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AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

Seen it?

2002 | 25 seasons | 111 min | Drama, Crime, Mystery

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With almost no lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for crime-drama fans and anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved Fargo, start here.
The mood
Tense, dark and gritty.
The pace
25 seasons and 463 episodes: a long-haul commitment, hour-long episodes, about 857 hours in all.
What might put you off
  • A big time investment at 25 seasons.
  • It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

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.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerSolid

    Ran for 25 seasons and reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 11K people sought it out in the past year

Season by season

The show overall is a Weeknight Watch. Here's how each season stacks up; Season 19 is the high point.

  1. Season 12002 · 12 episodes
    Not rated yet
  2. Season 22003 · 21 episodes
    Not rated yet
  3. Season 32004 · 19 episodes
    Not rated yet
  4. Season 42005 · 21 episodes
    Not rated yet
  5. Season 52006 · 20 episodes
    Not rated yet
  6. Season 62007 · 19 episodes
    Not rated yet
  7. Season 72008 · 19 episodes
    Not rated yet
  8. Season 82009 · 19 episodes
    Not rated yet
  9. Season 92010 · 18 episodes
    Not rated yet
  10. Season 102011 · 19 episodes
    Not rated yet
  11. Season 112012 · 19 episodes
    Not rated yet
  12. Season 122013 · 19 episodes
    Not rated yet
  13. Season 132014 · 19 episodes
    Not rated yet
  14. Season 142015 · 20 episodes
    Not rated yet
  15. Season 152016 · 18 episodes
    Not rated yet
  16. Season 162017 · 20 episodes
    Not rated yet
  17. Monday Morning Maybe
    Season 172018 · 20 episodes · 6.2 out of 10
    Monday
  18. Season 182019 · 20 episodes
    Not rated yet
  19. Sunday Safe Bet
    Season 192020 · 20 episodes · 7.0 out of 10
    Sunday
  20. Weeknight Watch
    Season 202021 · 20 episodes · 6.8 out of 10
    Weeknight
  21. Weeknight Watch
    Season 212022 · 21 episodes · 6.8 out of 10
    Weeknight
  22. Season 222023 · 20 episodes
    Not rated yet
  23. Season 232024 · 19 episodes
    Not rated yet
  24. Season 242025 · 19 episodes
    Not rated yet
  25. Season 252026 · 2 episodes
    Not rated yet

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Cast & crew

  • Yutaka Mizutani杉下右京(Ukyō Sugishita)
  • Takashi Yamanaka芹泽庆二(Keiji Serizawa)
  • Kazuhisa Kawahara伊丹宪一(Kenichi Itami)
  • Atsushi Yamanishi角田六郎(Rokuro Kakuta)
  • Ryuji Katagiri内村完尔(Kanji Uchimura)
  • Ryo Ono中园照生(Teruo Nakazono)
  • Mitsuhiro Oikawa神户尊(Takeru Kambe)