The Big Chase: Tokyo SSBC Files
The Big Chase: Tokyo SSBC Files is a 2025 Japanese drama television series produced by TV Asahi and Toei Company. The series is head-written by and features episodes directed by Naoki Tamura, and with music by Kan Sawada and stars Nao Omori, Masaki Aiba and Nao Matsushita in the leading roles. The series aired on TV Asahi and its affiliates from July 9 to September 3, 2025.
A special in collaboration with members of the program aired on December 31, 2025.
Plot
Set in the SSBC, a specialized group within the Metropolitan Police Department founded in 2009, this story focuses on the SSBC's newly established Violent Crimes Unit. This elite team of analysts and investigators is at the forefront of modern policing. As experts in analyzing CCTV, digital forensics, and criminal profiling, their pivotal role in solving a major nationwide robbery, cracking an encrypted communication app to catch the mastermind, catapulted them to fame.The new unit is dedicated to supporting the First Investigative Division in tackling serious crimes like murder, robbery, and arson.Cast
Police- Shuji Igaki. Former detective in the First Investigative Division. Got into some trouble three years before the story begins and was transferred to mobile analysis in the Violent Crimes Division of the Metropolitan Police Department's Criminal Investigation Support and Analysis Center, of which he is now in charge of. He is dissatisfied with his chaotic job as a mobile analyst. He becomes Rintaro's trainer following his transfer.
- Rintaro Nanami. He is a career officer who was transferred from the National Police Agency to the SSBC VCD, where he works in mobile analysis. After graduating from a top university, he worked for a foreign securities company before passing the mid-career recruitment exam for national civil servants and joining the National Police Agency. His uncle is the former National Police Agency Commissioner General and current Chief Cabinet Secretary. He is single and has never been married.
- Haruka Aoyagi. Chief detective of the Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigative Division. Closely involved in investigations with the SSBC Violent Crimes Division, she was transferred from the local precinct to the headquarters in exchange for Igaki, who was transferred to the Violent Crimes Division. Recognized for her excellence and leadership as a detective, she was selected for her current position. She was married to Igaki, divorced four years before the story begins. They have a 13-year-old daughter.
- Osamu Kisawa. A tech support specialist on the SSBC team. She's a tech whiz, but also a highly collaborative, sophisticated professional.
- Rumi Nishina. Information support specialist in the new SSBC team, her expertise is in security camera image processing and facial recognition. As a returnee from overseas, Nishina sometimes uses English in her reactions. She seems intrigued by the team's new member.
- Shinnosuke Jou (played by. He is the youngest in the mobile analysis team. A bright and bubbly child–type, he partners with Oyamada.
- Minamoto Shintaro (played by Toshihiro Yashiba