Is Aibou coming back?
Aibou (2002–present) — drama · crime on TV Asahi
The answer: Between seasons — last episode March 11, 2026, no return date announced yet.
24seasons
459episodes
About Aibou
No — Aibou is currently between seasons. The most recent episode aired on March 11, 2026, and there is no confirmed return date at this time.
Aibou is a Japanese crime drama series that first premiered on October 9, 2002, on TV Asahi. The show follows Detective Ukyo Sugishita as he confronts crime based on his own convictions, often working alongside his partner in the Special Task Unit. Over the years, the series has developed a reputation for its procedural storytelling and character-driven narratives, with new seasons continuing to explore various criminal cases and the personal lives of the detectives.
The series features a cast led by Yutaka Mizutani as Ukyo Sugishita, with Hiroki Narimiya portraying Toru Kai, a young detective who first appeared in Season 11. Other main cast members include Yasufumi Terawaki as Kaoru Kameyama, Takashi Sorimachi as Wataru Kaburagi, and Mitsuhiro Oikawa as Takeru Kanbe. The show has a runtime of approximately 56 minutes per episode. It has not been rated on TVMaze.
Aibou episode schedule
459 aired
Aired · 459
| Date | Ep. | Title |
|---|---|---|
| March 11, 2026 | S24·E19 | The Demon of Darkness |
| March 4, 2026 | S24·E18 | Domino |
| February 25, 2026 | S24·E17 | The Sprout of Evil |
| February 18, 2026 | S24·E16 | The Most Hated Person in Town |
| February 4, 2026 | S24·E15 | Other People's Faces |
| January 28, 2026 | S24·E14 | The Accusation of Rose and the Beard |
| January 21, 2026 | S24·E13 | Untrustworthy Wordsman |
| January 14, 2026 | S24·E12 | Special Adjustment Department Jinkawa Fair |
| January 7, 2026 | S24·E11 | The Old Man and Nene |
| January 1, 2026 | S24·E10 | Finale |
| December 17, 2025 | S24·E9 | Kafka's Letter |
| December 10, 2025 | S24·E8 | Owls Fly at Night |
| November 26, 2025 | S24·E7 | Son |
| November 19, 2025 | S24·E6 | Tea Royale |
| November 12, 2025 | S24·E5 | 100 Years of Showa |
| November 5, 2025 | S24·E4 | Everyone Will Love Her |
| October 29, 2025 | S24·E3 | Police Officer B |
| October 22, 2025 | S24·E2 | Atone for your sins by dying - The skeleton speaks! Ukyo's ingenious plan |
| October 15, 2025 | S24·E1 | Atone for it with death - Suspected murder? The dark side of a living national treasure |
| March 12, 2025 | S23·E19 | Monster and Holy Sword - Final Battle |
| March 5, 2025 | S23·E18 | Monster and Holy Sword |
| February 26, 2025 | S23·E17 | The Stolen Corpse |
| February 19, 2025 | S23·E16 | Flowers don't choose where to bloom |
| February 12, 2025 | S23·E15 | Castle Ring |
| February 5, 2025 | S23·E14 | The Tribulations of Teruo Nakazono |
| January 29, 2025 | S23·E13 | Resilience |
| January 22, 2025 | S23·E12 | The Patient Who is Concerned About Small Details |
| January 15, 2025 | S23·E11 | The 33 Kameyama Kaoru |
| January 8, 2025 | S23·E10 | Sheltering from the Rain |
| January 1, 2025 | S23·E9 | The Last Day |
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| December 18, 2024 | S23·E8 | You in My Eyes |
| December 11, 2024 | S23·E7 | The Revenger Doesn't Smile |
| November 27, 2024 | S23·E6 | Dawn of Roses and Beards |
| November 20, 2024 | S23·E5 | Ghost Hotel |
| November 6, 2024 | S23·E4 | Two Faces |
| October 30, 2024 | S23·E3 | Paradise |
