Doubles

Details[edit]

Title: ダブルス
Title (romaji): Doubles
Title (English): It Takes Two
Tagline: 二人の刑事
Tagline (romaji): Futari no Keiji
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Police
Episodes: 9
Viewership rating: 11.9%
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast period: 2013-Apr-18 to 2013-Jun-13
Air time: Thursday 21:00
Opening theme song: Kiken na Futari by Shishido Kavka
Ending theme song: Tsuki to Taiyou by Ketsumeishi

Synopsis[edit]

This drama is set in the streets of Shinjuku, where heinous crimes occur frequently. Shinjuku station, with its 700,000 over commuters; West Shinjuku that house all the Government buildings; the top shopping district in Japan; Kabukicho; all of these are what makes Shinjuku a cosmopolitan center, and consequently, the Shinjuku Chuo Police Station the busiest in Japan. With all the murders, rapes, kidnappings, robberies, etc., happening daily. To cope with all these crimes, a special squad has been set up, 「The Special Squad Detectives Division」. Due to Chief Police Maekawa Seiichi's favourite saying, "Let us look at it afresh from zero", the squad which has been set up under his jurisdiction is referred to as Division 0.

The story opens with the transfers of Detectives Yamashita and Tashiro from their respective divisions into Division 0. Both of them may have conflicting views and are of totally different personalities (Yamashita is easy-going and speaks without thinking while Tashiro is serious and goes by the book), but what they have in common are their sense of righteousness and their compassion for others. They may risk their lives in their fast-paced investigations, but this magnificent combo will always catch the bad guys in the end. --TV Asahi

Cast[edit]

Correlation chart

Ito Hideaki as Yamashita Shunsuke
Sakaguchi Kenji as Tashiro Keiichi
Natsuna as Miyata Aki
Uchida Yuki as Kusaka Ryoko
Yamaguchi Daichi (山口大地) as Murai Shota
Hayashi Tantan as Maruyama Kazumi
Kazami Shingo as Ota Koji (ep1,3,5-9)
Hasegawa Tomoharu as Makino Satoru
Horibe Keisuke as Tazaki Manabu
Isaka Shunya (井坂俊哉) as Nishimura Naoki
Nagae Yuuki as Hashimoto Ryo
Morioka Yutaka (森岡豊) as Okabe Atsushi (ep1,3,6-7,9)
Miura Aoi as Wada Noriko
Shiina Misumi (椎名美澄) as Adachi Haruka
Kondo Yoshimasa as Yajima Kengo
Muroi Shigeru as Sakata Mieko
Sugimoto Tetta as Sudo Yosuke
Hiraizumi Sei as Kasai Noboru
Hashizume Isao as Maekawa Seiichi

Guests[edit]

