It was announced on May 20 that actor Kamikawa Takaya's TV Asahi's drama 'Iryu Sousa' will come back with a new series starting in July.

This will be the second season of 'Iryu Sousa' as the first season was aired during April to June 2011. The detective drama tells the story of detective Itomura Satoshi (Kamikawa), who can "hear" voices of the dead from things left behind at crime scenes.

Though a detective, he is bad at sensing mood. However, his tender attitude when it comes to solving crimes seems to have attracted TV viewers as the highest audience rating of the first season was 17.0%, and the average rating marked 14.3% (Kanto region).

Producer Miwa Yumiko enthusiastically stated, "I want this drama to bring up popular detective series like 'Aibou' and 'Rinjo'."

In the previous series, Itomura was in the First Investigation Division at the metropolitan police department, but in the new series, he was relegated to Tsukishima Central Police Station, which is in a more peaceful town.�Saito Yuki, Yashima Norito and Miyake Yuji will appear in the series as new cast members.

Kamikawa stated, "The meaning of 'Kaisai wo Sakebu(to shout with exultation)' is exactly what I'm feeling now. I would like to act as Itomura while putting all my best and everything I have now [into it]."

Source �: Sanspo

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