Chizuru Ikewaki

Detective Ukyo Sugishita confronts crime on the basis of his own convictions. He has a partner that works for him in the Special Task Unit. For the first 7 seasons, Ukyo’s first partner is Kaoru Kameyama. He is a good-natured, hot-tempered, straightforward and somewhat scattered detective. Beginning in Season 8, Takeru Kanbe replaces Kameyama. Contrary to his predecessor, Takeru is a lanky, cool, conceited and confident detective. From Season 11 to Season 13, Ukyo’s partner is a young detective Toru Kai. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort. And starting with Season 14, Ukyo’s current partner is Wataru Kaburagi, an elite bureaucrat who came to the Metropolitan Police Department on temporary assignment. As the first partner without any career of a police officer, he will face challenging cases together with Ukyo.

Die naive, etwas ungeschickte 17-jährige Haru rettet auf ihrem Schulweg eine Katze vor einem nahenden Lastwagen. Zu ihrer Verwunderung stellt die Katze sich darauf auf ihre Hinterbeine und spricht ihrer Retterin ihren Dank aus, bevor sie verschwindet. In der darauffolgenden Nacht erhält Haru zudem hohen Besuch. Der Katzenkönig höchstpersönlich ist mit seinem Gefolge gekommen, um der verblüfften Schülerin zu verkünden, dass ihr auf Grund der Rettung seines Sohnes Prinz Lune die große Ehre zuteil werde, eben jenen Thronfolger zu ehelichen. Am nächsten Morgen tut das Mädchen noch alles als sonderbaren Traum ab, doch schnell muss sie einsehen, dass sie wohl schon bald als Katzenbraut vor den Altar geführt werden wird.

Dr. Shindo seems cold, but is a competent surgeon. He is also an ER doctor capable of accurate decisions and treatment, who always tries to see things from the patient’s side. Although once retired from his profession, he one day discovers someone in need of help, who he treats and rushes to the Kohoku Medical University Emergency Center. This incident encourages him to once again work as an ER doctor. Confrontation erupts between female doctor Tamaki, and Shindo, now a just-arrived ER doctor. While this human drama depicts the relationships among doctors and nurses, it appeals emotionally to viewers on the subject of life.

In Meiji-era Matsue, a fallen samurai’s daughter and a lonely foreign teacher connect through ghost stories and an unlikely friendship.

In einer kalten Nacht begegnet das diebische Vater-Sohn-Gespann Osamu Shibata und Shota der kleinen Yuri. Sie ist verwahrlost und halb erfroren und so nimmt Osamu sie kurzerhand mit nach Hause. Nach anfänglichen Bedenken seiner Frau Nobuyo ist bald die ganze Familie, zu der auch noch Großmutter Hatsue und Halbschwester Aki gehören, begeistert von dem charmanten Neuzugang und Yuri lebt sich schnell bei der bunten Truppe, die sich mit Gaunereien und Diebstählen über Wasser hält, ein. Eines Tages wird diese Harmonie jedoch durch einen Vorfall empfindlich gestört und der Zusammenhalt der Familie durch unvorhergesehen Enthüllungen auf die Probe gestellt…

Shūichirō Kiriyama works at the Limitation Task Force, the place where the cases which have reached the statute of limitations are destroyed. Getting bored of his job, he decides to find a hobby, because it seems important to him to have a hobby. So he decides to puzzle out the unsolved cases on his free time, helped by his coworker Mikazuki, who seems to have a crush on him.

The mini-series revolves around the harem of a shogun in the Edo Period in Japan. The women jostle and compete with one another and with their lord and on occasion even wield more power than their master.

The 37th NHK Taiga Drama is Tokugawa Yoshinobu. The series focuses on the life of Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the 15th and final ruler of the Tokugawa period. Born the seventh son of Lord Nariaki of Mito, Yoshinobu is named shogun when he is just 29 years old. With a wisdom and vision beyond his years, he tries to prolong the life of this 200-year-old dynasty which began with Ieyasu. However, he is unable to forestall the winds of revolution as clans in Choshu, Satsuma and Tosa, with the help of the Imperial Court, clamor for change.