Complete [J-Drama] Puzzle

 Season 1

Title: パズル

Title (English): Puzzle

Format: Renzoku

Genre: Suspense, mystery

Episodes: 4

Broadcast network: TV Asahi

Broadcast period: 2007-Jan-13 to 2007-Feb-03

Air time: Saturday 25:25-25:55

Theme song: Niji no Tsuduki by Hirosawa Tadashi

Synopsis

When an armed group seizes control of an elite high school, a group of classmates are forced to find 2,000 puzzle pieces hidden throughout the school within 48 hours.

Cast

Yanagi Kotaro

Nakamura Yuichi

Takahashi Marino (高橋まりの)

Mori Ren

Yamamoto Yusuke

Katsura Asami (桂亜沙美)

Nakagawa Shingo

Nakamura Masaya

Shida Nanako (志田菜々子)

Tanaka Takuma (田中琢磨)

Kataoka Asuka (片岡明日香)

Amada Reki

Konno Masato (今野雅人)

Narita Shoji (成田昌児)

Season 2

Title: パズル

Title (English): Puzzle

Format: Renzoku

Genre: Mystery, comedy

Episodes: 10

Broadcast network: TV Asahi

Broadcast period: 2008-Apr-18 to 2008-Jun-20

Air time: Friday 21:00

Theme song: Moon Crying by Koda Kumi

Synopsis

Misako Ayukawa, a woman in her 30s, is an English teacher with ironically poor English skills. She values herself over her students and money over love. She displays arrogance in front of her students, but acts pleasantly around everyone else. However, Ayukawa possesses a brilliant mind for solving puzzles. Motivated by the possibility of rewards and treasure, she ends up tackling various cases on the weekends along with 3 of her top students.

Cast

Ishihara Satomi as Ayukawa Misako

Yamamoto Yusuke as Imamura Shinichi

Kimura Ryo as Kanzaki Akira

Nagayama Kento as Tsukamoto Yoshio

Iwata Sayuri as Matsuo Yuko

Sato Chiaki as Takamura Michiru

Asakura Aki as Wada Hitomi

Tsujimoto Hiromasa (辻本嘉真) as Nagatsuka Kenichi

Kaneko Norihito as Daido Goro

Shiomi Sansei as Kamata Torahiko

Guests

Igawa Hisashi as Aoyagi Ryuzaemon (ep1)

Saigo Teruhiko as Aoyagi Ryutaro (ep1)

Jinbo Satoshi as Aoyagi Ryujiro (ep1)

Oginome Keiko as Oki Tokie (ep1)

Miyaji Masako as Aoyagi Kanae (ep1)

Yamashita Hiroko as Aoyagi Yoshimi (ep1)

Ide Rakkyo (井手らっきょ) as Oki Atsuo (ep1)

Wakamura Mayumi as Miabe Kimiko (ep2)

Ikezu Shoko as Amano Hoshiko (ep2)

Otsuru Gitan as Osawa Takehiko (ep2)

Shirosaki Jin as Tamada Kazuhisa (ep2)

Kawahara Sabu as Tsuchida Shogoro (ep2)

Kitayama Masayasu (北山雅康) as Ishihara Keisuke (ep2)

Kubota Maki as Shimizu Eiko (ep2)

Kurobe Susumu as the shinto priest (ep2)

Ichikawa Kamejiro as Hashimoto Kenji (ep3)

Yajima Kenichi as Hasegawa Haruo (ep3)

Miho Jun as Kuroda Kumiko (ep3)

Nishio Mari as Hiroka Keiko (ep3)

Omiya Taro as Iwai Hiroshi (ep3)

Asakawa Chihiro (浅川稚広) as Kawakami Sachiko (ep3)

Kinomi Nana as Kurihara Wakaba (ep4)

Saito Yosuke as Chang Linpao (ep4)

Nakata Hirohisa (中田博久)as Narita Kohei (ep4)

Morishita Yoshiyuki as Mizota Kenichi (ep4)

Rokkaku Shinji (六角慎司) as Okamura Shunsuke (ep4)

Sakamoto Makoto as Shimura Eiichi (ep4)

Fujimoto Shizuka as Koyama Maki (ep4)

Kato Ryo (加藤諒) as Shirashi Kenichi (ep4)

Nicholas Pettas as Michael Nicolsen (ep4)

Yamamoto Yoko (山本陽子) as Gondo Yayoi (ep5)

Sasano Takashi as Gondo Shoichiro (ep5)

Kawamata Shinobu (川俣しのぶ) as Gondo Eiko (ep5)

Ochi Shizuka as Fujishiro Chikako (ep5)

Shibuya Kotono as Hirota Rei (ep5)

Ono Atsuko (小野敦子) as Nakamura Ume (ep5)

Kusamura Reiko as Gondo Fuyu (ep5)

Minegishi Toru as Kitakata Shoichi (ep6)

Anan Kenji as Kanayama Junpei (ep6)

Hankai Kazuaki as Yamazaki Makoto (ep6)

Dan Jiro as Kurokawa Taizo (ep6)

Kobayashi Ayako as Kudo Natsuko (ep6)

Shoji Yusuke (少路勇介) as Nagata Toshikazu (ep6)

Iijima Popopo (飯島ぽぽぽ) as Mimura Toshio (ep6)

Nishida Natsumi (西田奈津美) as Nagata Maki (ep6)

Yamano Fumito (山野史人) as middle-aged detective (ep6)

Kazama Morio as Konjakute Sannosuke (ep7)

Shimizu Koji as Konjakute Ichinosuke (ep7)

Hamada Akira as Shinoda Kohei (ep7)

Nakanishi Ryota as Konjakute Yonnosuke (ep7)

Denden as Konjakute Ninosuke (ep7)

Suzuki Sachiko (鈴木早智子) as Ikemura Akiko (ep7)

Otake Koichi (大竹浩一) as Konjakute Shonosuke (ep7)

Katsura Fukudanji (桂福團治) as Konjakute Mannosuke (ep7)

Nakayama Shinobu as Ando Tsubaki (ep8)

Wakabayashi Shiho (若林志穂) as Matsumura Ruri (ep8)

Hakamada Yoshihiko as Takamine Kyoji (ep8)

Koichi Mantaro as Soga Nobuo (ep8)

Rokkaku Seiji as Nishino Shigeru (ep8)

Nishida Ken as Sumida Toru (ep8)

Takahashi Kaori as Kobashi Kyoko (ep9)

Hayashi Yasufumi as Ichikawa Kitao (ep9)

Yasoda Yuichi (八十田勇一) as Onodera Seiji (ep9)

Ishizuka Yoshiyuki (石塚義之) as Kubota Shuichi (ep9)

Tanahashi Nuts (棚橋ナッツ) as Oishi (ep9)

Yana Nobuo (八名信夫) as Yamagami Kijuro (ep9)

Owada Shinya as Shimabukuro Tatsuzo (ep10)

Sada Mayumi as Nishino Erika (ep10)

Hashimoto Satoshi as Etajima Goro (ep10)

Nakamura Ikuji (中村育二) as Niwa Shuichi (ep10)

Tokui Yuu as Ishido Takehiko (ep10)