Kagi no Kakatta Heya ~Post-Spring 2012~

Original post here.

Last updated : 6.44pm MYT, 20.Nov.2013

[*** = Loose translation by me; might be wrong m(_ _)m]

===================== Post-Spring 2012 =====================

7/4

Ohno talked about KagiHeya on his radio show today about Kagi team's pet lizard, Kagi.

[ trans by twosen@LJ ]

Yesterday (July 3rd), he talked about being sleepy as he memorised his lines in KagiHeya.

[ trans by @ohnodiscovery ]

7/6

LaLa TV's "The Drama Conference" (Digest version) - read about this before on 2ch threads but never seen it... The highlight regarding KagiHeya was Tsunku's comments on Ohno after watching KagiHeya (actually similar to what he tweeted before). 

[ Video ]

7/7

Aizawa-san (main scriptwriter) updated her blog. She talked about the messages she received in two weeks time after KagiHeya ended. Most of the messages sounded like these: "Feeling lonely after it ended" & "Hoping for sequels". She was happy & thankful on receiving them. She also expressed that she wishes to work with Team Enomoto again somewhere, someday.***

7/9

Saw this tweet by Director Matsuyama today...

.@uzaki_ran @alashic 一体どこでそんなニュースが？

— 松山博昭@密室は破れました (@matsuyamahiro) July 9, 2012

Seems like there was some kind of misunderstanding... Matsuyama-san asked those two Twitter users about the source for KagiHeya movie news they mentioned to him. It was mentioned in an article by Umeda Keiko from a column on Nikkan Sports. The article was about five spring doramas (starred by Johnny's artistes) she watched (btw she said KagiHeya is the most interesting among those five XD). Umeda-san has  issued an apology & correction for that article : "***There is no confirmation regarding the movie version [of KagiHeya]."「映画化決定の事実はありません。」

As much as I want a sequel (or more XD), I think all these movie rumours originated from articles after the final episode aired (that sounded like poorly quoted contents from KagiHeya producer's interview on the official site) mentioning about movie version somewhat vaguely. They might be still at discussion/planning stage now (who knows? XD *hopeful* //Don't quote me on this), but as of now, a movie sequel IS NOT CONFIRMED.

[ Read the trans (by danburi) for Producer Obara's interview here ]

Doing detective work is fun! XD

7/10

Ohno mentioned about a staff member from a recent dorama (he didn't mention specifically KagiHeya though) on his radio show today.

[ Link to trans will be added if available ]

7/11

On his radio show today, Ohno talked about the scale models used in the KagiHeya. He talked about wanting them when the dorama was still airing (hoping the staff will consider giving him) months ago... & it seems they did. All of them XD

[ Trans by @ohnodiscovery ]

7/25

Photos of the scale model from the last two episodes were posted on a blog (I think it's the creator's blog).

[ Here ]

7/27

Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (Spring 2012) Awards >> KagiHeya wins Best Drama, Best Actor (Ohno Satoshi), Best Supporting Actor (Sato Koichi) & Best Supporting Actress (Toda Erika).

[ Newspaper Scan | Nikkan Sports | DramaWiki ]

Full List (arranged according to number of votes):

Best Drama - Kagi no Kakatta Heya (1342votes), ATARU (785), Umechan Sensei (211), Legal High (131) & Kaeru no Ojou-sama (121).

Best Actor - Ohno Satoshi (Kagi - 1357), Nakai Masahiro (ATARU - 835), Sakai Masato (Legal - 224), Takenouchi Yutaka (Mou Ichido - 142) & Kusanagi Tsuyoshi (37-sai - 136).

Best Supporting Actor - Sato Koichi (Kagi - 1248), Kitamura Kazuki (ATARU - 753), Takahashi Katsumi (Umechan - 159), Okura Tadayoshi (Mikeneko - 85) & Fujiki Naohito (Mikeneko - 74).

Best Supporting Actress - Toda Erika (Kagi - 1141), Kuriyama Chiaki (ATARU - 754), Aragaki Yui (Legal - 200), Wakui Emi (Mou Ichido - 96) & Minami Kaho (Umechan - 95). 

*I didn't include the Best Actress part

7/31

Saw this mentioned in KagiHeya's 2ch thread... Just thought it's interesting ^_^... Seems like in Naniwa Shonen Tanteidan, Tabe Mikako's character said 「そうか、そうやったんか」(***"I see. So that's how it's done.") after she solved a locked room case in ep4. It might meant nothing (e.g. reference to Kagi)... but the phrase sounded similar to what Enomoto said after he found the solution in certain episodes : 「そうか、そうだったのか」(***"I see. So that's how it happened.")

p/s: I didn't watch this episode/dorama (& might never will... not a fan of Tabe's acting :P)

8/1

Ohno talked about Kagi the lizard on his radio show today. (...so Kagi is under his care now :).. *happy to know*)

[ Trans by twosen@LJ ]

8/2

Oh his radio show today, Ohno talked about Aikawa Sho-san ...& a bit on Kagi - seems like it was decided earlier that he'll take care of Kagi which is why he can't accept Aikawa-san's gift...

[ Trans by @ohnodiscovery ]

8/13

Some stuff found between 3-11 Aug...

Tokyo FM's "Athletes' Cheer up SONGS" >> Kondo Ai's choice is Arashi's Face Down. (***Reason:"A song I will listen to when I want to feel better. The cool-looking MatsuJun is my type." unrelated to Kagi XD)

[ Link ]

Aizawa-san's radio interview on Aug 2nd >> Mentioned KagiHeya.

These are from transcription shared by fans on 2ch threads (I didn't listen to the interview so can't be sure of its accuracy... including the translation XD)

[***]

-Kagi is the most difficult work she had encountered (moreover it's for the Getsu9 slot).

-Seems like Ohno suggested the unlocking gesture while the director added in the unlocking sound.

-Kishi-sensei gave his opinions for every episodes... he anticipated watching the second half of dorama just like other viewers (ah.. because they changed the storyline, I think... as long as the locked room tricks stay the same)...

-If there's a part 2, wished it to be done overseas(??? this part is kinda vague)...

[another transcription]

-The opening scenes were added to serve as a surprise (for audience?) & to make it unique, they're done with the trio..

-They couldn't borrow a nursing robot, so they had one made for the dorama.

-It was hard to put together the trick & a story in less than an hour. She usually can use [personal?] experiences in creating a story but for this dorama, she couldn't. It was always like a "studying for exam" session for every episode...

8/12,16 (list added on 9/2)

Kagi won in five categories for The Television Drama Academy Awards - Best Drama, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress & Best Theme Song. The winners list will be out officially on Aug 16th but there's a scan of the magazine shared in Kagi's 2ch thread.

[ Magazine scan | Drama wiki ]

Full List (votes from readers/juries/TV reporters *winners correspond to readers' votes*)

****[left out Best Actress part]

Best Drama

1. Kagi no Kakatta Heya, 2. ATARU, 3. Mou Ichido Kimi ni Propose, 4. Mikeneko Holmes no Suiri, 5. Legal High

1. Legal High, 2. Kagi no Kakatta Heya, 3. ATARU, 4. 37-sai de Isha ni Natta Boku, 5. W no Higeki/Tempest/Toshi Densetsu no Onna

1. Legal High, 2. Kagi no Kakatta Heya, 3. ATARU, 4. 37-sai de Isha ni Natta Boku, 5. Kodomo Keisatsu

Best Actor

1. Ohno Satoshi, 2. Nakai Masahiro, 3. Takenouchi Yutaka, 4. Aiba Masaki, 5. Sakai Masato

1. Sakai Masato, 2. Ohno Satoshi, 3. Nakai Masahiro, 4. Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, 5. Takenouchi Yutaka

1. Sakai Masato, 2. Ohno Satoshi, 3. Nakai Masahiro, 4. Takenouchi Yutaka, 5. Kusanagi Tsuyoshi

Best Supporting Actor

1. Sato Koichi, 2. Kitamura Kazuki, 3. Okura Tadayoshi, 4. Fujiki Naohito, 5. Tamamori Yuta

1. Kitamura Kazuki, 2. Sato Koichi, 3. Satomi Kotaro, 4. Ayano Go, 5. Kiritani Kenta

1. Sato Koichi, 2. Kitamura Kazuki, 3. Namase Katsuhisa, 4. Satomi Kotaro, 5. Okura Tadayoshi

Best Supporting Actress

1. Toda Erika, 2. Kuriyama Chiaki, 3. Aragaki Yui, 4. Wakui Emi, 5. Oomasa Aya

1. Kuriyama Chiaki, 2. Aragaki Yui, 3. Toda Erika, 4. Wakui Emi, 5. Mimura

1. Aragaki Yui, 2. Kiriyama Chiaki, 3. Wakui Emi, 4. Toda Erika, 5. Gouriki Ayame

Best Theme Song

1. Face Down (Arashi/Kagi no Kakatta Heya), 2. Tadaima (JUJU/Mou Ichido Kimi ni Propose), 3. Your Eyes (Arashi/Mikeneko Holmes no Suiri)

1. Kokuhaku (Hirai Ken/W no Higeki), 2. Face Down (Arashi/Kagi no Kakatta Heya), 3. Jiyuu e Michizure (Shiina Ringo/ATARU)

1. Ai deshita (Kanjani8/Papadol), 2. Jiyuu e Michizure (Shiina Ringo/ATARU), 3. Boku to Hana (Sakanaction/37-sai de Isha ni Natta Boku)

***for Best Director & Best Scriptwriter, KagiHeya got third place for both. "Legal High" got first & "ATARU" second for both categories.  

