{"rewrite":{"id":"r_fabb939a1fa12397356f9734","clusterId":"c_7dbb08413976754bc68cc456","slug":"aibou-season-25-sets-baton-pass-from-terawaki-to-oikawa","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Aibou Season 25 Sets Baton Pass From Terawaki To Oikawa","summary":"TV Asahi's Aibou season 25 will hand the partner role from Yasufumi Terawaki as Kaoru Kameyama to Mitsuhiro Oikawa as Takashi Kobe partway through the season. The show premieres October 21, Wednesdays at 21:00, with an extended first episode, \"PM Crisis.\" Yutaka Mizutani returns as Ukyo Sugishita, and TV Asahi will rebroadcast six selected Ukyo and Kaoru episodes from October 14.","whyItMatters":"Aibou is moving its long-running second lead into a mid-season handover, pairing a returning Kobe with Mizutani's Sugishita rather than resetting the duo at episode one.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eTerawaki\u0026#39;s Kaoru Kameyama is in his 12th season overall, and the switch to Oikawa\u0026#39;s Takashi Kobe will happen at some point during season 25, not at the premiere. Oikawa returns as the \u0026#34;6th generation Aibou\u0026#34; after last appearing in 2012. Ahead of the handover, TV Asahi will rebroadcast six Ukyo and Kaoru episodes from October 14, including season 7\u0026#39;s \u0026#34;Level 4\u0026#34; and the season 21 episodes that brought Kaoru back. The October 21 first episode, \u0026#34;PM Crisis,\u0026#34; runs extended to 22:09 and features guests Michitaka Tsutsui and Ryo Kimura.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Aibou has rotated partners before, but never mid-season. Handing Kaoru's role to Mitsuhiro Oikawa partway through season 25 splits one broadcast year between two partners.","twitterPost":"Aibou season 25 splits one broadcast year between two partners, handing Kaoru's role to Mitsuhiro Oikawa mid-season.","threadsPost":"Aibou has swapped partners before, but the season 25 change lands mid-broadcast: Yasufumi Terawaki's Kaoru gives way to Mitsuhiro Oikawa's Takashi Kobe partway through. Yutaka Mizutani's Ukyo stays as the fixed point while the show resets the relationship inside a single season.","newsletterBlurb":"Aibou season 25 will switch its second lead partway through the run, moving from Yasufumi Terawaki's Kaoru Kameyama to Mitsuhiro Oikawa's Takashi Kobe, who returns to the role after last appearing in 2012. Yutaka Mizutani continues as Ukyo Sugishita, and the season opens October 21 with an extended first episode.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Cinema Today\",\"url\":\"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0157386\",\"title\":\"\\\"Aibou season 25\\\": Yasufumi Terawaki to Mitsuhiro Oikawa! An Unprecedented \\\"Aibou Baton Pass\\\" Comes to Fruition\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4872,"outputTokens":665,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791865335,"createdAt":"2026-10-13T04:18:27.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-13T04:21:10.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-13T04:21:10.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_7dbb08413976754bc68cc456","canonicalTitle":"「相棒 season25」寺脇康文から及川光博へ！前代未聞の“相棒バトンタッチ”が実現","representativeArticleId":"a_5d6e8c88655387bbca985532","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Aibo (TV drama series)\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Yutaka Mizutani\",\"Yasufumi Terawaki\",\"Mitsuhiro Oikawa\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-13T03:15:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-13T03:15:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-13T04:21:08.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Cinema Today","url":"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0157386","title":"「相棒 season25」寺脇康文から及川光博へ！前代未聞の“相棒バトンタッチ”が実現"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Aibo (TV drama series)"],"studios":[],"people":["Yutaka Mizutani","Yasufumi Terawaki","Mitsuhiro Oikawa"],"type":"news","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}