Series synopsis
Who Killed Daigoro Tokuyama?, also known as 徳山大五郎を誰が殺したか？ is a Japanese mystery comedy drama television series that premiered on TV Tokyo on July 16, 2016. It ended on October 1, 2016. It was created by Yasushi Akimoto. It stars Yurina Hirate, Neru Nagahama, Risa Watanabe and Yuuka Sugai.
One morning, students find their homeroom teacher Tokuyama Daigoro’s body on the floor of the classroom. A strange school life begins as the students work hard to hide the presence of their teacher's corpse in their classroom. Other teachers from the Academy, their homeroom teacher's wife, his mistress, police, and reporters... One-by-one they visit the classroom and the students face the risk of being discovered. Is it possible to continue to hide it?! And who was it who killed him?!
Premise
One morning, students find their homeroom teacher Tokuyama Daigoro’s body on the floor of the classroom. A strange school life begins as the students work hard to hide the presence of their teacher's corpse in their classroom. Other teachers from the Academy, their homeroom teacher's wife, his mistress, police, and reporters... One-by-one they visit the classroom and the students face the risk of being discovered. Is it possible to continue to hide it?! And who was it who killed him?!
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Yurina Hirate as Hirate Yurina
- Neru Nagahama as Nagahama Neru
- Risa Watanabe as Watanabe Risa
- Yuuka Sugai as Sugai Yuuka
- Rika Watanabe as Watanabe Rika
- Akane Moriya as Moriya Akane
- Yui Imaizumi as Imaizumi Yui
- Nijika Ishimori as Ishimori Nijika
Supporting cast
- Rina Uemura as Uemura Rina
- Rika Ozeki as Ozeki Rika
- Nana Oda as Oda Nana
- Minami Koike as Koike Minami
- Yui Kobayashi as Kobayashi Yui
- Fuyuka Saitô as Saito Fuyuka
- Shiori Sato as Sato Shiori
- Manaka Shida as Shida Manaka
- Miyu Suzumoto as Suzumoto Miyu
- Nanako Nagasawa as Nagasawa Nanako
- Mizuho Habu as Habu Mizuho
- Harada Aoi as Harada Aoi
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 12 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 12 | July 16, 2016 | October 1, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
I Want To Hide One morning, the students (Keyakizaka 46) find their homeroom teacher, Daigoro Tokuyama (Kyusaku Shimada) dead. He is still warm. Suddenly, their sub-homeroom teacher Kanzaki (Noriko Eguchi) appears. Frightened, they hide the body. Kanzaki asks if they'd seen Tokuyama. Evading discovery, they decide not to call the police, but to keep hiding the body. |
July 16, 2016 |
| 2 |
I Want To Cheat The students of Grade 3 Class C (Keyakizaka 46) receive a message from their dead homeroom teacher, Daigoro Tokuyama. They search for him and find that his cell is gone. Yurina Hirate (as herself) believes the murderer sent it. As they return the body to the locker, Hashibe, the janitor, comes to the classroom saying Tokuyama sent him a message. |
July 23, 2016 |
| 3 |
I Want To Burn The body of their dead homeroom teacher, Daigoro Tokuyama, is gone! As the perplexed students (Keyakizaka 46) peer into the empty locker, they receive another message from Tokuyama. But Tokuyama is dead; who moved him? The next day, a mysterious woman appears. She seems like she is probing for something. Does she know about the corpse? But no, she's looking for something else... |
July 30, 2016 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TV Tokyo |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 16, 2016 |
| Last aired | October 1, 2016 |
| Runtime | 20 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Saturday at 00:20:00 |