Tsuyoshi Dômoto

Haiji and Toraji are the heirs to the vast Armadillo Corporation fortune. The company, founded by their "Papa" Kintaro Koinobori has become the top producer of bottled mineral water in Japan, but the years of struggle, the loss of his wife and the offer of a lot more money to write his autobiography has Koinobori thinking that it's time to slow down a bit and let his sons take the reins of the family business, so he appoints Toraji as President and Haiji as VP.

Kindaichi is off on yet another case, this time in Shanghai. When the father of a Chinese friend of the youngKindaichi is murdered at the circus, it is up to the ever-resourceful and clever young high-school detective to solve the case. But hidden in the background is the 4000 year-old legend of the Shanghai Mermaid. (mydramalist.com)

The story greatly resembles 3 nen B gumi Kinpachi Sensei with some stereotypical characters tacked on. There's the hardheaded father figure, who is a ramen shop chef, his tough school teacher daughter, Motoko, who hates Sakuragi, and an estranged older sister, who dad has disowned. Dad is renting out the estranged sister's old room to Sakuragi. Motoko and Sentaro's colleague, Onodera, has a huge Oedipus complex. (mydramalist.com)

The Yorozuya gang returns to protect the country's shogun when the Shinsengumi police force finds itself in a crisis. (imdb)

Tohko is living in 1999, and dreams of falling in love before the world supposedly ends in 2000. When she sees aspiring boxer Tokieda Yuji practicing in a park, she falls for him instantly. Unfortunately, in spite of her best efforts, Yuji doesn't see Tohko as a love interest, and is instead feeling his own unrequited love for Kaori, his boss at his part time job. But Tohko is determined to win Yuji, and never stops cheering him on in his dream to become a champion boxer. (imdb)