Complete [J-Drama] Mr. Brain

Title: MR. BRAIN

Format: Renzoku

Genre: Comedy, mystery

Episodes: 8

Broadcast network: TBS

Broadcast period: 2009-May-23 to 2009-Jul-11

Air time: Saturday 20:00

Theme song: JUMP by Van Halen

Synopsis

Tsukumo Ryusuke is a quirky, yet brilliant neuroscientist working for the National Research Institute of Police Science. Wielding a unique perspective and psychology, Tsukumo tackles the nation's most baffling crimes and scandals, going head-to-head with the most brilliant and twisted criminal minds. But his eccentricities and poor social timing can also aggravate people and circumstances, further complicating matters.

Cast

Kimura Takuya as Tsukumo Ryusuke

Ayase Haruka as Yuri Kazune

Mizushima Hiro as Hayashida Toranosuke

Hiraizumi Sei as Funaki Junpei

Shitara Osamu as Kanda Junichi

Yamazaki Shigenori as Ochi Koichi

SHIHO as Mariko

Kinoshita Yukina as the cleaning lady

Isaka Shunya (井坂俊哉) as Namikoshi Katsumi

Hayashi Yasufumi as Iwabuchi Kiyoshi

Kobayashi Katsuya (小林克也) as Seta Ippei

Tanaka Yuji (田中裕二) as Natsume Mitsuo

Tortoise Matsumoto (トータス松本) as Nanba Jotaro

Daichi Mao as Sasa Miharu

Kagawa Teruyuki as Tanbara Tomomi

Guests

Ichikawa Ebizo as Takei Kohei (ep1,7-8)

Sugimoto Tetta as Kojima Hideki (ep1,3,7)

Takashima Masanobu as Doi Kenzo (ep1)

Yusuke Santamaria as Funada Tsutomu (ep1)

Toda Keiko as the host club customer (ep1)

Hirosue Ryoko (ep1)

Shiga Kotaro as Tsuchida Goichi (ep1)

Tsuda Kanji as Komine Kazuhiko (ep1)

Abe Ryohei as a yakuza (ep1)

Gackt as Takegami Teijiro (ep2)

Koyuki as Miyase Kumiko (ep2)

Matsushige Yutaka as Kishikawa Seiji (ep2)

Jinbo Satoshi as Tsumura Shusuke (ep2)

Fukui Hiroaki as Takada Hidekazu (ep2)

Hirayama Yusuke as Goto Hideki (ep2)

Ishiguro Hideo as Sugiyama Kozo (ep2)

Kawamura Yosuke as a detective (ep2,5)

Onoue Hiroyuki as a member of crime lab (ep2-3,5,7-8)

Kamenashi Kazuya as Wakui Masakazu (ep3)

Aibu Saki as Goto Megumi (ep3)

Koichi Mantaro as Dr. Chihara (ep3)

Hirayama Hiroyuki as Araki Akio (ep3)

Shinagawa Toru as Hyuga Shinichi (ep3)

Okuda Tatsuhito (ep3)

Sato Takeru as Nakagawa Masaru (ep4-5)

Kimura Tae as Nakagawa Jun (ep4-5)

Togi Hideki (東儀秀樹) as Yagi Hitoshi (ep4-5)

Takaya Yuya (貴山侑哉) as Kinoshita Shoji (ep4)

David Ito as Nishizaki Minoru (ep5)

Nakama Yukie as Akiyoshi Kanako (ep5-6)

Osawa Itsumi (大沢逸美) as Matsushita Yuriko (ep5-6)

Rokkaku Shinji (六角慎司) as Aoyama Koichi (ep5-6)

Yoshida Yo as Sakamoto Ryoko (ep5-6)

Kamikawa Takaya as Kitazato Yosuke (ep7-8)

Mitsuishi Ken as Aizawa Yoshiyuki (ep7-8)

Hamada Akira as Ozaki Kohei (ep7-8)

Suzuki Kazuma as Ozaki Shinichiro (ep7-8)

Shimizu Koji as Kikuchi Daijiro (ep7-8)

Obayashi Takeshi as Kawase Yozo (ep7-8)

Yamada Meikyo as Tsuda Yoshikazu (ep7-8)

Hayashi Tsuyoshi (ep7)

Katori Shingo as a hijacker (ep8)