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The Big Chase: Tokyo SSBC Files

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The Big Chase: Tokyo SSBC Files
Promotional poster
大追跡〜警視庁SSBC強行犯係〜
Written byYasushi Fukuda [ja]
Directed by
Starring
Music byKan Sawada
Opening themeBeacon
by Dreams Come True
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Fujisaki Emi (TV Asahi)
  • Masayuki Meguro (Toei)
Production companies
Original release
NetworkANN (TV Asahi)
ReleaseJuly 9, 2025 (2025-07-09) –
present

The Big Chase: Tokyo SSBC Files (大追跡〜警視庁SSBC強行犯係〜, Daitsuiseki 〜 Keishichō SSBC kyōkōhangakari 〜) is a 2025 Japanese drama television series produced by TV Asahi and Toei Company. The series is head-written by Yasushi Fukuda [ja] and features episodes directed by Naoki Tamura, Keisuke Toyoshima [ja] and Takashi Komatsu [ja] with music by Kan Sawada and stars Nao Omori, Masaki Aiba (Arashi) and Nao Matsushita in the leading roles. The series started airing on TV Asahi and its affiliates on July 9, 2025.[1]

Plot

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Set in the SSBC (Investigation Support and Analysis Center, ISSAC) (捜査支援分析センター, Sousa Shien Bunseki Center), a specialized group within the Metropolitan Police Department founded in 2009, this story focuses on the SSBC's newly established Violent Crimes Unit. This elite team of analysts and investigators is at the forefront of modern policing. As experts in analyzing CCTV, digital forensics, and criminal profiling, their pivotal role in solving a major nationwide robbery, cracking an encrypted communication app to catch the mastermind, catapulted them to fame.The new unit is dedicated to supporting the First Investigative Division in tackling serious crimes like murder, robbery, and arson.[2]

Cast

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Main[3] Add. cast 1[4][5] Add. cast 2[6][7] Add. cast 3[8]

Police

  • Shuji Igaki (played by Nao Omori). Former detective in the First Investigative Division. Got into some trouble three years before the story begins and was transferred to mobile analysis in the Violent Crimes Division (VCD) of the Metropolitan Police Department's Criminal Investigation Support and Analysis Center (SSBC), of which he is now in charge of. He is dissatisfied with his chaotic job as a mobile analyst. He becomes Rintaro's trainer following his transfer.
  • Rintaro Nanami (played by Masaki Aiba). He is a career officer who was transferred from the National Police Agency to the SSBC VCD, where he works in mobile analysis. After graduating from a top university, he worked for a foreign securities company before passing the mid-career recruitment exam for national civil servants and joining the National Police Agency. His uncle is the former National Police Agency Commissioner General and current Chief Cabinet Secretary. He is single and has never been married.
  • Haruka Aoyagi (played by Nao Matsushita). Chief detective of the Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigative Division. Closely involved in investigations with the SSBC Violent Crimes Division, she was transferred from the local precinct to the headquarters in exchange for Igaki, who was transferred to the Violent Crimes Division. Recognized for her excellence and leadership as a detective, she was selected for her current position. She was married to Igaki, divorced four years before the story begins. They have a 13-year-old daughter.
  • Osamu Kisawa (played by Atsushi Itō. He is in charge of information analysis at the SSBC Division. An excellent profiling officer at the SSBC Violent Crimes Division. Kizawa's approach is almost game-like; the more cunning the criminal, the more energized he gets.
  • Katsuya Oyamada (played by Hey! Say! JUMP's Yuya Takaki [ja]. A veteran of the SSBC Violent Crimes Division's mobile analysis unit. He is the athletic type within the typically non-athletic Division.
  • Sayaka Mitsumoto (played by Rika Adachi). A tech support specialist on the SSBC team. She's a tech whiz, but also a highly collaborative, sophisticated professional.
  • Rumi Nishina (played by Rei Maruyama [ja]). Information support specialist in the new SSBC team, her expertise is in security camera image processing and facial recognition. As a returnee from overseas, Nishina sometimes uses English in her reactions. She seems intrigued by the team's new member.
  • Shinnosuke Jou (played by Kota Nomura [ja]. He is the youngest in the mobile analysis team. A bright and bubbly child–type, he partners with Oyamada.
  • Minamoto Shintaro (played by Toshihiro Yashiba}. Member of the Mobile Investigation Unit who frequently works alongside the First Investigative Division and the SSBC Violent Crimes Unit.
  • Masao Yaegashi (played by Kenichi Endō). Detective.
  • Shigeru Kuzuhara (played by Ken Mitsuishi). Works in the SSBC Violent Crimes Unit with CCTV cameras.

