Signal (Japanese TV series)

*Signal*
Signal
	Promotional poster
	シグナル (Shigunaru)
Genre	Procedural; Drama; Thriller;
Created by	Choi Jin-hee; Park Ji-young;
Written by	Kim Eun-hee (Original) ; Masaya Ozaki (Adaptation)
Directed by	Akira Uchikata; Kosuke Suzuki
Starring	Kentaro Sakaguchi; Michiko Kichise; Kazuki Kitamura;
Opening theme	"Don't Leave Me" by BTS
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of episodes	10
Production
Producers	Takashi Hagiwara ; Takahiro Kasabe; Mai Ishida
Camera setup	Single camera
Production companies	Kansai Telecasting Corporation; Horipro;
Original release
Network	Fuji TV
Release	April 10 –; June 12, 2018
Related
	Signal (2016)

Signal (Japanese: シグナル, Hepburn: Shigunaru), also known as Signal: Long-Term Unsolved Case Investigation Team (Japanese: シグナル長期未解決事件捜査班, Hepburn: Shigunaru: Chōki Mikaiketsu Jiken Sōsahan), is a Japanese police procedural television series starring Kentaro Sakaguchi, Michiko Kichise and Kazuki Kitamura. It is a remake of the South Korean drama of the same name written by Kim Eun-hee, and aired every Tuesday at 21:00 JST from April 10 to June 12, 2018 on Fuji TV.^[1]^[2]

Cast

Main

Kentaro Sakaguchi as Kento Saegusa
Michiko Kichise^[3] as Misaki Sakurai
Kazuki Kitamura^[3] as Takeshi Ooyama

Supporting

Atsuro Watabe^[3] as Tsutomu Yamada
Yuichi Kimura as Tsutomu Yamada
Tetsuhiro Ikeda as Shinya Kojima
Masahiro Komoto as Kazuo Iwata
Kaede Aono as Rika Anzai
Fuju Kamio as Ryota Kato

Original soundtrack

Boy group BTS from South Korea sang the opening theme song of the series entitled "Don't Leave Me".^[4]

Title	Year	Artist	Peak chart positions					Sales
			KOR ^[5]	FRA Digital ^[6]	JPN		US World ^[7]
			KOR ^[5]	FRA Digital ^[6]	Oricon ^[8]	Hot 100 ^[9]	US World ^[7]
"Don't Leave Me"^[10]	2018	BTS	—	91	18	13	1	JPN: 4,611^[11] US: 9,000
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Ratings

Ep.	Broadcast date	Average audience share
Ep.	Broadcast date	Kanto region	Kansai region	Ref.
1	April 10, 2018	9.7%	12.9%	^[12]
2	April 17, 2018	8.4%	14.3%	^[13]
3	April 24, 2018	8.3%	11.9%	^[14]
4	May 1, 2018	7.9%	13.0%	^[15]
5	May 8, 2018	6.7%	11.6%	^[16]
6	May 15, 2018	5.7%	9.7%	^[17]
7	May 22, 2018	6.9%	10.1%	^[18]
8	May 29, 2018	6.9%	10.3%	^[19]
9	June 5, 2018	7.3%	11.4%	^[20]
10	June 12, 2018	9.2%	13.5%	^[21]
Average		7.7%	11.9%

International broadcast

Country	Network	Premiere
Indonesia Mongolia Myanmar Singapore Sri Lanka Taiwan Vietnam	WakuWaku Japan (with subtitles)	April 21, 2018^[22]

