Detective Novice

*Detective Novice*
Detective Novice
Also known as	Miman Keisatsu: Midnight Runner
	(未み満まん警察けいさつミッドナイトランナー)
Genre	Action, suspense
Written by	Yūsuke Watanabe
Directed by	Seiichi Nagumo
Starring	Kento Nakajima; Sho Hirano
Opening theme	"Mazy Night" by King & Prince
Ending theme	"Run" by Sexy Zone
Composer	Hideaki Kimura
Country of origin	Japan
Original language	Japanese
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Kenji Ikeda
Producers	Naoto Fujimura; Masahiro Mori; Kuniko Yanagiuchi
Running time	54 minutes
Original release
Network	Nippon TV
Release	June 27 –; August 29, 2020

Detective Novice (Japanese: 未み満まん警察けいさつミッドナイトランナー, Hepburn: Miman Keisatsu: Midnight Runner) is a Japanese action suspense drama^[1] starring Kento Nakajima and Sho Hirano. It was first scheduled to broadcast on April 11, 2020 on Nippon TV, but was postponed until June 27 of the same year due to the COVID-19 outbreak delaying the filming.^[2] The drama is a remake of a 2017 South Korean film, Midnight Runners.^[3]

Plot

The story revolves on two best friends who are cadets at a police academy, the "nerd" Kai Honma (Nakajima) and the "jock" Jiro Ichinose (Hirano). They solve cases that appears while making use of the knowledge that they acquire while studying at the academy.

Cast

Kento Nakajima as Kai Honma (本間ほんま快かい, Honma Kai), a 24 years old university graduate who quits his first job and decided to follows his childhood dream as a hero. He is the type who carefully thinks before taking an action. His name is a play on words on a kansai accent expression, "honma kai?!" (seriously?!).
Sho Hirano as Jiro Ishinose (一ノ瀬いちのせ次郎じろう, Ichinose Jirō), Kai's roommate who is an exact opposite of Kai; someone who takes action before actually thinking. He had an older brother who wanted to be a police officer, and decided to take his place instead.
Michiko Kichise as Ranko Oikawa (及川おいかわ蘭子らんこ, Oikawa Ranko), Kai and Jiro's strict assistant teacher who teach practical skills such as self defence and physical training.
Yuri Nakamura as Yui Inanishi (稲西いなにし結衣ゆい, Inanishi Yui)
Taizo Harada as Shinpei Yanagida (柳田やなぎだ晋平しんぺい, Yanagida Shinpei)
Yūsuke Iseya as Yuzuru Katanozaka (片かた野坂のさか譲ゆずる, Katanozaka Yuzuru)

Guest cast

Youko Maki as Megu (ep 01)
Mone Kamishiraishi as Ami (ep 02, 03)
Masaya Katō as Shibamoto (ep 02, 03)
Shugo Oshinari as Yubisuke Yubitomo (ep 04)
Misako Renbutsu as Rinka Mochizuki (ep 05)
Dori Sakurada as Shiraki (ep 05)
Tsutomu Takahashi as Detective Maruhashi (ep 05)
Jouji Shibue as Detective Konpon (ep 05)
Kyoko Hasegawa as Naoko Tenma (ep 06–07)
Hayato Kakizawa as Tomoya Tenma (ep 06–07)
Houka Kinoshita as Police Commander Kunieda (ep 06–07, 09–10)
Satoru Matsuo as Seiji Nonomura (ep 08)
Ginpunchō as Reiko Nonomura (ep 08)
Hannya as Kato (ep 08)
Kazuma Yamane as Detective Sunaoka (ep 09–10)
Mayuko Nishiyama as Harumi (ep 10)
Mao as Kamio Mai (ep 10)

