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The Dinner Table Detective

The Dinner Table Detective

20257.21 Season12 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Rich heiress Reiko Hosho lives a double life as a novice detective, fighting crime under Inspector Kazamatsuri—also from a wealthy family. After work, Reiko sheds her pantsuit to don a lovely dress for dinner each day. Difficult cases force her to confide in her butler Kageyama, who proceeds to savagely ridicule her inability to solve mysteries, all while brilliantly unraveling each case himself.

Created by Tokuya Higashigawa
Written by Tokuya Higashigawa, Mariko Kunisawa
Produced by Shoko Hori, Yoshinori Takeeda, Ayuri Taguchi
NetworksFuji TVTokai Television BroadcastingKansai TVFukui TVHokkaido Cultural BroadcastingIwate Menkoi TelevisionTOSSendai TelevisionSAGA TVIshikawa TVTNCOHKKochi Sun Sun BroadcastingTelevision Shin Hiroshima SystemTV ShizuokaUMK TV MiyazakiNSTNBSSakuranbo TVTSKEhime BroadcastingKTSFukushima TVNIBKKTAKTToyama TelevisionOkinawa Television Broadcasting

Top Cast

Kana Hanazawa

Kana Hanazawa

Reiko Hosho (voice)

Yuki Kaji

Yuki Kaji

Kageyama (voice)

Mamoru Miyano

Mamoru Miyano

Kyoichiro Kazamatsuri (voice)

Themes & Keywords

detectivebased on novel or bookbutleranime

About The Dinner Table Detective

The Dinner Table Detective is a animation, mystery, comedy, crime series that first aired in 2025 exploring themes of detective, based on novel or book, butler, anime. Created by Tokuya Higashigawa, it stars Kana Hanazawa, Yuki Kaji, Mamoru Miyano. Rich heiress Reiko Hosho lives a double life as a novice detective, fighting crime under Inspector Kazamatsuri—also from a wealthy family. After work, Reiko sheds her pantsuit to don a lovely dress for dinner each day. Difficult cases force her to confide in her butler Kageyama, who proceeds to savagely ridicule her inability to solve mysteries, all while brilliantly unraveling each case himself.

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