Specialist (TV series)

*Specialist*
Specialist
	Promotional poster
Genre	Drama
Written by	Masashi Todayama; Yūichi Tokunaga;
Directed by	Gō Shichitaka; Takurō Oikawa; Mitsunobu Hosokawa;
Starring	Tsuyoshi Kusanagi; Kaho Minami; Yūta Hiraoka;
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Producers	Kōichi Funatsu; Seiji Kawashima; Masayuki Meguro; Kenichi Wasano;
Running time	54 minutes
Original release
Network	TV Asahi
Release	January 14 –; March 17, 2016

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.

Plot[edit]

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[edit]

Tsuyoshi Kusanagi as Yoshito Takuma
Kaho Minami as Chinami Anekōji
Yūta Hiraoka as Kōhei Horikawa
Natsuna as Maria Azuma
Sei Ashina as Yuiko Matsubara
Masato Wada as Nozomu Nogata
Mitsuru Fukikoshi as Hiroki Takidō

Episodes[edit]

No.	Title	Directed by	Original air date	Viewers (%)^[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 Shichitaka	14 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 Shichitaka	21 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 Shichitaka	28 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 Oikawa	4 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 Oikawa	11 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 Hosokawa	18 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 Hosokawa	25 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 Oikawa	3 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 Shichitaka	10 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 Shichitaka	17 March 2016 (2016-03-17)	12.0

References[edit]

^ TV スペシャリスト. allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b スペシャリスト (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2016-04-12.

External links[edit]

Official website
Specialist at IMDb

Preceded by Isan Sōzoku (October 22, 2015 (2015-10-22) - December 17, 2015 (2015-12-17))	TV Asahi Thursday Dramas Thursdays 21:00 - 21:54 (JST)	Succeeded by Good Partner: Muteki no Bengoshi (April 21, 2016 (2016-04-21) - June 2016 (2016-06))

[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.

[sponichi_ratings-4] スペシャリスト (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2016-04-12.

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