| October 23, 2024 | S23·E2 | Police Officer A - Reverse Murder! There are Two Real Criminals!! |
| October 16, 2024 | S23·E1 | Police Officer A - A trap to assassinate an important person! The invisible mastermind |
| March 13, 2024 | S22·E20 | Trade-off – AI Ukyo's complete deduction |
| March 6, 2024 | S22·E19 | Trade-off |
| February 28, 2024 | S22·E18 | Invisible ~ Bomb Terror! The Last Game |
| February 21, 2024 | S22·E17 | Invisible |
| February 14, 2024 | S22·E16 | Child Praise |
| February 7, 2024 | S22·E15 | Murder on the Matterhorn |
| January 31, 2024 | S22·E14 | Crack |
| January 24, 2024 | S22·E13 | Love Letter |
| January 17, 2024 | S22·E12 | Seed of Evil |
| January 10, 2024 | S22·E11 | Don't touch that cheek |
| January 1, 2024 | S22·E10 | Silent Tattoo |
| December 20, 2023 | S22·E9 | A man's flower path |
| December 13, 2023 | S22·E8 | Sentimental Journey |
| November 29, 2023 | S22·E7 | The Light and Shadow of Youth |
| November 22, 2023 | S22·E6 | The Detective and the Sleeping Beauty |
| November 15, 2023 | S22·E5 | Cold Blood |
| November 8, 2023 | S22·E4 | Angel's bangs |
| November 1, 2023 | S22·E3 | Wasp |
| October 25, 2023 | S22·E2 | The Invincible Person – Special Mission Officer VS Public Security… Counterattack against great evil" |
| October 18, 2023 | S22·E1 | The Invincible Person – Special Missions Section VS Public Security…The Trap Hidden in the Disappearance |
| March 15, 2023 | S21·E21 | 13 - The Hidden Truth |
| March 8, 2023 | S21·E20 | 13 ~ Ransom of the Dead |
| March 1, 2023 | S21·E19 | Reunion |
| February 22, 2023 | S21·E18 | Villain |
| February 15, 2023 | S21·E17 | Timelapse Photography |
| February 8, 2023 | S21·E16 | Goddess |
| February 1, 2023 | S21·E15 | Roses, Beards and Violets |
| January 25, 2023 | S21·E14 | In the Blink of an Eye |
| January 18, 2023 | S21·E13 | Two Camellias |
| January 11, 2023 | S21·E12 | Accompanied by a Stranger |
| January 1, 2023 | S21·E11 | The Pot of Gold |
| December 21, 2022 | S21·E10 | The Woman in Black Coat |
| December 14, 2022 | S21·E9 | Midnight Kyoko |
| December 7, 2022 | S21·E8 | Itami's Love Toubles |
| November 30, 2022 | S21·E7 | The Memory of Sand |
| November 16, 2022 | S21·E6 | The Laughing Corpse |
| November 9, 2022 | S21·E5 | The Sleeping Bombs |
| November 2, 2022 | S21·E4 | The Last Supper |
| October 26, 2022 | S21·E3 | The Fugitive Kaoru Kameyama |
| October 19, 2022 | S21·E2 | Persona non grata ~ End |
| October 12, 2022 | S21·E1 | Persona non grata ~ A murderous invitation |
| March 23, 2022 | S20·E20 | The Last Case of Kaburagi Wataru ~ Parting with the Special Missions Unit |
| March 16, 2022 | S20·E19 | The Last Case of Kaburagi Wataru ~ Enemy |
| March 9, 2022 | S20·E18 | Woman Selling Poetry Collection |
| March 2, 2022 | S20·E17 | Mamoru Yonezawa's Case Again |
| February 23, 2022 | S20·E16 | Murder on a Sunny Day |
| February 9, 2022 | S20·E15 | Eating Things |
| February 2, 2022 | S20·E14 | Diabolos |
| January 26, 2022 | S20·E13 | Marriage of the Dead |
| January 19, 2022 | S20·E12 | Treasure Hunt |
| January 1, 2022 | S20·E11 | Two People |
| December 22, 2021 | S20·E10 | Delicious Tea Shop |
| December 15, 2021 | S20·E9 | Reborn Man |
| December 8, 2021 | S20·E8 | Puppet |
| November 24, 2021 | S20·E7 | Episode 7 |
| November 17, 2021 | S20·E6 | My Rule |
| November 10, 2021 | S20·E5 | Lighting |
| November 3, 2021 | S20·E4 | Words to Give |
