Series synopsis
Detective Akechi Kogoro, also known as 名探偵・明智小五郎 is a Japanese mystery television series that premiered on tv asahi on March 30, 2019. It ended on March 31, 2019. It stars Hidetoshi Nishijima, Shugo Oshinari, Akira Nakao and Ken Shounozaki.
Dangerous hacker group “Phantom 20” is known internationally. They begin an attack on Hikari Bank in Japan. Kenjiro Namikoshi (Teruyuki Kagawa) is the chief of the criminal investigation section at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. He leads the investigation into the group. Kenjiro Namikoshi thinks of Kogoro Akechi (Hidetoshi Nishijima) who holds vast knowledge on hacking and leads BD team hacker group. To ask him for advisor help on the investigation, Kenjiro Namikoshi sends Yoshio Koba ...
Premise
Dangerous hacker group “Phantom 20” is known internationally. They begin an attack on Hikari Bank in Japan. Kenjiro Namikoshi (Teruyuki Kagawa) is the chief of the criminal investigation section at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. He leads the investigation into the group. Kenjiro Namikoshi thinks of Kogoro Akechi (Hidetoshi Nishijima) who holds vast knowledge on hacking and leads BD team hacker group. To ask him for advisor help on the investigation, Kenjiro Namikoshi sends Yoshio Kobayashi (Atsushi Ito).
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Hidetoshi Nishijima as Akechi Kogoro
- Shugo Oshinari as Kinugasa Ryouta
- Akira Nakao as Udagawa Dougen
- Ken Shounozaki as Konno Yutaka
- Kaoru Okunuki as Yamashita Yukie
- Katsuhisa Namase
- Koji Ohkura as Katsura Shouichi
- Mitsuko Baisho as Koumoto Keiko
Supporting cast
- Mitsuki Tanimura as Nomiya Ryouko
- Atsushi Ito as Yoshio Kobayashi
- Yuriko Ishida as Fumiyo Kogoro
- Yukino Kishii as Mayumi Kobayashi
- Teruyuki Kagawa as Kenjiro Namikoshi
- Denden as Tarao
- Tetsuhiro Ikeda as Hashiba Souji
- Tomoharu Hasegawa as Tsunekawa Touru
- Sei Matobu as Nogami Aiko
- Masanobu Takashima as Sawai Masakazu
- Toshinori Omi as Tamura Takeshi
- Nomaguchi Tohru
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 2 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 2 | March 30, 2019 | March 31, 2019 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shadow | March 30, 2019 |
| 2 | Vampire | March 31, 2019 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | tv asahi |
|---|---|
| First aired | March 30, 2019 |
| Last aired | March 31, 2019 |
| Runtime | 120 minutes |
| Status | ended |