AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
| AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo | |
|---|---|
| Genre | DF |
| Created by | TV Asahi Toei |
| Starring | Yutaka Mizutani |
| Opening theme | Rendez-Vu by Basement Jaxx (Pilots) |
| Ending theme | Promised You by Zard (Pilots) |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of seasons | 14 |
| No. of episodes | 267 (as of Mar 16, 2016) |
| Production | |
| Production company | Toei |
| Original release | |
| Network | TV Asahi |
| Release | June 3, 2000 – Present |
Aibō (相棒, Partners) is a Japanese television detective series that first aired on TV Asahi on June 3, 2000. It has been adapted into three films: Aibō the Movie (2008), Aibou: The Movie II (2010) and Aibou: The Movie III (2014).
The drama features Ukyō Sugishita (杉下右京) , a police inspector assigned to the fictional Special Missions Unit (特命係, Tokumei-gakari) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and his partners as Kaoru Kameyama (亀山薫) from 2000 to 2009, Takeru Kambe (神戸尊) from 2009 to 2012, Tōru Kai (甲斐享) from 2012 to 2015, and Wataru Kaburagi (冠城亘) from 2015 on.
Aibō is also broadcast with English subtitles in Hawaii by the television station KIKU under the name Partners.[1]
Seasons
| Season | Episodes | Debut | Ending |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre Season | 3 | June 3, 2000 | November 10, 2001 |
| 1 | 12 | October 9, 2002 | December 25, 2002 |
| 2 | 21 | October 8, 2003 | March 17, 2004 |
| 3 | 19 | October 13, 2004 | March 23, 2005 |
| 4 | 21 | October 10, 2005 | March 15, 2006 |
| 5 | 20 | October 11, 2006 | March 13, 2007 |
| 6 | 19 | October 24, 2007 | March 19, 2008 |
| 7 | 19 | October 22, 2008 | March 18, 2009 |
| 8 | 19 | October 14, 2009 | March 10, 2010 |
| 9 | 18 | October 20, 2010 | March 9, 2011 |
| 10 | 19 | October 19, 2011 | March 21, 2012 |
| 11 | 19 | October 10, 2012 | March 20, 2013 |
| 12 | 19 | October 16, 2013 | March 19, 2014 |
| 13 | 19 | October 15, 2014 | March 18, 2015 |
| 14 | 20 | October 14, 2015 | March 16, 2016 |
Cast
- Ukyo Sugishita Yutaka Mizutani
- Kaoru Kameyama Yasufumi Terawaki
- Takeru Kanbe Mitsuhiro Oikawa
- Toru Kai Hiroki Narimiya
- Wataru Kaburagi Takashi Sorimachi
- Tamaki Miyabe Ikue Masudo
- Sachiko Tsukimoto Anju Suzuki
- Michiko Kameyama née Okudera Sawa Suzuki
- Kenichi Itami Kazuhisa Kawahara
References
- ^ "Partners 10". kikutv.com. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
External links
- Official website Template:Ja icon
- AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo on Facebook
- AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo on Twitter
- AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo at IMDb
- aibou 12 | Tumblr
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