Daddy Detective: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Shintaro is a detective at the Kichijoji police station in Tokyo, Japan. Shintaro works with Yu Nagamine. In his personal life, Shintaro is married to Kaori and has three children. His wife is currently hospitalized.

In the past, Shintaro's work as a detective was exemplary, but after his wife became ill his focus shifted to taking care of his family. Arrest ratings at his police station dropped because of this. Shintaro tries his best to balance work with taking care of his family, but it is difficult. Karoi's mother, Yoshie then offers to take care of the kids.

Series details

• Title: Daddy Detective
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Mystery
• Premiere date: 2015-01-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 2015-03-23
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TBS
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 54 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 39395
• IMDb ID: tt4226782
• TVDB ID: 289665

Cast and credited roles

• Shosuke Tanihara — Shintaro Sugiyama
• Jun Kaname — Yu Nagamine
• Miki Sakai — Kaori Sugiyama
• Keiko Takahashi — Yoshie Aoyagi
• Shiro Sano — Katsuhiko Okasaki
• Nana Katase — Sakurako Kagawa
• Takaaki Enoki — Yoshio Kamamoto
• Natsuko Nagaike — Midori Sawa
• Yuki Kubota — Shinya Aragaki
• Hideo Ishiguro — Kenichi Murata

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2015-01-12; final listed air date 2015-03-23; episode order: 11.

Source and licence

Adapted from Daddy Detective 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.