Doctor-X Season 6: Production, Cast, and Broadcast History
Doctor-X Season 6 (known in Japanese as ドクターX ～外科医・大門未知子～) is the sixth installment of the popular Japanese medical drama series starring Ryoko Yonekura as the freelance surgeon Michiko Daimon. Broadcast on TV Asahi, the season originally aired from October 17 to December 19, 2019, across 10 episodes in the Thursday 21:00 to 21:54 time slot. The season achieved an average television rating of 18.5%.
Plot Overview
Totei University Hospital faces a massive financial deficit. Investor Nicholas Tange, nicknamed the "Vulture," steps in with a turnaround plan focused on restructuring and cost-cutting. At Nicholas Tange’s request, freelance surgeon Michiko Daimon returns to Totei University Hospital to handle complex medical cases amidst the institutional upheaval.
Production and Broadcast Details
The series was directed by Naomi Tamura, Hidetomo Matsuda, and Hayato Yamada, with scripts penned by Miho Nakazono, Makoto Hayashi, and Takafumi Kosaka. It occupied TV Asahi's Thursday 21:00 time slot, following the drama Sign and preceding Police and Prosecutor, which premiered on January 16, 2020.
Cast and Characters
The main cast features returning and new characters central to the Totei University Hospital storyline:
- Ryoko Yonekura – Michiko Daimon
- Yusuke Santamaria – Kazuma Ushio
- Yuki Uchida – Hiromi Jonouchi
- Kenichi Endo – Takashi Ebina
- Masanobu Katsumura – Hideki Kaji
- Kosuke Suzuki – Mamoru Hara
- Shinji Takeda – Yu Samejima
- Michiko Shimizu – Mari Hamachi
- Shingo Fujimori – Kimihiko Murasaki
- Mio Imada – Masako Oma
- Junki Tozuka – Kohei Tako
- Mayuko Kawakita – Ruri Ikura
- Riko Kawase – Kana Iino
- Ittoku Kishibe – Akira Kanbara
- Masachika Ichimura – Nicholas Tange
- Toshiyuki Nishida – Shigekatsu Hiruma