It recently was announced that actor Oikawa Mitsuhiro would graduate from his role as Kanbe Takeru in TV Asahi's popular crime series, 'Aibou'.

Oikawa has been playing the role of Sugishita Ukyo's (Mizutani Yutaka)'s partner since season 8, which began in October 2009. He will graduate from that position after the end of the currently airing season 10. Of course, this doesn't mean the end of the series, and therefore everyone is curious to learn who will become Mizutani's next partner.

NTT DoCoMo's goo, an online and mobile polling service, posed the same question to its users over the past week:

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Who should become the next partner in 'Aibou'?

01 - 5317 votes - Kiritani Kenta
02 - 4095 votes - Oizumi Yo
03 - 2143 votes - Sakurai Sho
04 - 2127 votes - Others, not listed
05 - 1740 votes - Tanihara Shosuke
06 - 1545 votes - Kaname Jun
07 - 1003 votes - Mukai Osamu
08 - 923 votes - Oguri Shun
09 - 898 votes - Takenouchi Yutaka
10 - 879 votes - Sakaguchi Kenji
11 - 737 votes - Ito Hideaki
12 - 718 votes - Okada Junichi
13 - 666 votes - Fujiki Naohito
14 - 645 votes - Eita
15 - 590 votes - Sorimachi Takashi
16 - 484 votes - Odagiri Joe
17 - 468 votes - Tamaki Hiroshi
18 - 463 votes - Fukuyama Masaharu
19 - 400 votes - Tsumabuki Satoshi
20 - 333 votes - Kimura Takuya

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Before the start of the current season, there were already rumors about Oikawa leaving the show, along with some vivid speculations about a possible successor. Some of them can be found in the ranking above, but there are also a couple more new and interesting suggestions.

Who would you like to see at Mizutani's side?

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Source: goo