References

^ "[단독] '시그널' 日 리메이크 확정, 사카구치 켄타로 출연". YTN.
^ "坂口健太郎、ドラマ初主演で警察官に！過去と現在が交差…未解決事件に挑む". Cinema Today.
^ ^a ^b ^c "坂口健太郎主演連ドラで8年ぶり刑事役　北村一輝、渡部篤郎も". Mainichi.
^ "ＴＳが初のドラマ主題歌！フジ坂口健太郎が刑事役". Nikkan Sports.
^ *"Even If I Die, It's You". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved 2016-12-29.
^
- "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés" (in French). April 6, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
^
*"Even If I Die, It's You". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
- "World Digital Song Sales". Billboard. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
^ "オリコン週間デジタルシングル（単曲）ランキング 2018年04月02日～2018年04月08日 11～20位". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 12, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
^ "Billboard Japan Hot 100". Billboard JAPAN (in Japanese). Retrieved April 21, 2018.
^ Kim, Bo-ra (2018-03-08). "[공식입장] 방탄소년단, 日드라마 '시그널' 주제가 부른다" (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-04-04.
^ "オリコン週間デジタルシングル（単曲）ランキング 2018年04月02日～2018年04月08日 11～20位". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 12, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
^ 坂口健太郎主演「シグナル　長期未解決事件捜査班」初回視聴率は関東９・７％　関西は１２・９％で２ケタ発進
^ 坂口健太郎主演「シグナル」第２話視聴率は関東８・４％、関西は１４・３％の高数字
^ "坂口健太郎主演「シグナル」第３回は８・３％　関西では３話連続２ケタキープ". Hochi.
^ "坂口健太郎初主演「シグナル」第４回は７・９％　関西は１３・０％で好調維持". Hochi.
^ "坂口健太郎初主演「シグナル」第５回は６・７％　関西では５話連続２ケタキープ". Hochi.
^ "坂口健太郎初主演「シグナル」第６話は５・７％　関西は６話連続２ケタ維持". Hochi.
^ "坂口健太郎初主演「シグナル」第７話は６・９％　関西は７話連続２ケタキープ". Hochi.
^ "坂口健太郎初主演「シグナル」第８話は６・９％　関西は１０・３％で２ケタキープ". Hochi.
^ "坂口健太郎初主演「シグナル」第９話は７・３％　前回から０・４ポイントアップ". Hochi.
^ "坂口健太郎初主演「シグナル」最終回は９・２％　関西は１３・５％で有終の美". Hochi.
^ "Signal". Waku Waku Japan.

External links

Official website
Signal at IMDb

[1] "[단독] '시그널' 日 리메이크 확정, 사카구치 켄타로 출연". YTN.

[2] "坂口健太郎、ドラマ初主演で警察官に！過去と現在が交差…未解決事件に挑む". Cinema Today.

[Kichise,_Kitamura,_Watabe-3] "坂口健太郎主演連ドラで8年ぶり刑事役　北村一輝、渡部篤郎も". Mainichi.

[4] "ＴＳが初のドラマ主題歌！フジ坂口健太郎が刑事役". Nikkan Sports.

[5] *"Even If I Die, It's You". Gaon Music Chart (in Korean). Retrieved 2016-12-29.

[6] 
"Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés" (in French). April 6, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2018.

[7] "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés" (in French). April 6, 2018. Retrieved April 10, 2018.

[7] *"Even If I Die, It's You". Billboard. Retrieved 2017-06-20.
"World Digital Song Sales". Billboard. Retrieved April 10, 2017.

[9] "World Digital Song Sales". Billboard. Retrieved April 10, 2017.

[8] "オリコン週間デジタルシングル（単曲）ランキング 2018年04月02日～2018年04月08日 11～20位". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 12, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2018.

[9] "Billboard Japan Hot 100". Billboard JAPAN (in Japanese). Retrieved April 21, 2018.

[10] Kim, Bo-ra (2018-03-08). "[공식입장] 방탄소년단, 日드라마 '시그널' 주제가 부른다" (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-04-04.

[11] "オリコン週間デジタルシングル（単曲）ランキング 2018年04月02日～2018年04月08日 11～20位". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 12, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2018.

[12] 坂口健太郎主演「シグナル　長期未解決事件捜査班」初回視聴率は関東９・７％　関西は１２・９％で２ケタ発進

[13] 坂口健太郎主演「シグナル」第２話視聴率は関東８・４％、関西は１４・３％の高数字

[14] "坂口健太郎主演「シグナル」第３回は８・３％　関西では３話連続２ケタキープ". Hochi.

[15] "坂口健太郎初主演「シグナル」第４回は７・９％　関西は１３・０％で好調維持". Hochi.

[16] "坂口健太郎初主演「シグナル」第５回は６・７％　関西では５話連続２ケタキープ". Hochi.

[17] "坂口健太郎初主演「シグナル」第６話は５・７％　関西は６話連続２ケタ維持". Hochi.

[18] "坂口健太郎初主演「シグナル」第７話は６・９％　関西は７話連続２ケタキープ". Hochi.

[19] "坂口健太郎初主演「シグナル」第８話は６・９％　関西は１０・３％で２ケタキープ". Hochi.

[20] "坂口健太郎初主演「シグナル」第９話は７・３％　前回から０・４ポイントアップ". Hochi.

[21] "坂口健太郎初主演「シグナル」最終回は９・２％　関西は１３・５％で有終の美". Hochi.

[22] "Signal". Waku Waku Japan.

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