Hero
Original title: ヒーロー
- 2001 –2014
- Returning series
- 15
★ 7.9 TMDB Rating · 36 votes
Former delinquent turned unconventional prosecutor Kohei Kuryu shakes up the legal world with his street-smart instincts and unorthodox style, clashing with ambitious colleague Maiko Amamiya while his relentless pursuit of justice gradually transforms those around him.
- Seasons
- 2
- Episodes
- 22
- Episode length
- ~1h
- First aired
- Jan 8, 2001
- Networks
- Fuji TV
- Original language
- Japanese
- Origin
- Japan
Cast of Hero
Takuya Kimura
Kohei Kuryu / 久利生公平
Bokuzo Masana
Syuji Ido / 井户秀二
Takuzo Kadono
Yutaka Ushimaru / 牛丸丰
Masanobu Katsumura
Tatsuo Egami / 江上达夫
Norito Yashima
Kenji Endo / 远藤贤司
Fumiyo Kohinata
Takayuki Suetsugu / 末次隆之
Katsuya
Keita Kosugi
Keiko Kitagawa
Chika Asagi / 麻木千佳
Hajime Okayama
Otsuka
Tetta Sugimoto
Masashi Tamura / 田村雅史
Gaku Hamada
Daisuke Uno / 宇野大介
Yutaka Matsushige
Kenzaburo Kawajiri
Seasons
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Specials
Jul 3, 2006
3 episodes
Five years after leaving Josai bureau, Kuryu Kohei, who has been working in Sapporo, Hokkaido, is transferred to Nijigaura, Yamaguchi (a fictitious town, its real name is Nijigahama), a quiet place on the seaside where he arrives precisely when the first murder in eleven years has been committed. Soon, Takita Akihiko, the most beloved and influent person of the town, is suspected and Kuryu has to deal with this problem, as the other members are too frightened to take any action.
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Season 1
Jan 8, 2001
11 episodes
Kuryu Kohei is a young prosecutor who gets transferred to a division in Tokyo from Aomori. Unlike a typical prosecutor, he takes his cases seriously in a non-serious way. Together with his paralegal, Amamiya Maiko, they crack cases with his unconventional ways. Although earning a reputation as a bad apple, the influence from Kuryu's strong pursuit of justice slowly begins to change things around him.
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Season 2
Jul 14, 2014
11 episodes
Kuryu Kohei returns to Tokyo Prosecutor's Office once again. There are familiar faces, but also new faces who will be working with him this time round. One of them is paralegal, Asagi Chika, who is now in charge of going along with Kuryu's whims.
Hero Trailer
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