Director
Screenwriter
Main Role
- Nagano MeiKawai MaiMain Role
- Toda ErikaFuji Seiko/"Mountain Mesu Gorilla"Main Role
Support Role
- Muro TsuyoshiIgasaki Shuichi [Commander of Machiyama police box]Support Role
- Miura ShoheiMinamoto Seiji/"Moja" [Detective]Support Role
- Yamada YukiYamada Takeshi [Detective]Support Role
- Nishino NanaseMakitaka Miwa [Detective]Support Role
- Fuchino YutoSuzuki Atsushi [Detective]Support Role
- Hirayama YusukeHojo Yasushi [Section Chief]Support Role
- Chihara SeijiYoshino Masayoshi [Deputy chief of Machiyama Police Station]Support Role
- Tokunaga EriSakura Shiori [Police officer/Hit and run victim]Support Role
- Abe Ryunosuke[Detective of Machiyama Police Station]Support Role
- Toyota GoHirano Shingo [Detective of Machiyama Police Station]Support Role
Guest Role
- Fukazawa AtsushiTanabe Tsukasa [Chief of Machiyama Police Station] (Ep. 1)Guest Role
- Morita KanroSakamoto Taro [Man who makes calls suggesting suicide] (Ep. 1)Guest Role
- Otomo KarenMei / "Mi-chan" [Mai's bestfriend] (Ep. 1)Guest Role
- Hayase KeitoSho [Mei's boyfriend] (Ep. 1)Guest Role
- Moro MorookaShinohara [Thief] (Ep. 1)Guest Role
- Harada BunmeiTanaka [Man with dementia] (Ep. 1)Guest Role
- Yoshida Kengo[Snatcher] (Ep. 1)Guest Role
- Yamamoto Michiko[Taro's mother] (Ep. 1)Guest Role
- Minamide RyokaTakagi Yuta [Underage smoker suspect] (Ep. 2)Guest Role
- Yuui RyokoTakagi Sakiko [Yuta's mother] (Ep. 2)Guest Role
- Muto KentoAkagi Takuma [Drug abuse suspect] (Ep. 2)Guest Role
- Tamai RanTachibana Akari [Akagi's girlfriend] (Ep. 2)Guest Role
- Yamaguchi MayuMatsubara Risa [Woman who lost her earring] (Ep. 2)Guest Role
- Inoue HisashiKikuchi Tatsuya [Risa's boyfriend, continous thief aiming for burglary] (Ep. 2)Guest Role
- Terada Muroran[Coroner] (Ep. 2)Guest Role
- Oguma Tatsuki[Forensic staff] (Ep. 2)Guest Role
- Kayashima NarumiKimura Tamayo ["It's me" scam victim] (Ep. 3)Guest Role
- Hamaguchi Kyoko[Woman who lost her underwear] (Ep. 3)Guest Role
- Hata MeiShimizu Ayana [High school student / Victim] (Ep. 3-4)Guest Role
- Nishiyama MayukoShimizu Mari [Ayana's mother] (Ep. 3-4)Guest Role
- Ikeda YutoHayami Ken [High school student / Witness] (Ep. 3-4)Guest Role
- Aoki KazuyoYamazaki Tae [Supermarket shoplifter] (Ep. 3, 7)Guest Role
- Namiki AkieYamazaki Emi [Tae's daughter] (Ep. 3)Guest Role
- Yashiba ToshihiroYoneda Masuo [Head of special investigation unit] (Ep. 4)Guest Role
- Tamura Yoshiaki[Supermarket manager] (Ep. 3)Guest Role
- Umeya HironariYamazaki Masato [Tae's grandson] (Ep. 3)Guest Role
- Ono TakehikoMiyake Yuzo [Man with dementia] (Ep. 5)Guest Role
- Asaka MayumiMiyake Sachiko [Yuzo's wife] (Ep. 5)Guest Role
- Wachi TatsunoriYamamoto [Scammer] (Ep. 3)Guest Role