8/22

Ohno talked about his lizard pet :D again on his radio show. His father has taken a liking to Kagi (& even bathed with him!).

[ Trans by twosen@LJ | Link to translated article regarding this ]

9/18

Meitantei Conan Vol. 77's cover included an introduction of Enomoto Kei. (Several others such as Higashino Keigo's Galileo was also featured in the past)

コナン77巻やぁぁぁぁぁぁ 榎本‼‼‼青山さんありがとーーーーこれ確実大ちゃんやん twitter.com/kotortw77/stat…

— amnos_tommy (@kotortw77) September 15, 2012

9/25

Arafes voting official results - "Face Down" tops the list for singles category

[ Link | Trans on JE News Daily ]

Kagi won in four categories for TV Navi's Dorama of the Year 2012 (Spring) awards : Best Drama, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor & Best Supporting Actress. 

[ Link ]

Full List 

*excluding Best Actress and Best Newcomer

Best Drama

1. Kagi no Kakatta Heya

2. ATARU

3. Legal High

4. 37-sai de Isha ni Natta Boku

5. Mikeneko Holmes no Suiri

Best Actor

1. Ohno Satoshi (Kagi)

2. Nakai Masahiro (ATARU)

3. Sakai Masato (Legal)

4. Kusanagi Tsuyoshi (37-sai)

5. Aiba Masaki (Mikeneko)

Best Supporting Actor

1. Sato Koichi (Kagi)

2. Kitamura Kazuki (ATARU)

3. Okura Tadayoshi (Mikeneko)

4. Kiritani Kenta (W no Higeki)

5. Fukushi Seiji (Hancho 5)

Best Supporting Actress

1. Toda Erika (Kagi)

2. Kuriyama Chiaki (ATARU)

3. Aragaki Yui (Legal)

4. Wakui Emi (Mou Ichido Kimi ni Propose)

5. Mizukawa Asami (37-sai)

10/9

"Kagi no Kakatta Heya" recently won MIPCOM Buyer's Award for Japanese Drama 2012.

[ Link | Translated news on JEfandom@wordpress | Article on FujiTV site | Drafes blog ]

*Other nominated dramas: Chouchou-san, Kaseifu no Mita, Iryu Sosa, Saikou no Jinsei no Owarikata ~Ending Planner~, & Yuusha Yoshihiko to Maou no Shiro.

-Some details about this award from english version of year 2010 result(?) available here.

10/10

DVD/Blu-ray release day.

10/12

Scriptwriter Aizawa-san updated her blog on Oct 10: "To Tatsumi's Winery, with Kishi Yusuke-san."

-In the entry, there's a photo of her with Tatsumi Takuro & Kishi-sensei from the show "Tatsumi Takuro's Wine Bangumi" [aka "Tatsumi Winery"] to air on BS Fuji TV this Oct 17, 23:00~23:30 JST.

-She also mentioned about KagiHeya DVD/Blu-ray release (with photo)..

10/17

Oricon Dorama DVD Weekly Ranking - 1st is KagiHeya's DVD-Box (sold 14 524 copies so far...) // KagiHeya got 1st for Dorama Blu-ray Weekly Ranking too (12 942 copies sold...)

[ Link | Article on Oricon ]

10/30

More on MIPCOM's Buyer Award for Japanese Drama 2012 ---

[ Article on Drafes site in English ]

From an entry on Drafes' blog [Link] :

***Comments on "Kagi no Kakatta Heya"...

"The substance [of the story] is very interesting & high-level. Even the overseas [audience] can *enjoy this." -Denmark (*十分通用する)

"The concept and story are very good." -France

"The casts are particularly good. There's humour and it's also fast-paced. Makes one look forward to the next episode." -Australia

"The quality is very high, befitting all kind of age groups." -Lebanon

"The actors' performance is good & the story is cleverly done. The characters are loveable especially the guy from the security company - he was good." -Brazil

The blog entry also mentioned that mystery genre is very popular overseas. Besides the story, the performance of the actors/actresses was also much talked about.

[KYAA~ security company guy... is Enomoto-san, right? ]

"Tatsumi Winery" with Kishi-sensei & Aizawa-san ---

***[Like before, I found transcriptions from 2ch & fan blogs... I didn't watched it so can't be sure of its accuracy including the trans XD]
edit 09/Nov/2012--seems like the eps both are on will only be aired tomorrow (10/Nov/2012).. The transcriptions I found were fan reports who attended the show.

-On the addition of a new character (Serizawa), Kishi-sensei said Aizawa-san's scripts were great. He was already made aware that while the trick remained unchanged, the setting of the story will be changed. (However, he did checked all of the scripts.)

-On Ohno-kun, "He's very cool! He's thirty already, right? And yet he still looks so young! Some scenes were re-shoot over and over again... so many times. It's almost like a torture *laughs*.. There was once -it wasn't Ohno-kun's fault- was it the position of the camera? Or angle? ..kind of problem arose so a certain scene was re-shoot repeatedly.. it was perfect after that. I was really, really surprised with [his] ability to concentrate. It was great." [Someone who attended Kishi-sensei's lecture (elsewhere) said he mentioned about how professional Ohno was with such concentration] 

-Seems like someone asked Kishi-sensei whether he'll continue with Enomoto-Junko series/novels (since dorama Enomoto is on a journey), his answer was "Don't worry. They'll be returning!"

11/13
"Tatsumi Winery" (aired on 11/10)
***transcription from 2ch (I really wished I could watch the whole show!)
On sequels, Kishi-sensei himself said he have tricks and plots enough to make a whole new series (2nd season???) so he asked for Aizawa-sensei's help again if the time comes.
p/s: OMG! Isn't this great?? This was the only thing that made me worry when thinking of KagiHeya sequels - but the author actually had enough tricks/plots for his Enomoto-Junko series! Who knew...! All the dorama needed is the tricks (provided by Kishi-sensei) ...& now.. let's hope that the casts have space for KagiHeya in their work schedule next year (!) *hopeful for a fall dorama lol*

-------------------------- 2013 --------------------------

2/26
KagiHeya won in five categories for TV LIVE's 22nd Annual Drama Award 2012: Best Drama, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress & Best Theme Song.
[ source ]

3/15
Ohno shared about his feelings in winning the recent Best Actor award on his radio show.
[ Trans by twosen@LJ ]


5/10
KagiHeya won in four categories for Nikkan Sports 16th Drama Grand Prix (Annual) - Best Drama, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress... *The nominees for this annual version seem to include all top five from each season*

# of Votes: 2624
[ Voters: Male-685, Female-1939; 10s&below-45, 20s-109, 30s-358, 40s-1026, 50s-823, 60s&above-263 ]

Full List (excluding Best Actress)
Best Drama:
Kagi no Kakatta Heya (1237 votes), PRICELESS (490), Umechan Sensei (129), Aibou Season 11 (123), Tonbi (123)

Best Actor:
Ohno Satoshi/Kagi no Kakatta Heya (1251), Kimura Takuya/PRICELESS (490), Mizutani Yutaka/Aibou 11 (172), Uchino Masaaki/Tonbi (128), Nakai Masahiro/ATARU (90)

Best Supporting Actor:
Sato Koichi/Kagi no Kakatta Heya (1188), Nakai Kiichi/PRICELESS (508), Narimiya Hiroki/Aibou 11 (134), Sato Takeru/Tonbi (101), Takahashi Katsumi/Umechan Sensei (99)

Best Supporting Actress:
Toda Erika/Kagi no Kakatta Heya (1140), Karina/PRICELESS (472), Kuriyama Chiaki /ATARU (119), Ono Machiko/Saikou no Rikon (94), Aragaki Yui/Legal High (88)


[ Source | aramatheydidnt ]

===
Director Matsuyama's tweet on May 7th:

小原くん。今日も素敵です。 twitter.com/matsuyamahiro/…
— 松山博昭 (@matsuyamahiro) May 7, 2013

"Obara-kun. Looking superb today too."
Attached is a scan of Nikkan's article where Producer Obara received the "Best Drama" award.

