Specialist (TV series)

Specialist (スペシャリスト) is a Japanese television drama series that premiered on TV Asahi on 14 January 2016.[1] It was previously aired as Saturday Night drama from 2013 to 2015.[2] In this drama, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, a member of SMAP, played the lead role, Kaho Minami, Yūta Hiraoka and Natsuna appeared in supporting roles.[3] The first episode received a viewership rating of 17.1%, and its overall average was 12.0%.[4] It was Sei Ashina’s final television role before her death in 2020.

Specialist
Promotional poster
GenreDrama
Written by
  • Masashi Todayama
  • Yūichi Tokunaga
Directed by
  • Gō Shichitaka
  • Takurō Oikawa
  • Mitsunobu Hosokawa
Starring
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of series1
No. of episodes10
Production
Producers
  • Kōichi Funatsu
  • Seiji Kawashima
  • Masayuki Meguro
  • Kenichi Wasano
Running time54 minutes
Release
Original networkTV Asahi
Original releaseJanuary 14 (2016-01-14) 
March 17, 2016 (2016-03-17)

Plot

In this drama series, Yoshito Takuma (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) works together with his former team, consisting of Chinami Anekoji (Kaho Minami), Yuiko Matsubara (Sei Asahina), Kohei Horikawa (Yuta Hiraoka) and newcomer Maria Azuma (Natsuna Watanabe), to solve a variety of cases.

Cast

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byOriginal air dateViewers
(%)[4]
1"10年間刑務所にいた刑事! トリックだらけの密室殺人!! 美人妻の空白の300日"Gō Shichitaka14 January 2016 (2016-01-14)17.1
2"10年服役した刑事! いろはカルタ殺人事件月夜に狙われた女!!"Gō Shichitaka21 January 2016 (2016-01-21)12.5
3"時効寸前! 殺人罪を消滅させるトリック!? 悪女の復讐!!"Gō Shichitaka28 January 2016 (2016-01-28)14.1
4"女刑事・姉小路の罪 5年の嘘!? 京都~東京2つの殺人の点と線"Takurō Oikawa4 February 2016 (2016-02-04)11.8
5"殺人上映会! 死んだ女優から謎の招待状…容疑者は観客全員!?"Takurō Oikawa11 February 2016 (2016-02-11)12.1
6"復讐のピアニスト! 母子を引き裂く遠隔殺人トリック!!"Mitsunobu Hosokawa18 February 2016 (2016-02-18)12.2
7"病院が巨大密室に!? 致死率100%ウイルス ナースの完全犯罪!!"Mitsunobu Hosokawa25 February 2016 (2016-02-25)11.5
8"最終章! 殺人トーナメントの標的は宅間!? 妻との永遠の別れ…"Takurō Oikawa3 March 2016 (2016-03-03)10.9
9"すべての謎が明らかに! 冤罪に陥れた男とついに対決!!"Gō Shichitaka10 March 2016 (2016-03-10)11.3
10"さよなら宅間! 目撃者は1000人!! 命がけの逆転トリック"Gō Shichitaka17 March 2016 (2016-03-17)12.0

References

  1. TV スペシャリスト. allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  2. 草なぎ剛主演、連ドラ版『スペシャリスト』に夏菜&和田正人が新加入 (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  3. 南果歩の誕生日を草なぎ剛がギターを弾いて祝福 (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  4. スペシャリスト (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
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