Shibatora: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

No matter how you look at him, Shibata Taketora is just a quiet, ordinary junior high student. He looks so vulnerable that bullies try to rip him off on the streets, but he is actually a police detective and an expert swordsman in kendo. Taketora has a special ability to see the "hands of death" around people whose life is nearing the end. One day, Taketora is assigned on undercover operations. He sneaks into a high school, a maid cafe and a juvenile detention center... With the cooperation from his various friends, he gets to the bottom of the matters.

Series details

• Title: Shibatora
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Mystery
• Premiere date: 2008-07-08
• Final broadcast date listed: 2008-09-16
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Fuji TV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 32431
• IMDb ID: tt1284606
• TVDB ID: 106101

Cast and credited roles

• Teppei Koike — Shibata Taketora
• Suzuka Ohgo — Hosho Mizuki

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2008-07-08; final listed air date 2008-09-16; episode order: 11.

Source and licence

Adapted from Shibatora 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.