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Puzzle

Details

Title: パズル
Title (English): Puzzle
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Mystery, comedy
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast period: 2008-Apr-18 to 2008-June
Air time: Friday 21:00
Theme song: Moon Crying by Koda Kumi

Synopsis

Misako Ayukawa, a woman in her 30s, is an English teacher with ironically poor English skills. She values herself over her students, and money over love. She displays arrogance in front of her students, but acts pleasantly around her peers and family. However, Ayukawa possesses a brilliant mind for solving puzzles. She ends up tackling various cases around the school along with 3 of her top students. --Tokyograph

Cast

Correlation chart

Ishihara Satomi as Ayukawa Misako
Yamamoto Yusuke as Imamura Shinichi
Kimura Ryo as Kanzaki Akira
Nagayama Kento as Tsukamoto Yoshio
Iwata Sayuri as Matsuo Yuko
Sato Chiaki as Takamura Michiru
Asakura Aki as Wada Hitomi
Tsujimoto Hiromasa (辻本嘉真) as Nagatsuka Kenichi
Kaneko Norihito as Daido Gorou
Shiomi Sansei as Kamata Torahiko

Guests

Piece 1

Igawa Hisashi as Aoyagi Ryuzaemon
Saigo Teruhiko as Aoyagi Ryutarou
Jinbo Satoshi as Aoyagi Ryujiro
Oginome Keiko as Ooki Tokie
Miyaji Masako as Aoyagi Kanae
Yamashita Hiroko as Aoyagi Yoshimi
Ide Rakkyo (井手らっきょ) as Ooki Atsuo

Piece 2

Wakamura Mayumi as Miabe Kimiko
Ikezu Shoko as Amano Hoshiko
Otsuru Gitan (大鶴義丹) as Oosawa Takehiko
Shirosaki Jin as Tamada Kazuhisa
Kawahara Sabu as Tsuchida Shougorou
Kitayama Masayasu (北山雅康) as Ishihara Keisuke
Kubota Maki as Shimizu Eiko
Kurobe Susumu as the shinto priest

Piece 3

Ichikawa Kamejiro as Hashimoto Kenji
Yajima Kenichi as Hasegawa Haruo
Miho Jun as Kuroda Kumiko
Nishio Mari as Hiroka Keiko
Omiya Taro as Iwai Hiroshi
Asakawa Chihiro (浅川稚広) as Kawakami Sachiko

Piece 4

Kinomi Nana as Kurihara Wakaba
Saito Yosuke as Chang Linpao
Nakata Hirohisa (中田博久)as Narita Kouhei
Morishita Yoshiyuki as Mizota Kenichi
Rokkaku Shinji (六角慎司) as Okamura Shunsuke
Sakamoto Makoto as Shimura Eiichi
Fujimoto Shizuka as Koyama Maki
Kato Ryo (加藤諒) as Shirashi Kenichi
Nicholas Pettas as Michael Nicolsen

Piece 5

Yamamoto Yoko (山本陽子) as Gondou Yayoi
Sasano Takashi as Gondou Shouichirou
Kawamata Shinobu (川俣しのぶ) as Gondou Eiko
Ochi Shizuka as Fujishiro Chikako
Shibuya Kotono as Hirota Rei
Ono Atsuko (小野敦子) as Nakamura Ume
Kusamura Reiko as Gondou Fuyu

Piece 6

Minegishi Toru as Kitakata Shoichi
Anan Kenji as Kanayama Junpei
Hankai Kazuaki as Yamazaki Makoto
Dan Jiro as Kurokawa Taizou
Kobayashi Ayako as Kudou Natsuko
Shoji Yusuke (少路勇介) as Nagata Toshikazu
Iijima Popopo (飯島ぽぽぽ) as Mimura Toshio
Nishida Natsumi (西田奈津美) as Nagata Maki
Yamano Fumito (山野史人) as middle-aged detective

Piece 7

Kazama Morio as Konjakute Sannosuke
Shimizu Koji as Konjakute Ichinosuke
Hamada Akira as Shinoda Kohei
Nakanishi Ryota as Konjakute Yonnosuke
Denden as Konjakute Ninosuke
Suzuki Sachiko (鈴木早智子) as Ikemura Akiko
Otake Koichi (大竹浩一) as Konjakute Shounosuke
Katsura Fukudanji (桂福團治) as Konjakute Mannosuke

Piece 8

Nakayama Shinobu as Andou Tsubaki
Wakabayashi Shiho (若林志穂) as Matsumura Ruri
Hakamada Yoshihiko as Takamine Kyoji
Koichi Mantaro as Soga Nobuo
Rokkaku Seiji as Nishino Shigeru
Nishida Ken as Sumida Tohru

Piece 9

Takahashi Kaori as Kobashi Kyoko
Hayashi Yasufumi as Ichikawa Kitao
Yasoda Yuichi (八十田勇一) as Onodera Seiji
Ishizuka Yoshiyuki (石塚義之) as Kubota Shuichi
Tanahashi Nuts (棚橋ナッツ) as Ooishi
Yana Nobuo (八名信夫) as Yamagami Kijurou

Production Credits

Screenwriter: Makita Mitsuharu
Producer: Shibata Satoru (柴田聡), Funatsu Koichi, Makita Mitsuharu, Sato Yoshihiro (佐藤善宏)
Chief producer: Kuwata Kiyoshi
Director: Katayama Osamu

Episode Ratings

Episode	Subtitle	Ratings (Kanto)	Ratings (Kansai)	Ratings (Nationwide)
01	The greedy teacher and the hidden message of the heir! The will that calls upon death!!	14.1	??.?	??.?
02	The rock that hovers! The 100 year old curse! The mysterious shrine maiden	10.9	??.?	??.?
03	The mansion of the murder quiz! The secret message written in blood	11.0	??.?	??.?
04	The ghost of the abandoned school, the mysterious burned corpse and the secret message!	09.2	??.?	??.?
05	Fighting over the hot boys! Choosing the bride for the old family	10.2	??.?	??.?
06	The letter from the dead! The blood-soaked doll	08.9	??.?	??.?
07	If you listen to the cursed message, you are sure to mercilessly die	09.2	??.?	??.?
08	The invitation of murder, the greedy teacher VS the beautiful secretary	08.0	??.?	??.?
09	The oni lives! The cursed village festival that eats you up	??.?	??.?	??.?
10		??.?	??.?	??.?
Average	--	??.?	??.?	??.?

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

External Links

Winter 2008	TV Asahi	Summer 2008
4 Shimai Tantei Dan	Friday 21:00	TBA

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