Aibou

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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

This is detective story and it takes place in the Metropolitan police. Mizutani Yutaka is a police officer at the Metropolitan police, and he solves many cases with Terawaki Yasufumi. --Neko

Pre-Season

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

Cast

• Mizutani Yutaka
• Terawaki Yasufumi
• Katsube Nobuyuki (ep1)
• Komoto Masahiro (ep1)
• Takeno Isao (ep1)
• Namase Katsuhisa (ep2)
• Watanabe Noriko (ep2)
• Nakane Kasumi (仲根かすみ) (ep2)
• Ito Yuko (ep3)
• Tonesaku Toshihide (ep3)
• Gin Pun Chou (ep3)
• Nakamaru Shinsho (ep3)
• Nakahara Takeo (中原丈雄) (ep3)
• Ono Ryo

Season 1

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

Cast

• Mizutani Yutaka
• Terawaki Yasufumi
• 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 (麻生学) (ep2,4), Oi Toshio (大井利夫) (ep7,8,10), Yoshino Seisuke (吉野晴亮) (ep9)
• Music: Ike Yoshihiro

Notes

• A movie adaptation of the drama is set to be released in Japanese theaters spring 2008.

Season 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

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

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

• 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

• 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)
• 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 (林誠人) (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

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

Cast

• 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)

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. (http://www.videor.co.jp/)

Season 5

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

Cast

• Mizutani Yutaka
• Terawaki Yasufumi

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 (中村綾)
• Nashimoto Kenjiro
• Sasaki Mao
• Jimbo Satoshi
• Kinoshita Hoka
• Kikuchi Maiko
• Nomura Hironobu
• Fujita Tomoko
• Kaneda Akio
• Hayashi Yasufumi
• Yuui Ryoko
• Ozora Mayumi (大空眞弓)
• 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

• Screenwriters: 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),
• Directors: 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. (http://www.videor.co.jp/)

Season 6

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

Cast

• 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)
• Tomikawa Kazuhito (ep6)
• Yamaguchi Kaori (ep16)
• Mabuchi Haruko

Production Credits

• Screenwriters: Koshimizu Yasuhiro (輿水泰弘), Sakurai Takeharu (櫻井武晴), Furusawa Ryota (古沢良太)
• Producers: Matsumoto Motohiro (松本基弘), Tsuchida Masamichi (土田真通), Nishihira Atsuro (西平敦郎), Ito Hitoshi (伊東仁)
• Directors: 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	Kansai	Nationwide
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. (http://www.videor.co.jp/)

Season 7

• Broadcast Period: 2008-Oct-22 start
• Air time: Wednesday 21:00

Cast

• Mizutani Yutaka
• Terawaki Yasufumi

External Links

• Official site (http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/aibou)
• Japanese Wikipedia
• Season 1: JDorama.com (http://jdorama.com/drama.708.htm)
• Season 2: Jdorama.com (http://jdorama.com/drama.791.htm)
• Season 3: Jdorama.com (http://jdorama.com/drama.903.htm)

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