Shinsengumi/Episode Ratings

Episode ratings for the NHK drama Shinsengumi

Episode Ratings

Date	Episode	Subtitle	Ratings (Kanto)
2004-01-11	01	The Arrival of the Black Ships!	26.3%
2004-01-18	02	The Pride of Tama	23.9%
2004-01-25	03	Mother Leaves Home	20.3%
2004-02-01	04	A Topsy-Turvy World	20.6%
2004-02-08	05	The Wedding Day	20.4%
2004-02-15	06	Heusken, Escape!	19.9%
2004-02-22	07	Succession	19.7%
2004-02-29	08	The Future of Japan	18.6%
2004-03-07	09	The Letter	19.8%
2004-03-14	10	The Roshi-gumi	15.6%
2004-03-21	11	Mother, I'm Leaving!	17.5%
2004-03-28	12	To the West!	14.0%
2004-04-04	13	Serizawa Kamo Explodes	15.6%
2004-04-11	14	Arriving in Kyoto	14.4%
2004-04-18	15	To Go or Not to Go	17.6%
2004-04-25	16	A Letter to Tsune	16.6%
2004-05-02	17	The First Death	15.6%
2004-05-09	18	The Mibu Ronin's First Assignment	15.4%
2004-05-16	19	The Day of the Wake	15.5%
2004-05-23	20	Don't Intoxicate Serizawa	15.3%
2004-05-30	21	A Big Incident	14.2%
2004-06-06	22	Kamo on the Roof	17.9%
2004-06-13	23	A Political Change, August 18th	16.8%
2004-06-20	24	An Unavoidable Path	17.8%
2004-06-27	25	The Birth of the Shinsengumi	19.3%
2004-07-04	26	Bureau Chief Kondo Isami	17.4%
2004-07-11	27	Just Before the Ikeda-ya Incident	13.4%
2004-07-18	28	Off to Ikeda-ya	16.6%
2004-07-25	29	Punish the Choshu	14.4%
2004-08-01	30	Nagakura Shinpachi Revolts	17.6%
2004-08-08	31	The Return to Edo	16.5%
2004-08-15	32	Yamanami's Escape	14.8%
2004-08-22	33	The Death of a Friend	16.1%
2004-08-29	34	The Terada-ya Chaos	18.1%
2004-09-05	35	Farewell, Mibu Village	18.7%
2004-09-12	36	Confrontation	16.0%
2004-09-19	37	The Satsuma-Choshu Alliance	15.9%
2004-09-26	38	The Suicide of a Member	16.2%
2004-10-03	39	The Shogun's Death	14.5%
2004-10-10	40	Heisuke's Departure	14.2%
2004-10-17	41	Kanryusai's Fall	16.0%
2004-10-24	42	The Assassination of Ryoma	16.5%
2004-10-31	43	Showdown	19.6%
2004-11-07	44	An Attack on Kondo	17.9%
2004-11-14	45	Gen-san's Death	16.0%
2004-11-21	46	To the East	18.5%
2004-11-28	47	Reunion	17.3%
2004-12-05	48	Nagareyama	16.2%
2004-12-12	49	Dear Friend	21.8%
Average: 17.4%

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Highlights

Date	Episode	Air Time (JST)
2006-01-03	01	15:20-16:35
2006-01-03	02	16:45-17:59
2006-01-03	03	19:30-20:45

Notes

• NHK aired a sequal of Shinsengumi! on 2006-Jan-03. This sequel portrays the last day of Hijikata Toshizo, Vice Commander of Shinsengumi.