VIVANT Season 2 tops summer drama viewership rankings

The second season of the TBS drama ‘VIVANT’ has emerged as the most prominent summer television production in Japan, according to viewership data from REVISIO. The series, starring Masato Sakai, achieved a top average attention rate of 71.2% among individual viewers from July to August.

On the streaming platform U-NEXT, ‘VIVANT’ Season 2 set a record as the highest-viewed title in the service’s history during its first seven weeks of availability. The series maintained high engagement through both broadcast and digital streaming, with the first half of the season concluding on September 13.

Other notable summer dramas included ‘Daikuko ~GATE24~’, which ranked second in overall attention with 69.6%, and ‘T-shirt ga Kawaku made’, which led in female viewership with a 70.6% attention rate. The second season of ‘VIVANT’ is scheduled to resume its second half on October 4.