Saijo no Meii

Details

 * Title: 最上の命医
 * Title (romaji): Saijo no Meii
 * Genre: Human drama, medical
 * Broadcast network: TV Tokyo

Synopsis
"Saijo no Meii" follows the story of a young genius surgeon named Saijo Mikoto who was born with a bad heart, however, since he was under the care of the leading Japanese heart surgeon, Shindo Mamoru, he survived his illness. In return, Saijou himself became a surgeon, and in the process, eventually became the greatest pediatric surgeon in the world.

Renzoku

 * Episodes: 10
 * Viewership ratings: 3.9%
 * Air time: Monday 22:00
 * Broadcast period: 2011-Jan-18 to 2011-Mar-14

Cast

 * Saito Takumi as Saijo Mikoto
 * Ikeuchi Hiroyuki as Kiryu Ayame
 * Higa Manami as Sena Maria
 * Itaya Yuka as Manaka Yuki
 * Kitagawa Hiromi as Maeda Izumi
 * Izumiya Shigeru as Shindo Mamoru
 * Jinnai Takanori as Kiryu Sadame (Department Deputy Director)
 * Irie Masato as Sakamoto Ryuma
 * Saito Yosuke as Noguchi Hidetoshi (Department Director)
 * Yamane Kazuma as Yamada Tsubasa
 * Watanabe Kouhei as Shiranui Daiki
 * Konno Chiharu as Takashima Miyabe
 * Suzuki Chinami as Sawaki Ran
 * Nakahara Takeo as Manaka Yuki's father
 * Sato Ruiki as Okada Hayabusa (ep1)
 * Takagi Serai (ep1)

Production Credits

 * Original work: Manga Saijo no Meii by Hashiguchi Takashi (橋口たかし)
 * Screenwriter: Nakazono Kenji (中園健司), Iwamura Masako
 * Director: Aso Manabu, Suzuki Kosuke, Kimura Hisashi, Yagi Kazusuke (八木一介)
 * Music: Endo Koji

2016 Special

 * Title: 最上の命医2016
 * Title (romaji): Saijo no Meii 2016
 * Viewership ratings: 7.4%
 * Broadcast date: 2016-Feb-10
 * Air time: Wednesday 21:00

Cast

 * Saito Takumi as Saijo Mikoto
 * Saito Yuki as Oda Reiko
 * Kamiji Yusuke as Miyoshi Masayasu
 * Minamisawa Nao
 * Okouchi Hiroshi
 * Ikeuchi Hiroyuki as Kiryu Ayame
 * Izumiya Shigeru as Shindo Mamoru
 * Funakoshi Eiichiro as Hojo Chikage
 * Suda Eito as Miyoshi Kyuusuke
 * Kimura Seiya as Matsunaga Riichi

Production Credits

 * Original work: Manga Saijo no Meii by Hashiguchi Takashi (橋口たかし)
 * Screenwriter: Iwamura Masako
 * Director: Aso Manabu
 * Music: Endo Koji

2017 Special

 * Title: 最上の命医2017
 * Title (romaji): Saijo no Meii 2017
 * Viewership ratings: 5.5%
 * Broadcast date: 2017-Aug-23
 * Air time: Wednesday 21:00

Cast

 * Saito Takumi as Saijo Mikoto
 * Otsuka Nene as Hagio Ichiro
 * Shida Mirai as Tezuka Rika
 * Matsuo Satoru as Chiba Tetsuo
 * Endo Yuya as Oyamada Osamu
 * Momoka (桃果) as Hagio Moe
 * Owada Shinya as Urasawa Tamotsu
 * Higa Manami as Sena Maria
 * Izumiya Shigeru as Shindo Mamorui
 * Kusakari Masao as Tezuka Yoshitomi

Production Credits

 * Original work: Manga Saijo no Meii by Hashiguchi Takashi (橋口たかし)
 * Screenwriter: Iwamura Masako
 * Director: Aso Manabu
 * Music: Endo Koji

2019 Special

 * Title: 最上の命医2019
 * Title (romaji): Saijo no Meii 2019
 * Broadcast date: 2019-Oct-02
 * Air time: Wednesday 21:00

Cast

 * Saito Takumi as Saijo Mikoto
 * Tanaka Rena as Takigawa Natsuki
 * Nagai Masaru as Seki Kouichiro
 * Murata Takehiro as Nakagomi Ryuzo
 * Izumiya Shigeru as Shindo Mamoru
 * Kishitani Goro as Sakuma Kousaku

Production Credits

 * Original work: Manga Saijo no Meii by Hashiguchi Takashi (橋口たかし)
 * Screenwriter: Kosaka Takafumi (香坂隆史)
 * Director: Aso Manabu
 * Music: Endo Koji