Hero: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Kohei Kuryu is a former juvenile delinquent who drops out of junior high and goes on to earn a high school equivalency diploma. After passing the law board exams, Kuryu becomes a prosecutor. Not your typical prosecutor, which is quickly seen through the clothes that he wears, Kuryu possesses quick instincts and a kind of cleverness that only someone raised on the streets could have.

Maiko Amamiya is a shrewd public prosecutor who has her eyes set on passing the exam to become a deputy prosecutor and tries her best to be noticed by her boss. Kuryu, on the other hand, after earning a reputation for doing top-notch work, is transferred to Amamiya's division, and finally opens his eyes to the possibility of promotion. Unfortunately, his unprecedented work behavior abruptly brings things to a halt.

Although earning a reputation as a bad apple, the influence from Kuryu's strong pursuit of justice slowly begins to change things around him. This drama is filled with it all; love, laughs and lots of emotion.

Series details

• Title: Hero
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Mystery, Legal
• Premiere date: 2001-01-08
• Final broadcast date listed: 2014-09-22
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Fuji TV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 13021
• IMDb ID: tt0288960
• TVDB ID: 95821

Cast and credited roles

• Takako Matsu — Amamiya Maiko
• Takuya Kimura — Kuryu Kohei
• Hiroshi Abe — Shibayama Mitsugu
• Norito Yashima — Endo Kenji
• Fumiyo Kohinata — Suetsugu Takayuki
• Masanobu Katsumura — Egami Tatsuo
• Takuzo Kadono — Ushimaru Yutaka
• Nene Otsuka — Nakamura Misuzu
• Kiyoshi Kodama — Nabeshima Toshimitsu

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2001-01-08; final listed air date 2006-07-03; episode order: 11.
• Season 2: premiered 2014-07-14; final listed air date 2014-09-22; episode order: 11.

Source and licence

Adapted from Hero 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.