Government

  • Shunsuke Kuze (played by Koichi Sato). Current Chief Cabinet Secretary. Rintaro Nanami's uncle.

Press

Murderous intent is reflected (Ep. 1)

  • Kiryu Satoshi, startup Playverge's founder and president. He was stabbed to death.
  • Ryosuke Tamai (played by Nakamura Shunsuke [ja]), vice-president of startup Playverge. He narrowly escapes a knife attack, just as CEO Kiryu Satoshi is murdered. Learning of Kiryu's death leaves Tamai completely devastated.
  • Koichi Kawase (played by Kenta Hamano), a game programmer who co-founded the company with the late Kiryu. Their falling out, stemming from Kiryu's favoritism towards Vice President Tamai, led to the discovery of Kawase's embezzlement and subsequent firing. Now, he's a key suspect.

Rush Order (Ep. 2)

  • Taizo Arakawa (played by Mutsuo Yoshioka [ja], a wanted criminal caught on surveillance camera footage.
  • Yukari Hoshino (Ayumi Ito), a woman discovered to be living with Arakawa.
  • Ichinose (played by Orakio [ja]), taxi driver that confirms Arakawa and Hoshino's building location.

Reflected truth (Ep. 3)

  • Shoko Mochida (played by Naoko Hata}}, one of the victims, a single mother that was attacked.
  • Tatsuya Senba (played by Kazuto Mokudai [ja]), suspect in a series of attacks.
  • Keiichiro Senba (played by Kanji Yamaguchi), a politician who is secretary-general of the ruling party. Tatsuya Senba's father.

Story

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No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date Viewers
(millions)
1Satsui wa utsuru[9]
(Japanese: 殺意は映る)		Naoki TamuraYasushi FukudaJuly 9, 2025 (2025-07-09)9.7%[10]
Metropolitan police Violent Crimes Division has established SSBC, a support section that investigates technological systems, including security camera footage, data from smartphones and computers, and helps profile suspects. Rintaro Nanami, a newcomer to SSBC's Criminal Investigation Division, is suddenly at the scene of the stabbing of the president of startup company Playvage with his supervisor, Shuji Igaki. At the meeting where investigators are analyzing the data collected, Chief Cabinet Secretary Shunsuke Kuze surprises all present when it is revealed that he is Nanami's uncle.
2Totsunyū meirei[11][12][13]
(Japanese: 突入命令)		Keisuke ToshimaTBAJuly 16, 2025 (2025-07-16)8.6%[14]
Igaki is watching footage from several surveillance cameras, when he detects a wanted criminal. In 2019, Taizo Arakawa planted an explosive device in front of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Kasumigaseki, causing one death and five serious injuries. He is wanted for terrorism. Igaki and Nanami go after him, but, after threatening that he had a bomb in his backpack, Arakawa escapes. After a scolding from SSBC's HQ, Igaki and Nanami learn that a woman lives with Arakawa and go after her. HQ continues with the surveillance on Arakawa, while the pair follows the woman, ending in a restaurant. She has a bomb with her.
3Hansha shita shinjitsu[15][16]
(Japanese: 反射した真実)		Keisuke ToshimaTBAJuly 23, 2025 (2025-07-23)8.3%[17]
A woman was attacked and falls down stairs. Igaki and Nanami are on site. The investigation reveals that she is a single mother. One of her shoes is gone. This case, which inspires Aoyama to participate, reminds Igaki of similar attacks years before, with the women's shoes removed. The suspect, the son of a politician, was caught on surveillance camera before the crime. However, the team can't find evidence that links the suspect with the previews cases... until they manage to unlock the suspects phone.

Music

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On July 2, it was announced that Dreams Come True was charge of the series' theme song, titled "Beacon".[18][19]

References

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