9/15
Rumour of KagiHeya SP. There's a scan (from to-be-released magazine?) circulating on Twitter. No official news yet.
[ Pic ]

Fuji TV announces a Kagiheya SP. I'd say it's about damn time. RT @xxx__no 鍵部屋スペシャルとか嘘だと思ったけど 画像あった pic.twitter.com/WIqgxLe4dY
— Transitions (@transitions0101) September 15, 2013

***Trans of headline: "Enomoto is Making a Comeback - A Special [Drama] for "Kagi no Kakatta Heya" starring Ohno Satoshi Has Been Decided!"

9/16
Confirmed news on KagiHeya SP.
[ Article (japanese) | aramatheydidnt | doramaworld ]
Will be based on a to-be-released story(or book?) by Kishi Yusuke:
「鏡の国の殺人」 Kagami no Kuni no Satsujin (Murder Through a Looking Glass*)  and 「二つの密室（仮）」Futatsu no Misshitsu (Tentative) (Two Closed Room Cases)
*basing on the trans of Kagami no Kuni of Lewis Carroll's "Through a Looking Glass" :D

Staff's official blog update:
***16-Sept-2013 - "Finally, Enomoto is returning!"

9/18
Scriptwriter Aizawa-san updated her blog on Sept 18: "Kagi no Kakatta Heya SP"

11/19
More news on the cast of the special: Kuroki Hitomi as the niece of a security company's president; Sano Shiro as an Art gallery/museum curator; Fujiki Naohito as a Modern Art Artist; Okada Yoshinori as an apartment manager; Matsui Jurina as Serizawa's new secretary; ...
[ Article (japanese) | doramaworld ]

11/19
Official site update:
"Topics" section
***(vol 12)

Spring 2012

Managed to watch four spring doramas: Kagi no Kakatta Heya, Mikeneko Holmes no Suiri, 37-sai de Isha ni Natta Boku & Toshi Densetsu no Onna. 

Kagi no Kakatta Heya #11 [Final]

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kagi_no_Kakatta_Heya

Rating (Kanto): 17.5% || Average (Kanto/official): 16.0%

My Rating: 5/5 stars

Hints: Crack in the head, Enomoto with a smirk, small sparkling things falling (diamonds), robot, a roundish thing hits Junko's box, a silhouette of upper part of a person & a pair of eyes (from ep10?) with captions "M.S.A.S" and "Idintity"[=identity?], ⑥ and ⑨ touches each other; Ⓞ appears & hits ⑥; ⑨ moves away, airplane & spectacles (Enomoto's?)
[the hints are pretty mixed up*]

I can't stop smiling after watching the ending.

Oh Enomoto, you... you good-for-nothing!

Kagi no Kakatta Heya #10

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kagi_no_Kakatta_Heya

Rating (Kanto): 13.8%

My Rating: 4.5/5 stars

Hints: Photos (mugshots?) of Enomoto with caption "a suspect", police siren in the background & a pair of eyes (Tamaki's?)

What do those opening hints meant?

Kagi no Kakatta Heya #9

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kagi_no_Kakatta_Heya

Rating (Kanto): 16.0%

My Rating: 4.5/5 stars

Hints: Bullet hole in the head, C₂H₅OH (chemical formula for ethanol - the type of alcohol used in alcoholic drinks) & two guns firing each other (one firing out sth red while the other blue)

Great episode!

Kagi no Kakatta Heya #8

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kagi_no_Kakatta_Heya

Rating (Kanto): 15.4%

My Rating: 4/5 stars

Hints: Wavelength (ultrasonic sound?), clock (shows 10:15) & dog (seem to focus on its ears and eyes)

If I have to pick my least favourite case, I might say it's this episode... *sigh* I don't know why, I seem to have problems when it comes to female culprits... 

Kagi no Kakatta Heya #7

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kagi_no_Kakatta_Heya

Rating (Kanto): 16.1%

My Rating: 5/5 stars (interesting case!)

Hints: Splat of blood with ①, blue flame, person with ②/something strapped to his waist (weight?) falling down the screen, second blue flame & bee

Kagi no Kakatta Heya #6

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kagi_no_Kakatta_Heya

Rating (Kanto): 15.4%

My Rating: 4.5/5 stars

Hints: Invisible slow-moving person walking across the screen (creepy!!!) & moon 

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An afterthought (after watching ep1-5)...

I haven't talk about Ohno's performance in KagiHeya yet, have I?

Kagi no Kakatta Heya #5

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kagi_no_Kakatta_Heya

Rating (Kanto): 15.6%

My Rating: 4.5/5 stars 

Hints: Cracking on screen, [adhesive] tape & yellow/tennis balls 

"Enomoto-san is... *talking to self* not a client... not an advisor.. then what... acquaintance? Ah. Friend? Eh?" 

...& robotic Enomoto is back!

Kagi no Kakatta Heya #4

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kagi_no_Kakatta_Heya

Rating (Kanto): 15.5%

My Rating: 4/5 stars

Hints: Cobweb & spider 

Serizawa-sensei <333

Kagi no Kakatta Heya #3

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kagi_no_Kakatta_Heya

Rating (Kanto): 14.4%

My Rating: 4/5 stars 

Hints: Knife, chain & 16K (1六桂) 

"Enomoto-san. Do you have a girlfriend?"

Mikeneko Holmes no Suiri #2

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Mikeneko_Holmes_no_Suiri

Rating (Kanto): 12.1
My rating: 3.5/5 stars 

Mita Holmes is scary lol...

Honestly, I love it when a mystery starts like this XD.. Like someone who's supposed to be dead attended a seminar on love..& murdered someone? 

There were more scenes for human-Holmes.. I think Matsuko's acting is awkward most of the time.. hmmm.. but I'll take it as part of a cat's peculiarities *though I'm not very convinced*

Kagi no Kakatta Heya #2

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kagi_no_Kakatta_Heya

Rating (Kanto): 16.5%

My Rating: 4.5/5 stars 

Hints: Mathematical formula & red tape/confetti?

Not really a surprise but my keyword for this episode is... mystery.

Since I saw the preview for episode 2, I was already intrigued by the mystery (lol).. why.. how is such room be made as a closed room...?  I didn't attempt to read this chapter yet :P (just started yesterday).. My attention was on this mystery... 

Hmmm.. seems like they'll follow this pattern huh.. The trio in the room while Enomoto introduces the case... & the ending we'll have Enomoto introduce (again) the preview for next episode. :P 

Okay. 

...some weird editing again for this episode (well, it's the same director for eps 1 :P hehe)... 

As the director tweeted, the opening was different!  I'm going to list the hints from now on :P

Kagi no Kakatta Heya #1

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kagi_no_Kakatta_Heya

Rating (Kanto): 18.3%
My Rating: 4.5/5 stars (0.5 extra for Sato-san's character :D)

Hints: Syringe & fly

I wouldn't miss watching this (obviously :D)... this is my first new Ohno dorama after I became a fan in 2010! I was really excited when I read about his dorama rumours two months ago... when it was confirmed, it felt like that 2 years of waiting was worth it. Getsu9 slot & a Sherlock character - I'm one happy fan! :D

Actually after reading his character's description, I straightaway thought of Galileo's Yukawa-sensei. They are not interested with who is the criminal.. both characters only want to prove that something is doable - Yukawa uses science to explain those seem-unsolvable cases while Enomoto uses his knowledge on security systems.

Lucky Seven #4 & #5

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Lucky_Seven

Ratings (Kanto): 15.4% (#4), 15.2% (#5)

My ratings: 

4 | 3.5/5

5 | 3.5/5

Eita's character is gone :(

Anyway... well, I read that he has butai/stageplay so it's understandable for his character to be absent, I guess . But I don't know if I can say I like how they make his character very suspicious in the fourth episode... The change was so drastic. Ahh... just when his friendship with Shuntaro got better, he's leaving already...


Oh well.

