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:''For the 2009 Korean drama starring Lee Joon Ki, see [[Hero (MBC)]]''
[[File:Hero014.jpg|thumb|450px|HERO]]
==Renzoku Series==
[[File:HEROdvdcover.jpg|thumb|250px|HERO DVD Cover Vol. 5]]
===Details===
*'''Title:''' Hero
*'''Episodes:''' 11
*'''Viewership rating:''' 34.03
*'''Broadcast network:''' Fuji TV
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2001-Jan-08 to 2001-Mar-19
*'''Air time:''' [[Getsuku (Fuji TV)|Monday 21:00]]
*'''Theme song:''' ''Can You Keep a Secret?'' by [[Utada Hikaru]]

===Synopsis===
Kohei Kuryu is a former juvenile delinquent who drops out of junior high and goes on to earn a high school equivalency diploma. After passing the law board exams, Kuryu becomes a prosecutor. Not your typical prosecutor, which is quickly seen through the clothes that he wears, Kuryu possesses quick instincts and a kind of cleverness that only someone raised on the streets could have.

Maiko Amamiya is a shrewd public prosecutor who has her eyes set on passing the exam to become a deputy prosecutor and tries her best to be noticed by her boss. Kuryu, on the other hand, after earning a reputation for doing top-notch work, is transferred to Amamiya's division, and finally opens his eyes to the possibility of promotion. Unfortunately, his unprecedented work behavior abruptly brings things to a halt.

Although earning a reputation as a bad apple, the influence from Kuryu's strong pursuit of justice slowly begins to change things around him. This drama is filled with it all; love, laughs and lots of emotion. --''Fuji TV''

===Cast===
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*[[Kimura Takuya]] as Kuryu Kohei
*[[Matsu Takako]] as Amamiya Maiko
*[[Otsuka Nene]] as Nakamura Misuzu
*[[Abe Hiroshi]] as Shibayama Mitsugu
*[[Katsumura Masanobu]] as Egami Tatsuo
*[[Kohinata Fumiyo]] as Suetsugu Takayuki
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*[[Yashima Norito]] as Endo Kenji
*[[Kadono Takuzo]] as Ushimaru Yutaka
*[[Kodama Kiyoshi]] as Nabeshima Toshimitsu
*[[Tanaka Yoji]] as the bartender
*[[Okayama Hajime]] as the policeman
*[[Masana Bokuzo]]
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====Guests====
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*'''Episode 1'''
**[[Shimizu Shogo]]
**[[Sakai Toshiya]]


*'''Episode 2'''
**[[Kouyama Shigeru]]
**[[Oshiba Kunihiko]] (大柴邦彦)
**[[Nakagoshi Noriko]]
**[[Hayami Akira]] (速水亮)


*'''Episode 3'''
**[[Moriguchi Yoko]]
**[[Miyasako Hiroyuki]]


*'''Episode 4'''
**[[Ukaji Takashi]]
**[[Kitayama Masayasu]] (北山雅康)
**[[Kajihara Zen]]
**[[Morishita Ryoko]]


*'''Episode 5'''
**[[Isoyama Sayaka]]
**[[Sakurai Sachiko]]
**[[Obara Masato]] (小原雅人)


*'''Episode 6'''
**[[Masu Takeshi]]
**[[Murai Katsuyuki]] (村井克行)


*'''Episode 7'''
**[[Terada Minori]]
**[[Ishimaru Kenjiro]]
**[[Matsunaga Reiko]]
**[[Kaneda Akio]]
**[[Miyata Sanae]]
**[[Toji Takao]]
**[[Sato Ryuta]]
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*'''Episode 8'''
**[[Iijima Naoko]]
**[[Utada Hikaru]] as the waitress
**[[Tayama Ryosei]]
**[[Kinouchi Akiko]]


*'''Episode 9'''
**[[Takahashi Katsumi]]
**[[Aijima Kazuyuki]]
**[[Ryo]]


*'''Episode 10'''
**[[Takahashi Issei]]
**[[Hada Michiko]]
**[[Anan Kenji]]
**[[Umezawa Tomio]]


