Friday, January 14, 2005

Gokusen 2


Season 2
* Episodes: 10 + 1 Special
* Viewership rating: 27.8% (not including SP)
* Broadcast period: 2005-Jan-15 to 2005-Mar-19
o SP: 2005-Oct-08
* Air time: Saturday 21:00
* Theme song: No More Cry by D-51 / Kizuna by Kamenashi Kazuya (insert song)

Synopsis

Half a year has passed and Shirokin Gakuen has closed down. Yamaguchi Kumiko (Nakama Yukie) finds herself a teacher of a few young kids who don't really benefit much from her style of teaching. Through some twist of fate, she is offered a job as a teacher in Kurogin Gakuen.

She becomes the teacher of a delinquent 3D class which make her previous students look like angels. In order to protect her job, she must again hide her true identity — the fact that she is the 4th generation of the Oedo Family, a prominent yakuza group.

Cast

* Nakama Yukie as Yamaguchi Kumiko (Yankumi / Ojou / Kumichou) (Math Teacher)
* Namase Katsuhisa as Sawatari Goro (School Vice Principal)
* Utsui Ken as Kuroda Ryuichiro (Kumiko's grandpa / 3rd Generation Oedo Yakuza Boss)
* Anan Kenji as Wakamatsu Hiro
* Kaneko Ken as Asakura Tetsu
* Uchiyama Shinji as Tatsukawa Minoru
* Ryogoku Hiroshi as Sugawara Makoto
* Kamenashi Kazuya as Odagiri Ryu
* Akanishi Jin as Yabuki Hayato
* Hayami Mokomichi as Tsuchiya Hikaru
* Koike Teppei as Takeda Keita
* Koide Keisuke as Hyuuga Kosuke
* Otoha as Shiratori Hitomi (English Teacher)
* Sakai Toshiya as Inuzaka Taichi (Japanese Language Teacher)
* Moto Fuyuki as Kameyama Takashi (Ethics Teacher)
* Magii as Inomata Shinji (Chemistry Teacher)
* Ikeda Yukiko as Wanibuchi Sayuri (Music Teacher)
* Azuma Mikihisa as Baba Seiga (PE Teacher)
* Inoue Jun as Kurokawa Ginji (Chairman of Kurogin High School)
* Tanihara Shosuke as Kujo Takuma (Teacher in Momo Girls High School)
* Waki Tomohiro as "Kuma" / Kumai Teruo (Former student of Yankumi)

Class 3D

* Kawamura Yosuke as Akiyama Yosuke
* Mizutani Momosuke as Oomori Momosuke
* Sato Yuki as Kojima Yuki
* Sato Yusuke as Sakaguchi Yusuke
* Sato Takeshi (佐藤タケシ) as Sasaki Takeshi
* Tanaka Suzunosuke (田中鈴之助) as Takayama Suzunosuke
* Nakauchi Hiroyuki (中内啓行) as Nagata Hiroyuki
* Watanabe Ryuuhei as Hashimoto Ryuhei
* Takahashi Toshio (高橋疾士) as Fujinami Toshio
* Ishizaka Shinnosuke (石坂慎之介) as Hoshino Shinnosuke
* Mizushima Hiro as Misawa Hiro
* Shibata Masashi as Ookuma Masashi
* Nakamura Yuichi as Kawata Yuichi
* Ojima Naoya as Kohashi Naoya
* Tomikawa Kazuhito as Sakuraba Kazuhito
* Okubayashi Gensui (奥林源水) as Takada Gensui
* Kuranuki Masahiro as Tamura Masahiro
* Okamoto Masaru (岡本勝) as Nakamura Masaru
* Sugiura Takumi (杉浦匠) as Hamaguchi Takumi
* Kora Kengo as Funaki Kengo
* Kei as Maeda Kei
* Miura Ryosuke as Mutou Ryosuke

