Aibou

Details

• Title: 相棒
• Title (romaji): Aibou
• Also known as: Partners
• Tagline: The Only Two Special Mission Officers
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Action, mystery
• Broadcast network: TV Asahi

Synopsis

Two unique outlaw police investigators try to solve mysterious and clueless cases with their very original and outrageous ways. --TV Asahi

Pre-Season

• Episodes: 3
• Broadcast dates: 2000-Jun-3 (17.7), 2001-Jan-27 (22.0), 2001-Nov-10 (17.4)
• Note: Aired as part of Doyo Wide Gekijo

Synopsis

Two unique outlaw police investigators try to solve mysterious and clueless cases with their very original and outrageous ways. --TV Asahi

Cast

• Mizutani Yutaka
• Terawaki Yasufumi
• Kawahara Kazuhisa
• Katsube Nobuyuki (ep1)
• Komoto Masahiro (ep1)
• Takeno Isao (ep1)
• Namase Katsuhisa (ep2)
• Watanabe Noriko (ep2)
• Nakane Kasumi (ep2)
• Ito Yuko (ep3)
• Tonesaku Toshihide (ep3)
• Gin Pun Chou (ep3)
• Nakamaru Shinsho (ep3)
• Nakahara Takeo (ep3)
• Ono Ryo

Season 1

Aibou

• Episodes: 12
• Viewership rating: 13.08
• Broadcast period: 2002-Oct-09 to 2002-Dec-25

Synopsis

Two unique outlaw police investigators try to solve mysterious and clueless cases with their very original and outrageous ways. --TV Asahi

Cast

• Mizutani Yutaka
• Terawaki Yasufumi
• Kawahara Kazuhisa
• Suzuki Sawa
• Takagi Saya
• Kishibe Ittoku
• Izumiya Shigeru
• Yamamoto Kei
• Namase Katsuhisa
• Matsushita Yuki
• Yamamoto Mirai
• Ikewaki Chizuru
• Morimoto Leo
• Naitou Takashi
• Suga Kenta

Production Credits

• Screenwriter: Koshimizu Yasuhiro (輿水泰弘) (ep1,2,5,8,11,12), Sakurai Takeharu (櫻井武晴) (ep3,4,7,10), Sunamoto Hakaru (砂本量) (ep6,9)
• Producer: Matsumoto Motohiro (松本基弘), Kozuki Junichi (香月純一), Sudo Taiji (須藤泰司)
• Director: Izumi Seiji (和泉聖治) (ep1,3,5,6,11,12), Aso Manabu (ep2,4), Oi Toshio (大井利夫) (ep7,8,10), Yoshino Seisuke (吉野晴亮) (ep9)
• Music: Ike Yoshihiro

Season 2

Aibou 2

• Episodes: 21
• Viewership ratings: 13.1%
• Broadcast period: 2003-Oct-08 to 2004-Mar-17

Synopsis

Two unique outlaw police investigators try to solve mysterious and clueless cases with their very original and outrageous ways. --TV Asahi

Cast

Correlation chart

• Mizutani Yutaka
• Terawaki Yasufumi
• Suzuki Sawa
• Takagi Saya
• Kishibe Ittoku
• Yamanishi Jun
• Kawahara Kazuhisa
• Matsushita Yuki
• Namase Katsuhisa
• Sudo Risa
• Otani Ryosuke
• Tsurumi Shingo (ep10)
• Yamanaka So (ep18)
• Yoshimoto Takami (ep20)

Production Credits

• Screenwriter: Koshimizu Yasuhiro (輿水泰弘) (ep1,2,10,11,13,18,21), Sakurai Takeharu (櫻井武晴) (ep3,7,8,15,16), Sunamoto Hakaru (砂本量) (ep4,5,6,9,14,17), Fukazawa Masaki (深沢正樹) (ep12,20), Sakata Yoshikazu (坂田義和) (ep19)
• Producer: Matsumoto Motohiro (松本基弘), Kozuki Junichi (香月純一), Sudo Taiji (須藤泰司)
• Director: Izumi Seiji (和泉聖治) (ep1,2,7,9,11,12,15,16,20,21), Oi Toshio (大井利夫) (3,4,5,6,10,13,14), Hashimoto Hajime (橋本一) (8), Yoshino Seisuke (吉野晴亮) (ep17), Hasebe Yasuharu (長谷部安春) (ep18,19)
• Music: Ike Yoshihiro

Season 3

Aibou 3

• Episodes: 19
• Broadcast period: 2004-Oct-13 to 2005-Mar-23
• Air time: Wednesday 20:00

