Specialist (TV series)

Specialist (スペシャリスト) is a Japanese television drama series that premiered on TV Asahi on 14 January 2016. It was previously aired as Saturday Night drama from 2013 to 2015. In this drama, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, a member of SMAP, played the lead role, Kaho Minami, Yūta Hiraoka and Natsuna appeared in supporting roles. The first episode received a viewership rating of 17.1%, and its overall average was 12.0%. It was Sei Ashina’s final television role before her death in 2020.

Plot
In this drama series, Yoshito Takuma (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) works together with his former team, consisting of Chinami Anekoji (Kaho Minami), Yuiko Matsubara (Sei Asahina), Kohei Horikawa (Yuta Hiraoka) and newcomer Maria Azuma (Natsuna Watanabe), to solve a variety of cases.

Cast

 * Tsuyoshi Kusanagi as Yoshito Takuma
 * Kaho Minami as Chinami Anekōji
 * Yūta Hiraoka as Kōhei Horikawa
 * Natsuna as Maria Azuma
 * Sei Ashina as Yuiko Matsubara
 * Masato Wada as Nozomu Nogata
 * Mitsuru Fukikoshi as Hiroki Takidō