AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

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AIBOU (相棒, Aibō, Partners) is a Japanese television detective series that first aired on TV Asahi on June 3, 2000. It has been adapted into six films: AIBOU: The Movie (2008), AIBOU: CSI Files (2009),[1] AIBOU: The Movie II (2010), AIBOU: X-DAY (2013), AIBOU: The Movie III (2014) and AIBOU: The Movie IV (2017).

AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
The logo for Seasons 1-7
Also known asPartners
Genredetective fiction
Created by
StarringYutaka Mizutani
Opening theme
Ending theme
  • Promised You by Zard (Pilots)
ComposerYoshihiro Ike
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of seasons22
No. of episodes423
Production
Production companyToei
Original release
NetworkTV Asahi
ReleaseJune 3, 2000 (2000-06-03) –
present

The drama features Ukyō Sugishita (杉下右京) , a police inspector assigned to the fictional Special Missions Unit (特命係, Tokumei-gakari) of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and his partners as Kaoru Kameyama (亀山薫) from 2000 to 2009 and again from 2022 onward, Takeru Kambe (神戸尊) from 2009 to 2012, Tōru Kai (甲斐享) from 2012 to 2015, and Wataru Kaburagi (冠城亘) from 2015 to 2022. In Season 15 Episode 3, Roland appears as a host.[2]

AIBOU is also broadcast with English subtitles in Hawaii by the television station KIKU under the name Partners,[3][4] and in Los Angeles by the station Japan Hollywood Network (before UTB 18.1) under the official English name AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo.[5][6][7]

Seasons

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Season Episodes Debut Ending
Pre-Season 3 June 3, 2000 November 10, 2001
1 12 October 9, 2002 December 25, 2002
2 21 October 8, 2003 March 17, 2004
3 19 October 13, 2004 March 23, 2005
4 21 October 10, 2005 March 15, 2006
5 20 October 11, 2006 March 13, 2007
6 19 October 24, 2007 March 19, 2008
7 19 October 22, 2008 March 18, 2009
8 19 October 14, 2009 March 10, 2010
9 18 October 20, 2010 March 9, 2011
10 19 October 19, 2011 March 21, 2012
11 19 October 10, 2012 March 20, 2013
12 19 October 16, 2013 March 19, 2014
13 19 October 15, 2014 March 18, 2015
14 20 October 14, 2015 March 16, 2016
15 18 October 12, 2016 March 22, 2017
16 20 October 18, 2017 March 14, 2018
17 20 October 17, 2018 March 20, 2019
18 20 October 9, 2019 March 18, 2020
19 20 October 14, 2020 March 17, 2021
20 20 October 13, 2021 March 23, 2022
21 21 October 12, 2022 March 15, 2023
22 20 October 18, 2023 March 13, 2024
23 October 16, 2024

Films

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Spin-off series

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Cast

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Video game

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A Nintendo DS game called Aibou DS was published by Tecmo in March 5, 2009.

References

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  1. ^ "Partners: Csi Files".
  2. ^ "ドラマ『相棒 Season 15』の感想・レビュー[562件] | Filmarks".
  3. ^ "Partners 10". kikutv.com. Archived from the original on May 13, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  4. ^ "Partners 13". 2019-01-04.
  5. ^ "Tv asahi Buyer's Catalogue".
  6. ^ "UTB Los Angeles premieres record-setting Japanese drama Hanzawa Naoki". 2014-03-17.
  7. ^ "Home".
  8. ^ "六角精児、16年間レギュラー「相棒」降板したワケ 水谷豊から「気持ちわかる」と" (in Japanese). Sponichi. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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