Tokyo Dogs

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Drama: Tokyo Dogs
Japanese: 東京DOGS～最悪で最高のパートナー～
Director: Takeshi Narita, Yusuke Ishii
Writer: Yuichi Fukuda
Producer: Tsugi Shikanai
Network: Fuji TV
Episodes: 10
Release Date: October 19 - December 21, 2009
TV Ratings: 15.8% weekly average
Runtime: Monday 21:00
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Kanade Takakura (Shun Oguri) is an elite detective from the New York Police department. He has a very keen sense of judgement but is cold and inflexible. Kanade lost his father in a murder as a young boy, which drove him to become a detective. Maruo Kudo (Hiro Mizushima) is a former motorcycle gang member now special detective with the Japanese police department. These two opposite characters team up on a case in which secrets are held by a young lady named Yuki Matsunada (Yuriko Yoshitaka).

Cast



Shun Oguri	Hiro Mizushima	Yuriko Yoshitaka	Tomokazu Miura	Nene Otsuka
Kanade Takakura	Maruo Kudo	Yuki Matsunada	Kojo Ohtomo	Misa Maishima



Ryo Katsuji	Mikihisa Azuma	Kotaro Shiga	Rie Tomosaka	Asami Usuda
Keiichi Horikawa	Reiji Mashiko	Mitsuo Suzuki	Yuri Nishioka	Maki Tanaka



Hiroshi Yazaki	Yoshiko Tanaka	Haruna Kawaguchi	Takuya Yoshimura	Kensei Mikami
Shigeo Katamata	Kyoko Takakura	Karin Takakura	Shota Nakatani	Hiroto Kaisaki

Additional Cast Members:

Tadashi Okuno - Shigeo Katamata's grandfather
Hiroki Narimiya - ep.1
Hirohisa Iida
Mai Ohtani
Katsuhiko Sasaki - ep.2
Kaito Kobayashi - ep.2
Ai Okawa - high school female student (ep.2)
Issei Okihara - ep.3
Masako Umemiya - ep.3
Mao Nakagawa - Eri (child) (ep.3)
Koh Takasugi - ep.4
Seiya Osada - college student (ep.4)
Satomi Nagano - ep.5
Tadashi Sakata - ep.5
Sayaka Isoyama - ep.7
Sachi Ishimaru - ep.7
Shunsaku Kudo - ep.7-10

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Episode Ratings

Episode	Date	Ratings (Kanto Region)
01	10/19/2009	18.7%
02	10/26/2009	18.2%
03	11/02/2009	14.4%
04	11/09/2009	16.1%
05	11/16/2009	17.1%
06	11/23/2009	14.7%
07	11/30/2009	15.3%
08	12/07/2009	15.7%
09	12/14/2009	13.3%
10	02/21/2010	14.0%
Average		15.8%

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Comments

Doggy Oct 07 2025 1:27 am They should show a single teardrop on Takakura's eye each time he gets a phone call from his mom.

Olivia Sep 17 2021 3:11 pm I love how the two main male characters are always arguing whenever they are fighting the bad guys and the male characters always end up saying something funny. LOL. It's always funny how Shun's mother always call him at the most critical time.

Nasche Yoosuf Oct 01 2018 10:00 am I absolutely adore it so far. It's like gokusen and hana kimi had a baby to create the best of the best.

Olivia Nov 07 2017 1:05 am Nice drama! Personality of the characters complement each other. And they are both amazing and handsome in their own ways. There's comedy, action, and very light romance but just the right amount. Good job! Highly recommended!

pastaman Feb 06 2016 11:06 pm I've just started to rewatch this dorama, because it's one of my favorite: I do like this japanese art of comedy-police-dorama, where the story is not that important, but the interacting between the characters. And Yuriko is my favorite actress, I love her funny and very lovely personality. She's so beautiful and her smile is irresistible :-) But i like the two male leads, Hiro and Shun, too. Their "battle" is really fun to watch.

KiRaidesu Mar 02 2015 5:26 am My most favorite Oguri Shun's dorama! It never bored me XD

Jimmie Mar 30 2013 4:01 am Why the hell Sou and Yuki didn't have any kiss scenes!!

nava Mar 06 2013 3:25 am i really enjoyed the drama hirrrooooo and shun are soooooooooo cute together hope to see tham together again

Jaytady Mar 04 2013 6:47 am two thumbs up...

Maria Aug 04 2012 10:18 pm What a very great drama. Such a lovely cast that makes this film really enjoyable. I love the way Shun & Hiro act together, fight for their statement. Its highly recommended to all j-drama lovers. Honestly, dont want to see the end of the story... hhahah.. ^___^ T.O.P

me Apr 15 2012 6:58 pm totally recommended to all jdrama fans.. i love all the cast specially shun..no more hanawaza rui.. no boring scene so i watch all of it. To tell you the truth , I fell sick with cold after watching it because I watch the whole episode in one day..just 2 hours sleep.. he he he.. so addicted....not so many drama can make me addicted like this...

summer Dec 11 2011 8:19 am i just finished this drama last week and it's really good,i really like it.shun is so handsome here anf hiro is cute.i really hope for season 2

youkome Nov 08 2011 12:13 am Haha love love this show!!! the best ending ever ahahah :P

anyeeM229 Nov 04 2011 10:56 am hot guy with humor beats hot guy. in this case, i mean the both of them. oguri shun's character tries to be serious, but delivers some of the funniest scenes. i like his character in this drama better than, say, hana kimi. yoshitaka yuriko's cracky voice is adorable. her pitch changes from one word to the next. her whine is killer!

maneki hobbang Sep 30 2011 6:29 pm oguri looks so damn good wearing and playing anything. the love-line between oguri and yoshitaka won me over. the drama is surprisingly hilarious, repeating the same gags that will definitely stick to you. i'm expecting a season 2.