| October 27, 2021 | S20·E3 | Final Battle |
| October 20, 2021 | S20·E2 | Counterattack of the Dead |
| October 13, 2021 | S20·E1 | Death of the Mouth Seal |
| March 17, 2021 | S19·E20 | Invitation to an Assassin (Conclusion) |
| March 10, 2021 | S19·E19 | Invitation to an Assassin |
| March 3, 2021 | S19·E18 | The Chosen One |
| February 17, 2021 | S19·E16 | Life game |
| February 3, 2021 | S19·E15 | The misfortune of Roses and Beards |
| January 27, 2021 | S19·E14 | Lost and found |
| January 20, 2021 | S19·E13 | Waiting for the grim reaper |
| January 13, 2021 | S19·E12 | Fake out |
| January 1, 2021 | S19·E11 | Your guilt |
| December 16, 2020 | S19·E10 | Super-Rebirth |
| December 9, 2020 | S19·E9 | Anonymity |
| December 2, 2020 | S19·E8 | One night dream |
| November 25, 2020 | S19·E7 | Same Day, Same Time |
| November 18, 2020 | S19·E6 | The Three Dime Play |
| November 11, 2020 | S19·E5 | Heavenly Home |
| November 4, 2020 | S19·E4 | Outside the bush |
| October 28, 2020 | S19·E3 | Sharp-eyed |
| October 21, 2020 | S19·E2 | Presence (Part II) |
| October 14, 2020 | S19·E1 | Presence |
| March 18, 2020 | S18·E20 | Deepfake Experiment |
| March 11, 2020 | S18·E19 | The Weakest Link |
| March 4, 2020 | S18·E18 | In Between the Beard and Roses |
| February 26, 2020 | S18·E17 | The Distorted Pearl Woman |
| February 19, 2020 | S18·E16 | Smoke ~ Inspector Jinkawas Day Off |
| February 5, 2020 | S18·E15 | Beyond Good and Evil - Abyss |
| January 29, 2020 | S18·E14 | Beyond Good and Evil - Pietà |
| January 22, 2020 | S18·E13 | The Word of God |
| January 15, 2020 | S18·E12 | The Passion of Toshio Aoki |
| January 1, 2020 | S18·E11 | Blackout |
| December 18, 2019 | S18·E10 | The Secret of Ukyo Sugishita |
| December 11, 2019 | S18·E9 | Locked Up ~ Accusation |
| December 4, 2019 | S18·E8 | Locked Up ~ Conspiracy |
| November 27, 2019 | S18·E7 | A Fateful Encounter |
| November 20, 2019 | S18·E6 | The Eyes of Ukyo |
| November 6, 2019 | S18·E5 | Farewell My Love |
| October 30, 2019 | S18·E4 | The Mute Voice |
| October 23, 2019 | S18·E3 | The Little Girl |
| October 16, 2019 | S18·E2 | Ares Attack ~ The Final Battle |
| October 9, 2019 | S18·E1 | Ares Attack |
| March 20, 2019 | S17·E20 | From the New World |
| March 13, 2019 | S17·E19 | A Boy Lost ~ Sachiko Tsukimoto's decision |
| March 6, 2019 | S17·E18 | A Boy Lost ~ Sachiko Tsukimoto's resolve |
| February 27, 2019 | S17·E17 | The Assassion from London |
| February 20, 2019 | S17·E16 | Suspect Kanji Uchimura |
| February 13, 2019 | S17·E15 | The 99% Woman |
| February 6, 2019 | S17·E14 | And so my wife dissapperad |
| January 30, 2019 | S17·E13 | One in a Billion |
| January 23, 2019 | S17·E12 | Haunted House |
| January 16, 2019 | S17·E11 | Tokumei Gakari - a 24 hour close-up |
| January 1, 2019 | S17·E10 | Diva |
| December 12, 2018 | S17·E9 | Lone Officer |
| December 5, 2018 | S17·E8 | The Science of Smiling |
| November 28, 2018 | S17·E7 | The Rabbit and the Tortoise |
| November 21, 2018 | S17·E6 | The Black Pearl Woman |
| November 14, 2018 | S17·E5 | Unpredictable |
| November 7, 2018 | S17·E4 | Illegal Gambling Unit |
| October 31, 2018 | S17·E3 | God of the Dictionary |
| October 24, 2018 | S17·E2 | Body ~ Hidden Pitfalls |
| October 17, 2018 | S17·E1 | Body |
| March 14, 2018 | S16·E20 | 6 Unusual Suspects |
| March 7, 2018 | S16·E19 | Boy A |
