Title: 相棒
Title (romaji): Aibou
Also known as: Partners
Tagline: The Only Two Special Mission Officers
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Action, mystery
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Episodes: 19
Broadcast period: 2004-Oct-13 to 2005-Mar-23
Air time: Wednesday 20:00
Synopsis
Special Mission Task Team – is not considered as important as it might sound. It is positioned in the lowest section of the Metropolitan Police Department and so-called as the "oversized garbage dealer". Sugishita Ukyo (Mizutani) is a head of this Special Mission Task team. As people rumor that anyone who worked under Ukyo eventually leaves the office, he is called "the grave keeper of human resource". However, there was another reason why people call him in this name. When Ukyo fist transferred to this section with his secret mission, all of his direct reports died mysteriously. Somehow, the police have sealed this incident from further investigation. (TV Asahi)
Cast
Mizutani Yutaka as Sugishita Ukyo
Terawaki Yasufumi
Suzuki Sawa
Takagi Saya
Kawahara Kazuhisa
Otani Ryosuke
Yamanishi Jun
Rokkaku Seiji
Yamanaka Takashi (山中たかシ)
Kishibe Ittoku
Katagiri Ryuuji
Nishimura Masahiko
Takenaka Naoto
Kimura Yoshino
Kitaro
Masana Bokuzo
Okada Kohki (ep4&5)
Takaoka Saki (ep7)
Yoshino Kimika (ep9)
Haruki Misayo (ep10)
Ueda Koichi (ep11)
Takeno Isao (ep13)