Endimion Takayama: Complete [J-Drama] Koshonin

Title: 交渉人

Title (romaji): Koshonin

Tagline: The Negotiator

Genre: Detective, mystery

Broadcast network: TV Asahi

Air time: Thursday 21:00

Season 1

Episodes: 8

Broadcast period: 2008-Jan-10 to 2008-Feb-28

Theme song: Ogon Soul by Shonannokaze

Synopsis

In a modern society in which violent crimes are on the rise, there is a team that tries to resolve cases without bloodshed. It is the metropolitan police's special team, known by the abbreviation SIT (Special Investigation Team). The SIT doesn't get into action after a case but heads to the site just as a crime is being committed. They are on the front-line of risky missions, facing off against criminals; tenaciously conducting negotiations with criminals. As a result of the rigid police hierarchy that can curb the conduct of negotiators, the SIT is also a male-dominated society controlled with strict discipline. There is one female negotiator, Usagi Reiko, who bravely fights at the frontline. She is isolated in the male world of the SIT but courageously fights against crime as well as her organisation.

Cast

Yonekura Ryoko as Usagi Reiko

Jinnai Takanori as Kirisawa Keigo

Takahashi Katsumi as Katayama Kazuyoshi

Sasano Takashi as Sumida Kohei

Suzuki Kosuke as Hasebe Kunio

Kakei Toshio as Kizaki Seiichiro

Yasu Megumi as Mimura Rumiko

Takaoka Sousuke as Amari Yusuke

Shirota Yu as Mariya Kyosuke

Osugi Ren as Takabayashi Shizuo

Ibu Masato as Mikio Kudo

Nakayama Megumi as Sugawara Yumi

Komoto Maki as Yamamoto Midori

Takachi Noboru as Hasumi Yoshiki

Hayashi Tantan as Usagi Mio

Abe Ryohei

Guests

Takasugi Ko as Takemoto Haruo (ep1)

Kyo Nobuo as Sakuma Yuji (ep2)

Takizawa Ryoko (滝沢涼子) as Kaori (ep2)

Mizukawa Asami as Miyahara Yukiko (eps 3-4)

Yamashita Yorie as Sakai Kazuko (eps 3-4)

Hiraga Masaomi as Kaai Mitsuo (eps 3-4)

Uchikura Kenji (内倉憲二) as Izuta (eps 3-4)

Harada Kana (原田佳奈) as Sekiguchi Mamiko (eps 3-4)

Inoue Waka as Sayuri (ep5)

Yamaguchi Miyako as Motohashi Yoshie (ep5)

Okada Masaki as Motohashi Kazuma (ep5)

Saito Shota as Taguchi (ep6)

Daito Shunsuke as Iizuka Yoshihiro (ep6)

Tanaka Kei as Kitaoka (ep6)

Hiraizumi Sei as Noguchi Kosuke (ep7)

Kihara Minoru (木原実) as Mochizuki (ep7)

Araki Hirofumi as Sakai Takashi (ep7)

Kuranuki Masahiro as Nakamura Ryuichi (ep7)

Takahashi Mitsuomi as Asakawa Masaki (ep7)

Otaka Hiroo as an investigator (ep8)

Mary Takeyama (竹山メリー) as a reporter (ep8)

Special

Broadcast date: 2009-Feb-28

Air time: Saturday 21:00

Synopsis

Negotiator special revolves around SIT (Special Investigation Team) as they work to prevent crimes as they happen.

Cast

Yonekura Ryoko as Usagi Reiko

Kakei Toshio as Kizaki Seiichiro

Takaoka Sousuke as Amari Yusuke

Sasano Takashi as Sumida Kohei

Suzuki Kosuke as Hasebe Kunio

Takachi Noboru as Hasumi Yoshiki

Osugi Ren as Takabayashi Shizuo

Ibu Masato as Mikio Kudo

Shirota Yu as Mariya Kyosuke

Yasu Megumi as Mimura Rumiko

Hayashi Tantan as Usagi Mio

Nakayama Megumi as Sugawara Yumi

Komoto Maki as Yamamoto Midori

Takahashi Katsumi as Katayama Kazuyoshi

Jinnai Takanori as Kirisawa Keigo

Guests

Kazama Morio as Yuzuhara Keiichi

Kazama Shunsuke as Senuma Akio

Hara Sachie as Nozaki Natsuno

Nakahara Takeo as Shinomiya Kyusaku

Ebisu Yoshikazu as Sakazaki Tatsuro

Season 2

Episodes: 9

Broadcast period: 2009-Oct-22 to 2009-Dec-17

Theme song: My Style by Denda Mao (傳田真央)

Synopsis

The new season opens with a string of deadly incidents involving guns sent to various people by someone known as "Summer Claus." The weapons seem to be part of a batch of 27 stolen guns, and so far 14 of them have been given out. Now it's up to Usagi and the rest of the SIT to recover the remaining 13 before there are any more casualties...

Cast

Yonekura Ryoko as Usagi Reiko

Kakei Toshio as Kizaki Seiichiro

Sasano Takashi as Sumida Kohei

Tsukaji Muga as Sakuraba Kenji

Takachi Noboru as Hasumi Yoshiki

Takaoka Sousuke as Amari Yusuke

Yagami Ren as Oji Hayato

Jinnai Takanori as Kirisawa Keigo

Shirota Yu as Mariya Kyosuke

Hayashi Tantan as Usagi Mio

Yasu Megumi as Mimura Rumiko

Nakayama Megumi as Sugawara Yumi

Nagaike Natsuko as Sayama Aoi

Asano Yuko as Yumisaka Fumiko

Osugi Ren as Takabayashi Shizuo

Ibu Masato as Mikio Kudo

Takahashi Katsumi as Katayama Kazuyoshi

Nagano Satomi as Shibata Shizue (ep1-2)

Okuda Tatsuhito as Sato Genta (ep4)

Amada Reki (ep8,9)

Movie

Title: 交渉人 THE MOVIE / 「交渉人 THE MOVIE〜タイムリミット高度10,000mの頭脳戦〜

Title (romaji): Koshonin The Movie / Koshonin: The movie - Taimu limitto kodo 10,000 M no zunosen

Title (english): The Negotiator The Movie

Tagline: The Negotiator

Genre: Detective, mystery

Broadcast period: February 11, 2010

Synopsis

¥ 260,000,000 is stolen from armored vehicle. The criminals escape into a crowded shopping mall and take over 50 hostages. Reiko Usagi (Ryoko Yonekura) and the SIT members are called in to break the stand-off. When Reiko goes into the shopping mall to negotiate, an explosion suddenly occurs. The hostages panic and run, while the criminals are able to blend into crowd of people and escape.

A few weeks later, Reiko is at the Haneda Airport to go on a vacation. She then spots Yusuke Kimoto (Kento Hayashi), a man who was one of the hostages at the shopping mall. Reiko remembers Yusuke's bizarre behavior and her instinct starts kicking in. She decides to follow the man and boards the airplane that Yusuke is taking. Shortly after take-off her instincts prove correct. The airplane is hijacked ...

Cast

Ryoko Yonekura as Reiko Usagi

Toshio Kakei as Seiichiro Kizaki

Takashi Sasano as Kohei Sumida

Muga Tsukaji as Kenji Sakuraba

Ren Yagami as Ouji Shuto

Yuu Shirota as Kyosuke Mariya

Megumi Yasu as Yumiko Mimura

Tantan Hayashi as Mio Usagi

Natsuko Nagaike as Aoi Sayama

Masato Ibu as Mikio Kudo

Katsumi Takahashi as Kazuyoshi Katayama