Endimion Takayama: Complete [J-Drama] Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo

Title: 金田一少年の事件簿

Title (romaji): Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo

Also known as: Kindaichi Boy's Accident Files / The Files of Young Kindaichi

Format: Renzoku

Genre: Mystery, suspense

Broadcast network: NTV

Season 1

Episodes: 8 + 2 Specials

Broadcast period: 1995-Jul-15 to 1995-Sep-16; Special: 1995-Apr-08

Air time: Saturday 21:00

Theme song: Hitorijanai by Domoto Tsuyoshi

Synopsis

A young man who showed little promise while a high school student becomes a master detective, just like his grandfather.

Synopsis Special 1 (Academy's Seven Mysteries Murder Case)

At Fudo High, the principal receives threatening letters from someone called the "Afterschool Magician," who warns them to stop the plans to tear down the old school building. Scary rumours of students who died in the "Seven Mysteries of Fudo High" began to spread again, and it isn't long before Kindaichi and Miyuki gets involved when the Mystery Club asks them to help investigate. When the members of the Mystery Club turns up dead one by one and Miyuki also gets attacked, Kindaichi realizes that he must solve it before anymore people are killed.

Synopsis Special 2 (Snow Demon Legend Murder Case)

Kindaichi and Inspector Kenmochi are helping out with the filming of Shock TV, a reality show that pulls pranks to shock celebrities. The crew is filming at the house of a painter located in an area purportedly haunted by a legendary snow demon. These legends seemed come to life when an actress is murdered on television by the figure of a snow demon, to the horror of the cast.

Cast

Domoto Tsuyoshi as Kindaichi Hajime

Tomosaka Rie as Nanase Miyuki

Furuoya Masato as Kenmochi Isamu

Ikeuchi Mansaku as Akechi Kengo

Sano Mizuki (佐野瑞樹) as Makabe Makoto

Hara Tomohiro as Saki Ryuta

Miura Rieko as Takashima Tomoyo

Riju Go as Itsuki Yosuke

Nakayama Emiri as Hayami Reika

Tachikawa Masashi (立川政市) as Mukai Takeo

Akiyama Jun as Fuse Mitsuhiko

Yuui Ryoko as Tokita Wakaba (ep1)

Tonesaku Toshihide as Odagiri Susumu (ep1)

Okada Masumi as Kazamatsuri Junya (ep1)

Shirakawa Kazuko as Fuyuki Mitsuko (ep1)

Mitani Noboru (三谷昇) as Tokita Juuzo (ep1)

Terada Chiho (寺田千穂) as Kanzaki Shiori (ep1)

Ayata Toshiki (綾田俊樹) as Kabuto Reiji (ep1)

Matsubara Tomoko (松原朋子) as Kabuto Kiriko (ep1)

Osawa Ken (大沢健) as Tono Eiji (ep2)

Misumi Hachiro (三角八朗) as Koyama Saburo (ep2)

Mizushima Kaori (水島かおり) as Koyama Seiko (ep2)

Yamazaki Hajime as Kobayashi Seiji (ep2)

Minegishi Toru as Kouda Seisaku (ep2)

Kohashi Kenji as Arimori Yuji (ep3)

Tada Asami (多田亜沙美) as Hidaka Orie (ep3)

Natsuyagi Isao as Kurosawa Kazuma (ep3)

Sonoda Akiko (園田亜希子) as Tsukishima Fuyuko (ep3)

Moro Morooka as employee (ep3)

Yamaguchi Kaori as Mimasaka Midori (ep4)

Takagi Junichi (高城淳一) as Iwada Eisaku (ep4)

Nagae Hidekazu as Kakimoto Asato (ep4)

Tsuruta Shinobu as Yasojima Ryuzo (ep4)

Shimizu Koji as Yahagi Hisayoshi (ep4)

Ishino Mako as Ono Kumiko (ep5)

Matsuyama Koji (松山幸次) as Nito Nobuyuki (ep5)

Kobashi Megumi as Yoshimura Risa (ep5)

Nihei Kouichi (二瓶鮫一) as Kume Yuichiro (ep5)

Nozoe Yoshihiro as Akutsu Kunio (ep5)

Shingyoji Kimie (真行寺君枝) as Tatsumi Shino (ep6)

Akutsu Kentaro as Tatsumi Seimaru (ep6)

Yamamoto Taro as Tatsumi Ryunosuke (ep6)

Omura Ayako as Tatsumi Moegi (ep6)

Ogura Hisahiro as Senda Saruhiko (ep6)

Kato Mitsuru as local criminal (ep6)

Hanahara Teruko as Ume (ep6)

Kawasaki Ai (川崎愛) as Tatsumi Ayako (ep6)

Nonaka Isao as Hiiragi Kaneharu (ep6)

Kuroda Fukumi as Takigawa Kaoru (ep7-8)

Katagiri Ryuji as Kusaburo Bando (ep7-8)

Achiwa Satomi as Touma Megumi (ep7-8)

Akaboshi Shoichiro (赤星昇一郎) as Yamada Takaaki (ep7-8)

Uchino Masaaki as Zenigata Kentaro (ep7-8)

