AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

NR 2002 · 25 seasons · 462 eps · ★ 7.5 · Drama, Crime, Mystery

Returning Series Next episode: Oct 21, 2026

Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective Toru Kai. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort. And starting with Season 14, Ukyo’s current partner is Wataru Kaburagi, an elite bureaucrat who came to the Metropolitan Police Department on temporary assignment. As the first partner without any career of a police officer, he will face challenging cases together with Ukyo.

Directed by Seiji Izumi · Written by Yasuhiro Koshimizu

Network: tv asahi

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Yutaka Mizutani 杉下右京(Ukyō Sugishita)
Takashi Yamanaka 芹泽庆二(Keiji Serizawa)
Kazuhisa Kawahara 伊丹宪一(Kenichi Itami)
Atsushi Yamanishi 角田六郎(Rokuro Kakuta)
Ryuji Katagiri 内村完尔(Kanji Uchimura)
Ryo Ono 中园照生(Teruo Nakazono)
Mitsuhiro Oikawa 神户尊(Takeru Kambe)
Satoshi Jinbo Haruki Okouchi
Rokkaku Seiji Mamoru Yonezawa
Koji Ishizaka Mineaki Kai
Ittoku Kishibe Koken Onoda
Yukie Nakama Miyako Yashiro

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