- Matsuura Ayu[Student going home alone] (Ep. 4)Guest Role
- Kitazawa HitoshiYasuda Daijiro [Sexual harassment culprit] (Ep. 3-4)Guest Role
- Isozaki Yoshitomo[Yasuda's accomplice] (Ep. 4)Guest Role
- Kurahara Ken[Detective] (Ep. 4)Guest Role
- Vambi[Man who droppped his phone] (Ep. 5)Guest Role
- Yun[Girlfriend of the man who dropped his phone] (Ep. 5)Guest Role
- Koseki YutaTakeda [Firefighter] (Ep. 5)Guest Role
- Dan HarukaYui [Blind date participant] (Ep. 5)Guest Role
- Goshima MomokaChika [Blind date participant] (Ep. 5)Guest Role
- Hirata YuyaAoyama [Blind date participant] (Ep. 5)Guest Role
- Takashima TsuyoshiKonno [Blind date participant] (Ep. 5)Guest Role
- Usuda AsamiMomoki Yuriko [Police officer/Seiko's friend] (Ep. 5, 7. 9)Guest Role
- Ohnishi AyakaMatsushima Sayuri [Chief of metropolitan police 1st division/Seiko's friend] (Ep. 5, 7. 9)Guest Role
- Suruga TaroMiyahara Saburo [Traffic police] (Ep. 6, 8)Guest Role
- Nishina TakashiTamura Masaki [Couple who argue about spending] (Ep. 6)Guest Role
- Anami AtsukoTamura Mami [Couple who argue about spending] (Ep. 6)Guest Role
- Kurauchi HidekiTakenaka Shigeru [Man who wants to renew driving license] (Ep. 6)Guest Role
- Nakano Misaki[Girl] (Ep. 6)Guest Role
- Miyajima Haruka[Woman in interrogation room] (Ep. 6)Guest Role
- Matsubara Daiki[Deliveryman] (Ep. 6)Guest Role
- Matsuzawa Kazuki[Male reporting about pervert] (Ep. 7)Guest Role
- Suwa Masashi[Pervert] (Ep. 7)Guest Role
- Ono MayumiMayumi [Igasaki's wife] (Ep. 7)Guest Role
- Yamada KinuoHagiwara Maki [Eyewitness/Police officer] (Ep. 7-8)Guest Role
- Nishimura Izumi[Rehabilitation nurse] (Ep. 7)Guest Role
- Mitsumizo Koji[Watermelon farmer] (Ep. 7)Guest Role
- Tamoto SoranNishida [Kawai's senior student, insurance solicitor] (Ep. 8)Guest Role
- Kawazoe NoaMomoka/"Momo-pyon" [Moja's dating partner] (Ep. 8)Guest Role
- Kawai MireiMie [Yamada's dating partner] (Ep. 8)Guest Role
- Abe RyoheiKomori Taro [Human trafficker] (Ep. 8)Guest Role
- Harumoto Hiro[Waiter] (Ep. 8)Guest Role
- Kanazawa Masami[Waitress] (Ep. 8)Guest Role
- Nagashima Tatsuya[Plainclothes detective in restaurant] (Ep. 8)Guest Role
- Takeda Kozo[Car thief] (Ep. 8)Guest Role
- Kubo Tenki[Cheating man] (Ep. 8)Guest Role
- Kuroiwa Yoshi[Woman hitting a cheating man] (Ep. 8)Guest Role
- Morishita Yoshiyuki"Shugo Tenshi"/Kimura Yoshinori (Ep. 8-9)Guest Role
- Izawa Hiroshi[Shimizu Farm owner] (Ep. 9)Guest Role
- Nakano Tsuyoshi[Saitama Police patrol officer] (Ep. 9)Guest Role
- Furuno Akihiro[Offending driver] (Ep. 9)Guest Role
- Motai Yoko(Ep. 9)Guest Role
Voice Actor
- Sasaki Hiroo[Police radio announcer]Voice Actor
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