The 92nd Drama Academy Awards (Winter 2017) - Best Leading Actor

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Kusanagi Tsuyoshi - Uso no Sensou
2) Takahashi Issei - Quartet
3) Kimura Takuya - A LIFE ~ Itoshiki Hito ~

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Kusanagi Tsuyoshi - Uso no Sensou
2) Kimura Takuya - A LIFE ~ Itoshiki Hito ~
3) Takahashi Issei - Quartet
4) Matsuzaka Toori - Shikaku Tantei Higurashi Tabito
5) Tsutsumi Shinichi - Super Salaryman Saenai-shi

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Takahashi Issei - Quartet
2) Kusanagi Tsuyoshi - Uso no Sensou
3) Kimura Takuya - A LIFE ~ Itoshiki Hito ~
4) Matsuda Ryuhei - Quartet
5) Tsutsumi Shinichi - Super Salaryman Saenai-shi

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Kusanagi Tsuyoshi - Uso no Sensou
2) Kimura Takuya - A LIFE ~ Itoshiki Hito ~
3) Takahashi Issei - Quartet / Matsuda Ryuhei - Quartet
5) Tsutsumi Shinichi - Super Salaryman Saenai-shi

Source: The Televison

Screening and talk event of NTV Winter 2017 drama "Shikaku Tantei Higurashi Tabito"

The first-episode-screening and talk event of NTV Winter 2017 drama "Shikaku Tantei Higurashi Tabito" was held at NTV's HQ on 18 January which was attended by the lead actor Matsuzaka Toori and director Tsutsumi Yukihiko. The drama which began its run from 22 January, is shown at 10.30pm on Sundays.

During the event's Q & A session, one of the fans in the audience suddenly asked Matsuzaka and Tsutsumi what they wanted to do at that moment. Tsutsumi replied that he was craving for gyoza while Matsuzaka commented that he felt like drinking beer. He also revealed that his co-stars are people who love to drink so he hopes to be able to go for a drinking session with them soon. In response to this, Tsutsumi said that they had a year-end's party during a filming break thanks to Matsuzaka's insistence that they should hold the party.

When asked how he prepared himself to play a detective who lost his senses except sight, Matsuzaka said that he had to be conscious of this fact by doing things such as not reacting when people called out to him from his back and that his co-stars had helped him a lot during the process. Tsutsumi also apologised to the fans that the version of episode 1 which they saw was actually unfinished and there were some edits which needed to be made before the actual broadcast.

Source: Nikkansports

Anly & Sukima Switch to sing the theme song for NTV Winter 2017 drama "Shikaku Tantei Higurashi Tabito"

Anly and Sukima Switch will be working together for the theme song of NTV Winter 2017 drama "Shikaku Tantei Higurashi Tabito" starring Matsuzaka Toori which begins its run from 22 January 2017. The song titled "Kono yami wo terasu hikari no mukou ni" was written by the singers after they read the script and message from the director Tsutsumi Yukihiko. This marks the first time that Anly and Sukima Switch are working with other artistes to produce a song. Anly commented that the task would have been too much for her to bear if she was doing it alone so she feels very happy to be able to collaborate with Sukima Switch.

Source: Yomiuri Hochi

Preview of "Shikaku Tantei Higurashi Tabito" - Winter 2017

Title: Shikaku Tantei Higurashi Tabito 視覚探偵 日暮旅人 (Detective of sight Higurashi Tabito)
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O.A. Start Date: 22 January 2017
Timeslot: Sundays 10.30pm (first episode starts from 10pm)
Broadcast by: NTV
Original novel by: Yamaguchi Kozaburo
Cast: Matsuzaka Toori, Tabe Mikako, Hamada Gaku, Kinami Haruka, Sumida Moeno, Wada Toshihiro, Ueda Tatsuya, Shishido Kafka, Kino Hana, Kitaoji Kinya

KAT-TUN's Ueda Tatsuya & Shishido Kafka to join the cast of NTV Winter 2017 drama "Shikaku Tantei Higurashi Tabito"

KAT-TUN's Ueda Tatsuya and Shishido Kafka will be joining the cast of NTV Winter 2017 drama "Shikaku Tantei Higurashi Tabito" starring Matsuzaka Toori which begins its run from 22 January in the Sundays 10.30pm timeslot.

The drama which is based on the novel "Tantei Higurashi Tabito" by Yamaguchi Kouzaburo, features Matsuzaka in the leading role of Higurashi Tabito who was involved in an incident when he was young and lost all his five senses except for his sight. Since then, Higurashi relies on his sight to solve various cases by observing other people's feelings and clues left behind. Co-stars include the heroine played by Tabe Mikako who is a nursery teacher, Tabito's buddy played by Hamada Gaku, Tabito's doctor Kitaoji Kinya and child actor Sumida Moeno.

Ueda will be playing Higurashi's assistant at the detective agency named Tsuruta Kamekichi, a young man with gangster-like mannerisms from Hakata, Fukuoka, who came to Tokyo because he wanted to make it big. While walking aimlessly in Kinshicho, he happens to met Higurashi and became the latter's assistant. Despite being a warm-hearted person who cares a lot for his mother, his frivolous ways makes him a somewhat mischievious troublemaker. On the other hand, Shishido plays the unconventional police detective Masuko Sumire in the organised crime department who would stop at nothing in order to achieve her goals.As a result of her unpredictable ways, her partner Doi Junichi (Wada Toshihiro) and the people around her feel as if they are always being twisted around her little finger.

Sources: Nikkansports / Yomiuri Hochi / Oricon

Matsuzaka Toori to star in NTV Winter 2017 drama "Shikaku Tantei Higurashi Tabito"

Matsuzaka Toori will be starring in the NTV Winter 2017 drama "Shikaku Tantei Higurashi Tabito" (Detective of Sight Higurashi Tabito) which will begin its run from January next year in the Sundays 10.30pm timeslot. The drama series follows on the heels of the drama SP also starring Matsuzaka which was shown in November 2015. Tsutsumi Yukihiko who directed the SP, will continue to be the director for the drama series.

The drama which is based on the novel "Tantei Higurashi Tabito" by Yamaguchi Kouzaburo, features Matsuzaka in the leading role of Higurashi Tabito who was involved in an incident when he was young and lost all his five senses except for his sight. Since then, Higurashi relies on his sight to solve various cases by observing other people's feelings and clues left behind. Co-stars include the heroine played by Tabe Mikako who is a nursery teacher, Tabito's buddy played by Hamada Gaku, Tabito's doctor Kitaoji Kinya and child actor Sumida Moeno.

Matsuzaka commented that the previous SP did not manage to describe Tabito's past but the drama series will touch on that and show how he interacts with the people around him and changes as a result. He is looking forward to working with the same team again. As for Tabe, she is excited about the mysteries left unresolved in the SP which will be explained in the drama series.

Source: Nikkansports