Legal High (リーガル・ハイ, Hepburn: Rigaru Hai) is a Japanese television series that aired on Fuji TV from April 2012. It was directed by Junichi Ishikawa and written by Ryota Furusawa. Legal High was a courtroom drama with comic leanings with two main characters: Kensuke Komikado (Masato Sakai), an intelligent lawyer who has never lost a case, and Machiko Mayuzumi (Yui Aragaki), an aspiring lawyer with a strong sense of justice. It also stars Kotaro Satomi, Junnosuke Taguchi, Eiko Koike, Katsuhisa Namase, Masaki Okada, Haru Kuroki, Ryōko Hirosue and Masato Yano. A Korean adaptation of the series starring Jin Goo and Seo Eun-so aired on JTBC in February 2019. [6] Haruki Hanyu (Masaki Okada) worked as a prosecutor for Kensuke Komikado until he founded his own law firm called Nexus, which coincidentally started his own law firm around the same time as Komikado (Masato Sakai). During Season 2, the two rival law firms meet numerous times on either side of the courtroom. Machiko Mayuzumi (Yui Aragaki) is a bright and aspiring lawyer who has a strong sense of justice and is passionate about protecting the humble. She began her career defending a man accused of murder and forced to confess to the crime. However, during the trial, his boss Miki insists that Mayuzumi acquit the suspect of the charges, but Mayuzumi is unable to do so. However, Miki`s secretary, Kimie Sawachi, informs Mayuzumi that there is a lawyer who has won every case in his career so far and could potentially help.
With the will to succeed, Mayuzumi goes in search of the man. He is eventually found by Mayuzumi and turns out to be Kensuke Komikado (Masato Sakai), a superficial man whose only desires are money, women, and prestige. Despite all his faults, Mayuzumi is determined to win the case and asks Komikado if he can help him represent the accused.