg. Ratings |
Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 853 (853〜刑事・加茂伸之介) | Yasufumi Terawaki, Yasuko Tomita | 14/1/2010- 11/3/2010 | 8 | EX | 10.3% | ||
| Aibou: Season 8 (相棒 8) | Yutaka Mizutani, Mitsuhiro Oikawa | 14/10/2009- 10/3/2010 | 19 | EX | 17.7% | ||
| Akakabu Kenji Kyoto-hen (赤かぶ検事京都篇) | Baijaku Nakamura, Rei Kikukawa | 13/1/2010- 10/3/2010 | 9 | TBS | 6.1% | Based on a novel | |
| Angel Bank (エンゼルバンク) | Kyōko Hasegawa | 14/1/2010- 11/3/2010 | 8 | EX | 6.1% | Based on a manga | |
| Code Blue 2 (コード・ブルー2) | Tomohisa Yamashita, Yui Aragaki | 11/1/2010- 22/3/2010 | 11 | CX | 16.6% | Based on a novel | |
| Hancho 2 (ハンチョウ2) | Kuranosuke Sasaki | 11/1/2010- 22/3/2010 | 11 | TBS | 11.3% | Based on a novel | |
| Indigo no Yoru (インディゴの夜) | Yoko Moriguchi | 5/1/2010- 4/2/2012 | 63 | CX | 5.0% | Based on a novel | |
| Kinoshita Bucho to Boku (木下部長とボク) | Itsuji Itao | 14/1/2010- 1/4/2012 | 12 | YTV, NTV | - | ||
| Magerarenai Onna (曲げられない女) | Miho Kanno, Hiromi Nagasaku | 13/1/2010- 17/3/2010 | 10 | NTV | 14.6% | ||
| Massugu na Otoko (まっすぐな男) | Ryuta Sato, Kyoko Fukada | 12/1/2010- 16/3/2010 | 10 | CX | 9.2% | ||
| Nakanai to Kimeta Hi (泣かないと決めた日) | Nana Eikura, Naohito Fujiki | 26/1/2010- 16/3/2010 | 8 | CX | 11.4% | ||
| Shukumei 1969-2010 (宿命 1969-2010) | Kazuki Kitamura, Eiko Koike | 15/1/2010- 12/3/2010 | 8 | EX | 6.9% | Based on a novel | |
| Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge (ヤマトナデシコ七変化) | Kazuya Kamenashi, Aya Omasa | 15/1/2010- 19/3/2010 | 10 | TBS | 8.3% | Based on a manga | |
| Tomehane! (とめはねっ!) | Aki Asakura | 7/1/2010- 11/2/2010 | 6 | NHK | 5.88% | Based on a manga |