There was one scene where Oizumi's character (Junpei) checked the lock of Nitta's apartment door for any signs of being broke into.. I totally thought of "Kagi no Kakatta Heya" the instance lock is mentioned... XD. I wonder if Ohno will make an appearance in the final episode..? It's okay if he doesn't.. I'm just hoping there'll be a glimpse of the next Mon9 in the end of the final episode <3

I saw Tanihara in the preview for next episode :P

Kagi no Kakatta Heya

「鍵のかかった部屋」Kagi no Kakatta Heya (Locked Room)
Last updated : 8.13pm MYT, 03.November.2012

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Cast :

Ohno Satoshi as Enomoto Kei

Toda Erika (2/27) as Aoto Junko  

Sato Koichi (3/2) as Serizawa Gou 
Nounen Rena (3/13) as Mizuki Rina
Shukugawa Atom (4/10) as Tachigawa (ep 1,4,10)
Ukaji Takashi as Kouno Mitsuo (ep3,5,10-11)

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Guests :

(in order of appearance)

Episode 1:

Hamada Akira (4/9) as Maruyama

Horibe Keisuke (3/30)  as Kusakabe Masatomo
Kazama Morio (3/30) as Ikehata Seiichi

Maeda Masaaki as Ooishi Masuo
Nadaka Tatsuo (3/5) as Odaka

Maeda Ken (3/4) as Kawasaki

Anami Atsuko as Tashiro Fumiko
Hashino Ryunosuke as Matsuda Daiki

Episode 2:

Nakamura Shido (4/9) as Aida Aiichiro

Takashima Masahiro (4/9) as Takazawa Yoshio

Fukuda Mayuko (4/9) as Takazawa Miki | Yamada Momoka (4/9) as Young Miki 

Wada Soutarou (4/9) as Takazawa Hiroki  | Ishii Atsuki as Young Hiroki 

Episode 3:
Yuzo as Takewaki Shinpei 5-dan

Aibu Saki (4/8) as Kurusu Nahoko 3-dan

Oshinari Shugo (4/9) as Nakano Shiyuuya 4-dan

Kodama Raishin as Tani Jiro 8-dan
Yamashita Rio (4/23) as Inagaki Mari 1-kyu
Sanyutei Yushiro (4/9) as Kitou Masamitsu 9-dan
Kishi Yusuke (4/19) as  Busujima Kaoru Ryu-oh

Episode 4:
Asami Reina as Yaguchi (reporter)
Matsuo Satoru as Furumizo Toshiki
Shiraishi Miho (4/23) as Kuwashima Mika
Kato Kazuko as Kuwashima Etsuko
Kugasawa Toru as Kuwashima Yuji

Episode 5:

Komatsu Ayaka (5/7) as Saito Misato
Yokobori Etsuo as Mitsui
Takubo Issei (5/7) as Takemoto Kesao
Arai Hirofumi (5/7) as Sugisaki Shunji
Seki Megumi (5/7) as Iikura Kana

Episode 6:

Shimizu Koji (5/14)  as Mizuki Shigeharu
Yamanaka So (5/14)  as Yakushiji 
Sakamoto Masayuki (5/14)  as Onizuka Hayato

Horiuchi Keiko (5/14) as Hatakeyama Nao

Kiriyama Akito (5/14)  as Ioka Yuki

Episode 7:

Hirata Mitsuru (5/21) as Endo Haruhiko

Ishii Kokoa as Nishino Asuka
Yoshida Kotaro (5/21) as Nishino Masayuki

Morisako Ei (5/21) as Nishino Manami

Kaku Tomohiro (5/21) as Nishino Takeru
Takayanagi Yoko as Tsuji Tomiko

Episode 8:

Shida Mirai (5/28) as Nakata Tomoko

Watanabe Megumi (5/28) as Nakata Fumie

Iwasa Mayuko (5/28) as Tachibana Asami
MEGUMI (5/28) as Anzai Rikako

Episode 9:

Iwamatsu Ryo (6/4) as Togashi Kotatsu
Takasugi Ko (6/4) as Sakaguchi Kenya
Aikawa Sho (6/4) as Nonogaki Jiro 
Sato Yuki (6/4) as Inuyama Katsumi
Suzuki Ryohei (6/4) as Hatta Mitsuo
Hatakeyama Rina as Hatta Misa

Episode 10-11:

Tamaki Hiroshi (6/4)   as Satou Manabu/Shiina Akira 

Suzuki Kazuma (6/11) as Ebara Masaki 

Nakamaru Shinsho (6/11) as Hisanaga Tokuji

Sasaki Katsuhiko (6/11) as Ebara Shozo

Nishiyama Mayuko (6/11) as Itou Hiromi

Honda Tsubasa (6/11) as Kawamura Shinobu

Maruyama Tomomi  (6/11) as Detective Manda
Sugawara Daikichi  as Iwakiri Shinichi
Kosuda Yasuto  as Anyouji Osamu

Oficial Site: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/kagi 

Original Story (novel): Kishi Yusuke (Ao no Honoo, Kuroi Ie, Crimson no Meikyuu/The Crimson Labyrinth)
Scriptwriters: 

• Aizawa Tomoko (ep1-5,7,10-11) (Princess Toyotomi, Itsumo Futari de )
• Nishi Kosuke 仁志光佑  (ep6,9)  
• Okada Michitaka 岡田道尚 (ep8)  (Liar Game: Reborn)   

Music: Ken Arai
Producer: Obara Ichiryu (he was one of NatsuNiji directors)
Directors:

• Matsuyama Hiroaki (ep1-2,5,8,11) (Liar Game series, Shiawase ni Narou yo, Voice)
• Kato Hiromasa (ep3-4,7,10) (GOLD, Last Friends, Innocent Love, Saiyuuki)
• Ishii Yusuke (ep6,9) (Watashi ga Renai Dekinai Riyuu, Nagareboshi, Tokyo DOGS, Tsuki no Koibito)

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Interested in reading about my experience from seeing this dorama's rumours to the day it was finally confirmed?  >> Here (a post that contains links to all related posts)
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《防犯探偵・榎本シリーズ》 "Crime Prevention Detective, Enomoto" series
*I used to see "Enomoto-Junko series" on the japanese wiki but I guess they changed it to "Bouhan Tantei Enomoto" now (as seen from the latest novel's cover)...

Cases (from the novels):
【硝子のハンマー】 [Garasu no Hammer]  #10-11
Part I: 見えない殺人者 | Mienai Satsujin-sha
Part II: 死のコンビネーション| Shi no Combination

【狐火の家】 [Kitsunebi no Ie]

狐火の家 (#7) | Kitsunebi no Ie

黒い牙 (#4) | Kuroi Kiba

盤端の迷宮 (#3) | Bantan no Meikyuu

犬のみぞ知る Dog knows (#8: 犬のみぞ知る) | Inu no Mizo Shiru Dog knows

【鍵のかかった部屋】 [Kagi no Kakatta Heya]

佇む男 (#1) | Tatazumu Otoko

鍵のかかった部屋 (#2) | Kagi no Kakatta Heya

歪んだ箱(#5 ：鍵のかかっていない部屋) | Yuganda Hako (Kagi no Kakatteinai Heya)

密室劇場 (#6) | Misshitsu Gekijou


Case (not from the novels):
ゆるやかな自殺 (#9: はかられた男)  | Yuruyakana Jisatsu (Hakarareta Otoko)
*This is a short story written by Kishi-sensei (refer to 6/11).

======================================

#Because this post has gotten long, past months updates/events have been hidden. 
Click [+/-] under the months to reveal updates for that month.

February 2012

[+/-]

2/20

Rumoured to be announced on this day. Scans of tv magazine (yet to be published?) reporting this circulated but no official announcement yet.

Toda Erika is rumoured to be one of the supporting casts.

2/22

Officially announced in newspapers (along with Aiba's dorama).

[ Tokyohive || Tokyograph || MomoEdgewood ]

How Ohno's character looked like...

Official site opened:  http://www.fujitv.co.jp/kagi

2/23

The scriptwriter updated her blog about the dorama.

[ originally seen/trans available here ]

2/27

Toda Erika's involvement in this dorama is confirmed.

[ News scans here || Tokyohive || Tokyograph ]

How Toda's character looked like...

Screencaps from morning's Mezamashi.

[ Ohno : Here & here ]

Crank-in/filming already started.

Official site update:

"Topics" section. Seems like it's for news related to the dorama.

***(vol.1)

Working with Ohno Satoshi for the first time in "Kagi no Kakatta Heya" as a pure-hearted & instinctive beautiful lawyer, Toda Erika is playing as the heroine.

2/28

*updated the drama wiki for this:
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kagi_no_Kakatta_Heya

March 2012

[+/-]

3/2

New cast member revealed - Sato Koichi. He's acting as Junko's superior.

Official site update:

"Topics" section.

***(vol.2)

Working with Ohno Satoshi for the first time in "Kagi no Kakatta Heya", Sato Koichi plays a veteran lawyer who believes in the phrase "Time is Money".

Kadokawa will re-publish the novel in paperback version. The release date is April 25th. 

