AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo

This article is about the Japanese television series. For the robotic pet, see AIBO.
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
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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).

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]

  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".