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The Vampire Gigolo Air date April 4, 2004 - June 27, 2004 Producer(s) Tatsuya Yamaga, Akihiro Yamauchi Distributor Toho Channel(s) TV Tokyo Genre(s) Mystery, horror Episodes 12*

The Vampire Gigolo (ヴァンパイアホスト〜夜型愛人専門店〜,   Vanpaia Hosuto Yorugata Aijin Senmonten, lit. Vampire Host ~The Nighttime Lover's Shop~) is a tokusatsu horror drama co-produced by TV Tokyo and Toho which aired from April 4 to June 27, 2004. It serves as a loose live action adaptation of the 2003 manga Blood Hound, written by Kaori Yuki.

Plot

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Episodes

Episode no.		Title	Director(s)	Writer(s)	Air date
Case	Overall
1	1	"ep.1_The Vampire Murders: Case"	Hitoshi One	Takuro Fukuda	04/04
	2	"ep.1_The Vampire Murders: Solved"			04/11
2	3	"ep.2_The Invisible Stalker Murders: Case"			04/18
	4	"ep.2_The Invisible Stalker Murders: Solved"			04/25
3	5	"ep.3_The Werewolf Slasher Murders: Case"	Michizo Kito	Shigeki Nakamura	05/02
	6	"ep.3_The Werewolf Slasher Murders: Solved"			05/09
4	7	"ep.4_Mystery of the Shinigami Host: Case"	Seiya Nishikawa	Maki Takahashi	05/16
	8	"ep.4_Mystery of the Shinigami Host: Solved"			05/23
5	9	"ep.5_The Witch Curse Murders: Case"	Hitoshi One	Takuro Fukuda	05/30
	10	"ep.5_The Witch Curse Murders: Solved"			06/13
6	11	"ep.6_The Witch's Revenge Murders: Case"			06/20
	12	"ep.6_The Witch's Revenge Murders: Solved"			06/27

Staff

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

• Planning by   Shohei Izawa, Masamichi Fujiwara
• Directed by   Hitoshi One, Michizo Kito, Seiya Nishikawa
• Written by   Takuro Fukuda, Shigeki Nakamura, Maki Takahashi
• Based on the story Blood Hound by   Kaori Yuki
• Produced by   Tatsuya Yamaga, Akihiro Yamauchi
• Music by   Kyo Nakanishi
• Opening song "in your arms" and ending song "solitude" performed by   angela
  • Written by   atsuko
  • Composed by   atsuko, KATSU
  • Arranged by   KATSU
• Cinematography by   Satoru Karasawa
• Special effects modeling by   Tomoo Haraguchi

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

• Minako Komukai   as   Rion Kano
• Satoshi Matsuda   as   Suo
• Shiro Sano   as   Tenran
• Masahiro Kuranuki   as   Moegi
• Isao Yamamoto   as   Shian
• Ryo Yakura   as   Asahi
• Joichi Shimode   as   Kogane
• KEI   as   Sakura
• Tsuyoshi Fujita   as   Azuki
• Seijun Nobukawa   as   Detective Tomoyo Tomoda
• Ryoji Suzuki   as   Detective Mamoru Higashi
• Yuko Fujimori   as   Shoko Suruga
• Yurie Kojima   as   Shiho Aiga
• Yukari Fukui   as   Saki Kojima
• Haruna Yabuki   as   Maya Okumura
• Yoshinobu Yamada   as   Naoki Ozawa
• Anna Sakaki   as   Mai Inugami
• Aoi Inoue   as   Erika Sato
• Kotono   as   Runa Takagi
• Ryoko Takizawa   as   Satsuki Takamura
• Mitsu Murata   as   Yuji Katsuragi
• Yuka Sakano   as   Ami
• Mari Kinoshita   as   Kaori
• Akira Shimomoto   as   Ryoko
• Mitsuho Otani   as   Hitomi Kurusu
• Shuko Ito   as   Seiko Yokoyama
• Nozomi Ando   as   Reira

Appearances

Monsters

• Rion Kano
• Suo
• Vampire Killer
• Invisible Stalker
• Werewolf Slasher
• Shinigami Host
• Hitomi Kurusu
• Reira

Soundtrack

Main article: The Vampire Gigolo/Soundtrack.

Video releases

Toho DVD (2004)

• Region: 2
• Language: Japanese
• Discs: 4
• Special features:

External links

• Official webpage

Soundtrack

The Vampire Gigolo soundtrack Composed by Kyo Nakanishi, atsuko, KATSU Released 2004 # of tracks 16*

The soundtrack of The Vampire Gigolo (ヴァンパイアホスト〜夜型愛人専門店〜音楽集,   Vanpaia Hosuto Yorugata Aijin Senmonten Ongakushū, lit. Vampire Host ~The Nighttime Lover's Shop~ Music Collection) was composed by Kyo Nakanishi and released on September 1, 2004. The show's opening and ending themes, "in your arms" and "solitude," were performed by angela and composed by atsuko and KATSU.

Tracks

1. EPISODE 0
2. In the Light... 光の中に…
3. Moon and Embroidery 月と刺繍
4. The Cross Mirror 十字鏡
5. The Shadow Solution 解影
6. The Kranken House クランケンハウス
7. Casket of Hopes and Curiosity 好奇心と希望の小箱
8. Divine Call 召命
9. The Encounter 遭遇
10. Trickster トリックスター
11. Rion 莉音
12. Machine/Text? 機械/テクスト?
13. solitude (pf ver.)
14. in your arms (inst ver.)

Bonus tracks

15. in your arms (TV size)
16. solitude (TV size)

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