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Drama: DOPE
Romaji: DOPE: Mayaku Torishimaribu Tokusoka
Japanese: DOPE 麻薬取締部特捜課
Director: Kosuke Suzuki, Juntaro Furubayashi, Teruaki Sugihara
Writer: Chiaki Kisaki (novel), Shinichi Tanaka
Network: TBS
Episodes: 10
Release Date: July 4 - September 5, 2025
Runtime: Friday 22:00
TV Ratings: 4.6%
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Set in the near future, when a new drug becomes rampant in Japan. Yuto Saiki (Kaito Takahashi) saw his mother become addicted to the drug. Due to his experience, he has become a rookie narcotics agent to eradicate drugs. One day, he is suddenly transferred to the highly secretive Special Investigation Unit of the Narcotics Control Department. The department's existence is not even known by the general public. At the Special Investigation Unit, he teams up with Teppei Jinnai (Tomoya Nakamura). Even though they have totally different ways of thinking, they solve mysterious cases together caused by dope.

Notes

"DOPE" takes over TBS' Friday 22:00 time slot previously occupied by "Ignite" and followed by "Fake Mommy" October, 2025.
Based on novel "DOPE: Mayaku Torishimaribu Tokusoka" by Chiaki Kisaki (published August 24, 2022 by Kadokawa).

Cast



Kaito Takahashi	Tomoya Nakamura	Yuko Araki	Masaki Miura	Yudai Toyoda
Yuto Saiki	Teppei Jinnai	Hikaru Watanuki	Kosuke Katsuragi	Takumi Shibahara



Naoyuki Fernandez	Keita Kumai	Teppei Koike	Kazuma Sano	Shugo Oshinari
Nikorasu Yamada	Iori Natsume	Shunji Tokura	Soichi Hongo	Seiji Tsubaki



Sei Matobu	Nico Aoto	Arata Iura	Rinka Kumada	Noriko Iriyama
Miwako Saiki	Yui Saiki	Jiu	Ruka Izumi	Kaori Jinnai

Atsushi Ito

Hajime Yamaguchi

Additional Cast Members:

Kokoro Hirasawa - Riko Katsuragi
Nozomi Hanayagi - Akari Ono
Tetsu Hirahara - Katsuyuki Tsujikawa
Gin Pun Chou - Kinuyo Watanuki
Yukio Ueno - Jahido Buyan
Shin Shimizu - Teruaki Tadokoro
Yohei Matsukado - Samue
Fumiya Ogura - Fujikawa
Ryohei Abe - Yasuhiko Kubo
Kentaro Tamura - Takashi Saiki
Ryo Ono - Kunio Kamosaki (ep.1,9)
Mutsuo Yoshioka - Fujimoto (ep.1,10)
Masahiro Toda - Tsukamoto (ep.1)
Tatsuki Masunaga - investigator (ep.1)
Ayaka Takezaki - receptionist (ep.1)
Hiroyuki Yamamoto - security guard (ep.1)
Kentaro Shimazu - criminal organization member (ep.2)
Masahito Okamoto - police officer (ep.2)
Yuki Kubota - Yoshihiro Takano (ep.3)
Musashi Mochizuki - employee (ep.3)
Junko Hamura - nurse (ep.3)
Taketo Tanaka - Jun Kinoshita (ep.4)
Souta Uemura - Yota Miyazaki (ep.4)
Masanori Mimoto - Shogo Kaga (ep.5-6)
Takeshi Onishi - Imanishi (ep.5)
Kaoru Okunuki - Chiba (ep.7,9)
Ariei Umefune - police officer (ep.8)
Daisuke Matsunaga - detective (ep.9)
Hihio Iwanaga - Kaneda (ep.10)

Episode Ratings

Episode	Date	Ratings (Kanto Region)
01	07/04/2025	6.0%
02	07/11/2025	4.6%
03	07/18/2025	4.1%
04	07/25/2025	4.7%
05	08/01/2025	4.5%
06	08/08/2025	4.2%
07	08/15/2025	4.2%
08	08/22/2025	4.7%
09	08/29/2025	4.2%
10	09/05/2025	5.1%
Average		4.6%

