# Re:Mind
**Re:Mind** (リマインド) is a Japanese locked-room suspense television drama from 2017 in which high school classmates wake up restrained around a large table in a locked Western-style room and must work out who confined them and why. It was the first serial drama to star the idol group Hiragana Keyakizaka46 (けやき坂46, the sister group of Keyakizaka46), with the twelve members playing characters who share their real names.[1](https://asianwiki.com/Re%3A_Mind) • [2](https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/information/2017/08/30/203514.html) The series was planned and originally created by Yasushi Akimoto, produced by [TV Tokyo](https://www.edgepedia.org/tv-tokyo) and ADK Arts in association with Netflix, and streamed on Netflix ahead of its Japanese broadcast.[2](https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/information/2017/08/30/203514.html)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Format | Late-night suspense drama in TV Tokyo's 木ドラ25 (Thursday Drama 25) slot, Thursdays 1:00–1:30 am, from October 19, 2017[2](https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/information/2017/08/30/203514.html) |
| Streaming and rebroadcast | Netflix began weekly Friday advance streaming on October 13, 2017; BS Japan aired it from October 24, 2017, Tuesdays at 11:00 pm[2](https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/information/2017/08/30/203514.html) |
| Episodes | 12 episodes of about 23–24 minutes, plus a 13th special episode, "Re:Wind"[3](https://www.justwatch.com/fr/serie/re-mind) • [4](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/re-mind) |
| Cast | Twelve members of Hiragana Keyakizaka46, including Mao Iguchi, Sarina Ushio, Kyoko Saito, Kumi Sasaki, Mirei Sasaki, and Miho Watanabe, credited as themselves[1](https://asianwiki.com/Re%3A_Mind) • [16](https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/remind/cast/profile.html?trgt=s_07) |
| Creative team | Planning and original concept by Yasushi Akimoto; written by Yoshimiko Murooka, Hiroshi Tanaka, and Daisuke Hosaka; directed by Akira Uchikata, Yusuke Ishida, and Yusuke Koroyasu[2](https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/information/2017/08/30/203514.html) • [1](https://asianwiki.com/Re%3A_Mind) |
| Current availability | Removed from Netflix in the United States on February 15, 2026, and from Netflix Brazil in August 2025; carried on U-NEXT in Japan[5](https://flixboss.com/series/re-mind-80198794) • [6](https://br.justwatch.com/br/serie/re-mind) • [7](https://filmarks.com/dramas/1014/2167/vod) |
## Spoilers
### Premise and structure
The story opens in a room of an old Western-style house: uniformed schoolgirls sleep around a large table, each with a red bag over her head and her feet restrained. As they wake and remove the bags, they find an empty chair, strange objects around the room, and no way out. Each episode, one girl disappears, and the fear drives the survivors toward jealousy and mutual suspicion as they piece together clues from the room's furnishings and recall the events that connect them.[8](https://realsound.jp/movie/2017/12/post-136128.html)
The premise ties the mystery to the group's school life. The girls come to suspect that the confinement is revenge for bullying, centered on a classmate, Miho Watanabe, who disappeared from school, and the search for the culprit of "a certain incident" becomes the engine of the plot.[9](https://tv.apple.com/jp/show/remind/umc.cmc.67tj7mxqdto1fhq2rh308shej) A viewer review characterized the result as a school-caste story crossed with a locked-room death game.[10](https://filmarks.com/dramas/1014/2167/reviews/3595733) The final episode aired on December 28, 2017, and a special episode, "Re:Wind", followed as the 13th installment.[11](https://www.allcinema.net/cinema/pdf/362035) • [3](https://www.justwatch.com/fr/serie/re-mind)
## Production and the idol-drama formula
TV Tokyo created the 木ドラ25 late-night drama slot in April 2017, and Re:Mind was its third series. The announcement framed it as a first serial-drama lead role for Hiragana Keyakizaka46 and emphasized a strong partnership with Netflix aimed at worldwide distribution, with Netflix streaming each episode on Fridays before the TV Tokyo and BS Japan broadcasts.[2](https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/information/2017/08/30/203514.html) • [12](https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/information/2017/08/30/203514-amp.html)
