Details
Title: シバトラ
Title (romaji): Shibatora
Tagline: 童顔刑事・柴田竹虎 / Dogan Keiji Shibata Taketora
Tagline (English): Babyfaced Detective Shibata Taketora
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Detective, comedy
Episodes: 11
Viewership rating: 12.5 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2008-Jul-08 to 2008-Sep-16
Air time: Tuesday 21:00
Theme song: Atarashii Hibi by Every Little Thing
Synopsis
No matter how you look at him, Shibata Taketora is just a quiet, ordinary junior high student. He looks so vulnerable that bullies try to rip him off on the streets, but he is actually a police detective and an expert swordsman in kendo. Taketora has a special ability to see the "hands of death" around people whose life is nearing the end. One day, Taketora is assigned on undercover operations. He sneaks into a high school, a maid cafe and a juvenile detention center... With the cooperation from his various friends, he gets to the bottom of the matters. --Fuji TV
Cast
Koike Teppei as Shibata Taketora
Ohgo Suzuka as Hosho Mizuki
Fujiki Naohito as Fujiki Kojiro
Tsukaji Muga as Hakuto Shinsuke
Maya Miki as Chiba Sakura
Miyagawa Daisuke as Shinjo Toru
Minami Akina as Ayukawa Tamaki
Uchida Shige (内田滋) as Nanbara Kantaro
Matsuda Tamaki (松田珠希) as Manabe Yuna
Konno Narumi as Miyagi Mei
Supporting & Guests
Imada Koji as Kinoshita Mitsuo (ep1,5,11)
Sotaro (聡太郎) as Uzaki Tei (ep1-2,5,7-8,11)
Omiya Taro as Hosho Mitsuhiko (ep1,10)
Tsubaki Takayuki as Iketani Noboru (椿隆之) (ep1)
Yagami Ren as Urazawa (ep1)
Nishiyama Sosuke as Mizumoto (ep1)
Yamane Kazuma as Takagi (ep1)
Haru as Rumi (ep1)
Kawano Naoki as Kusunoki Yuji (ep1-4,7-9,11)
Daito Shunsuke as Kato Gakuto (ep1-4,9,11)
Miura Ryosuke as Kanazawa Takeshi (ep1-4,8-9,11)
Suenaga Haruka as Machida Rika (ep1-4,7-8,11)
Suzuki Ryohei as Mura Hiromi (ep2-4,9,11)
Kuranuki Masahiro as Mori Bunmei (ep1-4,8-9,11)
Suzuki Taku (鈴木拓) as Class 2-B Adviser (ep1,2,4)
Takahashi Tsutomu as Detective Kumada (ep2)
Karato Ryo as Mizoguchi (ep3)
Aoki Shinsuke as Iwaki (ep5-6)
Koike Ayame (小池彩夢) as Yagi Yuria / Mary (ep5)
Hashizume Ryo as Ochiai Takeo (ep5-11)
Hiraga Masaomi as Kumagawa (ep5-6)
Tengenji Ryu (天現寺竜) as Kusami Goro (ep5)
Sakamoto Mitsunari (坂本三成) as a police detective (ep5)
Ito Keita (伊藤圭) as a police detective (ep5)
Kawano Yoshiko (川野良子) as newscaster (ep5)
Kono Yoichiro (河野洋一郎) as Yuria's father (ep5)
Takaku Chigusa (高久ちぐさ) as Yuria's mother (ep5)
Harada Kana (原田佳奈) as Chiba Yuri (ep5-6)
Shida Nanako (志田菜々子) as Ikushima Toko (ep5-6)
Kakiuchi Ayami as Mizuhara Saki (ep6)
Ohira Natsumi as Ikuno Yayoi (ep7)
Yuge Tomohisa as Shishido (ep7)
Kohata Ryu (木幡竜) as Kanai Masahiro (ep7-8)
Ideguchi Tetsuya (出口哲也) as Wakamiya (ep7-8)
Kiriyama Renn as Igarashi (ep7-8)
Haruki Misayo as Machida Rumiko (ep7-8)
Okouchi Hiroshi (大河内浩) as Kosugi (ep9)
Kyo Nobuo as Ino Takayoshi (ep9-10)
Sugiura Takao (杉浦太雄) as Wakabayashi (ep9-10)
Nakagawa Shingo as Fudo (ep9-10)
Toma Sora (藤間宇宙) as Masuda (ep9-10)
Inoue Waka as Tokiwa Ryoko (ep9-11)
Abe Ryohei as a bully (ep11)
Isaka Tatsuya as Tanihara (SP)
Production Credits
Original writing (manga): Shibatora by Ando Yuma (安童夕馬)
Screenwriter: Muto Shogo
Producers: Inada Hideki, Yanagawa Yukiko
Directors: Sato Yuichi (ep1-2,5,8,11), Ishikawa Junichi (石川淳一) (ep3-4,7,10), Iwata Kazuyuki (岩田和行) (ep6,9)
Music: Kanno Yugo
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