Dash-chan Jul 30 2011 5:03 am Hiro looks scorching with the little goatee and Shun is just so damn fantastic as always!!! MAJOR NOSEBLEED!! :3

RinaLuv Jul 24 2011 5:20 pm awww Shun-kun look so grown up in this show....... his hair is cut he look handsome :D and hiru-kun is hilarious he is a GREAT actor and cute....

y toshihiro Jul 21 2011 11:55 pm shou chan ... mama desu kedo ..... I like the part where takakura mother calling.

Buraddo(Brad) Jan 02 2011 6:03 pm This is such a great Jdrama one of my fav's i even posted it on my blog click my name if you want to go to it ^_^ Mizushima is my fav character in this.

Madryn Jun 29 2010 2:29 pm This was one of the funniest drama's I've seen. Kept me laughing almost every episode. Oguri Shun's character reminds me of Sousuke Sagara from "Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu"

bibi Jun 08 2010 5:44 pm I never imagined this drama was so good! For real, I haven't seen such an addicting drama for a long time. Oguri Shun's acting really shocked and impressed me. Totally different - in a great way - from Hana Kimi. The serious expression on his face makes me laugh so far and love him so much. The actor who played Maruo was also great. Everyone in this drama, actually, pleased me with their performance. I haven't finished the drama yet but I'm dying to! It's exciting, hilariously funny, not cheesy but quite touching at some places, and very quick-paced. I love this kind!

johnnyrose Mar 25 2010 4:19 am wow so many shun oguri fans, I like him too and he was really funny and hot, really composed and totally believable as a cop, but still I was head over hills with hiro, or better say marou yes hiro's acting was, is exaggerated, but that's what funny and cute about him. Marou was supposed to be that kind of guy, so he played him perfectly, so perfectly that I am in love with a fictional character. He's sweet, nice, cool, funny, great friend, and what girl wouldn't love the attention he paid to Yuki chan. He even got beaten up trying solve a case alone, just to let Yuki chan talk to Sou. And even though he loved her, he still pushed Sou to go to her, since he wanted her happiness the most. Seriously, Marou is the best (and Hiro is just too hot) Marou and Sou, or Shun and Hiro as a pair were really cool, I like seeing that kind of comradeship, really cool. I wish they could co-star again together...

Bart Feb 28 2010 6:01 am this drama is the next-drama-i-want-to-watch list, but i read a few -ve review in other websites. but, i think most visitors here give an extremely decent accomplishment for this drama. so, i've change my mind n will give a shot.

i'll download it after i've finish my Code Blue 2.

Jarazore Feb 01 2010 11:27 am This is a great show!! 10/10* !! A must watch.

evermorex15 Jan 15 2010 6:09 pm Loved this show!! i just finished watching and omg it said see you next season...hmm i wonder if there is going to be one!! i hope so. i loved oguri shun's hair he's even more handsome!!

masked_alice Jan 10 2010 8:27 am well tokyo dogs certainly exceeded my expectations. after many months of not having any new doramas to interest me i was pretty without much hope for this one...but surprisingly, as i've already said, i had a lot of fun. oguri shun's character is extremely charming, i fell in love with him in the first episode=) and contrary to all probability i adored his haircut. i was also excited to have hiroki narimiya appear as a villain in the first episode (i'm a niromiya fan, he's soooo hot!!!).

in terms of the other characters, hiro's in the beginning annoyed me, his acting was somewhat exaggerated, to much yelling for instance. however, throughout the dorama i found him cuter, i even came to like him as much as sou...an oposition to sou, ever so stoic(i can't forgive for the ending...the yuki part). and as for yuki, all i have to say is that i sympathize with the actress. the humor parts in tokyo dogs were pretty good, sou's attempt at a joke was hilarious, as was his mother calling all the time.

anyhow, for those of you who haven't seen tokyo dogs, i recommend watching it!

Mitzmin Jan 07 2010 1:44 pm goshh I finished the dramaaa!! Oguri shun this is your BEST roll, you are peeeerfect here, I mean, Who wouldn't fall for him??

Michelle Dec 29 2009 9:02 pm Finished the last episode. (: Love you OGURI SHUNN!! ;D Anyone know if theres guna be a second season??

ImaniRine Dec 25 2009 11:24 pm THis drama is so good but I'm having trouble waiting for the last episde because half of me wants So ( which by the way is my favorite male Japanese name, since After School Nightmare) anyway, and Yuki to get to together at the end but the other half wants me to have her keep her hands to herself. Aww... its a drama, and all's well that end ends well. Sort of, P.S. Shun don't get shot. Hiro stay sexy.

Ami Dec 21 2009 10:50 pm I LOVE oguri shun!!!! My #1 favorite jappanese actor!!!!

LinWei Oct 27 2009 3:49 am Ha, this is a really good one, I thought it will be going down the unnecessary 'Idol' path, but after watching the 1st episode, lots of humour were added into it.

Shown me a different side to Oguri Shun's acting. As usual, Mizushima Hiro is... So exaggerative in his acting.

mitzmin Oct 21 2009 4:41 pm I wonder if it's good...

aRinay Oct 09 2009 3:00 pm What happen to shun hair!! But can't wait to watch it..

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