Aoki Munetaka as Kudo Masaki/Nakagawa Kazuyuki (ep1)
- Sakaguchi Waku as young Kazuyuki (ep1)
Akiyama Yoshihiro (秋山成勲) as Yoshinaga Takeshi (ep1)
Miyaji Mao (ep1)
Ohashi Ichizo (大橋一三) (ep1)
Okitsu Satoshi (興津聖) (ep1)
Izumi Juri (泉美樹里) as Nakagawa Satomi (ep1)
Okubo Hakobu (大久保運) (ep1)
Yamaguchi Kodai (山口広大) (ep1)
Mochizuki Fumio (望月章男) as Kagawa Shigeo (ep1)
Sato Bungo (佐藤文吾) (ep1)
Ikegashira Keito (池頭恵人) (ep1)
Ota Mie (ep1)
Marco (マルコ) (ep1)
Matsubara Masataka (松原正隆) as Nakagawa Hiroshi (ep1)
Ishizuka Hatsumi (石塚初美) (ep1)
Miyashita Kana (宮下佳奈) (ep1)
Nakadai Akio (中台あきお) (ep1)
Ikeda Kioo (池田宜大) (ep1-2)
Kan Yuki (管勇毅) (ep1)
Matsuoka Yuna (松岡侑奈) as Kagawa Chie (ep1)
Takeuchi Yoshitaka (竹内義貴) (ep1)
Nishiyama Satoshi (西山聡) (ep1)
Komori Ikuko (小森郁子) (ep1)
Urasaki Hiroshi (浦崎宏) (ep1)
Tanaka Toshiya (田中登志哉) (ep1)
Furukawa Yasushi (古川康) (ep1)
Kitami Makoto (北見誠) (ep1)
Kamimura Aika (上村愛香) (ep1)
Kusabue Mitsuko as Yokoyama Taeko (ep2)
Yasuda Ken as Endo Masahiko (ep2)
Takito Kenichi as Oshita Hiro (ep2)
Ida Kunihiko as Yokoyama Kazuki (ep2)
Mikami Ichiro (三上市朗) as Nozawa Masao (ep2)
Okabe Takashi (岡部たかし) (ep2)
Ryuji (竜二) as Maruyama Chihiro (ep2)
Azumi Keitaro (安住啓太郎) as Koyanagi Shinji (ep2)
Sakai Takahiro (酒井貴浩) as Haruto Atsuyuki (ep2)
Nakayama Rei (中山玲) (ep2)
Sugiyama Yasunari (杉山康成) (ep2)
Ukon Yoshiyuki (右近良之) (ep2)
Tagawa Aoba (田川蒼葉) (ep2)
Nakayama Shinobu as Aida Wakaba (ep3)
Tsurumi Shingo as Segawa (ep3)
Shimazaki Toshiro (島崎俊郎) (ep3)
Kikuchi Kinya as Otsuka Yuji (ep3)
Arakawa Shin (荒川槙) as Aida Satoru (ep3)
Numazaki Yu as Matsumoto Yasuo (ep3)
Aoyama Masaru (ep3)
Umoto Yuki (ep3)
Sasaki Mutsumi (佐々木睦) (ep3)
Akama Hirokazu (赤間浩一) (ep3)
Manaka Noa (真中乃愛) (ep3)
Matsuyama Hisako (ep3)
Inamori Miki (稲森みき) (ep3)
Azuma Mikihisa as Masuda Yuichi (ep4)
Yamazaki Hajime as Kamata (ep4)
David Ito as Kato (ep4)
Harada Kana as Maekawa Kyoko (ep4)
Takizawa Ryoko (ep4)
Ishihara Atsumi (ep4)
Konno Asami (今野麻美) as Masuda Eiko (ep4)
Konishi Mau as Masuda Saori (ep4)
Ohuchi Atsuwo (大内厚雄) (ep4)
Togawa Takahiro (外川貴博) (ep4)
Hiroyama Kotoha (広山詞葉) (ep4)
Nakawaki Mikito (ep4)
Nakao Naoto (中尾尚人) (ep4)
Ochi Yasuhito (大地泰仁) (ep4)
Hatanaka Masafumi (畠中正文) (ep4)
Mikami Satoshi (三上哲) (ep4)
Hara Keisuke (原圭介) (ep4)
Kanegae Keita (鐘ヶ江佳太) (ep4)
Kibe Kimiyoshi (岐部公好) (ep4)
Kitami Toshiyuki as Nakatani Masahiko (ep5)
Murakawa Eri as Nakatani Yuri (ep5)
Takuma Takayuki as Ono Ikuo (ep5)
Tate Misato as Satake Minako (ep5)
Endo Tatsuo (遠藤たつお) (ep5)
Kura (クラ) (ep5)
Sato Shigeru (佐藤滋) (ep5)
Okuno Ryoko (奥野亮子) (ep5)
Kazusa Haru (一紗晴) (ep5)
Yamazaki Gakudai (ep5)
Manabe Seishi (真鍋誠志) (ep5)
Ayana (綾那) (ep5)
Tanaka Hyoga (田中彪) (ep5)
Nomura Shuichi (野村修一) (ep5)
Somi Mizuho (澤海瑞穂) (ep5)
Matsunaga Yuriko (松長ゆり子) (ep5)