Guests

* Imai Yuki as Daisuke (ep1)
* Kobayashi Katsuya as Kudo (Former student of Kurogin, ep3&10)
* Takasugi Ko as Onijima (Police Officer, ep3&10)
* Yamazaki Hajime as Ishikawa (Tsuchiya's former Junior High Teacher, ep4)
* Akimoto Miri as Miyazaki Nao (Junior high student, ep4)
* Wakatsuki Chinatsu as Mizushima Maki (Momo Girls High School, ep5)
* Takasugi Mizuho as Okudera (Sokei University, ep5)
* Tezuka Satomi as Hyuuga Haruyo (Hyuuga Kosuke's mother, ep6)
* Ogi Shigemitsu as Tatsumi (Gambling bar owner, ep6)
* Namioka Kazuki as Tanabe (ep7)
* Ogawa Naoya (小川直也) as Tanabe (Tadoroki High School, ep7)
* Naitou Takashi as Yabuki Hirofumi (Hayato's father, ep8)
* Ishiguro Hideo as Yabuki Taku (Hayato's brother, ep8)
* Sunaga Chie (須永千重) as Kumai Masako (Kuma's mother, ep8)
* Uemura Miki (植村美紀) as Kumai Aya (Kuma's younger sister, ep8)
* Ogawa Tomonaga (小川智永) as Kumai Haruo (Kuma's younger brother, ep8)
* Takuma Shin as Odagiri Shinya (Odagiri Ryu's father, ep9)
* Nagano Satomi (長野里美) as Odagiri Yuriko (Odagiri Ryu's mother, ep9)
* Sakata Tadashi as Kashiwagi Yutaka (Police Officer from Gokusen, only his picture in ep9)

Trivia

* Season 2 was aired last January-March 2005, 2 years and 6 months after the first season and 1 year and 9 months after the special. Some of the original cast were retained. Like Yankumi's family(her grandpa, Wakamatsu, Minoru, Tetsu & Shigeru), Vice Principal and of course the only remaining student of Yankumi in season 1, Kumai Teruo aka KUMA.
* If you take a look around the classroom during episode 10, you can see a lot of cartoons of Yankumi. There's some at her podium, board, left side of wall when facing class, and the wall right behind the students as you are facing them.
* The insert song was sung by Kamenashi Kazuya of KAT-TUN

Recognitions

* 44th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Drama
* 44th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actress (Nakama Yukie)
* 44th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Kamenashi Kazuya)

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H2


* Title: H2
* Tagline: 君といた日々 / Kimi to Itahibi
* Tagline (English): The Days with You
* Format: Renzoku
* Genre: Sports, romance, comedy
* Episodes: 11
* Viewership ratings: 11.59
* Broadcast network: TBS
* Broadcast period: 2005-Jan-13 to 2005-Mar-30
* Air time: Thursday 22:00
* Theme song: Over... by K

Synopsis

Kunimi Hiro was an ace pitcher in junior high school,until he was diagnosed by a doctor as having a "glass elbow". He gave up baseball and joined Senkawa Senior High School's soccer team. But then something happens that reignites his passion for baseball and he joins a baseball team managed by Koga Haruka. And he finds himself in a match against his old friend/rival Tachibana Hideo who has advanced to Meiwa No.1 High School. The meeting of the two is observed by Hideo's girlfriend Amamiya Hikari, who is also Hiro's childhood friend. Meanwhile, Haruka finds herself increasingly drawn towards Hiro, despite his being interested only in baseball. It's a story about high school students who dream of appearing at Koushien baseball tournament and young love. --TBS

Cast

* Yamada Takayuki as Kunimi Hiro
* Ishihara Satomi as Koga Haruka
* Tanaka Koutaro as Tachibana Hideo
* Ichikawa Yui as Amamiya Hikari
* Ishigaki Yuma as Kine Ryutaro
* Nakao Akiyoshi as Noda Atsushi
* Hojo Takahiro as Sagawa Shuji
* Mori Ren as Yanagi Mochi
o Nakajou Tomoaya as Young Mochi
* Ryu Raita as Yanagi Michio
* Kanjiya Shihori as Osanai Miho
* Matoba Koji as Koga Fujio
* Tamaru Maki as Komiya Keiko
* Yanagisawa Shingo as Kunimi Taro
* Ishino Mako as Kunimi Nobuko
* Nanase Natsumi as Amamiya Sakura
* Sugimoto Tetta as Amamiya Taichi
* Enjoji Aya as Tachibana Yumiko
* Takeno Isao as Tachibana Goro
* Sato Megumi as Nakata Satomi
* Yanagisawa Nana as Takazawa Asako
* Nakamura Tomoya as Shima Osamu
* Aoki Munetaka as Shima Osamu
* Hayashi Tsuyoshi as Tsukigata
* Saito Yosuke as Hasegawa
* Yuge Tomohisa as Otake Fumio
* Arakawa Yui as Matsuzaka Yui
* Saito Takashi as Kokubo Takashi
* Takahashi Ryosuke as Kuwata Ryosuke
* Hirao Yuki as Uehara Yuki
* Mitamura Shun as Kiyohara Madoka
* Yokouchi Ami as Kinerin
* Onodera Junko as Nodarin
* Sato Jiro as the Doctor
* Adachi Mitsuru as Adachi Sensei
* Wariishi Hideki as Otaku AB
* Kawana Yukio as the Editor
* Kamiyoshihara Yo
* Kubo Akira
* Yin Ling (ep3)

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