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Cast

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as Rei Kamimura *

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as Jack * Nozomi Sasaki as Sister Snake *

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as Yuji Nishizaki * Kyōko Maya as Yoko Kitaba *

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as Ryota Kosugi

Additional Cast

* Shigemitsu Ogi as Seiya Nagura (ep.2) * Tatsuhito Okuda as Yasumasa Takagi (ep.2) *

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as Ritsuko Kusakabe (ep.3) * Kazuma Suzuki as Kazuhiko Akagawa (ep.4) * Mansaku Ikeuchi as Kento Hiruta (ep.5) *

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as Sotaro Batomura (ep.6) *

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as Kaide Batomura (ep.6) *

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as Koshi Kitaba (ep.7) * Shunsuke Ohe as young Rei Kamimura (ep.7) * Himeka Asami as young Karen Katagiri (ep.7) *

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as Hideomi Todo (ep.8-9) *

- ep.9

Characters

Rei Kamimura: Main male character, doesn't have any memories from further than one year ago. he is able to remember anything with one glance and is the brain of the team. Karen Katagiri: Important female character, doesn't have any memories from further than one year ago. she uses her charms to get men to tell her what she wants and is an expert at stealing something when somebody isn't paying attention. Taiga Kishihara: Important male character, doesn't have any memories from further than one year ago. he is the technological one of the group and handles anything from security to short distraction. he is a bit goofy and has a big crush on Karen.

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* DeNA DeNA franchises Japanese drama television series Japanese television shows based on video games TBS Television (Japan) dramas 2011 Japanese television series debuts 2011 Japanese television series endings {{Japan-tv-prog-stub