LOVED ONE
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Details
- Title: LOVED ONE / ラブドワン
- Format: Renzoku
- Genre: Medical, investigation
- Episodes: 11
- Viewership ratings: TBD
- Broadcast network: Fuji TV
- Broadcast period: 2026-Apr-08 to 2026-Jun-24
- Air time: Wednesday 22:00
- Theme song: Loved One by Dean Fujioka
Synopsis
In Japan, there are approximately 200,000 bodies per year that are handled as "unknown death", and only about 10% of them undergo autopsies. This is the reality as determining the cause of death is still not considered a standard practice in Japan.
The story depicts the struggles of MEJ (Medical Examiner Japan), a new forensic team established under the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, as it introduces America's cause-of-death investigation system. The members will use scientific knowledge and harp reasoning not only to determine the causes of death but also to confront the "feelings of those who were left behind".
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Cast
- MEJ (Medical Examiner Japan)
- Dean Fujioka as Mizusawa Masumi (Forensic scientist)
- Kubota Kaoru (久保田薫) as child Masumi
- Takiuchi Kumi as Kiryu Maho (Bureaucrat)
- Yagi Yusei as Honda Masato (Forensic scientist)
- Tsuna Keito as Takamori Rensuke (Forensic scientist)
- Ishizuka Rikuto as child Rensuke
- Anzai Seira as Matsubara Suzune (Forensic scientist)
- Kawatoko Asuka as Yoshimoto Yukiko (Inspection technician)
- Yuyama Niina (湯山新菜) as child Yukiko
- Police Station
- Yamaguchi Sayaka as Dojima Honoka (Detective)
- Kamikawa Takuro (上川拓郎) as Igawa Kaoru (Detective)
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
- Kusakawa Takuya as Shinozuka Takumi (Bureaucrat; Maho's boyfriend)
- Komatsu Kazushige as Yamazaki Shinya (Director)
Guests
- Yutaro as Aikawa Keitaro (ep1)
- Nakayama Keigo (中山敬悟) as Sakagami Ryoya (ep1)
- Moriguchi Yoko as Aikawa Yurie (ep1)
- Osada Takuro (長田拓郎) as Nezu Shinji (ep1)
- Okano Mina (岡野美奈) as Shinji's girlfriend (ep1)
- Atsugiri Jason (厚切りジェイソン) as detective back in America (ep1)
- Azuma Ryunosuke (東龍之介) as Hirono Tomoki (ep2)
- Endo Yuya as Takemura Kazuya (ep2)
- Mine Goichi (嶺豪一) as Maki (ep2)
- Yamada Kinuwo as Imabayashi Misato (ep2)
- Okayasu Taiju (岡安泰樹) as Kawabe (ep2)
- Morikawa Chihiro (森川千滉) as nurse (ep2)
- Shimamura Sonoka (島村苑香) as nurse (ep2)
- Yanagitani Kazunari (栁谷一成) as doctor (ep2)
- Kajiyama Kanna as Ise Momoka (ep2)
- Yoshida Mikako (吉田美佳子) as Kazuya's wife (ep2)
- Tadayama Sui (灘山翠) as Kazuya's daughter (ep2)
- Tsubokura Yoshiyuki as Izawa Yasuo (ep3)
- Wakabayashi Jiei as Tamura Kazutoshi (ep3)
- Yuui Ryoko as Izawa Akemi (ep3)
- Ishigaki Yuma as "Yamanuki Delivery" president (ep3)
- Yoshizawa Taiyo (吉沢太陽) as Izawa Kazuki (ep3)
- Mano Riku (眞野陸) as child Kazuki (ep3)
- Matsubayashi Yoshinori (松林慶知) as Mizusawa Koichi (ep3)
- Miyahara Naoyuki (宮原尚之) as "Yamanuki Delivery" employee (ep3)
- Iwaki Yasutake (岩鬼安武) as "Yamanuki Delivery" employee (ep3)
- Rokude Shunnosuke (鹿出しゅんのすけ) as izakaya owner (ep3)
- Shibue Joji as Kuriyama Hayato (ep4)
- Hanamura Suihi (花村すいひ) as Yanagihara Miyuki (ep4)
- Namura Shin as Murano Naoki (ep4)
- Miyazawa Yu as Miura Kaito (ep4)
- Yamashita Tokuhisa (山下徳久) as club manager (ep4)
- Hazuki Hitomi (葉月ひとみ) as Nomoto Haruka (ep4-5)
- Nagao Tsubasa (長尾翼) as Togawa Kanata (ep5)
- Ono Yuriko as Togawa Saya (ep5)
- Maeda Goki as Kida Ryoji (ep5)
- Osada Seiya as Kamijo Wataru (ep5)
- Kohinata Shie (小日向しえ) as Togawa family's neighbor (ep5)
- Miyabe Junko (宮部純子) as Togawa family's neighbor (ep5)
- Iida Kaoru (飯田芳) as Rensuke's stepfather (ep5)
- Ozawa Yushi (小澤雄志) as Nakagawa (ep5)
- Ogi Shigemitsu as Kujo Masahito (ep5,10)
- Yokoyama Masafumi (横山真史) as young Masahito (ep5)
- Ito Ayumi as Kujo Kyoko (ep5,10-11)
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Moriguchi Yusuke, Shito Sayaka
- Producer: Kato Tatsuya (加藤達也)
- Director: Matsuyama Hiroaki, Namiki Michiko
- Music: Ikeda Yoshiya, Yokoseki Kota
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