Strawberry Night Saga

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Drama: Strawberry Night Saga
Romaji: Sutoroberi Naito Saga
Japanese: ストロベリーナイト・サーガ
Director: Junichi Ishikawa, Daiden Yamauchi
Writer: Tetsuya Honda (novel), Yuichi Tokunaga, Kayo Hikawa, Erika Seki
Network: Fuji TV
Episodes: 11
Release Date: April 11 - June 20, 2019
Runtime: Thursday 22:00-22:54
TV Ratings: 6.6%
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Reiko Himekawa (Fumi Nikaido) is just 27-years-old, but she has already received a promotion to become an assistant police inspector. She leads the 10th murder investigation team at the First Investigation Division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Reiko Himekawa is an excellent detective and deals with many difficult cases. She works with Tamotsu Ishikura, Kohei Yuda and Shinji Otsuka on her team. The team then gets Kazuo Kikuta (Kazuya Kamenashi) as a new member. Kazuo Kikuta is a detective who does not talk much, but looks to do the right thing.

A dead body is found at the park in Katsushika, Tokyo.

Notes

"Strawberry Night Saga" takes over Fuji TV's Thursday 22:00 time slot previously occupied by "Queen" and followed by "Daughter of Lupin" July 11, 2019.
Based on novel series "Himekawa Reiko Series" by Tetsuya Honda (first published February, 2006 by Kobunsha).
Related titles:
1. Strawberry Night (Fuji TV / 2010)
2. Strawberry Night (Fuji TV / 2012)
3. Strawberry Night (2013)
4. Strawberry Night Saga (Fuji TV / 2019)

Cast



Fumi Nikaido	Kazuya Kamenashi
Reiko Himekawa	Kazuo Kikuta



Shono Hayama	Kai Shishido	Taiki Nakabayashi	Daiki Shigeoka	Hiroki Konno
Noriyuki Hayama	Tamotsu Ishikura	Kohei Yuda	Shinji Otsuka	Hiromitsu Ioka



Masato Ibu	Makiya Yamaguchi	Kohki Okada	Momoko Kikuchi	Yosuke Eguchi
Sadanosuke Kunioku	Haruo Imaizumi	Shunsuke Hashizume	Kazue Himekawa	Kensaku Katsumata

Additional Cast Members:

Yoichiro Kono - Tadayuki Himekawa
Satoshi Jinbo - Kusaka
Ryujin Suzuki - Eiya Fujimoto
Yuki Yagi - Reiko Himekawa (young)
Mayu Yamaguchi - Yukari Fukasawa (ep.1)
Ryota Bando - Noboru Kitami (ep.1)
Nana Komaki - Mako (ep.1)
Ayako Yoshitani - Noriko Sada (ep.1,4)
Ryo Katayama - Yukio Namegawa (ep.1)
Kazuma Yamane - Tomohiko Tashiro (ep.1)
Aoi Tatsumi - Naohiro Omuro (ep.1)
Yuko Nishimaru - snack bar mama (ep.1)
Yasufumi Terawaki - Kenichi Takaoka (ep.2-3)
Arata Horii - Kosuke Mishima (ep.2-3)
Kika Kobayashi - Kosuke Mishima (15 years old) (ep.2-3)
Kasumi Yamaya - Michiko Nakagawa (ep.2-3)
Kazuki Namioka - Makio Tobe (ep.2-3)
Jyudai Ikeshita - Chuji Mishima (ep.2)
Wako Ando - Yashiro (ep.2)
Nori Sato - Mikako Kobayashi (ep.3)
Anna Yamada - Miki Shimozaka (ep.4)
Miku Uehara - Tamaki Uchimura (ep.4)
Daichi Kodaira - Koichi Udagawa (ep.4)
Takashi Kobayashi - Shuichi Yoshiwara (ep.5)
Masako Miyaji - Yasue Sagara (ep.5)
Kouichi Ohori - Takehiko Sato (ep.5)
Wakato Kanematsu - Yutaka Taniguchi (ep.5)
Yuki Imai - Shigeki Mineoka (ep.6)
Asuka Kurosawa - Satomi Mineoka (ep.6)
Mie Kobayashi - Chikako (ep.6)
Miki Yokota - Ayami Ozaki (ep.6)
Kiara Minegishi - Shigeki Mineoka (ep.6)
Koji Yamamoto - Isao Makita (ep.7-9)
Tamotsu Kanshuji - Isao Makita (young) (ep.7-9)
Yuichi Haba - Toru Wada (ep.7-9)
Mantaro Koichi - Seiji Nagaoka (ep.7-9)
Riko Nagase - Takayo Uchida (ep.7-9)
Himena Tsukimiya - Chie Yanai (ep.7-8)
So Kaku - Kaneda (ep.7)
Ran Tamai - Megumi Shimura (ep.7)
Kazuya Tanabe - Yoshinori Kawakami (ep.7-9)
Yushin Shinohara - Tsukamoto (ep.9)
Ichirota Miyakawa - Higashio (ep.9-11)
Masanori Ishii - Doi (ep.9)
So Yamanaka - Katsuya Yoshida (ep.9)
Toshiki Ayata - Kakuda (ep.9)
Nobuyoshi Hisamatsu - Muraoka (ep.9)
Hiroshi Okochi - Yuzo Moroya (ep.10)
Sho Ikushima - Shingo Otake (ep.10)
Takeyuki Yue - Joji Kawamura (ep.10)
Jun Kaname - Kazumasa Kino (ep.10-11)
Hiroto Oshita - Tokio Iwabuchi (ep.10-11)
Kazuyuki Aijima - Gen Kayaba (ep.10-11)
Tai Kageyama - Masafumi Shimoi (ep.10-11)
Chihiro Otsuka - Azusa Kikuta (ep.10-11)
Ryosuke Otani - Tomohiro Ando (ep.10-11)
Hakobu Okubo - Kayama (ep.10-11)
Shogo Yamaguchi - Tsuchida (ep.10-11)
Teppei Steel - (ep.11)

