Galileo (Japanese TV series)

Galileo (ガリレオ) is a Japanese television drama based on the Detective Galileo (探偵ガリレオ) novels by mystery writer Keigo Higashino (東野 圭吾). It narrates the events and cases encountered by Kaoru Utsumi, a rookie detective, and Manabu Yukawa, a university associate professor, as the two pair up to solve many mysterious cases. A special episode titled "Galileo Episode 0", set 3 years before the television series, aired on October 4, 2008, on the same day as the release of the film Suspect X.

A second series began airing on Fuji TV on April 15, 2013, and ended with an adaption of the novel Salvation of a Saint. The second movie, titled Midsummer's Equation (真夏の方程式), premiered in both Japan and Hong Kong on June 29, 2013.

Premise
Kaoru Utsumi, a rookie detective who has just been reassigned to the criminal division, finds the investigation of her first murder case stalled by seemingly-supernatural phenomena surrounding the event. She seeks help from Shunpei Kusanagi, a senior detective at the police headquarter famous as a "Mystery Hunter". Kusanagi, however, reveals to Utsumi that he was only able to solve the cases thanks to his college friend, Teito University professor Manabu Yukawa. Yukawa is a tall, handsome, brilliant but eccentric scientist who is interested in nothing but physics, while Utsumi is a hot-blooded detective with a strong sense of justice. Together, the odd pair solves many difficult and seemingly impossible events with their individual talents.

Season 1

 * Masaharu Fukuyama as Manabu Yukawa (湯川学)
 * Ko Shibasaki as Kaoru Utsumi (内海薫)
 * Kazuki Kitamura as Shunpei Kusanagi (草薙俊平)
 * Hiroshi Shinagawa as Shiro Yuge (弓削志郎)
 * Ikkei Watanabe as Hiromi Kuribayashi (栗林宏美)
 * Miki Maya as Sakurako Jonouchi (城ノ内桜子)

Season 2

 * Masaharu Fukuyama as Manabu Yukawa (湯川学)
 * Yuriko Yoshitaka as Misa Kishitani (岸谷美砂)
 * Yu Sawabe as Minoru Otagawa (太田川稔)
 * Yuto Marick Yasuhara as Isaac (アイザック)

Season 1

 * 1st episode: Toshiaki Karasawa as Tatsuo Kanamori (金森龍男)
 * 2nd episode: Mantaro Koichi as Hiroshi Uemura (上村宏)
 * 3rd episode: Ryōko Hirosue as Yayoi Kanzaki (神崎弥生)
 * 4th episode: Shingo Katori (SMAP) as Shoichi Tagami (田上昇一)
 * Sora Aoi - victim of 4th episode
 * 5th episode: Suzuka Ohgo as Akiho Yajima (矢島秋穂)
 * Miki Mizuno - wife of victim of 5th episode
 * 6th episode: Maki Horikita as Remi Morisaki (森崎礼美)
 * Hirofumi Arai - a fortune teller, stalking Remi
 * 7th episode: Kyoko Fukada as Shizuko Sugawara (菅原静子)
 * Shigeyuki Sato as Minemura Kazuhide (峰村英和)
 * 8th episode: Yumiko Shaku as Chiaki Maeda (前田千晶)
 * 9th and final episodes: Hiroshi Kume as Seishiro Kijima (木島征志郎)
 * Guests for Episode Φ (Zero)
 * Masami Nagasawa as Akari Shionoya (塩野谷あかり)
 * Ayaka Komatsu as Yoko Hirahara (平原瑤子)
 * Karina as Namie Shindo (新藤奈美恵)
 * Keizo Kanie as Yukimasa Tomonaga (友永幸正)

Season 2

 * 1st episode: Takao Osawa as Shiko Renzaki (連崎至光)
 * 2nd episode: Haruna Kawaguchi as Kanako Mase (真瀬加奈子)
 * 3rd episode: Yuko Oshima as Mutsumi Wakizaka (脇坂睦美)
 * 4th episode: Seiichi Tanabe as Tadamasa Yanagisawa (柳沢忠正)
 * Atsuya Furuta - Yanagisawa's training partner
 * 5th episode: Mirei Kiritani as Wakana Isoya (磯谷若菜) and Haruna Mikami (三上春菜) (dual role)
 * 6th episode: Yui Natsukawa as Yuko Nogi (野木祐子)
 * 7th episode: Yuu Kashii as Yui Kojima (小島結衣)
 * 8th episode: Yū Aoi as Atsuko Kanbara (神原敦子)
 * 9th episode: Katsuhisa Namase as Eiji Takado (高藤英治)
 * 10th episode: Yūki Amami as Ayane Mashiba (真柴綾音)

Films

 * Suspect X, (2008)
 * Midsummer's Equation, (2013)
 * Silent Parade, (2022)
 * Galileo: Kindan no Majutsu (The Forbidden Magic), (Fuji TV, 2022)

Video game
An adventure game based on the series was developed by Tomcat System and published by D3Publisher for Nintendo DS on October 16, 2008.