Series synopsis
99.9 Criminal Lawyer, also known as 99.9 -刑事専門弁護士- is a Japanese crime television series that premiered on TBS on April 17, 2016. It ended on March 11, 2018. It stars Jun Matsumoto, Teruyuki Kagawa, Nana Eikura and Fumino Kimura.
Hiroto Miyama is an unconventional young lawyer who dances to his own tune and gets a little obsessive. For one thing, he’s only interested in criminal cases, and he will never give up in his pursuit of the truth even if offers only a 0.1% chance of being discovered. Japan’s 99.9% criminal case conviction rate leads the world, attesting to a “highly reliable” judicial system. In other words, once a crime suspect is indicted, prosecutor arguments tend to be accepted hook, line and sinker. In the ...
Premise
Hiroto Miyama is an unconventional young lawyer who dances to his own tune and gets a little obsessive. For one thing, he’s only interested in criminal cases, and he will never give up in his pursuit of the truth even if offers only a 0.1% chance of being discovered. Japan’s 99.9% criminal case conviction rate leads the world, attesting to a “highly reliable” judicial system. In other words, once a crime suspect is indicted, prosecutor arguments tend to be accepted hook, line and sinker. In the face of those 99.9% odds, there’s no money in being a defense lawyer specializing in criminal cases, but for Miyama, that’s where the interest and kernels of truth lie. From unexpected places, the mold-breaking Miyama stakes his reputation on a prayer of a chance as he clashes with hotshot lawyers who’ll go to any lengths to win in this gloriously fun, legal mystery.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Jun Matsumoto as Hiroto Miyama
- Teruyuki Kagawa as Atsuhiro Sada
- Nana Eikura as Ayano Tachibana
- Fumino Kimura as Maiko Ozaki
- Jin Katagiri as Tatsuya Akashi
- Yukino Kishii as Kanako Kataoka
- Shori Sato as Yuta Ozaki
- Ittoku Kishibe as Haruhiko Madarame
Supporting cast
- Magi as Hiroki Fujino
- Azusa Babazono as Mirei Nakatsuka
- Eiji Okuda as Shuichi Otomo
- Munetaka Aoki as Takahisa Marukawa
- Ikeda Takafumi as Kenta Bando
- Kurara Emi as Yukiko Sada
- Toru Baba as Yohei Ochiai
- Tsurube Shofukutei as Keichiro Kawakami
- Masahiro Komoto as Keisuke Endo
- Takaaki Enoki as Takanori Okada
- Takahiro Fujimoto as Makoto Shiga
- Makiko Watanabe as Natsuko Togawa
Guest cast
- Mitsuki Tanimura as Kayo Suzuki（鈴木 加代）
- Kazuaki Hankai as Jiro Suzuki（半海 一晃）
- Ichirō Ogura as Hiroyuki Miyake（三宅 宏之）
- Sho Yakumaru as Manabu Ogura
- Mansaku Fuwa as Fujiwara
- Satoru Matsuo as Toru Yamauchi（山内 徹）
- Ryudo Uzaki as Joker Chigasaki（ジョーカー茅ヶ崎）
- Yumi Adachi as Atsuko Ishikawa（石川 敦子）
- Takashi Itō as Naoki Yasuda
- Takuya Nagaoka as Masayoshi Murano
- Yoshimasa Kondo as Takashi Morimoto（森本 貴）
- Narimi Arimori as Kozue Iwamura（岩村 梢）
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 21 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 2 | January 18, 2022 | January 18, 2022 |
| Season 1 | 10 | April 17, 2016 | June 19, 2016 |
| Season 2 | 9 | January 14, 2018 | March 11, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | January 18, 2022 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | January 18, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
An unconventional man who obsesses over 0.1% appears!! He takes on an seemingly impossible case. Miyama, an eccentric lawyer who specializes in investigating criminal cases, joins the newly established criminal practice at the Madarame Law Firm. Joined by fellow attorneys Sada and Tachibana, they investigate their first case. |
April 17, 2016 |
| 2 |
Self-defense or murder? The shocking truth hidden beneath the surface. Miyama is assigned to represent a man who is claiming self-defense, but Miyama thinks there is more to the story. |
April 24, 2016 |
| 3 |
10 million yen has disappeared!! 15 years of mystery... The bond between mother and daughter. Tachibana is asked to defend a woman's daughter who is accused of stealing a large sum of money. The daughter refuses the help when she learns where the request comes from. |
May 1, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | January 14, 2018 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | January 21, 2018 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | January 28, 2018 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TBS |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 17, 2016 |
| Last aired | March 11, 2018 |
| Runtime | 46 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Sunday at 21:00:00 |