Episode Ratings

Episode	Date	Ratings (Kanto Region)
01	04/11/2019	7.8%
02	04/18/2019	6.4%
03	04/25/2019	6.6%
04	05/02/2019	6.7%
05	05/09/2019	6.7%
06	05/16/2019	6.8%
07	05/23/2019	6.2%
08	05/30/2019	5.2%
09	06/06/2019	6.2%
10	06/13/2019	6.2%
11	06/20/2019	7.9%
Average		6.6%

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Comments

JT Jun 22 2021 8:06 am Strawberry Night Saga with the new female lead Nikaido Fumi does not disappoint. In fact her very strong role and character brings us to the edge of our seats every time. She is truly a worthy successor and in Season 2, I hope that she as Insp. Reiko and her Himekawa team will happen very soon now. They bond together so well!

Kate Jul 31 2020 8:45 am I saw the ratings and they're not even half of the numbers that the previous series got. Why remake something that was already good, a masterpiece even? I love Kamenashi Kazuya, but that's not enough for me to be invested. Don't be like Hollywood. Even if you're going to remake a series, at least make it good and different! Make it unique!

WolverineFung May 04 2019 9:15 am I watched the first episode which is the same with the SP of the 2012 series. I feel that this series did not elaborate more on Himekawa compared to the SP. It lacks the back story and for this series, Himekawa and Kikuta just met for the case and there's lack of chemistry between them and the team. I feel Nikaido Fumi's acting is not bad but she act Himekawa as a normal person compared with Takeuchi Yuko's Himekawa which is much serious person. So far the series's cases are similar to the 2012 series. Maybe there will be cases that the 2012 series did not have :/

Yasushi Utsumi Feb 16 2019 11:13 am Why oh why remake a masterpiece? Okay, let it be remade. I can't even imagine someone other than Yuko Takeuchi to take on Himekawa's role. Nikaido is talented enough, I know, but like N.K said below, this is a female driven drama. The lead character is supposed to to lead the show, and I just hope she does that.

N.K Feb 11 2019 12:46 pm Why they remake this series.? Actually this series deserves season two. I miss Takeuchi Yuko intelligent and rudeness. Nikaido Fumi is a good actress but she can't be as slay as Takeuchi Yuko. And they cast Kamenashi-kun as Kikuta character. But this series is lady-leading show. He can't overshadow Nikaido Fumi's role.

Plus don't change the story between Himekawa and Kikuta. Original story is too beautiful. No romance between two characters make it more romantic. Just only respect and care.

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