Sh15uya

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Sh15uya
Also known as	Shibuya Fifteen
Genre	Action, Suspense, Science Fiction
Directed by	Nobuhiro Suzuki, Ryuta Tasaki
Starring	Yuki Saya, Yui Aragaki, Yuria Haga
Country of origin	Japan
Language(s)	Japanese
No. of episodes	12
Production
Producer(s)	Kazuo Katō, Kōichi Yada, Naomi Takebe, Saeko Matsuda, Shinichiro Shirakura
Running time	23 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	TV Asahi
Original run	January 10, 2005 – March 28, 2005
External links
Official website
IMDb profile

Sh15uya (Sh15uya（シブヤフィフティーン）, Shibuya Fifutīn^?, Shibuya Fifteen) is a Japanese television series (or dorama), broadcast on TV Asahi from January 10 to March 10 of 2005. As the title implies, the setting is the famous district of Shibuya in Tokyo, however, it is only a virtual simulation of Shibuya.

The plot concerns a group of fifteen-year-olds. The story centers on a boy named Tsuyoshi trying to recover his memories and find a way out of Shibuya. The inhabitants of Shibuya cannot leave the confines of the city. The world of Shibuya 15 is regulated by an entity know as "Piece" (alternatively translated as "Peace"). Piece locks onto "broken" inhabitants and kills those who have not operated in the proper confines of the world.

The victim is "reset" and inserted back into Shibuya with a new name and identity, their previous identity completely wiped from the minds of others.

1 Sh15uya gangs
2 Cast
3 Staff
4 Cast Notes
5 References

[edit] Sh15uya gangs

Shibuya is divided into three territories, with each gang controlling one territory.

Lovegen

Leader: Asagi - Nami (during a short period)

Territory: Dōgenzaka

Palhands

Leader: Ryuugo

Territory: Kōen-dori

Bunkamu

Leader: DJ

Territory: Bunkamura-dori

[edit] Cast

Yuki Saya as Tsuyoshi
Aragaki Yui as Ema
Haga Yuria as Asagi
Yamashita Tooru as Ryuugo
Uehara Takuya as DJ
Katou Mao as Mikio
Tomohisa Yuge as Kengo
Karahashi Mitsuru as Ootomo
Mark Musashi as Piece
Konno Narumi as Chiko (episode 1)
Ai Risa as Haru
Hironari Amano as Ginkooin Fuu no Otoko
Iwai Nanase as Nami (episodes 3–5)
Matsuyama Takashi as Igaya
Takamasa Suga as Senkyoushi Fuu no Otoko
Sugiyama Ayano as Fastfood Tenchou
Takatsuki Jun as Takuhaibin no Otoko
Yamasaki Jun as Biyoshi Fuu (episode 11)

[edit] Staff

Directors:

Nobuhiro Suzuki
Ryuta Tasaki

Script:

Shoji Yonemura

Music:

Kuniaki Haishima

Producers:

Kazuo Katō
Kōichi Yada
Naomi Takebe
Saeko Matsuda
Shinichiro Shirakura

Visual Effects Supervision:

Shingo Kobayashi

[edit] Cast Notes

The main character Tsuyoshi (boy) is played by Yuki Saya (girl).
Many of the actors in the show also starred in various series of the Kamen Rider series. This is probably because both Sh15uya and the Kamen Rider series are shown on the TV Asahi network. Even some of the staff had worked in various roles of the Kamen Rider series as well. Those actors/staff and their respective Kamen Rider roles are:

Actors

Hironari Amano—Kamen Rider Blade as Sakuya Tachibana/Kamen Rider Garren
Takamasa Suga—Kamen Rider Ryuki as Shinji Kidou/Kamen Rider Ryuuki
Sugiyama Ayano—Kamen Rider Ryuki as Yui Kanzaki
Mitsuru Karahashi—Kamen Rider 555 as Naoya Kaido/Snake Orphnoch and Kamen Rider Blade: Missing Ace as Policemen
Takashi Matsuyama—Kamen Rider Kuuga as Morimichi Sugita
Tomohisa Yuge—Kamen Rider Ryuki as Goro Yura and Kamen Rider Kabuto as Masato Mishima
Yuria Haga—Kamen Rider 555 as Mari Sonoda
Mark Musashi—Kamen Rider The First suit actor for Kamen Rider 2

Staff

Ryuta Tasaki—Kamen Rider BLACK as Assistant Director and Kamen Rider Agito, Kamen Rider Ryuki, Kamen Rider 555 as Director
Saeko Matsuda—Kamen Rider Blade as Producer
Shinichiro Shirakura—Kamen Rider 555: Paradise Lost as Producer