Synopsis

Special Mission Task Team – is not considered as important as it might sound. It is positioned in the lowest section of the Metropolitan Police Department and so-called as the "oversized garbage dealer". Sugishita Ukyo (Mizutani) is a head of this Special Mission Task team. As people rumor that anyone who worked under Ukyo eventually leaves the office, he is called "the grave keeper of human resource". However, there was another reason why people call him in this name. When Ukyo fist transferred to this section with his secret mission, all of his direct reports died mysteriously. Somehow, the police have sealed this incident from further investigation. --TV Asahi

Cast

Correlation chart

• Mizutani Yutaka as Sugishita Ukyo
• Terawaki Yasufumi
• Suzuki Sawa
• Takagi Saya
• Kawahara Kazuhisa
• Otani Ryosuke
• Yamanishi Jun
• Rokkaku Seiji
• Yamanaka Takashi (山中たかシ)
• Kishibe Ittoku
• Katagiri Ryuuji
• Nishimura Masahiko
• Takenaka Naoto
• Kimura Yoshino
• Kitaro
• Masana Bokuzo
• Okada Kohki (ep4&5)
• Takaoka Saki (ep7)
• Yoshino Kimika (ep9)
• Haruki Misayo (ep10)
• Ueda Koichi (ep11)
• Takeno Isao (ep13)

Production Credits

• Screenwriter: Koshimizu Yasuhiro (輿水泰弘) (ep1,2,3,4,5,9,19), Sunamoto Hakaru (砂本量) (ep6,7,12,16), Sakurai Takeharu (櫻井武晴) (ep8,11,13,15), Azuma Taeko (東多江子) (ep10), Iwashita Yuko (岩下悠子) (ep14), Hayashi Makoto (ep17), Kondo Toshiaki (近藤俊明) (ep18)
• Producer: Matsumoto Motohiro (松本基弘), Kozuki Junichi (香月純一), Sudo Taiji (須藤泰司)
• Director: Izumi Seiji (和泉聖治) (ep1,2,3,4,5,11,12,15,16,19), Hasebe Yasuharu (長谷部安春) (ep6,7,10,13), Izaki Nobuaki (猪崎宣昭) (ep8), Hashimoto Hajime (橋本一) (ep9,14,17), Kondo Toshiaki (近藤俊明) (ep18)
• Music: Ike Yoshihiro

Season 4

Aibou 4

• Episodes: 21
• Viewership rating: 14.7
• Broadcast period: 2005-Oct-12 to 2006-Mar-15

Synopsis

A continuation of the drama. Two unique outlaw police investigators try to solve mysterious and clueless cases with their very original and outrageous ways. --TV Asahi

Cast

Correlation chart

• Mizutani Yutaka
• Terawaki Yasufumi
• Suzuki Sawa
• Takagi Saya
• Kawahara Kazuhisa
• Otani Ryosuke
• Yamanishi Jun
• Rokkaku Seiji
• Yamanaka Takashi (山中たかシ)
• Kishibe Ittoku
• Katagiri Ryuuji
• Nishimura Masahiko
• Takenaka Naoto
• Suzuki Anju
• Otoo Takuma
• Sakata Tadashi (ep3)
• Yamashita Yorie (ep5)
• Nakamura Tomoya (ep7)
• Sato Eriko (ep8)
• Kochihira Chika (ep10)
• Miyaji Mao (ep10)
• Hara Sachie (ep16)
• Sakuraba Hiromichi (ep16)
• Kodama Takashi (ep19)

Production Credits

• Screenwriter: Koshimizu Yasuhiro (輿水泰弘)
• Producer: Matsumoto Motohiro (松本基弘)
• Director: Izumi Seiji (和泉聖治)
• Music: Ike Yoshihiro

Episode Ratings

Episode	Kanto	Kansai	Nationwide
01	13.3	??.?	??.?
02	14.7	??.?	??.?
03	12.4	??.?	??.?
04	14.8	??.?	??.?
05	13.8	??.?	??.?
06	13.5	??.?	??.?
07	12.7	??.?	??.?
08	14.0	??.?	??.?
09	12.0	??.?	??.?
10	16.3	??.?	??.?
11	16.1	??.?	??.?
12	12.5	??.?	??.?
13	16.8	??.?	??.?
14	15.3	??.?	??.?
15	16.5	??.?	??.?
16	16.2	??.?	??.?
17	13.8	??.?	??.?
18	17.7	??.?	??.?
19	15.8	??.?	??.?
20	13.4	??.?	??.?
21	16.5	??.?	??.?
Average	14.7	??.?	??.?