*'''Episode 11'''
**[[Shirai Akira]]
**[[Konno Masato]] (今野雅人)
**[[Asano Kazuyuki]]
**[[Sasai Eisuke]]
**[[Ogi Shigemitsu]]
**[[Toda Keiko]]
**[[Miura Tomokazu]]
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===Production Credits===
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Fukuda Yasushi]], [[Ootake Ken]] (大竹研), [[Hata Takehiko]], [[Tanabe Mitsuru]] (田邊滿)
*'''Producer:''' [[Ishihara Takashi]], [[Wada Ko]]
*'''Director:''' [[Sawada Kensaku]], [[Suzuki Masayuki (director)|Suzuki Masayuki]], [[Hirano Shin]], [[Kamon Ikuo]] (加門幾生)
*'''Music:''' [[Hattori Takayuki]]

==Episode Information==
{| class="wikitable"
!width="50"|Episode
!width="300"|Subtitle (English)
!width="50"|Rating (Kanto)
|- align=center
|01
|Encounter from hell
|33.4%
|- align=center
|02
|The two now gone
|30.8%
|- align=center
|03
|The crime called love
|30.8%
|- align=center
|04
|What he taught me
|30.7%
|- align=center
|05
|A night alone together
|34.9%
|- align=center
|06
|Her most prized possession
|36.1%
|- align=center
|07
|I'm glad I had the chance to meet you
|34.5%
|- align=center
|08
|A woman who knows the past
|36.8%
|- align=center
|09
|I'll always be with you
|34.4%
|- align=center
|10
|A hint of farewell
|35.1%
|- align=center
|11
|The final incident
|36.8%
|- align=center
|}
Source: [http://www.videor.co.jp Video Research, Ltd.]

==Special==
[[File:Hero-special.jpg|thumb|300px|Hero Special]]
===Details===
*'''Title:''' Hero
*'''Format:''' SP
*'''Viewership rating:''' 30.9
*'''Broadcast network:''' Fuji TV
*'''Broadcast date:''' 2006-Jul-03
*'''Air time:''' Monday 21:00-23:18

===Synopsis===
Five years after leaving Josai bureau, Kuryu Kohei, who has been working in Sapporo, Hokkaido, is transferred to Nijigaura, Yamaguchi (a fictitious town, its real name is ''Nijigahama''), a quiet place on the seaside where he arrives precisely when the first murder in eleven years has been committed. Soon, Takita Akihiko, the most beloved and influent person of the town, is suspected and Kuryu has to deal with this problem, as the other members are too frightened to take any action.

A SP in which the atmosphere of the renzoku series is kept, even though the cast has been almost entirely replaced. The fact that the story is located in the countryside gives the little bit of originality this episode needed. And it is with great pleasure that we meet again several characters of the renzoku series who make an apparition as guests.

===Cast===
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*[[Kimura Takuya]] as Kuryu Kohei
*[[Tsutsumi Shinichi]] as Tsugaru Yasushi
*[[Ayase Haruka]] as Izumitani Ririko
*[[Suzuki Kosuke]] as Murakami Kentaro
*[[Bengal|Bengaru]] as Komori Takuro
*[[Shiomi Sansei]] as Nishiyama Goichi
*[[Nakai Kiichi]] as Takita Akihiko
*[[Tezuka Satomi]] as Furukoshi Hiroko
*[[Suzuki Taku]] (鈴木拓) as Teramoto Atsushi
*[[Ishibashi Renji]] as Oyabu Masahiro
*[[Sato Jiro]]
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*[[Tanaka Yoji]] as the bartender
*[[Iijima Naoko]] as Tatsumi Eriko
*[[Matsu Takako]] as Amamiya Maiko
*[[Otsuka Nene]] as Nakamura Misuzu
*[[Katsumura Masanobu]] as Egami Tatsuo
*[[Kohinata Fumiyo]] as Suetsugu Takayuki
*[[Yashima Norito]] as Endo Kenji
*[[Abe Hiroshi]] as Shibayama Mitsugu
*[[Kadono Takuzo]] as Ushimaru Yutaka
*[[Kodama Kiyoshi]] as Nabeshima Toshimitsu
*[[Yoshino Kimika]]
*[[Masana Bokuzo]]
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===Production Credits===
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Fukuda Yasushi]]
*'''Producer:''' [[Suzuki Yoshihiro]], [[Makino Tadashi]]
*'''Director:''' [[Sawada Kensaku]]
*'''Music:''' [[Hattori Takayuki]]

==Notes==
*On 2007-Sep-08, a new [http://www.hero-movie.net HERO movie] was released with all the original cast from HERO (2001) involved.

==External Links==
*[http://www.fujitv.co.jp/jp/b_hp/hero Official site (Series)]
*[http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/hero/index.html Official site (Special)]
*[http://jdorama.com/drama.461.htm JDorama.com]

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