| February 28, 2018 | S16·E18 | Lost Truth |
| February 21, 2018 | S16·E17 | Sneak Attack |
| February 14, 2018 | S16·E16 | Sa-chan |
| February 7, 2018 | S16·E15 | Stigmatized property |
| January 31, 2018 | S16·E14 | Episode 14 |
| January 17, 2018 | S16·E12 | Dark Number |
| January 10, 2018 | S16·E11 | Damaged Goods |
| January 1, 2018 | S16·E10 | Sakura |
| December 13, 2017 | S16·E9 | The Uncooperative Witness |
| December 6, 2017 | S16·E8 | Dogma |
| November 29, 2017 | S16·E7 | The Guest from London |
| November 22, 2017 | S16·E6 | Joker |
| November 15, 2017 | S16·E5 | The Handkerchief |
| November 8, 2017 | S16·E4 | Ken-chan |
| November 1, 2017 | S16·E3 | Silver Wedding Celebration |
| October 25, 2017 | S16·E2 | Prosecution Investigation ~ Retaliation |
| October 18, 2017 | S16·E1 | Prosecution Investigation |
| March 22, 2017 | S15·E18 | Proof of Evil |
| March 1, 2017 | S15·E17 | Last Work |
| February 22, 2017 | S15·E16 | Gift |
| February 15, 2017 | S15·E15 | Password |
| February 8, 2017 | S15·E14 | A Person Without Voice (B) |
| February 1, 2017 | S15·E13 | A Person Without Voice (A) |
| January 18, 2017 | S15·E12 | Meal with Bad Smell |
| January 11, 2017 | S15·E11 | Untouchable |
| January 1, 2017 | S15·E10 | Return |
| December 7, 2016 | S15·E9 | Kickback |
| November 30, 2016 | S15·E8 | 100% Woman |
| November 23, 2016 | S15·E7 | Fake |
| November 16, 2016 | S15·E6 | Liar |
| November 9, 2016 | S15·E5 | Blue Picasso |
| November 2, 2016 | S15·E4 | Out of Heart |
| October 26, 2016 | S15·E3 | Accounting of Life |
| October 19, 2016 | S15·E2 | Chain |
| October 12, 2016 | S15·E1 | Guardian |
| March 16, 2016 | S14·E20 | Last Case |
| March 9, 2016 | S14·E19 | Whole Story of Mountain With Hidden Spirit |
| March 2, 2016 | S14·E18 | Mountain With Hidden Spirit |
| February 24, 2016 | S14·E17 | Physicist and Cat |
| February 17, 2016 | S14·E16 | Ukyo's Classmates |
| February 10, 2016 | S14·E15 | Hatred of Police |
| February 3, 2016 | S14·E14 | Spotlight |
| January 27, 2016 | S14·E13 | Keiji Itami's Dereliction of Duty |
| January 20, 2016 | S14·E12 | Unforgettable |
| January 13, 2016 | S14·E11 | Costars |
| January 1, 2016 | S14·E10 | Heroes |
| December 16, 2015 | S14·E9 | Secret Home |
| December 9, 2015 | S14·E8 | Miracle of Last Episode |
| December 2, 2015 | S14·E7 | Tales of Kimono |
| November 25, 2015 | S14·E6 | First Love |
| November 18, 2015 | S14·E5 | 2045 |
| November 4, 2015 | S14·E4 | Fantasmagorie |
| October 28, 2015 | S14·E3 | God of Death |
| October 21, 2015 | S14·E2 | Death of A Certain Buddy |
| October 14, 2015 | S14·E1 | Frankenstein's Confession |
| March 18, 2015 | S13·E19 | Dark Knight |
| March 11, 2015 | S13·E18 | Bitter Water |
| March 4, 2015 | S13·E17 | Sister |
| February 18, 2015 | S13·E16 | Professor Ayukawa's Last Lesson ~ Solved |
| February 11, 2015 | S13·E15 | Professor Ayukawa's Last Lesson |
| February 4, 2015 | S13·E14 | Thistle |
| January 28, 2015 | S13·E13 | Best Day in Life |
| January 21, 2015 | S13·E12 | School |
| January 14, 2015 | S13·E11 | Mamoru Yonezawa,The Last Greeting |
| January 1, 2015 | S13·E10 | Stray Sheep |
| December 17, 2014 | S13·E9 | Side Story |
| December 10, 2014 | S13·E8 | Lucky Fate |
| December 3, 2014 | S13·E7 | Doom |
| November 19, 2014 | S13·E6 | Mama Friend |
| November 12, 2014 | S13·E5 | The Last Confession |
…and 229 earlier episodes not shown. Long-running show.