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Season 5

Aibou 5

• Episodes: 20
• Broadcast period: 2006-Oct-11 to 2007-Mar-14
• Air time: Wednesday 21:00

Synopsis

A continuation of the drama. Two unique outlaw police investigators try to solve mysterious and clueless cases with their very original and outrageous ways. --TV Asahi

Cast

Correlation Chart

• Mizutani Yutaka
• Terawaki Yasufumi
• Kawahara Kazuhisa

Guests

• Okina Megumi
• Taira Yoshie (平淑恵)
• Kouyama Shigeru
• Katsuno Hiroshi
• Kokubu Sachiko
• Natsuo Yuna (夏生ゆうな)
• Takahashi Choei (高橋長英)
• Saito Satoru
• Hirata Mitsuru
• Okunuki Kaoru
• Takahashi Issei
• Ishibashi Kei
• Kawasaki Mayo
• Shibuya Kotono
• Hara Chiaki
• Makoto Naoya (誠直也)
• Toma Sora (藤間宇宙)
• Kiba Katsumi
• Mabuchi Erika
• Sano Shiro
• Takahashi Katsumi
• Kawai Ryunosuke
• Otsuka Nene
• Terajima Susumu
• Sugimoto Tetta
• Endo Shozo
• Fuke Norimasa
• Nakamura Aya
• Nashimoto Kenjiro
• Sasaki Mao
• Jinbo Satoshi
• Kinoshita Hoka
• Kikuchi Maiko
• Nomura Hironobu
• Fujita Tomoko
• Kaneda Akio
• Hayashi Yasufumi
• Yuui Ryoko
• Ozora Mayumi
• Aijima Kazuyuki
• Hoshi Yuriko
• Moriyama Shuichiro (森山周一郎)
• Yokoyama Megumi
• Natsuyagi Isao
• Yashiba Toshihiro
• Nakamura Sakuya (ep17)
• Ikeda Shoko (ep17)

Production Credits

• Screenwriter: Koshimizu Yasuhiro (輿水泰弘), Furusawa Ryota (古沢良太), Iwashita Yuko (岩下悠子), Todayama Masashi, Sakurai Takeharu (櫻井武晴), Yoshimoto Satoko (吉本聡子),
• Director: Izumi Seiji (和泉聖治), Morimoto Hiroshi (森本浩史), Kondo Toshiaki (近藤俊明), Hasebe Yasuharu (長谷部安春), Hashimoto Hajime (橋本一),

Episode Ratings

Episode	Kanto	Kansai	Nationwide
01	15.5	??.?	??.?
02	14.7	??.?	??.?
03	15.6	??.?	??.?
04	16.2	??.?	??.?
05	15.4	??.?	??.?
06	13.9	??.?	??.?
07	14.3	??.?	??.?
08	15.9	??.?	??.?
09	17.6	??.?	??.?
10	16.0	??.?	??.?
11	13.8	??.?	??.?
12	17.9	??.?	??.?
13	18.1	??.?	??.?
14	16.8	??.?	??.?
15	16.6	??.?	??.?
16	15.7	??.?	??.?
17	17.1	??.?	??.?
18	17.0	??.?	??.?
19	15.3	??.?	??.?
20	18.6	??.?	??.?
Average	16.1	??.?	??.?

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Season 6

Aibou 6

• Episodes: 19
• Viewership ratings: 15.9 (Kanto)
• Broadcast period: 2007-Oct-24 to
• Air time: Wednesday 21:00

Synopsis

A continuation of the drama. Two unique outlaw police investigators try to solve mysterious and clueless cases with their very original and outrageous ways. --TV Asahi

Cast

Correlation chart

• Mizutani Yutaka
• Terawaki Yasufumi
• Suzuki Sawa
• Takagi Saya
• Kishibe Ittoku
• Rokkaku Seiji
• Kawahara Kazuhisa
• Otani Ryosuke
• Yamanaka Takashi (山中たかシ)
• Yamanishi Atsushi (山西惇)

Guests

• Tanaka Minako (ep1)
• Ishibashi Ryo (ep1)
• Hosho Mai (ep1)
• Horibe Keisuke (ep1)
• Akiyama Miki (ep5)
• Tomikawa Kazuhito (ep6)
• Wakita Keiko (ep7)
• Murai Miki (ep9)
• Kobashi Megumi (ep14)
• Yamaguchi Kaori (ep16)
• Okuda Tatsuhito (ep16)
• Mabuchi Haruko
• Kodama Takashi (ep11)

