Ouroboros

Details

Title: ウロボロス
Title (romaji): Ouroboros
Tagline: この愛こそ、正義。 / Kono ai koso, seigi.
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Suspense, mystery
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 10.42%
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2015-Jan-16 to 2015-Mar-20
Air time: Friday 22:00
Theme song: Sakura by Arashi

Synopsis

"Ouroboros" is an ancient symbol that depicts a snake eating its own tail - meaning infinity. Based on a popular comic, a clumsy detective and a cool gang stand up to true evil. Ikuo and Tatsuya grew up in a children's orphanage together. When their favorite teacher, Yuiko, is murdered, a policeman wearing a gold watch covers up the incident. Ikuo and Tatsuya promise each other to avenge their teacher someday. Twenty years later, Ikuo is a detective in Shinjuku second police station investigating various cases with elite detective - Mizuki, while smart and handsome Tatsuya has become one of the top members of a gang group. -- TBS

User/Viewer Ratings

5.00

(3 votes)

Cast

Correlation chart

Main Cast

Ikuta Toma as Ryuzaki Ikuo
- Minamide Ryoka as Ryuzaki Ikuo
Oguri Shun as Danno Tatsuya
- Kobayashi Kika as Danno Tatsuya
Ueno Juri as Hibino Mizuki
- Ishii Kaho as Hibino Mizuki

Shinjuku Police Station

Morishita Yoshiyuki as Kura Naotaro
Baba Toru as Kandori Kazuma
Yoshida Kotaro as Mishima Kaoru
Takito Kenichi as Chono Shinichi
Hamada Manabu as Shoji Taro

Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department

Yoshida Yo as Tachibana Tomiko
Seino Nana as Tamura Konatasu
Mitsuishi Ken as Hibino Kunihiko
Moro Morooka as Oshitari Koji
Yamaguchi Yoshiyuki as Ganaha Mamoru
Nomura Masaki (野村将希) as Hijiri Yukihito
Horibe Keisuke as Washio Kei
Shinohara Tomoe as Ki Yoko
Nakamura Hashinosuke III as Kitagawa Kanichiro

Abiko Board

Muro Tsuyoshi as Fukamachi Takeshi
Takeda Kumiko as Abiko Kirino
Okuno Eita as Otsu Katsuaki
Okuyama Baraba (奥山ばらば) as Nagae Shinobu

Shinjuku Kitchen

Shibukawa Kiyohiko as Majima Ryo
Hirata Kaoru as Mitarai Kaoru

Others

Tanaka Yoji as Jesus Mikoshiba
Yamamoto Gaku as Ryu
David Ito as Katsurada Takeo
Kan Suon (康すおん) as Yuasa Keiichi
Hirosue Ryoko as Kashiwaba Yuiko
Ayano Go as Nachi Sosuke (ep7-9)
- Ikeda Yuto as young Sosuke (ep7-9)
Oba Megumi (大庭愛未) as Nachi Hina (ep7-9)

Guests

Nakamura Aoi as Sawatari Keita (ep1)
Shimada Kyusaku as Ishimori Juzo (ep1)
Yoshida Metal (吉田メタル) as Takigawa Katsuji (ep1)
Mizuno Tomonori as Nishida Toshiki (ep1)
Yamada Mochika as Nishida Yukina (ep1)
Matsushita Megumi (松下恵) as Nishida Madoka (ep1)
Igata Masaru (伊方勝) as Sameshima (ep1)
SAMY POP （サミ・ポップ）as Sato Douglas Kentaro (ep1)
Onoe Matsuya as Kamiya Maki (ep2)
Okamoto Rei as Nakatsuka Aoi (ep2)
Nakamura Ryoji (中村僚志) as Sugai Naoki (ep2)
Kitamura Yukiya as Kujo Takaaki (ep3)
Taiga as Morisaki Jun (ep3)
Suwa Taro as Zenichiro (ep3)
Gozu Takeo as Tokuda Hiroo (ep3)
Sakurada Seiko as Kujo Kumiko (ep3)
Nagai Seinosuke as Kujo Ryosuke (ep3)
Daichi Yasuo as Bando Shiro (ep4)
Kasahara Hideyuki as Nakajima Haruki (ep4)
- Suzuki Kazuya as young Nakajima Haruki (ep4)
Meguri (めぐり) as Kagami (ep4)
Kasahara Hideyuki as Murota Kentaro (ep4)
Takahashi Keiko as Aizawa Mitsuyo (ep5)
Sasaki Katsuhiko as Yamashiro Shigetei (ep5-6)
Nakano Yuta as Yamashiro Hayato (ep6)
Okamoto Anri as Rumi-chan (ep6)
Izumisawa Yuuki as Kitagawa Takahiro (ep10)

Episode Ratings

Episode	Subtitle	Ratings (Kanto)
01	The Men of the Kintokei	11.5%
02	Omelet rice secret	12.0%
03	Promise me, Ikuo	10.4%
04	Yuiko-sensei's Secret	9.8%
05	I will protect you	10.1%
06	Desperate situation	9.2%
07	Why did you do it, Yuiko-sensei?	10.6%
08	The Secret of Mahoroba	9.6%
09	The Kintokei's True Nature	9.4%
10	I'm Home	11.3%
Average		10.42%

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Production Credits

Original work: Manga Ouroboros: Keisatsu wo Sabaku wa Ware ni Ari by Kanzaki Yuya
Screenwriter: Furuya Kazunao
Producer: Sano Ayumi
Director: Ishii Yasuharu, Yamamuro Daisuke, Ikeda Katsuhiko
Music: Kimura Hideakira

External Links

Autumn 2014	TBS	Spring 2015
N no Tame ni	Friday 22:00	Algernon ni Hanataba wo