is a Japanese television drama

Japanese television drama

, also called , are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including murder romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, and many others...

 starting on TBS

Tokyo Broadcasting System

, TBS Holdings, Inc. or TBSHD, is a stockholding company in Tokyo, Japan. It is a parent company of a television network named and radio network named ....

 on 23 May 2009.

Synopsis

Tsukumo Ryusuke is a quirky, yet brilliant neuroscientist working for the National Research Institute of Police Science. Wielding a unique perspective and psychology, Tsukumo tackles the nation's most baffling crimes and scandals, going head-to-head with the most brilliant and twisted criminal minds. But his eccentricities and poor social timing can also aggravate people and circumstances, further complicating matters.

Casts

• Takuya Kimura
  Takuya Kimura
  , nicknamed , is a Japanese singer and actor. He is also a member of the Japanese idol group SMAP. Most of the TV dramas he starred in produced high ratings in Japan...
  
  (木村拓哉) as Tsukumo Ryusuke
• Haruka Ayase
  Haruka Ayase
  , born in Hiroshima Prefecture, on March 24, 1985, is a Japanese actress.-Career:In 1999, she successfully passed a Horipro audition. She first achieved widespread recognition for her starring roles in the short film Justice; in 2004 she rose to stardom as Aki in the TV series Crying Out Love, In...
  
   as Yuri Kazune
• Hiro Mizushima as Hayashida Toranosuke
• Sei Hiraizumi
  Sei Hiraizumi
  is a Japanese actor.Hiraizumi starred as Koichi Matsudo in L: Change the WorLd. and he also starred in Osaka Tough Guys.-External links:* http://info.movies.yahoo.co.jp/detail/typs/id119631/...
  
   as Funaki Junpei
• Osamu Shitara as Kanda Junichi
• Shigenori Yamazaki
  Shigenori Yamazaki
  is Japanese actor and voice actor.-Cast in:*Eureka Seven as Dominic Sorel*Medabots as Ivanovski*Ouran High School Host Club as Kazukiyo Souga *Sadamitsu the Destroyer as Kuron*The Prince of Tennis as Satoshi Horio...
  
   as Ochi Koichi
• SHIHO
  Shiho
  refers to a series of ceremonies in Sōtō Zen Buddhism wherein which a priest receives full transmission, inheriting the Dharma from his/her master and becoming empowered to transmit the precepts and lineage to others. A shiho ceremony can last anywhere from one to three weeks, with the final...
  
   as Mariko
• Yukina Kinoshita as the cleaning lady
• Shunya Isaka (井坂俊哉) as Namikoshi Katsumi
• Yasufumi Hayashi as Iwabuchi Kiyoshi
• Katsuya Kobayashi
  Katsuya Kobayashi
  is a Japanese actor. Even though he and fellow Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love-exclusive Rider actor Mitsuki Koga/Kamen Rider Ketaros were only Kamen Riders within the movie, they did make a guest appearance during the final episode of the series as two people affected by the necklaces that...
  
   (小林克也) as Seta Ippei
• Yuji Tanaka
  Yuji Tanaka
  is a Japanese comedian. He is best known as half of the owarai duo Bakushō Mondai along with Hikari Ōta. He also played Mike in the Japanese dub of the Pixar movie Monsters, Inc. and Br'er Fox in the Japanese dub of the Disney movie Song of the South -References:...
  
   (田中裕二) as Natsume Mitsuo
• Tortoise Matsumoto
  Tortoise Matsumoto
  Tortoise Matsumoto is the lead singer of the Japanese guitar group, Ulfuls. He has also had a couple of acting roles in TV dramas, starting with Namida o Fuite in 2000.Trigun character Nicholas D. Wolfwood is modeled after him.-References:...
  
   (トータス松本) as Nanba Jotaro
• Mao Daichi as Sasa Miharu
• Teruyuki Kagawa as Tanbara Tomomi