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Premiered

Friday, October 9, 2009

Ended: Friday, December 11, 2009

When does Midnight Diner Season 1 come out?

Midnight Diner Season 1 premiered Friday, October 9, 2009 on TBS and ended Friday, December 11, 2009. The season has 10 episodes.

Each night a midnight diner serves up just four dishes, but customers aren't really there for the food: They've come for advice and a sympathetic ear.

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Midnight Diner Season 1 episode release dates
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1. Fried eggs and red wieners

The stern-faced master of this diner only wields his knife from midnight to 7 am. The yakuza Ryu has been a regular since he tasted the “red wieners”.

Friday · 17 years ago

2. Cat Food

Struggling singer Miyuki orders her favorite “nekomamma”. Master recalls another regular who is a lyricist. He later writes her a song as a gift.

Friday · 17 years ago

3. Ochazuke

Miki, Rumi and Kana meet at the diner to eat “ochazuke” (hot tea over rice) and gab about men. Master secretly calls them the “ochazuke sisters.”

Friday · 17 years ago

4. Potato Salad

Master starts each night by making potato and macaroni salad. A recent regular and charismatic porn star has become a fan of his potato salad.

Friday · 17 years ago

5. Butter Rice

Komichi brings food critic Toyama to the diner, who kills the mood. Goro comes for his usual butter rice which turns Toyama into a weekly patron.

Friday · 17 years ago

6. Katsudon

Boxer Kacchan always eats katsudon (pork cutlet over rice) after a win. He falls in love with another regular Akemi. A big match suddenly comes up.

Friday · 17 years ago

7. Egg Sandwich

Hopeful star Risa meets struggling student and newspaper delivery boy Nakajima at the diner. They share an egg sandwich together. Could this be love?

Friday · 16 years ago

8. Sauced Yakisoba

Ex-idol Rinko visits the diner. Her former fan club members get excited when they hear she ate a plate of pan-fried noodles topped with a fried egg.

Friday · 16 years ago

9. Grilled Aji (Horse mackerel)

Yachiyo, an older lady, visits the diner two days in a row. She becomes friends with Marilyn the stripper and they go out clubbing together.

Friday · 16 years ago

10. Ramen Finale

Gen, who usually comes with his “big bro” Ryu, is alone tonight when he orders ramen. He then stabs the leader of an opposing gang and disappears.

Friday · 16 years ago

Midnight Diner Season 1 guest stars

  • Toshiki Ayata

    Toshiki Ayata

    Kosuzu

  • Mansaku Fuwa

    Mansaku Fuwa

    Chu-san

  • Shohei Uno

    Shohei Uno

    Komichi

  • Yutaka Matsushige

    Yutaka Matsushige

    Ryu Kenzaki

  • Takashi Yamanaka

    Takashi Yamanaka

    Gen Hayashi

  • Tomoko Tabata

    Tomoko Tabata

    Miyuki Chidori

  • Tomorowo Taguchi

    Tomorowo Taguchi

    Lyricist

  • Asako Kobayashi

    Asako Kobayashi

    Rumi

  • Ken Mitsuishi

    Ken Mitsuishi

    Detective Noguchi

  • Kiyobumi Kaneko

    Kiyobumi Kaneko

    Kanemoto

  • Joe Odagiri

    Joe Odagiri

    Katagiri

  • Risa Sudou

    Risa Sudou

    Miki

  • Ryo Iwase

    Ryo Iwase

    Jun's boyfriend

  • Yūko Genkaku

    Yūko Genkaku

    Jun

  • Tamae Ando

    Tamae Ando

    Marylin

  • Yuichiro Nakayama

    Yuichiro Nakayama

    Hachiro

Midnight Diner Season 1 FAQ

When does Midnight Diner Season 1 come out?

Midnight Diner Season 1 premiered Friday, October 9, 2009 on TBS.

How many episodes are in Midnight Diner Season 1?

Midnight Diner Season 1 has 10 episodes.

Are new episodes of Midnight Diner Season 1 released weekly?

New episodes are released weekly.

When is the Midnight Diner Season 1 finale?

The Midnight Diner Season 1 finale (Episode 10) aired Friday, December 11, 2009.

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