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Naniwa Danshi Perform New Live-Action Kindaichi Case Files Series' Theme Song
posted on by Alex Mateo
The official website for the live-action series Naniwa Danshi will perform the theme song "The Answer." As previously announced, Naniwa Danshi band member Shunsuke Michieda (pictured center below) is the fifth actor to play the titular detective Hajime Kindaichi, and this will be his first solo starring role in a live-action series.
Ikki Sawamura (right) will play Isamu Kenmochi. Kamishiraishi previously appeared in a different role in the Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo N (neo) live-action series, which aired in 2014.
Taishō Iwasaki of Bishonen and Johnny's Jr. will play Ryuta Saki (pictured below on left), a first-year high school student who likes to film videos.
The series will premiere on April 24 and will air on NTV on Sundays at 10:30 p.m. The new series will adapt selected cases and set them in modern-day Japan.
The Kindaichi Case Files manga centers around a high school boy named Hajime Kindaichi who usually seems dull. However, when there is a case, he demonstrates an IQ of over 180 and remarkable deductive skills inherited from his famous detective grandfather. He solves crimes with his childhood friend Miyuki Nanase and Inspector Isamu Kenmochi.
Amagi and Sato launched the original manga in 1992, and OVA) projects, and a television anime series.
The four previous actors who played Kindaichi in live-action are Ryōsuke Yamada from 2013 to 2014.
Sources: Kindaichi Case Files live-action show's website, Oricon News via Otakomu
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