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TV series

Legal High

20122 seasons8.5 / 10

A lawyer with a big personality works with an straightlaced recent law graduate on various law cases in Japan.

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Checked Sep 3, 2026

Legal High premiered April 17, 2012. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.

Synopsis

A lawyer with a big personality works with an straightlaced recent law graduate on various law cases in Japan.

Season 2 episodes

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Episode 1

Complete Revival - Komikado Kensuke! The Undefeated Lawyer Confronts Unjust Villains for all his Clients' Sakes!

45m6.3 / 10

Komikado Kensuke is back! This time around he faces his biggest challenge yet: defending a woman who most certainly is a murderer and keeping her from getting the death penalty. But the circumstances keep changing so fast even Kensuke might have trouble keeping up. Meanwhile Hanyu, an up-and-coming attorney who had been apprenticing under Kensuke returns to his home with the Prosecutor's office, and is promptly given a case that will pit him again Kensuke. But he also can't quite keep his eyes off the lovely Mayuzumi…

Episode credits

Guest stars Katsuhisa Namase, Eiko Koike, Masato Yano, Ken Matsudaira, Atsushi Ogawa, Kazuto Otsuki, Kenichi Kamiya

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Episode 2

The Genius Entreprenuer with Misplaced Anger 〜 is 'Muttering' Libel?

45m

Kensuke finds his next challenge in the form of Ayukawa Hikari, a genius who nevertheless ended up behind bars for awhile. Now released, Ayukawa has picked up a new hobby for himself: suing anyone and everyone who in anyway seemed to defame him. Hanyu, having suffered a loss at Ayukawa’s hands, asks for Kensuke’s help in defending a manga artist who’s latest work is all to similar to Ayukawa’s life. But whether Kensuke will jump in or not remains in the air..

Episode credits

Guest stars Ryuta Sato, Atsushi Ogawa, Kazuto Otsuki, Mitsuki Tanimura

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Episode 3

Looks? The Heart? Which to Choose? The Unprecedented Cosmetic Surgery Case

45m

With his firm still struggling along, Kensuke agrees to represent a client Mayuzumi has brought in. A man who wants to divorce his wife after finding out she had cosmetic surgery years before without telling him. Turns out though that the wife in question is being represented by Hanyu and his staff and they are determined to bring a happy ending for the couple. But not if Kensuke has anything to say about it...

Episode credits

Guest stars Kazuto Otsuki, Kenichi Kamiya, Muga Tsukaji, Minami

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Episode 4

The Neighbor Relationship with a Taste of Honey?! The Neighbor Trial of Swirling Jealousy

45m

Kensuke gets dragged into a case of two neighbors who were once close but now are at each other’s throats. But it seems the Defendant’s lawyer, Hanyu, may have the upper hand in this one since the Presiding Judge is none other than Beppu again, and she seems to have an even larger chip on her shoulder than ever.

Episode credits

Guest stars Ryoko Hirosue, Kazuto Otsuki, Kenichi Kamiya, Tsubaki Nekoze, Hitomi Sato, Peyton Chiba

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Episode 5

Whose Rights? The Useless Employee's Character Design Trial!

45m

Kensuke manages to get a long-time employee of a stationery company to file a lawsuit against his company over a character design that had hit big time. He'll have his hands full though; not because of the case but because Machiko's father stops by to pay a visit and he doesn't like what he sees one bit.

Episode credits

Guest stars Tsumugi Hatakeyama, Kazuto Otsuki, Masaki Nomura, Jun Kunimura

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Episode 6

Bigamy or a New Form of Love? Wife Accused of Having Three Husbands

45m

Mayuzumi gets the firm involved in a case she’d rather not deal with: a woman who has 3 husbands and 5 children. The mother of one of the woman’s husbands wants to have her grandson taken out of it, but now that Kensuke’s in charge, she might find that difficult. Meanwhile, while Mayuzumi can’t quite make her decision, Kensuke will end up making it for her.

Episode credits

Guest stars Honami Suzuki, Kazuto Otsuki, Yukiko Takabayashi, Yasufumi Hayashi, Toshihiro Yashiba, Mansaku Ikeuchi

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Episode 7

Tyrant or Genius?! Global Anime Director's Power Harassment Trial

45m

Now that Mayuzumi has left Kensuke's law firm and joined Hanyu's, she'll soon find herself facing off against her old boss not once, not twice but on three different cases all at the same time! Although Mayuzumi has grown quite a bit, she might find she still has a ways to go if she truly wants to defeat Kensuke.

Episode credits

Guest stars Atsushi Ogawa, Kazuto Otsuki, Kenichi Kamiya, Koen Kondo, Shirō Itō

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Episode 8

Protect the World-class Natural Heritage!! The Surprising Truth of the Inhabitant's Lawsuit

45m10.0 / 10

Hanyu convinces the reluctant Kensuke to join him in a trip out to the backwoods of Japan where they will try to protect a village that has a forest whose status as a World Property site is being threatened. But things quickly go astray when Kensuke decides to help out the opposing side instead and things get even more bizarre when none other than Judge Beppu appears to mediate between the two groups.

Episode credits

Guest stars Ryoko Hirosue, Atsushi Ogawa, Kenichi Kamiya, Nagiko Tono, Kazue Tsunogae

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Episode 9

The Supreme Court at Last! The Entire Nation is the Enemy, but Save Her Life No Matter What!

45m

Kensuke and Mayuzumi go to the Supreme Court in order to try and free Ando Kiwa at last. But there they find Prosecutor Daigo, the only one who has defeated Kensuke so far, waiting for them and now he's backed by the popular will of the people. His return triggers strong emotions in Kensuke which put him at risk and may lead Machiko to take some dangerous risks of her own.

Episode credits

Guest stars Ken Matsudaira, Atsushi Ogawa, Kenichi Kamiya

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Episode 10

The Seesaw Final Courtroom! Tenaciously Save the Client! Is Truth a Tragedy or Comedy!?

45mfinale

Hanyu has managed to outmaneuver Kensuke and forced him out of the trial for Ando Kiwa. Kensuke, of course, isn't about to take that lying down; especially not when his perfect record of wins is at stake. But he'll find the way back into the ring difficult, what with Hanyu's ever-growing stature blocking the way. Still, if there's one thing Kensuke is good at, it's finding a backdoor method to what he wants.

Episode credits

Guest stars Katsuhisa Namase, Eiko Koike, Masato Yano, Atsushi Ogawa, Kazuto Otsuki, Kenichi Kamiya

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Episode information updated Sep 18, 2026

More about Legal High

Cast

Masato SakaiKensuke Komikado
Yui AragakiMachiko Mayuzumi
Masaki OkadaHaruki Hanyu
Ryoko HirosueToshiko Beppu
Junnosuke TaguchiRanmaru Kaga
KoyukiKiwa Ando
Haru KurokiJane Honda
Kanji FurutachiKunimitsu Isogai

Credits

Written by
Ryota Kosawa

Production details

Status
Ended
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
21
Original language
Japanese
Original title
リーガル・ハイ

Networks & production

  • Fuji TVJapan
  • Fuji Television NetworkJapan
  • Kyodo TelevisionJapan

Themes

courtcourtroomeccentric manlawyermoral ambiguityworkplace comedy