Yoshimoto Miyoko as Makime Hitomi (ep7-8)

Matano Seiji (又野誠治) as butler (ep7-8)

Enjo Keisuke (遠城啓輔) as Professor Sayama (ep7-8)

Tokui Yuu

Kanazawa Akane

Kubozuka Yosuke

Takahashi Reina (高橋玲奈) as Sakuragi Mariko (SP1)

Sudo Koichi (須藤公一) as Onoue Takahiro (SP1)

Tanaka Minako as Asano Reiko (SP1)

Hosokawa Toshiyuki as Matoba Yuichiro (SP1)

Haga Kenji as Hada Futoshi (SP1)

Kawahara Sabu as Amemiya Ryozo (SP1)

Ueda Koichi as Mitani Kyoto (SP1)

Isamu Shizuka (勇静華) as Ota Chiaki (SP1)

Azuma Terumi as Kano Rie (SP2)

Yue Takeyuki as Daimon Yuusaku (SP2)

Fuji Mariko as Hiruta Yuko (SP2)

Kato Zenpaku as Takada Youichi (SP2)

Nakanishi Ryota as Akashi Michio (SP2)

Kurosawa Asuka as Ayatsuji Mari (SP2)

Toyama Toshiya as Egawa Matsuo (SP2)

Okouchi Hiroshi (大河内浩) as Himuro Ichihijiri / Mizunuma Shozo (SP2)

Tanimura Masahiko (谷村昌彦) as village old man (SP2)

Isono Kiriko as reporter (SP2)

Domoto Koichi (cameo, SP2)

Season 2

Episodes: 9 + Special

Broadcast period: 1996-Jul-13 to 1996-Sep-14; Special: 1997-Dec-13

Air time: Saturday 21:00

Theme song: Kiss Kara Hajimaru Mystery by Kinki Kids

Synopsis

Kindaichi was the grandson of a famous detective, and although had an IQ of 180, did not do well in school. He cracked many cases using logic and the leads he could find at the scenes of murder. Although the murderers could be predictable at times, it is interesting to see how he solved the mystery.

Synopsis Special (Legend of the Shanghai Mermaid)

Kindaichi is off on yet another case, this time in Shanghai. When the father of a Chinese friend of the young Kindaichi is murdered at the circus, it is up to the ever-resourceful and clever young high-school detective to solve the case. But hidden in the background is the 4000 year-old legend of the Shanghai Mermaid.

Cast

Domoto Tsuyoshi as Kindaichi Hajime

Tomosaka Rie as Nanase Miyuki

Furuoya Masato as Kenmochi Isamu

Nakayama Emiri as Hayami Reika

Mizukawa Asami (SP)

Nakao Akira (SP)

Ayase Haruka (SP)

Achiwa Satomi (SP)

Season 3

Episodes: 9 + Special

Broadcast period: 2001-Jul-01 to 2001-Sep-30; Special: 2001-Mar-25

Air time: Saturday 21:00; Special: Sunday 21:00

Theme song: Jidai by Arashi

Synopsis

The Young Kindaichi is back and better than ever! In this first of many cases, Kindaichi finds himself onboard a cruise ship in which the captain mysteriously disappears the day after a big party. A search of the ship finds nothing, except for little drops of blood on the light switch in the captain's room. Might it be a clue perhaps? You bet! When what looks to be a case of serious foul play unfolds, the ship's radio is found disabled-so much for contacting the authorities. So, far out at sea until they can reach land, it's up to Kindaichi and friends to find the killer - and stay alive!

Synopsis Special (Murder on the Magic Express)

When the head of the touring magician’s group "Magical Fantasy‿ is murdered on a train while on his way to Hokkaido, young Kindaichi, who also just happens to be on board, is fast on the case to find the culprit. But just as quickly as the case unfolds, the body disappears only to be rediscovered again, along with other new bodies.

Cast

Matsumoto Jun as Kindaichi Hajime

Naitou Takashi as Kenmochi Tsuyoshi

Suzuki Anne as Nanase Miyuki

Katagiri Jin (SP)

Fujii Naoyuki (SP)

2005 Special

Tagline: 吸血鬼伝説殺人事件

Tagline (romaji): Kyuuketsuki Densetsu Satsujin Jiken

Also known as: Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo 2005: The Legendary Vampire Murders

Broadcast date: 2005-Sep-24

Air time: Saturday 21:00

Synopsis

Miyuki receives an invitation from her friend Hikune Youhei to the themed inn "Ruins", located in a virtual ghost town haunted by the legend of a vampire. However, what Kindaichi had originally dismissed as spooky rumours with no basis became horribly real when their fellow guests staying at the inn are found dead one by one, with their bodies drained of blood and wounds in their necks that resembled vampire bites.

Cast

Kamenashi Kazuya as Kindaichi Hajime

Ueno Juri as Nanase Miyuki

Kato Masaya as Kenmochi Isamu

Hoshino Mari as Minato Aoko

Nakamura Shunsuke as Hiro Keisuke

Tanaka Koki

Nakamaru Yuichi

Kato Rosa as Tsuji Yuria

Hosaka Naoki

Abe Nagisa

Yajima Kenichi