This is good news because it seems every online shops I visited doesn't have the novel in stock anymore. Even my YesAsia order for this item was cancelled. Kind of hoping they'll re-publish the other two books in Enomoto-Junko series too. (In case you're wondering, I can't handle reading a book in japanese yet... I'm buying them for future use :P)

3/4

Rumoured guests for Episode 1:

Horibe Keisuke & Maeda Ken.

**Maeda's appearance was confirmed through his tweets on March 2nd

[  Original tweet || trans by Yamakaze067@LJ ]

3/5

Official site update:

"Topics" section.

***(vol.3)

Ohno Satoshi, Toda Erika & Sato Koichi - crank-in!

(Filming started)

-mentioned guests (eps 1?): Nadaka Tatsuo & Maeda Ken.

3/10

Kagi no Kakatta Heya's OST is going to be released on May 30th.

The composer is Ken Arai.

Official site update:

"Message" section opened.

3/12

Ohno talked a bit about filming & his character in his weekdays radio show (Arashi Discovery) today.

[ Trans by @ohnodiscovery ]

3/13

Official site update:

Another cast member revealed... Nounen Rena.

She's part of the regular cast, acting as Serizawa's secretary.

[ Tweet ]

3/14

"Hana Arashi" campaign (sth similar to "Fuku Arashi") started from the day of the final episode of "Lucky Seven" until the first episode of "Kagi no Kakatta Heya".

I'm guessing that there'll be "TV Spots" or trailers for Kagi during this campaign.

3/16

Seems like the dorama's ad already started being aired.

[ Ohno's screencaps || Video on Tudou ]

3/17

One of the directors for Kagi tweeted that there'll be Kagi's trailer after "Lucky Seven"'s final episode :D

明後日、ラッキーセブン最終回の最後に『鍵のかかった部屋』予告流れます。 見てね。
— 松山博昭＠liargame reborn (@matsuyamahiro) March 17, 2012

A longer preview of previous Kagi's ad can be seen here. (Video link from 2ch)

3/19

The trailer aired after Lucky Seven's final episode...

[ Video || Screencaps ]

3/23

Kagi's staff official blog opened : http://blog.fujitv.co.jp/kagi/index.html

***22-Mar-2012 -"Blog started"

I'm deeply amused that the blog's title is "AP Dai-chan's Report Plus". Dai as in 大ちゃん...which can also be read as 大ちゃん [おおちゃん/Oh-chan]. Hehe...

3/26

Ohno's report at his drama filming site was shown on the third day of Hana Arashi (aired on March 24th).

3/27

Staff's official blog update:

***27-Mar-2012 -"Pleased to meet you."

*I wonder if the photo included is the script book's cover...

3/28

Staff's official blog update:

***28-Mar-2012 -"About Crank-in."

-So... crank-in was on Feb 26th..

3/30

Official site update:

New sections (Story, Interview etc) available.

Story #01 - Guests mentioned Horibe Keisuke & Kazama Morio.

Front page is similar to tv spots aired (with Ohno's undoctored photo!!!).

Toda was in the VS Arashi SP aired yesterday (3/29).

April 2012

[+/-]

4/1

Staff's official blog update:

***1-Apr-2012 -"Artists revealed!"

-The first two drawings of Ohno, Toda & Sato-san were created by Maeda Ken during his free time...

-Entry mentioned that today Ohno battles with long lines again since morning... :P 頑張って、大野さん！

There were rumours that Arashi's new single "Face Down" is actually the theme song for "Kagi no Kakatta Heya" on Twitter. Actually it is not officially known for which dorama "Face Down" is for. (Original tweet stated it was from wiki but someone RTed that the entry is a mistake & had already been deleted.

Here's hoping that it's not an April Fool joke...

4/3

Been seeing tweets related to some event (press conference, to be exact) on April 5th, 1 pm... but no official source yet.

4/5

Staff's official blog update:

***5-Apr-2012 -"Press Conference soon."

Rumour about today being "Kagi no Kakatta Heya"'s press conference is true.

It was also officially announced that "Face Down" is the theme song for this dorama.

[ Tokyohive ]

4/6

Staff's official blog update:

***6-Apr-2012 -"Press Conference."

Official site update:

"Interview" section - Interview #01: Ohno Satoshi.

Oricon's Most Anticipated Spring Dorama Ranking (2012)

[ Tokyohive ]

1. Kagi no Kakatta Heya

2. Mikeneko Holmes no Suiri

3. Papa wa Idol

4. 37-sai de Isha ni Natta Boku

5. Legal High

6. ATARU

7. Mou Ichido Kimi ni, Propose

8. Toshi Densetsu no Onna

9. Soup Curry

10. Kaeru no Oujo-sama

TV Guide’s Anticipated Dorama
[ List from here; I don’t have the magazine so can’t check for mistakes]
1. Kagi no Kakatta Heya
2. ATARU
3. Mikeneko Holmes no Suiri
4. 37-sai de Isha ni Natta Boku
5. Papa wa Idol
6. Mou Ichido Kimi ni, Propose
7. Hancho
8. Umechan Sensei
9. Kaeru no Oujo-sama
10. Legal High

also…
[again, translated loosely… will edit if someone translated it later. Watchable as in “the one to pay attention to most [next season]” lol can’t find better words to translate to]

Watchable Main Actors/Actresses
(1)Ohno Satoshi, (2)Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, (3)Nakai Masahiro, (4)Nishikido Ryo, (5)Takenouchi Yutaka, (6)Aiba Masaki, (7)Amami Yuki, (8)Horikita Maki, (9)Takei Emi, (10)Odagiri Joe.

Watchable Actresses
(1)Toda Erika, (2)Mizukawa Asami, (3)Wakui Emi, (4)Aragaki Yui, (5)Oshima Yuko, (6)Mimura, (7)Kanjiya Shihori, (8)Gouriki Ayame, (9)Kuriyama Chiaki, (10)Kitano Kii.

Watchable Actors
(1)Sato Koichi, (2)Kiritani Kenta, (3)Tanabe Seiichi, (4)Okura Tadayoshi, (5)Narimiya Hiroki, (6)Tamayama Tetsuji, (7)Fujiki Naohito, (8)Kitamura Kazuki, (9)Miura Shohei*, (10)Mizobata Junpei.

4/6

Staff's official blog update:

***8-Apr-2012 –"Promo shows information."

-the entry mentioned about Aibu Saki guesting in Episode 3.

4/9
In today's Arashi Discovery, Ohno talked about a guest actor that made him laugh during filming... (he said he couldn't say who it was yet.. Maeda Ken?)
[ Trans by twosen@LJ ]

Found more guests for Episode 3: Oshinari Shugo (from his blog) & Sanyutei Yushiro.
...& Episode 1: Hamada Akira.

...guest news led me to find other guests :P (originally mentioned in 2ch thread)
*confirmed appearance*
Episode 2 - Nakamura Shido, Takashima Masahiro, Fukuda Mayuko, Yamada Momoka & Wada Soutarou.

Rumoured guest (can't find confirmation anywhere yet): Ukaji Takashi.

The three main casts appeared on Tamori & Nakai's show tonight at 9 to promote this dorama.

Official site update:

***Pre-airing quiz: The key to solving the mystery of the locked room is...?

>> Episode 1

"Topics" section.
***(vol.4)
Arashi's "Face Down" chosen as theme song! 
Report on "Kagi no Kakatta Heya"'s Press Conference!

4/10
Another cast member found but not sure if he's a regular or just a guest : Shukugawa Atom.
*Beginning to suspect if this is the person Ohno mentioned yesterday.*

4/11
Staff's official blog update:
***11-April-2012 -"Episode 1 - Crank-up!" [Filming wrapped up for Episode 1!]
*Crank-up was yesterday.

4/13
Official site update:
"Topics" section.
***(vol. 5)
Infiltration by "Picaru no Teiri"- A bit inside story.

Spin-off Story (on FTV's youtube channel/only viewable in Japan I think...):
"Junko's Notebook" - Episode 1

The scriptwriter (Aizawa Tomoko) updated her blog. She talked about the dorama's airing date and also about filming that goes smoothly so far. A photo was included...
On laptop screen.. I think it's the dorama's script.
The book on the table is the 2nd book in the Enomoto-Junko series (Kagi no Kakatta Heya is the 3rd book) by Kishi Yusuke. The title is 「狐火の家」 (Kitsunebi no Ie).
*Random fact:
All books in the Enomoto-Junko series were in the top ten list from "Honkaku Mystery Best 10"
「硝子のハンマー」Garasu no Hammer (published in 2004) was #5 in year 2005 list.
「狐火の家」Kitsunebi no Ie (published in 2008) was #10 in year 2009 list.
「鍵のかかった部屋」Kagi no Kakatta Heya (published in 2011) is #5 in this year's list.