Episodes

No.	Title	Original air date	Viewers^[4] (Kanto region)
1	"手足てあしに火傷かしょうのような跡あとがある少女しょうじょ・みくが、助たすけを求もとめて交番こうばんにやって来くる。"	June 27, 2020 (2020-06-27)	11.2%
2	"とある廃はいビルの一室いっしつで、若わかい女性じょせい・里佳さとかがベッドの上うえに拘束こうそくされている。"	July 4, 2020 (2020-07-04)	9.0%
3	"誘拐ゆうかいされた家出いえで少女しょうじょ・亜あ未ひつじの行方ゆくえを追おい、監禁かんきん場所ばしょを突つき止とめた本間ほんま快かいと一ノ瀬いちのせ次郎じろう。"	July 11, 2020 (2020-07-11)	8.4%
4	"ある日ひの夜よる、寮りょうの部屋へやでは、本間ほんま快かいと一ノ瀬いちのせ次郎じろうがスマホで恋愛れんあい映画えいがを見みていた。"	July 18, 2020 (2020-07-18)	7.2%
5	"ある日ひの夜よる、覚かくせい剤ざいの売人ばいにんグループを逮捕たいほするため、刑事けいじの丸橋まるはし(高橋たかはし努つとむ)、根本ねもと(渋江しぶえ譲二じょうじ)らは閉店へいてんしたクラブのVIPルームに足あしを踏ふみ入いれていた。"	July 26, 2020 (2020-07-26)	9.4%
6	"とある公園こうえんで、女性じょせいの遺体いたいが発見はっけんされる。監視かんしカメラの映像えいぞうには、犯人はんにんの男おとこが逃走とうそうする姿すがたが映うつっていた…。"	August 1, 2020 (2020-08-01)	9.9%
7	"警察けいさつ学校がっこうの教室きょうしつで、本間ほんま快かい、一ノ瀬いちのせ次郎じろう、助じょ教きょうの及川おいかわ蘭子らんこの3人にんを人質ひとじちにとった立たてこもり事件じけんが発生はっせい…。"	August 8, 2020 (2020-08-08)	9.1%
8	"本ほん間あいだ快こころよと一ノ瀬いちのせ次郎じろうは交番こうばんでの実務じつむ実習じっしゅうの日ひを迎むかえるが、そんな折おり、制服せいふく警官けいかんが襲おそわれ拳銃けんじゅうを奪うばわれる事件じけんが発生はっせい…。"	August 15, 2020 (2020-08-15)	9.3%
9	"9年ねん前まえの連続れんぞく猟奇りょうき殺人さつじんの真犯人しんはんにんを突つき止とめようとした本ほん間あいだと一ノ瀬いちのせの部屋へやの窓まどに不審ふしんなメッセージが書かかれる…。"	August 22, 2020 (2020-08-22)	9.7%
10	"橘たちばな冬美ふゆみが持もっていた古ふるい携帯けいたい電話でんわの映像えいぞうファイルには、幾いくつもの衝撃しょうげきの場面ばめんが写うつっていた…。"	August 29, 2020 (2020-08-29)	11%

References

^ ^a ^b "Detective Novice". Nippon TV. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
^ "日にっテレ、4月がつ期きドラマ『ハケンの品格ひんかく』『未み満まん警察けいさつ』の初回しょかい延期えんきへ". Oricon. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
^ "中島なかじま健けん人じん×平野ひらの紫むらさき耀主演しゅえん『未み満まん警察けいさつミッドナイトランナー』6・27から放送ほうそう決定けってい". Oricon. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
^ "セクゾ中島なかじま健けん人じん＆キンプリ平野ひらの紫むらさき耀「未み満まん警察けいさつ」最終さいしゅう回かい視聴しちょう率りつは１１・０％で２ケタ締じめ". スポーツ報知ほうち. Retrieved 27 December 2020.

External links

Official website
- English official website at Nippon TV

Preceded by Top Knife December 26, 2019 (2019-12-26) – March 14, 2020 (2020-03-14)	Nippon TV Saturday Dramas Saturday 22:00 – 22:54 (JST) 2019-2020	Succeeded by A Girl of 35 October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10) – December 12, 2020 (2020-12-12)

[NTV-1] "Detective Novice". Nippon TV. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

[2] "日にっテレ、4月がつ期きドラマ『ハケンの品格ひんかく』『未み満まん警察けいさつ』の初回しょかい延期えんきへ". Oricon. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

[3] "中島なかじま健けん人じん×平野ひらの紫むらさき耀主演しゅえん『未み満まん警察けいさつミッドナイトランナー』6・27から放送ほうそう決定けってい". Oricon. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

[4] "セクゾ中島なかじま健けん人じん＆キンプリ平野ひらの紫むらさき耀「未み満まん警察けいさつ」最終さいしゅう回かい視聴しちょう率りつは１１・０％で２ケタ締じめ". スポーツ報知ほうち. Retrieved 27 December 2020.

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