Hiru: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Yuki Shinomiya is a 21-year-old man, who doesn't have friends. He spends his lonely days working part-time jobs. One day, he comes back home from work and finds a strange man sitting in his room. The man has a knife stab wound. The man is taken to the hospital and he introduces himself as Yuki Shinomiya to a detective there. He also points to Yuki Shinomiya and tells the detective that he stabbed him. Yuki Shinomiya runs away from the hospital and becomes a fugitive. At that time, a mysterious woman named Zoka appears in front of Yuki Shinomiya and asks him to help her take revenge on the person responsible for her father's death. Zoka is a Hiru, who stay at an empty house. Yuki Shinomiya stays with Zoka and they meet Kara (Kentaro Sakaguchi), who is a legendary Hiru. Kara lives for his revenge.

Series details

• Title: Hiru
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller
• Premiere date: 2022-03-04
• Final broadcast date listed: 2022-05-20
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: WOWOW
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 61046
• TVDB ID: 417474

Cast and credited roles

• Eiji Akaso — Shinomiya Yuki

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2022-03-04; final listed air date 2022-04-08; episode order: 6.
• Season 2: premiered 2022-04-15; final listed air date 2022-05-20; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Hiru 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.