Tokyo DOGS

Details

Title: 東京DOGS
Title (romaji): Tokyo DOGS
Tagline: 最悪で最高のパートナー
Tagline (romaji): Saiaku de Saiko no Partner
Tagline (English): The Worst and Best Partners
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Police, Action
Episodes: 10
Viewership rating: 15.7 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2009-Oct-19 to 2009-Dec-21
Air time: Monday 21:00
Theme song: Futatsu no Kuchibiru by EXILE

Synopsis

Takakura So witnessed his father's murder at a young age. Pledging to catch the killer, he grows up to become an elite cop in New York City, where the criminal lives. His character is cool-headed and disciplined, yet adapts well. Because of major drug dealings, he gets sent to Tokyo to conduct a joint investigation with the Japanese police. There, he gets teamed up with, Kudo Maruo, a detective from a special investigative division. Kudo is a hot-blooded fighting expert due to his earlier days as a delinquent, but he makes a strong impression with his stylish appearance and is always interested in going on group dates. His personality, interests, and investigation methods are completely mismatched with Takakura's, but the two somehow work together to crack the case they've been given. --Tokyograph

User/Viewer Ratings

3.00

(one vote)

Cast

Correlation chart

Oguri Shun as Takakura So
- Shibuya Takeru as young So
Mizushima Hiro as Kudo Maruo
Yoshitaka Yuriko as Matsunaga Yuki
- Bunya Manami (文屋愛海) as young Yuki
Katsuji Ryo as Horikawa Keiichi
Azuma Mikihisa as Mashiko Reiji
Shiga Kotaro as Suzuki Mitsuo
Usuda Asami as Tanaka Maki
Tomosaka Rie as Nishioka Yuri
Mikami Kensei as Kaizaki Hiroto
Yazaki Hiroshi as Kamata Shigeo
Kawaguchi Haruna as Takakura Karin
Yoshimura Takuya as Nakatani Shota
Tanaka Yoshiko as Takakura Kyoko
Otsuka Nene as Maijima Misa
Miura Tomokazu as Otomo Kozo

Guests

Narimiya Hiroki as Tanashima Hideo (ep1)
Aoki Shinsuke as Hideo's friend (ep1)
Iida Kisuke as So's father (ep1)
Sugimoto Tetta as Komiyama Yoshihiko (ep2)
Kobayashi Kaito as Komiyama Kosuke (ep2)
Nakamura Yuri as Komiyama's secretary (ep2)
Sasaki Katsuhiko as Shibata Yuzo (ep2)
Endo Kaname as the gunman (ep2)
Sakaizawa Takashi (堺沢隆史) as the gunman (ep2)
Ishikawa Hiroichi (石川裕一) as Gezan (ep2-8)
Yamazaki Shigenori as Shigeyama Tsuyoshi (ep2,4-7)
Suzuki Ryohei as Kiuchi Shinji (ep3)
Asami Reina as Eri, Yuki's older sister (ep3)
- Nakagawa Mao (中川真桜) as young Eri (ep3)
Umemiya Masako as Yoko (ep3)
Okuno Tadashi (奥野匡) as Shigeo's grandfather (ep3)
Mori Koko as Shigeo's grandmother (ep3)
Okihara Issei as Furukawa Akira (ep3)
Itao Itsuji as Tamura Yoji (ep4)
Hosoda Yoshihiko as Oyama Teppei (ep4)
Takasugi Ko as Miyata Junji (ep4)
Takakuwa Mitsuru (ep4)
Sasaki Shozo as President (ep4)
Kazama Toru as Mishima (ep5)
Satoi Kenta as Matsuo Kazuyuki (ep5)
Nagano Satomi as Matsuo Junko (ep5)
Konno Narumi as Matsuo Reiko (ep5)
Sakata Tadashi as Nakao (ep5)
Ujiie Takuro (氏家拓朗) as Ando Tomoaki (ep5)
misono (ep5)
Komatsu Ayaka (ep5)
Shimizu Koji as Muroi (ep6)
Okuda Tatsuhito (ep6)
Togawa Takahiro as Muroi (ep6)
Tominaga Kenji (富永研司) (ep6)
Ruo (ep6)
Tokunaga Atsushi (ep6)
Tsukamoto Takashi as Yano Ryosuke (ep7)
Ishimaru Sachi (石丸佐知) as Yano Erika (ep7)
Fukazawa Emi (深沢エミ) as Yano Kimie (ep7)
Miyamoto Kazutomo (宮本和知) as Ozawa (ep7)
Isoyama Sayaka as a girl on the treadmill (ep7)
Ikeda Tetsuhiro as Kaizaki's subordinate (ep8)
Kudo Shunsaku as Manaka (ep7-10)
Nakamura Toru as Jinno Kyosuke (ep9-10)
Bessho Tetsuya as Mikami Shinichiro (ep10)
Pietro Cristo as David Rossi (ep10)
Matsumoto Akiko as Mashiko's wife (ep10)
Imaizumi Sara (今泉彩良) as Mashiko's daughter (ep10)
Terui Hiroto (照井宙斗) as Mashiko's son (ep10)
Muro Tsuyoshi as the man who stole the suitcase (ep10)

Production Credits

Screenwriter: Fukuda Yuichi
Producer: Shikanai Tsugi
Director: Narita Gaku (ep1-2,5,7,9-10), Ishii Yusuke (ep3-4,6,8)
Music: Rita-iota

Episode Information

Episode	Subtitle	Ratings (Kanto)	Ratings (Kansai)	Ratings (Nationwide)
1	The Birth of the Worst and Best Buddies!!	18.7	?	?
2	A Battle Art to Protect Parent and Child	18.2	?	?
3	Sad Arrest of a Friend	14.4	?	?
4	An Old Enemy's Written Challenge	16.1	?	?
5	Grumblings of a Runaway Girl	17.1	?	?
6	A Catch-22 Undercover Investigation	14.7	?	?
7	How to get Along with the Past	15.3	?	?
8	The Promise That Was Remembered	15.7	?	?
9	A Trap from the Past Approaches	13.3	?	?
10	A Settlement on Christmas	14.0	?	?
Average		15.7	?	?

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Notes

"Tokyo DOGS" will be the first true police drama to air in Fuji TV's Monday 9:00pm time slot.

External Links

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