Series synopsis
Gourmet Detective Goro Akechi, also known as 美食探偵 明智五郎 is a Japanese drama crime television series that premiered on Nippon TV on April 12, 2020. It ended on June 28, 2020. It stars Tomoya Nakamura, Fuka Koshiba, Kanta Sato and Miu Tomita.
Detective Goro Akechi has a passion for fine dining. Good-looking but incredibly quirky, he solves food-related crimes by using, well, food. He treats Ichigo Kobayashi like his assistant and drags her into all sorts of cases, even though she's perfectly happy just running her food truck.
Premise
Detective Goro Akechi has a passion for fine dining. Good-looking but incredibly quirky, he solves food-related crimes by using, well, food. He treats Ichigo Kobayashi like his assistant and drags her into all sorts of cases, even though she's perfectly happy just running her food truck.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Tomoya Nakamura as Gorō Akechi
- Fuka Koshiba as Ichigo Kobayashi
- Kanta Sato as Tatsuomi Takahashi
- Miu Tomita as Momoko
- Yukiya Kitamura as Tōru Katōno
- Eiko Koike as Housewife / Maria Magdalena
- Asami Miura as Crookkoo (Voice)
- Tetsuya Miyazaki as Daigorō Akechi
Guest cast
- Mirai Shida as Akane Furukawa / Ringo
- Naho Yokomizo as Koharu Katōno
- Motoki Ochiai as Kazuhiro Kiritani
- Hiroto Oshita as Gō Sawada
- Tetsu Watanabe as Akane's Grandfather
- Megu Aoyama as Eri Kawakami
- Yasuhi Nakamura as Yasushi Iwamoto / Gurume Daimyō
- Eiji Akaso as Nonaka
- Masako Miyaji as VITAMIN Employee
- Masanobu Sakata as Tadashi Zenshōji
- Yoshie Okuyama as Emi Katōno
- Atsuko Anami as Ms. Kanegi
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 12 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 3 | May 24, 2020 | June 7, 2020 |
| Season 1 | 9 | April 12, 2020 | June 28, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | May 24, 2020 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | May 31, 2020 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | June 7, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Sex and food, which is more important for a married couple? Goro Akechi is a private detective and his office is located near Omotesando in Tokyo. He is a big fan of gourmet food. It's important to Goro Akechi to eat delicious meals three times a day. A client visits Goro Akechi’s private detective office. |
April 12, 2020 |
| 2 |
I love you so I killed you. A woman is like that, right? Akechi and his assistant, Ichigo, trace a suspect who murdered a man in a hotel. |
April 19, 2020 |
| 3 |
In this city, everyone is crazy... A customer choked to death on bread in a French restaurant. Akechi believes the incident is related to Maria. |
April 26, 2020 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Nippon TV |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 12, 2020 |
| Last aired | June 28, 2020 |
| Runtime | 54 minutes |
| Status | ended |