Garo: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In order to protect humanity against dark demonic manifestations, Kouga Saezima assumed the title of Makai Knight. He encounters the young girl Kauro, who is imprisoned by the so-called 'Horrors', during his quest to purify them. As a rule Kouga has to kill those who are slained by the blood of horror or they will die within 100 days of a painful death, but somehow spares Kauro's life to find a way to purify her before she passes away.

Series details

• Title: Garo
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Action, Fantasy, Horror
• Premiere date: 2005-10-07
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 26 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 16877
• IMDb ID: tt0978032
• TVDB ID: 125201

Cast and credited roles

• Hironobu Kageyama — Zaruba
• Hiroyuki Watanabe — Taiga Saejima/Golden Fang GARO
• Mika Hijii — Kaoru Mitsuki
• Yukijirô Hotaru — Gonza Kurahashi
• Hiroki Konishi — Kouga Saejima/Golden Fang GARO
• Mark Musashi — Kodama
• Ai Orikasa — Silva
• Alisa Yuriko Durbrow — Shizuka
• Kimika Yoshino — Garuma
• Masaki Kyomoto — Ryuuzaki Saejima
• Mina Fukui — Asami
• Ray Fujita — Rei Suzumura

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2005-10-07; final listed air date 2006-03-31; episode order: 25.
• Season 2: premiered 2011-10-06; final listed air date 2012-03-22; episode order: 24.
• Season 3: premiered 2013-04-05; final listed air date 2013-09-27; episode order: 25.
• Season 4: premiered 2014-04-04; final listed air date 2014-09-27; episode order: 25.
• Season 5: premiered 2015-04-10; final listed air date 2015-09-18; episode order: 23.
• Season 6: premiered 2016-04-09; final listed air date 2016-06-24; episode order: 12.
• Season 7: premiered 2017-01-06; final listed air date 2017-03-31; episode order: 13.
• Season 8: premiered 2018-10-05; final listed air date 2019-10-04; episode order: 12.
• Season 9: premiered 2020-04-02; final listed air date 2020-06-25; episode order: 12.
• Season 10: premiered 2024-01-11; final listed air date 2024-03-28.
• Season 11: premiered 2024-01-11; final listed air date 2024-03-28; episode order: 12.
• Season 12: premiered 2026-02-06; final listed air date 2026-03-27.

Source and licence

Adapted from Garo 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.