4/14
Director Matsuyama tweeted:

本日2話オールアップ。明日、1話の音付け作業をして、月曜日、いよいよ第１話放送です！#鍵のかかった部屋
— 松山博昭＠liargame再生 (@matsuyamahiro) April 14, 2012

-Seems like today they wrapped up filming for Episode 2?

4/15
Director Matsuyama's tweet in the morning:

間違えた。２話まだ残ってた。というわけでこれからロケ行きます。
— 松山博昭 (@matsuyamahiro) April 14, 2012

-Episode 2 is not done yet :P... & they have location shooting now.


Staff's official blog update:
***15-April-2012 - "Finally, it's tomorrow!"


4/16

Director Matsuyama tweeted about the completion of the first episode at 1.59am JST.

第一話遂に完成。いよいよ今夜9時放送です。 #鍵のかかった部屋
— 松山博昭 (@matsuyamahiro) April 15, 2012

Promo appearances :
Mezamashi TV (all three)
Tokudane! (all three)
Nonstop (Ohno)
Waratte Iitomo (Telephone Shocking - Toda, Corner guests - Ohno & Sato)

Staff's official blog update:
***16-April-2012 - "One hour left!"
-he included a photo of Enomoto's desk


Started airing every Monday on Fuji TV, 21:00 JST.

Episode 1 - 「佇む男」

***「The standing man」

4/17
Official site update:
Story #02 - mentioned guests are Nakamura Shido, Takashima Masahiro & Fukuda Mayuko.

Rating for Episode 1: 18.3%
*highest rating was 21.8% recorded at 22:02~03 - scene where the trick of the closed room was explained at the villa  [ Link ]

Staff's official blog update:
***17-April-2012- "Thank you for the high rating ☆"

4/18
Spin-off Story: "Junko's Notebook" >> Episode 2

(Review for Episode 1 is here.)


4/19
Rumoured guest for 3rd episode : Ukaji Takashi

Confirmed guest for #3 (saw a photo in Pict Up magazine) : Kishi Yusuke (the author himself!..)


4/20
Official site update:
Photo Gallery section


4/21
Director Matsuyama tweeted about the opening...

第１話はopのヒントに気づいた人多くてびっくりしました。もちろん2話のopにもヒント隠してありまっせ。 #鍵のかかった部屋
— 松山博昭 (@matsuyamahiro) April 21, 2012

***"I'm surprised that many people noticed the hint in the opening of the first episode. Of course, there'll be some hints hidden too for episode 2."
-So this means the opening scenes would be different in each episodes...!? I'm loving all the efforts they put into this dorama :P



4/23
Confirmed guest for Eps 4 (via her blog) - Shiraishi Miho.

Rumoured guest for Eps 3: Yamashita Rio (confirmed)

Director Matsuyama's tweet at 1.31am:

やっと2話完成。いよいよ明日というか今夜9時から 放送です！見てね。 #鍵のかかった部屋
— 松山博昭 (@matsuyamahiro) April 23, 2012

The person Ohno mentioned before (refer 4/9) was Nakamura Shido.

Staff's official blog update:
***23-April-2012 - "Episode 2 tonight!"

Episode 2 - 「鍵のかかった部屋」

***「The locked room」

Official site update:
Story #03 - mentioned guests Ukaji Takashi, Yuzo, Aibu Saki, Oshinari Shugo, Kishi Yusuke & Kodama Raishin.

4/24

Rating for Episode 2: 16.5%


4/25
Rumoured guests for eps 4: Matsuo Satoru & Kato Kazuko.

Release day for paperback version of "Kagi no Kakatta Heya".


4/26
Director Matsuyama tweeted:

3話の編集あがり見たけど面白かったー。別のディレクターが撮ってますが、かなりいい感じですよ。 #鍵のかかった部屋
— 松山博昭 (@matsuyamahiro) April 26, 2012

-I wonder which director is it for eps 3, Director Kato or Director Ishii? :)


4/27
(Review for Episode 2 is here.)

Staff's official blog update:
***27-April-2012 - "Information on Digest [show]"

...& Director Matsuyama's tweet:

今日は5話のロケでした・・・ええ、雨でしたとも。
— 松山博昭 (@matsuyamahiro) April 27, 2012

-They've started filming eps 5 already...!

Official site update:
"Topics" section.
***(vol. 6)
Playing as 竜王 (Ryuou) in Episode 3: Message from the author of "Kagi no Kakatta Heya", Kishi Yusuke-sensei.

"Interview" section - Interview #02: Toda Erika.

4/30
Staff's official blog update:
***30-April-2012 - "Today is Episode 3~!"
-Aibu-san will be on Waratte Iitomo (Telephone Shocking) today... Dai-chan said  teasingly maybe she will talk about filming with Ohno-san :P
-Why does it sounds like Ukaji Takashi's character will be part of the regular cast...??? *excited* [random fact: his character's nickname in the novel is Hagekou]

Director Matsuyama tweeted:

本日放送の第三話、いままでとは違う榎本のチャーミングな一面がほんの少しだけ見れたりします。お楽しみに。 #鍵のかかった部屋
— 松山博昭 (@matsuyamahiro) April 30, 2012

Episode 3 - 「盤端の迷宮」

***「The maze of the edge of a [Shogi] board」

May 2012
[+/-]

5/1

Official site update:
Story #04 - mentioned Shiraishi Miho (as guest) only...
A new section (seems like Nounen's corner or sth...)

Rating for Episode 3: 14.4%
-Golden Week
-TBS aired "Akujo ni Tsuite" at the same time slot (14.7%).

5/3
The OST's cover/tracklist has been updated on Amazon.jp.

Staff's official blog update:
***3-May-2012 - "Today is filming as well."
-They are still filming for eps 5.. & seems like there's mention of "Team Enomoto" in eps 5.. I wonder...

Rumoured guest for eps 4: Kugasawa Toru.

(Review for Episode 3 is here.)


5/7
Staff's official blog update:
***7-May-2012 - "Today, Episode 4!"

Guests for Eps 5: Ukaji Takashi, Arai Hirofumi, Seki Megumi, Takubo Issei & Komatsu Ayaka..

Episode 4 - 「黒い牙」

***「The Black Fangs」

Official site update:
Story #05

5/8
Rating for Episode 4: 15.5%

5/9
Release day for Arashi's "Face Down" ("Kagi no Kakatta Heya"'s theme song).

5/10
Rumour on eps 6:
「密室劇場」・仁志光佑 (script)・ Director Ishii
*there are rumours that the scriptwriter is the author (seems like it's read as Nishi Kosuke)

5/12
Staff's official blog update:
***12-May-2012 - "Episode 5 to air soon."


5/14
Ohno talked about filming in the pet shop on his radio show today.
[ Translation by @ohnodiscovery ]

Director Matsuyama tweeted:

やっと5話完成。今日よる9時放送です。 #鍵のかかった部屋
— 松山博昭 (@matsuyamahiro) May 13, 2012

Episode 5 - 「鍵のかかっていない部屋」

***「The Room that is not Locked 」

Different title, but is based on 「歪んだ箱」(The Distorted Box)


Guests for Episode 6: Sakamoto Masayuki & Kiriyama Akito.
*saw this from next week's TV guides... so I think it's official???... but the media info on their official site aren't updated yet... Saw tweets about ep 6 preview - confirmed! 

Official site update:
Story #06 - mentioned guests (other than Sakamoto & Kiriyama) are Horiuchi Keiko, Yamanaka So and Shimizu Koji.

(Review for Episode 4 is here.)

5/15
Rating for Episode 5: 15.6 %
*Was hoping it would be a bit higher than this (I like this episode ^_^).. but I'm not complaining :D. If compared to past Spring doramas for this slot - taking recent ones in account 2009/2010/2011 (mostly are romance though) - it can be seen that Kagi is doing pretty good...:

Konkatsu (10.4)                    16.3_11.2_*9.4_*9.9_10.9_*9.3_10.9_*8.9_*9.3_*8.8_10.5 

Tsuki no Koibito (16.8)         22.4_19.2_15.6_15.5_17.4_13.4_14.4_16.2 

Shiawase ni Narou yo (11.7) 16.4_11.9_10.0_12.6_*9.7_11.8_12.3_11.3_10.9_10.8_10.9 

Ohno talked about remembering his lines in Kagi on his radio show today.
[ Trans by @ohnodiscovery ]

(Review for Episode 5 is here.)

