Good Partner

Title: グッドパートナー
Title (English): Good Partner
Tagline: 無敵の弁護 / Muteki no Bengoshi
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Legal
Episodes: 9
Viewership ratings: 10.7%
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast period: 2016-Apr-21 to 2016-Jun-16
Air time: Thursday 21:00
Theme song: Plus One by Hirai Ken

Synopsis
Kento Sakisaka (Yutaka Takenouchi) is a partner at a law firm specialising in corporate law. He is strong with negotiations and as a mediator. He hates to lose and thinks his mission is to protect his business clients. One year ago, Kento Sakisaka divorced Yoshie Natsume (Yasuko Matsuyuki) who works as a lawyer at the same law firm. He now lives with his young daughter.

Cast
Takenouchi Yutaka as Sakisaka Kento
Matsuyuki Yasuko as Natsume Yoshie
Kaku Kento as Atami Yusuke
Yamazaki Ikusaburo (山崎育三郎) as Akahoshi Gen
Babazono Azusa (馬場園梓) as Jonouchi Mari
Okamoto Azusa as Mogi Satomi
Miyazaki Karen as Shimatani Ryoko
Uechi Haruna as Guen
Matsukaze Risaki as Sakisaka Mizuki
Sugimoto Tetta as Nekota Junichi
Goda Masashi as Sengoku Yukinojo
Miyaji Masako as Asaoka Rieko
Ohkura Koji as Tsukumo Osamu
Kunimura Jun as Jinguji Kazuhiko

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99.9 ~Keiji Senmon Bengoshi~

Title: 99.9
Tagline: 刑事専門弁護士 / Keiji Senmon Bengoshi
Also known as: 99.9 ~Criminal Lawyers~
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Legal, human
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 17.12%
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2016-Apr-17 to 2016-Jun-19
Air time: Sunday 21:00
Theme song: Daylight by Arashi

Synopsis
The conviction rate for criminal cases in Japan is 99.9%. However, this hides a big danger. Once indicted, there is a tendency to accept the prosecution’s story at face value. There are also extremely few lawyers that specialise in criminal cases. Therefore, a thorough verification is very difficult. This is a drama about a team of expert criminal lawyers who pursues the truth that may be hiding in the remaining 0.1%.

Cast
Madarame Law Firm
Matsumoto Jun as Miyama Hiroto (33)
Kagawa Teruyuki as Sada Atsuhiro (47)
Eikura Nana as Tachibana Ayano (27)
Katagiri Jin as Akashi Tatsuya (40)
Magy as Fujino Hiroki (44)
Watanabe Makiko (渡辺真起子) as Togawa Natsuko (36)
Fujimoto Takahiro as Shiga Makoto (46)
Baba Toru (馬場徹) as Ochiai Yohei (27)
Kishibe Ittoku as Madarame Haruhiko (65)
Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office
Aoki Munetaka as Marukawa Takahisa (36)
Koichi Mantaro as Inaba
Okuda Eiji as Otomo Shuichi (60)
Others
Emi Kurara as Sada Yukiko (36)
Hata Mei as Sada Kasumi (ep5-)
Ikeda Takafumi (池田貴史) as Bando Kenta (44)
Kishii Yukino (岸井ゆきの) as Kanako (24)
Shuto Yasuyuki (首藤康之) as Miyama Daisuke, Hiroto's father
Morita Aren (森田愛蓮) as young Hiroto
Oda Lisa (織田梨沙) as Misato

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Tenshi to Akuma

Title: 天使と悪魔
Title (romaji): Tenshi to Akuma
Also known as: Angels & Demons
Tagline: 未解決事件匿名交渉課 / Mikaiketsu Jiken Tokumei Koshouka
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Mystery, legal, suspense
Episodes: 9
Viewership ratings: 6.08%
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast period: 2015-Apr-10 to 2015-Jun-05
Air time: Friday 23:15
Theme song: Song for you ~Ashita e Kakeru Hikari~ by Sonar Pocket

Synopsis
Gouriki plays the role of a newbie police officer Makita Hikari who trusts others wholeheartedly, keeps making mistakes at work and ends up being sent to work in an insignificant position while Watabe plays Chajima Ryunosuke who is a lawyer with no morals and doesn't believe in people. The two of them who are 24 years apart in age, form an unlikely alliance to crack unresolved cases in the Mikaiketsu Jiken Tokumei Koshoka by using plea deals to get suspects and the accused to testify against the true culprits responsible for committing the crimes. -- Dorama World

Cast
Gouriki Ayame as Makita Hikari
Watabe Atsuro as Chajima Ryunosuke
Hasegawa Tomoharu as Udagawa Ken
Naito Risa as Hattori Noemi
Nakamura Shizuka as Eniwa Akane
Arakawa Yoshiyoshi as Ano Tadaomi
Uzaki Ryudo (宇崎竜童) as Kagurazaka Ryoichi

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