Production Credits

• Screenwriter: Koshimizu Yasuhiro (輿水泰弘), Sakurai Takeharu (櫻井武晴), Furusawa Ryota (古沢良太)
• Producer: Matsumoto Motohiro (松本基弘), Tsuchida Masamichi (土田真通), Nishihira Atsuro (西平敦郎), Ito Hitoshi (伊東仁)
• Director: Izumi Seiji (和泉聖治), Morimoto Hiroshi (森本浩史), Hasebe Yasuharu (長谷部安春), Kondo Toshiaki (近藤俊明)

Episode Ratings

Episode	Kanto
01	15.9
02	15.1
03	16.0
04	14.2
05	14.2
06	14.6
07	12.5
08	16.8
09	17.5
10	16.9
11	17.7
12	15.9
13	15.1
14	15.9
15	18.3
16	14.7
17	16.9
18	15.7
19	17.8
Average	15.9

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Season 7

Aibou 7

• Viewership rating: 18.1 (Kanto)
• Episodes: 19
• Broadcast period: 2008-Oct-22 to 2009-Mar-18
• Air time: Wednesday 21:00

Synopsis

A continuation of the drama. Two unique outlaw police investigators try to solve mysterious and clueless cases with their very original and outrageous ways. --TV Asahi

Cast

Correlation chart

• Mizutani Yutaka
• Terawaki Yasufumi
• Suzuki Sawa
• Takagi Saya
• Kishibe Ittoku
• Rokkaku Seiji
• Kawahara Kazuhisa
• Otani Ryosuke
• Yamanaka Takashi (山中たかシ)
• Yamanishi Atsushi (山西惇)
• Kubota Ryukichi (久保田龍吉)
• Hiwatashi Shinji (ep8,9)

Production Credits

• Screenwriter: Koshimizu Yasuhiro (輿水泰弘), Sakurai Takeharu (櫻井武晴), Iwashita Yuko (岩下悠子), Watanabe Yusuke
• Producer: Matsumoto Motohiro (松本基弘), Tsuchida Masamichi (土田真通), Nishihira Atsuro (西平敦郎), Ito Hitoshi (伊東仁)
• Director: Izumi Seiji (和泉聖治), Hasebe Yasuharu (長谷部安春), Kondo Toshiaki (近藤俊明), Hashimoto Hajime (橋本一)

Episode Ratings

Episode	Kanto	Kansai	Nationwide
01	17.9	??.?	??.?
02	19.7	??.?	??.?
03	15.0	??.?	??.?
04	20.7	??.?	??.?
05	17.3	??.?	??.?
06	15.7	??.?	??.?
07	15.1	??.?	??.?
08	17.4	??.?	??.?
09	19.6	??.?	??.?
10	17.4	??.?	??.?
11	20.5	??.?	??.?
12	18.8	??.?	??.?
13	20.2	??.?	??.?
14	16.1	??.?	??.?
15	17.3	??.?	??.?
16	17.9	??.?	??.?
17	16.9	??.?	??.?
18	21.7	??.?	??.?
19	19.5	??.?	??.?
Average	18.1	??.?	??.?

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Awards

• 60th Television Drama Academy Awards: Special Award

Season 8

Aibou 8

• Episodes: 19
• Viewership rating: 17.7
• Broadcast period: 2009-Oct-14 to 2010-Mar-10
• Air time: Wednesday 21:00

Synopsis

A continuation of the drama. Two unique outlaw police investigators try to solve mysterious and clueless cases with their very original and outrageous ways. --TV Asahi

Cast

• Mizutani Yutaka
• Oikawa Mitsuhiro
• Takagi Saya
• Kawahara Kazuhisa
• Otani Ryosuke
• Yamanaka So
• Rokkaku Seiji
• Yamanishi Atsushi (山西惇)
• Katagiri Ryuji
• Ono Ryo
• Jinbo Satoshi
• Kubota Ryukichi (久保田龍吉)
• Kishibe Ittoku

Production Credits

• Screenwriter: Koshimizu Yasuhiro (輿水泰弘), Sakurai Takeharu (櫻井武晴), Iwashita Yuko (岩下悠子), Watanabe Yusuke
• Producer: Matsumoto Motohiro (松本基弘), Tsuchida Masamichi (土田真通), Nishihira Atsuro (西平敦郎), Ito Hitoshi (伊東仁)
• Director: Izumi Seiji (和泉聖治), Hasebe Yasuharu (長谷部安春), Kondo Toshiaki (近藤俊明), Hashimoto Hajime (橋本一)

Episode Ratings

Episode	Kanto	Kansai	Nationwide
1	19.4	?	?
2	16.6	?	?
3	18.9	?	?
4	17.8	?	?
5	17.6	?	?
6	18.0	?	?
7	16.1	?	?
8	18.0	?	?
9	18.5	?	?
10	?	?	?
11	?	?	?
Average	?	?	?

