Aibou: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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. Currently working with Ukyo is a young detective Toru Kai, who first appears in Season 11. Toru is a son of Deputy Director-General of The National Police Agency. But he became a detective by his own effort.

Series details

• Title: Aibou
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Crime
• Premiere date: 2002-10-09
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Asahi
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 56 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 12267
• IMDb ID: tt1441480
• TVDB ID: 188501

Cast and credited roles

• Yutaka Mizutani — Ukyo Sugishita
• Yasufumi Terawaki — Kaoru Kameyama
• Takashi Sorimachi — Wataru Kaburagi
• Narimiya Hiroki — Toru Kai
• Mitsuhiro Oikawa — Takeru Kanbe

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2002-10-09; final listed air date 2002-12-25; episode order: 12.
• Season 2: premiered 2003-10-08; final listed air date 2004-03-17; episode order: 21.
• Season 3: premiered 2004-10-13; final listed air date 2005-03-23; episode order: 19.
• Season 4: premiered 2005-10-12; final listed air date 2006-03-15; episode order: 21.
• Season 5: premiered 2006-10-11; final listed air date 2007-03-14; episode order: 20.
• Season 6: premiered 2007-10-24; final listed air date 2008-03-19; episode order: 19.
• Season 7: premiered 2008-10-22; final listed air date 2009-03-18; episode order: 19.
• Season 8: premiered 2009-10-14; final listed air date 2010-03-10; episode order: 19.
• Season 9: premiered 2010-10-20; final listed air date 2011-03-09; episode order: 18.
• Season 10: premiered 2011-10-19; final listed air date 2012-03-21; episode order: 19.
• Season 11: premiered 2012-10-10; final listed air date 2013-03-20; episode order: 19.
• Season 12: premiered 2013-10-16; final listed air date 2014-03-19; episode order: 19.
• Season 13: premiered 2014-10-15; final listed air date 2015-03-18; episode order: 19.
• Season 14: premiered 2015-10-14; final listed air date 2016-03-16; episode order: 20.
• Season 15: premiered 2016-10-12; final listed air date 2017-03-22; episode order: 18.
• Season 16: premiered 2017-10-18; final listed air date 2018-03-14; episode order: 20.
• Season 17: premiered 2018-10-17; final listed air date 2019-03-20; episode order: 20.
• Season 18: premiered 2019-10-09; final listed air date 2020-03-18; episode order: 20.
• Season 19: premiered 2020-10-14; final listed air date 2021-03-17; episode order: 20.
• Season 20: premiered 2021-10-13; final listed air date 2022-03-23; episode order: 20.
• Season 21: premiered 2022-10-12; final listed air date 2023-03-15; episode order: 21.
• Season 22: premiered 2023-10-18; final listed air date 2024-03-13; episode order: 20.
• Season 23: premiered 2024-10-16; final listed air date 2025-03-12; episode order: 19.
• Season 24: premiered 2025-10-15; final listed air date 2026-03-11; episode order: 19.

Source and licence

Adapted from Aibou on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.