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

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+{{DramaBanner}}{{ImageLandscape|File:DOPE JD-p1.jpg}}
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 * '''Romaji:''' DOPE: Mayaku Torishimaribu Tokusoka
 * '''Japanese:''' DOPE 麻薬取締部特捜課
-* '''Director:''' [[Kosuke Suzuki (1961)|Kosuke Suzuki]]
+* '''Director:''' [[Kosuke Suzuki (1961)|Kosuke Suzuki]], [[Juntaro Furubayashi (director)|Juntaro Furubayashi]], Teruaki Sugihara
 * '''Writer:''' Chiaki Kisaki (novel), [[Shinichi Tanaka]]
 * '''Network:''' [[TBS]]
-* '''Episodes:'''
+* '''Episodes:''' 10
-* '''Release Date:''' July 4, 2025 --
+* '''Release Date:''' July 4 - September 5, 2025
 * '''Runtime:''' Friday 22:00
+* '''TV Ratings:''' 4.6%
 * '''Language:''' Japanese
 * '''Country:''' Japan
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 ==Notes==
-# "DOPE" takes over [[TBS]]' Friday 22:00 time slot previously occupied by "[[Ignite (Japanese Drama)|Ignite]]."
+# "DOPE" takes over [[TBS]]' Friday 22:00 time slot previously occupied by "[[Ignite (Japanese Drama)|Ignite]]" and followed by "[[Fake Mommy]]" October, 2025.
 # Based on novel "DOPE: Mayaku Torishimaribu Tokusoka" by Chiaki Kisaki (published August 24,  2022 by Kadokawa).
 ==Cast==
-* [[Kaito Takahashi]] - Yuto Saiki
+{{CastPictures16
-* [[Tomoya Nakamura]] - Teppei Jinnai
+|1picture=File:DOPE JD-Kaito Takahashi.jpg
+|1name=Kaito Takahashi
+|1charactername=Yuto Saiki
+|2picture=File:DOPE JD-Tomoya Nakamura.jpg
+|2name=Tomoya Nakamura
+|2charactername=Teppei Jinnai
+|3picture=File:DOPE JD-Yuko Araki.jpg
+|3name=Yuko Araki
+|3charactername=Hikaru Watanuki
+|4picture=File:DOPE JD-Masaki Miura.jpg
+|4name=Masaki Miura
+|4charactername=Kosuke Katsuragi
+|5picture=File:DOPE JD-Yudai Toyoda.jpg
+|5name=Yudai Toyoda
+|5charactername=Takumi Shibahara
+|6picture=File:DOPE JD-Naoyuki Fernandez.jpg
+|6name=Naoyuki Fernandez
+|6charactername=Nikorasu Yamada
+|7picture=File:DOPE JD-Keita Kumai.jpg
+|7name=Keita Kumai
+|7charactername=Iori Natsume
+|8picture=File:DOPE JD-Teppei Koike.jpg
+|8name=Teppei Koike
+|8charactername=Shunji Tokura
+|9picture=File:DOPE JD-Kazuma Sano.jpg
+|9name=Kazuma Sano
+|9charactername=Soichi Hongo
+|10picture=File:DOPE JD-Shugo Oshinari.jpg
+|10name=Shugo Oshinari
+|10charactername=Seiji Tsubaki
+|11picture=File:DOPE JD-Sei Matobu.jpg
+|11name=Sei Matobu
+|11charactername=Miwako Saiki
+|12picture=File:DOPE JD-Nico Aoto.jpg
+|12name=Nico Aoto
+|12charactername=Yui Saiki
+|13picture=File:DOPE JD-Arata Iura.jpg
+|13name=Arata Iura
+|13charactername=Jiu
+|14picture=File:DOPE JD-Rinka Kumada.jpg
+|14name=Rinka Kumada
+|14charactername=Ruka Izumi
+|15picture=File:DOPE JD-Noriko Iriyama.jpg
+|15name=Noriko Iriyama
+|15charactername=Kaori Jinnai
+|16picture=File:DOPE JD-Atsushi Ito.jpg
+|16name=Atsushi Ito
+|16charactername=Hajime Yamaguchi
+}}
+'''Additional Cast Members:'''
+* [[Kokoro Hirasawa]] - Riko Katsuragi
+* [[Nozomi Hanayagi]] - Akari Ono
+* [[Tetsu Hirahara]] - Katsuyuki Tsujikawa
+* [[Gin Pun Chou]] - Kinuyo Watanuki
+* [[Yukio Ueno]] - Jahido Buyan
+* [[Shin Shimizu]] - Teruaki Tadokoro
+* [[Yohei Matsukado]] - Samue
+* [[Fumiya Ogura]] - Fujikawa
+* [[Ryohei Abe]] - Yasuhiko Kubo
+* [[Kentaro Tamura]] - Takashi Saiki
+* [[Ryo Ono]] - Kunio Kamosaki (ep.1,9)
+* [[Mutsuo Yoshioka]] - Fujimoto (ep.1,10)
+* [[Masahiro Toda]] - Tsukamoto (ep.1)
+* [[Tatsuki Masunaga]] - investigator (ep.1)
+* [[Ayaka Takezaki]] - receptionist  (ep.1)
+* [[Hiroyuki Yamamoto]] - security guard (ep.1)
+* [[Kentaro Shimazu]] - criminal organization member (ep.2)
+* [[Masahito Okamoto]] - police officer (ep.2)
+* [[Yuki Kubota]] - Yoshihiro Takano (ep.3)
+* [[Musashi Mochizuki]] - employee (ep.3)
+* [[Junko Hamura]] - nurse (ep.3)
+* [[Taketo Tanaka]] - Jun Kinoshita (ep.4)
+* [[Souta Uemura]] - Yota Miyazaki (ep.4)
+* [[Masanori Mimoto]] - Shogo Kaga (ep.5-6)
+* [[Takeshi Onishi]] - Imanishi (ep.5)
+* [[Kaoru Okunuki]] - Chiba (ep.7,9)
+* [[Ariei Umefune]] - police officer (ep.8)
+* [[Daisuke Matsunaga (1980)|Daisuke Matsunaga]] - detective (ep.9)
+* [[Hihio Iwanaga]] - Kaneda (ep.10)
+==Episode Ratings==
+{| border="1"  cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #F9F9F9; border: 1px #AAA solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
+! align=left width=20% bgcolor="F52887" | Episode
+! align=left width=45% bgcolor="F52887" | Date
+! align=left width=35% bgcolor="F52887"| Ratings<br>(Kanto Region)
+|-
+| 01 || 07/04/2025 || 6.0%
+|-
+| 02 || 07/11/2025 || 4.6%
+|-
+| 03 || 07/18/2025 || 4.1%
+|-
+| 04 || 07/25/2025 || 4.7%
+|-
+| 05 || 08/01/2025 || 4.5%
+|-
+| 06 || 08/08/2025 || 4.2%
+|-
+| 07 || 08/15/2025 || 4.2%
+|-
+| 08 || 08/22/2025 || 4.7%
+|-
+| 09 || 08/29/2025 || 4.2%
+|-
+| 10 || 09/05/2025 || 5.1%
+|-
+! colspan=2 | Average || 4.6%
+|}
+Source: [http://www.videor.co.jp/ Video Research, Ltd.]
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