In the world of Japanese TV doramas, there is one genre that has stood the test of time and that is the detective series. There have been all kinds of stories on TV, from the comical to the serious, and from these stories emerge the charming detectives that viewers come to like.
Which male detectives do the Japanese rank as their favorites?
- The gokon-loving Nodate Shinjiro in BOSS (Takenouchi Yutaka) – 100 votes
- The salaryman-turned-detective Aoshima Shunsaku in Odoru Daisousasen (Oda Yuuji) – 86
- The detective who is considerate of his subordinates, Azumi Tsuyoshi in HANCHO (Sasaki Kuranosuke) – 79.2
- The gentle-mannered Ando Kazuyuki in UNFAIR (EITA) – 74.7
- The mysterious detective, Katagiri Takuma in BOSS (Tamayama Tetsuji) – 71.5
- The former delinquent turned detective, Kudo Maruo in Tokyo DOGS (Mizushima Hiro) – 68.8
- The baby-faced detective, Shibata Taketora in Shibatora (Koike Teppei) – 67.9
- The detective with a sharp sense of deductive reasoning, Kaga Kyouichiro in Shinzanmono (Abe Hiroshi) – 65.2
- The stubborn and unsociable Takakura Sou in Tokyo DOGS (Oguri Shun) – 64.7
- The cool and methodical Sugishita Ukyo in Aibou (Mizutani Yutaka) – 63.8
- The cool Kanbei Takeru in Aibou (Oikawa Mitsuhiro) – 61.5
- The cheerful Hanagata Ippei in BOSS – 59.7
- The passionate Kameyama Kaoru in Aibou (Terawaki Yasufumi) – 47.5
- The very orthodox detective, Shigemura Kanichi in Deka Wanko (Sawamura Ikki) – 43
- The too-serious Murasame Akihiko in HANCHO (Nakamura Shunsuke) – 38.5
I love Oda Yuji in Odoru Daisousassen (Bayside Shakedown) but the coolest and the mostest will have to be Takenouchi Yutaka. Hayzzz. There’s just something about Nodate Kanrikan that I can’t explain.♥
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