It has been revealed that Shogo Hama and Kohei Higuchi will appear in the drama series "MADDER: That Incident, I'm the Criminal" (Kantele/Fuji TV, scheduled to air late Thursday nights), starring Mao Ioki of the idol group " Nogizaka46 ". Hama will play Morino Shinji, a detective in the First Investigative Division who is pursuing a murderer, and Higuchi will play Eto Arata, a classmate of Nakano Akane, played by Ioki.
This is the second drama project produced by a collaboration between KTV and Fuji TV's video distribution service "FOD." A mystery entertainment story in which Nakano Akane (Ioki), a genius high school student, meets Kurokawa Yu (Yamamura Ryuta), a young man believed to be the culprit of a murder case, and a small incident at school leads to an unprecedented serial murder case that shocks Japan. It is an original work by screenwriter "Date-san," who has worked on dramas such as "Unlucky Girl!" (Yomiuri TV).
It was also revealed that Takeda Rina, Yamashita Eku from "ONE N'ONLY", Yoshina Riru, Mizuno Kyoshin, Kanon, and Tsugumi will also be appearing.
Takeda plays Kajitani Miwa, a detective in the First Investigation Division, just like Morino, while Yamashita, Yoshina, Mizuno, Kanon, and Tsugumi play Akane's classmates just like Eto. Yamashita plays Miyauchi Taito, a member of the Mathematics Research Club who has won the International Mathematical Olympiad; Yoshina plays Shinozaki Mayu, a pentalingal (able to speak five languages) who won the International Linguistics Olympiad; Mizuno plays Yohara Minato, winner of the Astronomy Olympiad; Kanon plays Ono Yuka, a student council member with perfect pitch who aspires to enter Tokyo University of the Arts; and Tsugumi plays Hojo Rin, a member of the student council.
In addition, Kuwayama Ryuta from "WATWING" will play Sudo Masaya, a senior student of Akane and a member of the art club; Toshiki Tsuyoshi will play Tsukasa Shigehiko, the principal of Seiran Gakuen, a prestigious school with the highest rate of students going on to Tokyo University; Nasubi will play Kadokura Kotaro, Akane's homeroom teacher and art teacher; Iwakura will play Sasaki Yuki, the assistant homeroom teacher and mathematics teacher; and Okayama Hajime will play Minowa Kiyoshi, a classical Japanese teacher at Seiran Gakuen.
