Mr. Brain
# Mr. Brain

Mr. Brain is a Japanese television drama broadcast by TBS from 23 May to 11 July 2009.

## Synopsis

Ryusuke Tsukumo is a quirky, yet brilliant neuroscientist working for the National Research Institute of Police Science. Wielding a unique perspective and psychology, Tsukumo tackles the nation's most baffling crimes and scandals, going head-to-head with the most brilliant and twisted criminal minds. But his eccentricities and poor social timing can also aggravate people and circumstances, further complicating matters.

## Cast

* Takuya Kimura as Ryusuke Tsukumo
* Haruka Ayase as Kazune Yuri
* Hiro Mizushima as Toranosuke Hayashida
* Sei Hiraizumi as Junpei Funaki
* Osamu Shitara as Junichi Kanda
* Shigenori Yamazaki as Koichi Ochi
* Shiho as Mariko
* Yukina Kinoshita as the cleaning lady
* Shunya Isaka as Katsumi Namikoshi
* Yasufumi Hayashi as Kiyoshi Iwabuchi
* Katsuya Kobayashi as Ippei Seta
* Yuji Tanaka as Mitsuo Natsume
* Tortoise Matsumoto as Jotaro Nanba
* Mao Daichi as Miharu Sasa
* Teruyuki Kagawa as Tomomi Tanbara

## Ratings

In the tables below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.

| Episode # | Original broadcast date | Kanton region |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | January 16, 2009 | 24.8% |
| 2 | January 23, 2009 | 22.0% |
| 3 | January 30, 2009 | 16.3% |
| 4 | February 6, 2009 | 21.0% |
| 5 | February 13, 2009 | 18.5% |
| 6 | February 20, 2009 | 18.9% |
| 7 | February 27, 2009 | 18.6% |
| 8 | March 6, 2009 | 20.7% |
| Average | Average | 20.5% |
