AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

Name: AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Japanese · 相棒

2002–present

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Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective Toru Kai. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort. And starting with Season 14, Ukyo’s current partner is Wataru Kaburagi, an elite bureaucrat who came to the Metropolitan Police Department on temporary assignment. As the first partner without any career of a police officer, he will face challenging cases together with Ukyo.

First aired: 9 Oct 2002
Episode length: 45 min
Also known as: 土曜ワイド劇場, Aibou, 相棒セレクション, 파트너(2002)
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Screenplay: Junya Ikegami, Kan Kanai, Mutsumi Yamamoto and 7 others
Writers: Ai Ota, Hakaru Sunamoto, Hideya Hamada and 12 others
Cinematography: Akira Sasamura, Hideki Kanbayashi, Kenji Tominaga and 5 others
Music: Yoshihiro Ike
Editors: Kazuhiko Saito, Shin'ya Tadano
Executive producer: Kiyoshi Kuwata
Producers: Atsuo Nishihira, ITO Hitoshi, Junichi Katsuki and 4 others
Elsewhere: TMDB