Trick: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Although 23 year old Yamada Naoko is a "super" magician, she is continously fired and constantly hounded by her landlady for the rent being late. After being fired once again, her boss shows her an ad of a physics professor, a non-believer of all things magical, offering money to anyone who can prove to him that magic is real. Desperately needing the money, Naoko accepts the challenge, which is how she comes to meet Professor Ueda. Falling prey to her simple magic tricks, Ueda is impressed, and enlists Naoko to help him uncover the tricks behind a local cult. Their hilarious antics, along with those of police officer Yabe, leads them onto further mysteries, all with tricks needing to be solved in sort of an "X-Files" meets "Scooby-Doo"...

Series details

• Title: Trick
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
• Premiere date: 2000-07-07
• Final broadcast date listed: 2014-01-12
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Asahi
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 37496
• TVDB ID: 85295

Cast and credited roles

• Hiroshi Abe — Jiro Ueda
• Yukie Nakama — Naoko Yamada
• Katsuhisa Namase — Kenzo Yabe
• Yoko Nogiwa — Satomi Yamada
• Kazuki Maehara — Tatsuya Ishihara

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2000-07-07; final listed air date 2000-09-15.
• Season 2: premiered 2002-01-11; final listed air date 2002-03-22.
• Season 3: premiered 2003-10-16; final listed air date 2014-01-12.

Source and licence

Adapted from Trick 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.