A young man who showed little promise while a high school student becomes a master detective, just like his grandfather. [Regarding the second series] This is the second TV series of the manga strip. Kindaichi Hajime (Dohmoto), and his good friend Miyuki

(Tomosaka) are high school detectives. This show was very popular last summer, it even bested 'Aishiteirutte itte kure' in the ratings. Every week there is a special guest star. The two kid detectives solve all kinds of murders, mysteries, etc.. Fun TV. It's actually pretty good.

Starring: Dohmoto Tsuyoshi (Kinki Kids), Tomosaka Rie, Nakayama Emiri, Miura Rieko, Kosugi Kane and more. / THIRD SERIES: Matsumoto Jun, Suzuki An, Naito Takashi
Theme Song: hitori ja nai" by Kinki Kids, "Kiss kara hajimaru misuteri-" by Kinki Kids
NETWORK: NTV
DURATION: There has been two series (starring Dohmoto and Tomosaka) and an anime series based on the manga. First series was seven episodes, the second was nine episodes. Third Series - "THE FILES OF YOUNG KINDAICHI" duration: July 2001 through September 2001 with a new cast. Third series was nine episodes long.
REVIEWS:

This is really good.  For those who love X-Files/investigative mystery dramas which is a bit on the hip side.  I thought the casting of Dohmoto Tsuyoshi and Tomosaka Rie was excellent and definitely recommended for the drama viewer.

REGARDING "THE FILES OF YOUNG KINDAICHI" (THIRD SERIES): The Kindaichi series is back with Matsumoto Jun filling the role as Kindaichi Hajime. The series continues with the high school detectives who continue to solve cases with their police officer uncle.

REVIEWS:

Unfortunately, the new series doesn't have the magic that Dohmoto Tsuyoshi and Tomosaki brought to the first two installments but if you haver never seen the series, you will find the third series still fun to watch. Although, the first episode was full of cheesiness ala homeage to "Titanic", other cases such as the "Black Butterfly" case do get very interesting to watch but is nowhere near the goodness of the first two Kindaichi dramas