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Awards

• 64th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor: Oikawa Mitsuhiro
• 64th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Screenplay

Season 9

Aibou 9

• Episodes: 18
• Viewership rating: 20.4 (Kanto)
• Broadcast period: 2010-Oct-20 to 2011-Mar-9
• Air time: Wednesday 21:00

Synopsis

A continuation of the drama. Two unique outlaw police investigators try to solve mysterious and clueless cases with their very original and outrageous ways. --TV Asahi

Cast

Correlation chart

• Mizutani Yutaka
• Oikawa Mitsuhiro
• Takagi Saya
• Kawahara Kazuhisa
• Otani Ryosuke
• Yamanaka Takashi (山中崇史)
• Rokkaku Seiji
• Yamanishi Jun

Guests

• Tokushige Satoshi (ep1,2)
• Tsukayama Masane (ep1,2)
• Omiya Taro (ep1,2)
• Mizoguchi Takuya as Fujiyoshi Yuta (ep13)

Production Credits

• Screenwriter: Todayama Masashi (ep1,2), Koshimizu Yasuhiro (輿水泰弘), Sakurai Takeharu (櫻井武晴), Furusawa Ryota (古沢良太), Ota Ai (太田愛)
• Director: Izumi Seiji (和泉聖治) (ep1,2)

Awards

• 68th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actor - Mizutani Yutaka
• 68th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Screenwriters - Todayama Masashi, Koshimizu Yasuhiro, Sakurai Takeharu, Furusawa Ryota, Ota Ai
• 14th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Jan-Mar 2011): Best Drama
• 14th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Jan-Mar 2011): Best Actor - Mizutani Yutaka
• 14th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Jan-Mar 2011): Best Supporting Actor - Oikawa Mitsuhiro

Season 10

Aibou 10

• Episodes: 19
• Broadcast period: 2011-Oct-19 to 2012-Mar-21
• Air time: Wednesday 21:00

Synopsis

A continuation of the drama. Two unique outlaw police investigators try to solve mysterious and clueless cases with their very original and outrageous ways. --TV Asahi

Cast

• Mizutani Yutaka
• Oikawa Mitsuhiro
• Takagi Saya
• Kawahara Kazuhisa
• Otani Ryosuke
• Yamanaka Takashi
• Rokkaku Seiji
• Yamanishi Jun

Guests

• Sato Yu (ep18)
• Abedin Mohammed

Episode Information

Episode	Subtitle / Scenario	Ratings (Kanto)
01	Atonement	19.7
02	Mirage	17.4
03	Late Summer	15.0
04	Lifeline	17.0
05	The Woman who Vanished	16.5
06	Last Song	13.9
07	The Violet Investigation	18.3
08		13.1
09		15.1
10		16.2
11		16.3
12		18.4
13		15.2
14		15.0
15		15.1
16		14.5
17		14.0
18		16.5
19		20.5
Average		16.6

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Season 11

Aibou 11

• Episodes: 19
• Broadcast period: 2012-Oct-10 to 2013-Mar-20
• Air time: Wednesday 21:00

Synopsis

A continuation of the drama. Two unique outlaw police investigators try to solve mysterious and clueless cases with their very original and outrageous ways. --TV Asahi

Cast

• Mizutani Yutaka
• Narimiya Hiroki
• Matobu Sei
• Ishizaka Koji

Recognitions

• 16th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Jan-Mar 2013): Best Supporting Actor - Narimiya Hiroki

Season 12

Aibou 12

• Episodes:
• Broadcast period: 2013-Oct-16 start
• Air time: Wednesday 21:00

Synopsis

A continuation of the drama. Two unique outlaw police investigators try to solve mysterious and clueless cases with their very original and outrageous ways. --TV Asahi

Cast

• Mizutani Yutaka
• Narimiya Hiroki
• Matobu Sei
• Ishizaka Koji

Season 13

• Episodes:
• Broadcast Period: 2014-Oct-?? Start
• Airtime: Wendesday 21:00

Cast

Production Credits

External Links

• Official site
• Official site (Aibou Q Kyu)
• Japanese Wikipedia
• Season 1: JDorama.com
• Season 2: JDorama.com
• Season 3: JDorama.com

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