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Human Vapor
After a professor explodes during a live television broadcast, a detective and a reporter hunt an impossible killer who can turn into vapor and whose revenge is tied to a secret human experiment.
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A detective and reporter hunt a revenge-driven killer who can transform into vapor, leading them to a secret human experiment and a conspiracy built on decades of abuse and buried trauma.
Series Details
Series Overview
- Premise
- A detective and a reporter pursue a serial assassin who can transform into gas and disappear after committing impossible murders.
- Tone
- Dark, suspenseful, conspiratorial science-fiction crime thriller with body horror and revenge themes.
- Setting
- Modern Japan, moving through television newsrooms, police investigations, criminal networks, and the hidden history of the White Center.
Current Popularity
- Netflix global rank
- No. 7 on Netflix's global non-English TV Top 10 for June 29 to July 5, 2026.
- Weekly Netflix views
- 2 million views in its first published global Top 10 chart week.
- Hours viewed
- 14.3 million hours viewed in the published chart week.
The Human Vapor Mystery
- The killer
- A seemingly impossible assassin capable of becoming vapor, slipping through barriers, and carrying out targeted killings.
- White Center
- A secret project tied to vulnerable people, old trauma, human experimentation, and the origins of the present revenge campaign.
- Core investigation
- Kenji and Kyoko trace announced murders through organized crime, media manipulation, political fear, and buried institutional secrets.
Production
- Writer and executive producer
- Yeon Sang-ho
- Director
- Shinzo Katayama
- Production collaboration
- Netflix and Toho, with Toho Studios and Wow Point.
Episodes
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The Interview
A professor explodes on live television as a mysterious gas enters his body. Reporter Kyoko and susp... · 52 min · Jul 2, 2026
Informant
Former White Center director Obata realizes he may be the next target while police discover evidence... · 60 min · Jul 2, 2026
The Journal
A White Center journal reaches the Fujishiro Syndicate and becomes a tool for blackmail. Kyoko also... · 41 min · Jul 2, 2026
Terror Zone
Struggling streamers Fujita and Kaho spot the Human Vapor in an idol music video and chase the story... · 52 min · Jul 2, 2026
Bunko Ramen
The story returns to the White Center 27 years earlier, revealing Kyoko's traumatic memories and the... · 58 min · Jul 2, 2026
Mufu
Ren's tragic past is exposed as Kenji follows his father's notes to connections between the White Ce... · 48 min · Jul 2, 2026
Ellie My Love
Governor Miura fuels public fear of the Human Vapor while Kyoko tells Kenji about her past and Ren's... · 51 min · Jul 2, 2026
Wish
The Human Vapor attacks Miura's office as a darker conspiracy emerges. Kenji risks his life to help... · 68 min · Jul 2, 2026
Cast & Characters
Shun Oguri
Kenji Okamoto
Yu Aoi
Kyoko Kono
UTA
Ren Tsutsumida / Human Vapor
Suzu Hirose
Kaho Fujikawa
Kento Hayashi
Fujita Fujikawa
Yutaka Takenouchi
Yasutoshi Mori
Haruka Imou
Kuu Izima
Motoki Kobayashi
Kanji Furutachi
Yota Kawase
Kenji Okamoto
Character
Kyoko Kono
Character
Ren Tsutsumida
Character
Kaho Fujikawa
Character
Fujita Fujikawa
Character
Yasutoshi Mori
Character
Crew
Yeon Sang-ho
Writer / Executive Producer
Shinzo Katayama
Director
Ryu Yong-jae
Writer / Executive Producer
Minami Ichikawa
Executive Producer
Keiji Ota
Executive Producer
Sokichi Onoda
Producer
Yoomin Hailey Yang
Producer
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