Signal (Japanese TV series)

Signal (Japanese: シグナル, Hepburn: Shigunaru), also known as Signal: Long-Term Unsolved Case Investigation Team (Japanese: シグナル 長期未解決事件捜査班, Hepburn: Shigunaru: Chōki Mikaiketsu Jiken Sōsahan), is a Japanese police procedural television series starring Kentaro Sakaguchi, Michiko Kichise and Kazuki Kitamura. It is a remake of the South Korean drama of the same name written by Kim Eun-hee, and aired every Tuesday at 21:00 JST from April 10 to June 12, 2018 on Fuji TV.[1][2]

Signal
Promotional poster
シグナル (Shigunaru)
Genre
Created by
  • Choi Jin-hee
  • Park Ji-young
Written byKim Eun-hee (Original)
Masaya Ozaki (Adaptation)
Directed byAkira Uchikata
Kosuke Suzuki
Starring
Opening theme"Don't Leave Me" by BTS
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes10
Production
ProducersTakashi Hagiwara
Takahiro Kasabe
Mai Ishida
Camera setupSingle camera
Production companies
DistributorKansai Telecasting Corporation
Release
Original networkFuji TV
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
Audio formatDolby Digital
Original releaseApril 10 (2018-04-10) 
June 12, 2018 (2018-06-12)
Chronology
Related showsSignal (2016)
External links
Website

Cast

Main

Supporting

  • Atsuro Watabe[3] as Tsutomu Yamada
  • Yuichi Kimura as Tsutomu Yamada
  • Tetsuhiro Ikeda as Shinya Kojima
  • Masahiro Komoto as Kazuo Iwata
  • Kaede Aono as Rika Anzai
  • Fuju Kamio as Ryota Kato

Original soundtrack

Boy group BTS from South Korea sang the opening theme song of the series entitled "Don't Leave Me".[4]

Title Year Artist Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
[5]
FRA Digital
[6]
JPN US World
[7]
Oricon
[8]
Hot 100
[9]
"Don't Leave Me"[10] 2018 BTS 91 18 13 1
  • JPN: 4,611[11]
  • US: 9,000
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Ratings

Ep. Broadcast date Average audience share
Kanto region Kansai region Ref.
1 April 10, 2018 9.7% 12.9% [12]
2 April 17, 2018 8.4% 14.3% [13]
3 April 24, 2018 8.3% 11.9% [14]
4 May 1, 2018 7.9% 13.0% [15]
5 May 8, 2018 6.7% 11.6% [16]
6 May 15, 2018 5.7% 9.7% [17]
7 May 22, 2018 6.9% 10.1% [18]
8 May 29, 2018 6.9% 10.3% [19]
9 June 5, 2018 7.3% 11.4% [20]
10 June 12, 2018 9.2% 13.5% [21]
Average 7.7% 11.9%

International broadcast

Country Network Premiere
Indonesia
Mongolia
Myanmar
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Taiwan
Vietnam
WakuWaku Japan
(with subtitles)
April 21, 2018[22]

References

  1. "[단독] '시그널' 日 리메이크 확정, 사카구치 켄타로 출연". YTN.
  2. "坂口健太郎、ドラマ初主演で警察官に!過去と現在が交差…未解決事件に挑む". Cinema Today.
  3. "坂口健太郎主演連ドラで8年ぶり刑事役 北村一輝、渡部篤郎も". Mainichi.
  4. "TSが初のドラマ主題歌!フジ坂口健太郎が刑事役". Nikkan Sports.
  5. "オリコン週間 デジタルシングル(単曲)ランキング 2018年04月02日~2018年04月08日 11~20位". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 12, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  6. "Billboard Japan Hot 100". Billboard JAPAN (in Japanese). Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  7. Kim, Bo-ra (2018-03-08). "[공식입장] 방탄소년단, 日드라마 '시그널' 주제가 부른다" (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  8. "オリコン週間 デジタルシングル(単曲)ランキング 2018年04月02日~2018年04月08日 11~20位". ORICON NEWS (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 12, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  9. 坂口健太郎主演「シグナル 長期未解決事件捜査班」初回視聴率は関東9・7% 関西は12・9%で2ケタ発進
  10. 坂口健太郎主演「シグナル」第2話視聴率は関東8・4%、関西は14・3%の高数字
  11. "坂口健太郎主演「シグナル」第3回は8・3% 関西では3話連続2ケタキープ". Hochi.
  12. "坂口健太郎初主演「シグナル」第4回は7・9% 関西は13・0%で好調維持". Hochi.
  13. "坂口健太郎初主演「シグナル」第5回は6・7% 関西では5話連続2ケタキープ". Hochi.
  14. "坂口健太郎初主演「シグナル」第6話は5・7% 関西は6話連続2ケタ維持". Hochi.
  15. "坂口健太郎初主演「シグナル」第7話は6・9% 関西は7話連続2ケタキープ". Hochi.
  16. "坂口健太郎初主演「シグナル」第8話は6・9% 関西は10・3%で2ケタキープ". Hochi.
  17. "坂口健太郎初主演「シグナル」第9話は7・3% 前回から0・4ポイントアップ". Hochi.
  18. "坂口健太郎初主演「シグナル」最終回は9・2% 関西は13・5%で有終の美". Hochi.
  19. "Signal". Waku Waku Japan.
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