Shiraishi Tadashi (白石タダシ) (ep5)
Satomi Maya (里見まや) (ep5)
Katsurayama Shingo as Kawashima Eisaku (ep6)
Takeda Kohei as Sonobe Masao (ep6)
Jinbo Satoshi as Manabe Shinsuke (ep6)
Matsuoka Emiko (ep6)
Yamamoto Keisuke (山本圭祐) (ep6)
Kobayashi Kazuhide (小林一英) as Matsuzaki Kiyoshi (ep6)
Okada Ken (岡田謙) as Takiguchi Masato (ep6)
Nakamura Atsuko (中村敦子) (ep6)
Taira Hideki (平家秀樹) (ep6)
Coco (ep6)
Ikeda Wataru (池田わたる) (ep6)
Sakuragi Rina (桜木梨奈) (ep6)
Watabe Ryuhei (渡部龍平) (ep6)
Oshita Yoko (大下容子) as TV Asahi announcer (ep6)
Nogami Shinpei (野上慎平) as TV Asahi announcer (ep6)
Oginome Keiko as Takigawa Kumi (ep7)
Hagiwara Nagare as Morishige Rokuro (ep7)
Kosuda Yasuto as Domoto Takeshi (ep7)
Nakamura Sakuya as Domoto Shinichiro (ep7)
- Sato Ruiki as young Shinichiro (ep7)
Saito Riku (斉藤陸) as Funayama Mamoru (ep7)
Kase Koichi (加世幸市) as Saeki Kenichi (ep7)
Shimazaki Nobuo (嶋崎伸夫) as Sekiguchi Minoru (ep7)
Furui Eiichi (古井榮一) as Tawara Sojiro (ep7)
Yagi Nozomi (ep7)
Suzuki Koya (鈴木コウヤ) (ep7)
Ikenami Genpachi (池浪玄八) (ep7)
Kaneko Ken as Osaki Katsuya (ep8-9)
Dan Jiro as Osaki Kozo (ep8-9)
Imai Masayuki as Kimura Kyosuke (ep8-9)
Nashimoto Kenjiro as Yasuda Tsuneo (ep8-9)
Iwasa Mayuko as Nakatani Masumi (ep8-9)
Azama Myu as Masumoto (ep8-9)
Nakamaru Shion (中丸シオン) as Yoshikawa Kaori (ep8-9)
Kanai Miki as Yasuda Emi (ep8-9)
Sawa Yasuko (咲羽靖子) as Yasuda Michiyo (ep8-9)
Unezawa Mami (采沢真実) as Nakatani Rumi (ep8-9)
Matsuzawa Hiroaki (松澤仁晶) (ep8-9)
Naito Tomoya (内藤トモヤ) (ep8)
Deguchi Tetsuya (出口哲也) (ep8-9)
Sato Nori (ep8)
Nakagawa Tomoaki (中川智明) (ep8-9)
Nishihara Nobuhiro (西原信裕) (ep8)
Shibata Jiro (柴田次郎) (ep8)
Kobashi Hiromi (小橋宏美) (ep8)
Hida Koji (飛田晃治) (ep8)
Nishida Ken as Numata (ep9)
Taguchi Kazumasa (ep9)
Sakurai Hijiri (ep9)
Sakuma Tetsu (佐久間哲) (ep9)
Suzuki Mika (鈴木美香) (ep9)
Kodaka Kotaro (小高康太郎) (ep9)

Episode Ratings[edit]

Episode	Episode title	Ratings (Kanto)
01	Leave it to us!! The myth of the strongest combi begins	15.8%
02	Ore Ore (It's me) scam	11.6%
03	The hundred billion murder!! The eyewitness is a single mother	10.4%
04	The rhythm of the gunshot	10.9%
05	The girl grows up	11.6%
06	A teary investigation... aimed the gun at one's partner	10.1%
07	The ransom of the kidnapper is 20000 people	11.7%
08	The final case of assassination... the lady investigator dies in the line of duty!?	10.8%
09	Our greatest legend, concludes tonight	12.9%
Average		11.9%

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Production Credits[edit]

Screenwriters: Ozaki Masaya
General Producer: Kuroda Tetsuya
Producers: Nakagome Takuya (中込卓也), Toda Koichi, Ito Tatsuya (伊藤達哉)
Directors: Tsukamoto Renpei, Tsunehiro Jota(常廣丈太), Komatsu Takashi

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