Sh15uya

Infobox Television
show_name = Sh15uya


caption = Asagi, Tsuyoshi and Ema
show_name_2 = Shibuya Fifteen
genre = Action, Suspense, Science Fiction
director = Nobuhiro Suzuki, Ryuta Tasaki
starring = Yuki Saya, Yui Aragaki, Yuria Haga
country = JPN
language = Japanese
num_episodes = 12
producer = Kazuo Katō, Kōichi Yada, Naomi Takebe, Saeko Matsuda, Shinichiro Shirakura
runtime = 23 minutes
network = TV Asahi
first_aired = January 10, 2005
last_aired = March 28, 2005
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followed_by =
related =
website = http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/sh15uya/
imdb_id = 0780993
tv_com_id =

nihongo|"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.

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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"

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)

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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

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 and "Kamen Rider Kiva" as Mio Suzuki:*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

References

* [http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/sh15uya/ "Sh15uya" at TV Asahi's official website]
* [http://henshinjustice.com/?p=97#more-97 Interview with actor Mark Musashi] , confirming the spelling of "Piece".