5/17
Ohno has been talking a lot about his dorama on his radio show lately huh :P
Yesterday was about Sato-san and him. [ Link ]
Today was about his costume(?) as Enomoto. [ Link ]
Trans by @ohnodiscovery~

Staff's official blog update:
***17-May-2012 - "Currently Filming Episode 7!"

5/20
Director Matsuyama's tweet:

いよいよ明日6話放送です。 #鍵のかかった部屋
— 松山博昭 (@matsuyamahiro) May 20, 2012

5/21
Guests for eps 7 (via next week's online tv guide): Yoshida Kotaro, Morisako Ei & Hirata Mitsuru.

Staff's official blog update:
***21-May-2012 - "Today, Episode 6!"

Aizawa-san updated her blog. Seems like the staff team gave her a surprise birthday party~

Episode 6 - 「密室劇場」

***「The Theatre Behind Closed Doors 」

Official site update:
Story #07 - Another guest mentioned : Kaku Tomohiro.

Director Matsuyama tweeted:

とりあえず6話の放送も終わり、折り返し。まだまだ続くのです。 #鍵のかかった部屋
— 松山博昭 (@matsuyamahiro) May 21, 2012

5/22
Rating for Episode 6: 15.4%

Rumour on eps 8: "犬のみぞ知る Dog knows"... 
So that means for the first book it would be in three episodes?... (this morning I saw tweets saying there'll be 11 episodes for this dorama)

Official site update:
New corner!
Enomoto's Style Collection
- Update #00 "Regular Item"
- Update #01 "Blue and Gray" (from eps 3)

5/23
Director Matsuyama tweeted:

いよいよ明日8話クランクイン。
— 松山博昭 (@matsuyamahiro) May 23, 2012

-so he's the one responsible for ep8..?

On Picaru no Teiri today... Parody of KagiHeya was shown.. [read from Twitter/2ch]

5/24

(Review for Episode 6 is here.)

"Glasses Worn by Satoshi Ohno and Ryo Nishikido are Becoming a Huge Hit"
[ News on jpopasia ]

Picaru no Teiri : "Kagi no Chotto Kakatta Heya" [ Video // Kagi parody in the beginning only ]
- Ayabe Yuji (Piece) as Enomoto; Watanabe Naomi as Junko;
- Included the opening XD
- Scene from eps 1 (Enomoto unlocking the strongroom)
- In the middle of unlocking, song played at the background & "Junko" suddenly danced, stealing all the spotlight from "Enomoto" [x2]
- Then the door opens (not locked!)

5/25
Staff's official blog update:
***25-May-2012 - "Kagi!"
-Kagi is the dorama team's pet (Ohno gave the name :D), a lizard... bought at the pet shop from eps 4

***25-May-2012 - "Filming smoothly!"

Official site update:
"Interview" section - Interview #03: Sato Koichi.

5/26
Staff's official blog update:
***26-May-2012 - "Bingo~"

***26-May-2012 - "Enomoto-san's tea set ♪"

5/27
The phrase "鍵　かかった部屋" appeared in ATARU (said by Ataru/Chokozai). I haven't watch the dorama yet though... but I read that if the KagiHeya team somehow manage to fit in "Gacha" [ガチャ] (as I haven't watch ATARU, I'm unsure of what this is XD) in KagiHeya... then it would be complete (returns favour???).
[ screencap via 2ch ]

Complete for what.. I dunno!! Subtle promo??? XD.. the phrase could be a coincidence only, no? But this is still an interesting tidbit because both doramas' average ratings (so far) is near... either could be the #1 dorama (by ratings) this season.

5/28
Guests for eps 8 (via next week's online tv guide): MEGUMI, Shida Mirai & Iwasa Mayuko.

Staff's official blog update:
***28-May-2012 - "Today, Episode 7!"

Director Matsuyama's tweet:

もうすぐ7話放送です。見てね。僕もまだ見てないけど。
— 松山博昭@密室は破れました (@matsuyamahiro) May 28, 2012

Episode 7 - 「狐火の家」

***「The House of Fox-fire 」

Official site update:
Story #08 - another guest: Watanabe Megumi


5/29
Director Matsuyama tweeted:

また朝がやってきた。今日で8話アップ。
— 松山博昭@密室は破れました (@matsuyamahiro) May 28, 2012

- Today they'll wrap up filming for ep 8

Rating for Episode 7: 16.1 %


5/30
Release day for Kagi no Kakatta Heya's OST (by Ken Arai).
[ Listen to sample // Found this link from here ]

Director Matsuyama tweeted about editing ep 8..

ただ今8話編集中！
— 松山博昭@密室は破れました (@matsuyamahiro) May 30, 2012

5/31
Official site update:
Enomoto's Style Collection
- Update #02 "Bordeaux & Black" (from eps 5)

(Review for Episode 7 is here.)

June 2012

[+/-]

6/1
Director Matsuyama tweeted:

いよいよ今日は11話の本打ち。
— 松山博昭@密室は破れました (@matsuyamahiro) June 1, 2012

-So script for ep 11 is done??  Will check this later .. Anyway, yesterday  he also tweeted about ep 7 and 8 having different tastes..Some said it could be comedy (ep 7 was horror-ish)..

6/3
Director Matsuyama tweeted:

いよいよ明日は8話放送です。 #鍵のかかった部屋
— 松山博昭@密室は破れました (@matsuyamahiro) June 3, 2012

Enomoto's unlocking gesture???
..and here's a screencap from yesterday's Mikeneko :D... I still think it's a coincidence though XD..  [ from my Twitter timeline/ Link ]


6/4
Kagi no Kakatta Heya fan event was held today. [ japanese news link ]

Guests for eps 9 (via next week's online tv guide): Aikawa Sho, Takasugi Ko, Iwamatsu Ryo... [& from another tv guide]... Sato Yuki & Suzuki Ryohei.

Director Matsuyama tweeted about tonight's episode highlight (which is Serizawa-san):

今日の8話の見所は芹沢さんです。大暴れです。お楽しみに。 #鍵のかかった部屋
— 松山博昭@密室は破れました (@matsuyamahiro) June 4, 2012

...and seems like it's a different scriptwriter this time.

今日放送の8話、脚本はライアーゲーム再生の岡田道尚さんです。黒岩さんに続いて連ドラに羽ばたいていく事ができる素晴らしい才能の持ち主だと思います。ぜひぜひご注目下さい #鍵のかかった部屋
— 松山博昭@密室は破れました (@matsuyamahiro) June 4, 2012

Guest for episode 10 and 11 (confirmed via his official website): Tamaki Hiroshi.

Official site update:
"Topics" section.
***(vol.7)
Serizawa appears on "Mezamashi TV"!?
Scene from "Mezamashi TV" appears in Episode 8!

Staff's Official blog update:
***04-June-2012 - "Tonight, Episode 8"

Episode 8 - 「犬のみぞ知る」

***「Dog Knows 」(After watching, I decided to choose this title instead XD)

Title was shortened; Original title:「犬のみぞしる Dog knows」


6/5
Rating for Episode 8: 15.4%

Official site update:
Enomoto's Style Collection
- Update #03 "Black & Black" (from eps 8)

"Topics" section.
***(vol.8)
Tamaki Hiroshi-san has been decided as guest in the last two episodes!!
The last chapter, "The Glass Hammer",  will be aired for two consecutive weeks.

6/6
KagiHeya fan event..  [ Momoedgewood | Tokyohive ]

6/7
Staff's official blog update:
***07-June-2012 - "Nikusui!"
Oh..They have location shooting for ep10 today...

6/8
Official site update:
"Topics" section.
***(vol.9)
Report on fan event!

***(vol.10)
Urgent interview before the last round.
Question for Producer Obara : "What will happen in the last episode of Kagi no Kakatta Heya?"

6/9
Director Matsuyama tweeted:

いよいよ明日、11話クランクイン。ついに最終回の撮影です。 #鍵のかかった部屋
— 松山博昭@密室は破れました (@matsuyamahiro) June 9, 2012

Tomorrow they'll start filming for episode 11...!!!! T_T

The scriptwriter (Aizawa Tomoko) updated her blog. She included a photo of the script of the last episode.
She also mentioned about more long lines for Enomoto for that episode. "Maybe Ohno-kun hates me now.. [because of his longs lines] *laughs*" XD

6/10
Staff's official blog update:
***10-June-2012 - "Kagi...!!"
KYA~ Kagi-chan the lizard will appear in ep 9!  I did wonder if they'll let Kagi appear on the dorama... will we see Enomoto playing with it? XD


6/11
Ohno talked about Enomoto Kei on his radio show today.
[ Trans by @ohnodiscovery ]

Staff's official blog update:
***11-June-2012 - "Today is Episode 9~!"

