Kaitō Yamaneko

Japanese TV series or program

Ryūichi Inomata
Ryō Nishimura
Naoko Komuro

Starring

Kazuya Kamenashi
Hiroki Narimiya
Suzu Hirose

Opening themeAntonín Dvořák "Symphony No. 9" the fourth movementEnding theme"Unlock" by KAT-TUNCountry of originJapanOriginal languageJapaneseNo. of series1No. of episodes10ProductionProducers

Hibiki Itō
Yūta Fukuo
Jun Shimoyama

Running time54 minutesOriginal releaseNetworkNTVReleaseJanuary 16 (2016-01-16) –
March 19, 2016 (2016-03-19)

Kaitō Yamaneko (怪盗山猫, English title "The Phantom Thief Yamaneko"^[1]) is a Japanese television drama series that premiered on NTV on 16 January 2016.^[2]^[3] It is based on the mystery novel by Manabu Kaminaga, who is known for Psychic Detective Yakumo.^[4] Kazuya Kamenashi, a member of the musical group KAT-TUN, played the lead role. Suzu Hirose and Hiroki Narimiya appeared in supporting roles.^[5] The first episode received a viewership rating of 14.3%.^[6]

Cast

Kazuya Kamenashi as Yamaneko, a thief and a private detective
Hiroki Narimiya as Hideo Katsumura, a copywriter
Suzu Hirose as Mao Takasugi
Nanao as Sakura Kirishima, a detective
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi as Katsuaki Inui, a detective
Kuranosuke Sasaki as Shūgo Sekimoto, a detective chief inspector
Shizuka Nakamura as a mysterious woman

References

^ The Phantom Thief Yamaneko Retrieved 2019-02-14.
^ "KAT-TUN's new single chosen as the theme song to Kamenashi Kazuya's starring drama". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. 2016-01-11. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
^ TV 怪盗山猫. allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
^ 亀梨和也が指名手配!? 「怪盗山猫」ドラマ化決定 (in Japanese). IID, Inc. 2015-11-16. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
^ 亀梨和也主演『怪盗山猫』初回視聴率14.3%好発進 [Kamenashi Kazuya starring as "Kaito Yamaneko". Initial audience rating 14.3%. Good start] (in Japanese). oricon ME inc. 2016-01-18. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
^ 亀梨和也主演「怪盗山猫」初回視聴率14.3%の好発進 (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. 2016-01-03. Retrieved 2019-02-14.