Higashiyama Noriyuki to be back in the sequel of "Keiji Shichinin" this summer

Higashiyama Noriyuki will be back in the sequel of TV Asahi drama "Keiji Shichinin" (7 Police Detectives) this summer in the Wednesdays 9pm timeslot. His co-stars including Kitaoji Kinya, Takashima Masahiro, Kataoka Ainosuke, Suzuki Kosuke, Kurashina Kana and Yoshida Kotaro will be back as well in the new installment.

"Keiji Shichinin" was first aired in summer 2015 featuring the 7 actors who play 6 detectives and 1 pathology professor belonging to the 12th section of the Metropolitan Police Department's 1st department which is jokingly known as the graveyard for police detectives. They work together to solve various difficult cases using their expertise in different areas. In the sequel though, the key characters have been transferred to different departments to work in but are grouped together in a new unit to handle some unique cases.

Filming will begin in early June.

Source: Oricon