Episode 9 - 「はかられた男」

***「The Man Who Plotted [a Suicide]」(or maybe 「The Recorded Man」?... Have to re-watch the episode to make sure T_T )
Done a bit research on this.. seems like it's a short story written by Kishi-sensei that was compiled in Yasei Jidai (not sure what format this is). The original title is:「ゆるやかな自殺」(Gradual Suicides)

According to a tweet by @yaseijidai in February this year, it's a short story for Bouhan Tantei・Enomoto [series?].

【100巻本日発売！】貴志祐介さんの「ゆるやかな自殺」は防犯探偵・榎本の密室短篇です。柳広司さんの「暗号名ケルベロス　後篇」は、1月号の付録文庫に収録された作品の続きとなっています。
— 角川書店　野性時代編集部 (@yaseijidai) February 13, 2012

Official site update:
Story #10 - Guests : Tamaki Hiroshi, Suzuki Kazuma, Nakamaru Shinsho, Sasaki Katsuhiko, Nishiyama Mayuko, Honda Tsubasa & Maruyama Tomomi.


6/12
Rating for Episode 9: 16.0 %

Staff's official blog update:
***12-June-2012 - "A bit inside story"

Official site update:
Enomoto's Style Collection
- Update #04 "Beige and Bordeaux" (from eps 8)

6/14
(Review for Episode 9 is here.)

6/16
Aizawa-san (main scriptwriter) updated her blog (entry made on 11 June 2012) - "Team Enomoto's final day".

6/17
Staff's official blog update:
***17-June-2012 - "Heartily..."

***17-June-2012 - "Koichi-san, Crank-up" (Koichi-san finished filming his parts)

Director Matsuyama tweeted:

いよいよ明日は最後の密室、硝子のハンマー。
— 松山博昭@密室は破れました (@matsuyamahiro) June 17, 2012

6/18
Ohno talked about ep4 and remembering his lines on his radio show today.
[ Translation by twosen@LJ ]

Episode 10 -「硝子のハンマー」pt.1

***「The Glass Hammer 」 Part 1

6/19
On his radio show today, Ohno talked about ep 6's filming and how bad he was as an ame-otoko XD
[ trans by twosen@LJ ]

Director Matsuyama tweeted about location shooting (& "two days left!"??? *filming will wrap up in two days???*)

ロケ出発。あと２日！
— 松山博昭@密室は破れました (@matsuyamahiro) June 18, 2012

Rating for Episode 10: 13.8 %
-Tough competition for ratings. At the same time slot, TBS aired "Setagaya Chuzai Deka" (13.3%) and there's a soccer match (with Nadeshiko Japan) aired on another channel (14.0%).
-Just something I want to let out here. After seeing Maou's DVD sales (seems like the japanese audience got curious after watching Ohno in KagiHeya :D) recently, I realised that the total sales of the dorama's DVD box-set brings more meaning than viewership ratings... :P

6/20
Composer for KagiHeya's OST (Ken Arai) tweeted about the digital release for extra tracks (that weren't included in the OST but used in the dorama, I think) on June 27th.

【速報】6/27緊急リリース決定!!!『鍵のかかった部屋』〜extra track〜 劇中定番曲ながらCD未収録楽曲を5曲急遽配信リリース決定!!!ゼヒみなさんチェックしてみてくださいね♫ #鍵のかかった部屋 twitter.com/eighteendegree…
— Ken Arai (@eighteendegrees) June 19, 2012

6/22
Seems like Ohno finished filming early...??? (usually the main actor's crank-up will be the last one to happen... maybe because he's going to be busy for 24hr TV this summer..)
[ via 2ch / Mag scan ]

6/24
(Review for Episode 10 is here.)

Staff's official blog update:
***24-June-2012 - "Filming wrapped up successively"
They finished filming all on June 21st 2012.
Ohno's crank-up was on June 19th 2012.
The last person to finish filming was Toda (on the last day?).

***24-June-2012 - "Info on promo [tomorrow]"
Mezamashi TV - Ohno & Toda.
Non-stop - Ohno.
Waratte Ittomo! - Ohno & Toda.

6/25
There's a countdown counter for Kagi's final episode on the front page of FTV's website. [ Screencap ]

Ohno talked about filming last two episodes on his radio show today.
[ Trans by twosen@LJ ]

Episode 11 -「硝子のハンマー」pt.2  *FINAL*

***「The Glass Hammer 」Part 2

Watched real-time. OMG. Is it bad if I declare that I like him now because of that ending? XD *still mindblown* Meh, was it really that surprising? :D

DVD/Blu-ray release is on October 10th 2012.
[ Amazon ]

... someone broke the mystery behind the numbers you usually see in the opening scene (& the official site).
" 8235 1964 7146 7004 2893 8535 9061 "
[Pic from here.]

Plot them as a radar chart in Excel, & you'll get a keyhole! 

Another thing, someone on 2ch mentioned (I think it was an Ohno fan) about the way Serizawa & Junko stood up behind Enomoto in the scenes where Enomoto introduces the case. Seems like whoever stands at Enomoto's right side hints at the gender of the real culprit.
[ Here's a screencap of all scenes /reblogged ]


6/26
On his radio show today, Ohno talked about Aikawa Sho-san (guest in ep9) and also thanked everyone who watched the dorama.
[ Trans by twosen@LJ ]

大野さん、本当にお疲れ様でした～　よく頑張ったな!
そして鍵チームのキャストとスタッフも、お疲れ様でした！
いいドラマを作った。面白いかったです。
ありがとうございました!　


Rating for Episode 11: 17.5%
Average rating: 15.86% (officially 16%)
According to Oricon, the peak of the rating was 19.2% during the scene after the case is solved and Enomoto called Junko from the airport.

I really don't get the official average ratings for other doramas (ATARU & Mikeneko).. in Kagi's case I can see that they rounded it to 1 decimal place Lol... it's rounded again to 16... *CONFUSED*..... For ATARU (15.42, officially 15.6) & Mikeneko (12.62, officially 12.8), the rounding process were totally strange XD. ................  *got more confused*
...maybe I'll change all later if following the official ratings are in dramawiki's policy.

Director Matsuyama tweeted his thanks for final episode's rating (including a Yahoo article on the topic): [tweet deleted]

皆さまありがとうございました！大野智主演「鍵のかかった部屋」　最終回１７・５％、平均は今期最高（スポニチアネックス） - Y!ニュース headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20120626-…
— 松山博昭@密室は破れました (@matsuyamahiro) June 26, 2012

6/27
Release day for extra tracks for Kagi no Kakatta Heya's OST (by Ken Arai/digital release only).

Official site update:
"Topics" section.
***(vol.11)
Crank-up reports!
All filming finished on June 21st, hence "Kagi no Kakatta Heya" filming wrapped up that day.
Actually Ohno finished filming his scenes on 18th of June... (maybe this was during midnight). Toda finished filming on June 21st. Sato-san finished filming his scenes on June 17th.

6/28
Ohno talked about his pronunciation problem (intonation thing) of certain words during filming "Kagi no Kakatta Heya". He also mentioned about Toda.
[ trans by twosen@LJ ]

Director Matsuyama tweeted:

ありがとー。土曜連投頑張ってね QT @msho50429: @matsuyamahiro お疲れ様でした！あの終わり方は…ずるいですけど、うまいです。最高に絶妙な表情でした。さすがです。
— 松山博昭@密室は破れました (@matsuyamahiro) June 27, 2012

I find this amusing. He was replying to one of the directors for Mirai Nikki's tweet saying ***(with the help of gtranslator XD --) "Otsukaresama deshita. That way of ending [the dorama]... it was sly, but splendid. It was exquisite expression at its best. As expected." 
Talking about Enomoto's final expression...??? *kyaaaa*

(Review for Episode 11 is here.)

6/29

On his radio show today, Ohno talked about his favourite tracks from KagiHeya's OST and about being invited to a drinking session with Sato-san & MatsuJun.
[ trans by twosen@LJ ]

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10/10
DVD/Blu-ray release day.

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[(***) = my loose trans :P]

Disclaimer:
This progress post is a post made to record any events related to the dorama from the eye of a biased fan of Ohno Satoshi. Most of the links and info put here were found through LJ, 2ch thread, the official site and twitter/google searches. Tumblr links are reblogged posts from my own Tumblr (in case the original ones are deleted).

※ I also edit the drama wiki for this dorama from time to time (my username is JAnA) so don't be surprised if the information on both sites are similar. The translated episode titles on drama wiki are translated by EarthBuri team (used with permission). 

The translated version (episode titles) used in this blog post was done by me (might be inaccurate) & any similarities (such as for eps 1 & 2) are purely coincidental.