**A departure from earlier idol dramas.** Yasushi Akimoto's previous group-led dramas, including AKB48's *Majisuka Gakuen*, Nogizaka46's *Hatsumori Bemars*, and Keyakizaka46's *Who Killed Tokudama Gorō?*, reflected the members' public personalities and intra-group relationships in their characterizations. A Japanese film-and-drama publication argued that Re:Mind broke with this pattern: the characters were built from scratch with little reference to the members' real-life personas, and because the girls spend the story shackled and severely restricted in movement, the acting relies on dialogue and upper-body performance. The result was markedly longer lines and single takes than in the earlier shows, with tense acting scenes from the opening of the first episode.[8](https://realsound.jp/movie/2017/12/post-136128.html) Because the members had little real-world hierarchy among them, the script could give each girl a showcase moment even as the cast shrank by one per episode, which the same review saw as the reason a minimal, single-room setting suited the group.[8](https://realsound.jp/movie/2017/12/post-136128.html)
## Cast
The twelve leads, credited under their own names, were the members of Hiragana Keyakizaka46 at the time: Mao Iguchi, Sarina Ushio, Memi Kakizaki, Yuuka Kageyama, Shiho Kato, Kyoko Saito, Kumi Sasaki, Mirei Sasaki, Mana Takase, Ayaka Takamoto, Miho Watanabe, and Mei Higashimura.[1](https://asianwiki.com/Re%3A_Mind) • [16](https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/remind/cast/profile.html?trgt=s_07) Supporting roles included Miyukichirō Miyakawa as Hayashi, a former homeroom teacher dismissed after a violence incident.[9](https://tv.apple.com/jp/show/remind/umc.cmc.67tj7mxqdto1fhq2rh308shej) The theme song was performed by Keyakizaka46.[13](https://filmarks.com/dramas/1014/2167)
## Reception and availability
On Filmarks, a Japanese review aggregator, the series holds a 3.3 out of 5 from 578 user reviews, with most ratings in the middle bands.[13](https://filmarks.com/dramas/1014/2167) Common Sense Media rated it 15+ for language and scares, describing a "respectably eerie and binge-worthy teen thriller" whose horror imagery includes hooded strangers, taxidermied animals, and threats of poisoning, without gore.[4](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/re-mind) Netflix lists it with a 16+ maturity rating and categorizes it among Japanese teen dramas, mysteries, and thrillers.[14](https://www.netflix.com/tw-en/title/80198794)
**Streaming status has shifted since 2025.** The series had been available in some Netflix regions since February 2018.[5](https://flixboss.com/series/re-mind-80198794) • [6](https://br.justwatch.com/br/serie/re-mind) [JustWatch](https://www.edgepedia.org/justwatch) recorded its removal from Netflix Brazil in August 2025 after a run from February 2018, and Flixboss recorded removal from Netflix USA on February 15, 2026, while noting the title remained available in the Netflix libraries of [Lithuania](https://www.edgepedia.org/lithuania), Slovakia, South Korea, and Thailand.[6](https://br.justwatch.com/br/serie/re-mind) • [5](https://flixboss.com/series/re-mind-80198794) In Japan, the series is carried on U-NEXT as part of its flat-rate catalog, priced at 2,189 yen per month with a 31-day free trial for new subscribers.[7](https://filmarks.com/dramas/1014/2167/vod) A Blu-ray and DVD box was released in 2018, accompanied by a launch event in September of that year.[15](http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/remind/)
## References
1. [Re: Mind, AsianWiki](https://asianwiki.com/Re%3A_Mind)
2. [けやき坂46が連ドラ初主演！秋元康氏の原作 密室サスペンスドラマ「Re:Mind」, TV Tokyo リリ速 (August 30, 2017)](https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/information/2017/08/30/203514.html)
3. [Re: Mind (2017), JustWatch France](https://www.justwatch.com/fr/serie/re-mind)
4. [Re: Mind – Parents' Guide & TV Review, Common Sense Media](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/re-mind)
5. [Where to watch 'Re:Mind (2017)' on Netflix, Flixboss](https://flixboss.com/series/re-mind-80198794)
6. [Donde assistir Re:Mind, JustWatch Brazil](https://br.justwatch.com/br/serie/re-mind)
7. [『Re:Mind』の動画配信サービス情報, Filmarksドラマ](https://filmarks.com/dramas/1014/2167/vod)
8. [秋元康のアイドルドラマに変化？ けやき坂46『Re:Mind』の"演技合戦"を読む, Real Sound (December 7, 2017)](https://realsound.jp/movie/2017/12/post-136128.html)
9. [Re:Mind, Apple TV (Japan)](https://tv.apple.com/jp/show/remind/umc.cmc.67tj7mxqdto1fhq2rh308shej)
10. [Re:Mind viewer review by shun, Filmarksドラマ](https://filmarks.com/dramas/1014/2167/reviews/3595733)
11. [Re:Mind (2017), allcinema](https://www.allcinema.net/cinema/pdf/362035)
12. [けやき坂46が連ドラ初主演！密室サスペンスドラマ「Re:Mind」(AMP version), TV Tokyo](https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/information/2017/08/30/203514-amp.html)
13. [Re:Mind ドラマ情報・レビュー・評価, Filmarksドラマ](https://filmarks.com/dramas/1014/2167)
14. [Watch Re:Mind, Netflix Official Site](https://www.netflix.com/tw-en/title/80198794)
15. [木ドラ25「Re:Mind」番組公式サイト, TV Tokyo](http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/remind/)
16. [キャスト｜木ドラ25「Re:Mind」リマインド：テレビ東京](https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/remind/cast/profile.html?trgt=s_07)
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