Gokusen 3

Details

* Title: ごくせん
* Title (romaji): Gokusen
* Genre: Comedy, School
* Broadcast network: NTV

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Season 1
Gokusen
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Gokusen

* Episodes: 12 + Special (Graduation)
* Viewership ratings: 17.43 (not including SP)
* Broadcast period: 2002-Apr-01 to 2002-Jul-03
o SP: 2003-Mar-26
* Air time: Wednesday 22:00
* Theme song: Feel Your Breeze by V6

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Synopsis

The story of a young, idealistic teacher who enters Shirokin Gakuen with hopes of making a difference in the students' lives. However, Yamaguchi Kumiko (Nakama Yukie) is in for a rude awakening when she finds that she will be the homeroom teacher of 3-D, the hardest class to maintain in the school. The students have multi-colored hair, sloppy uniforms, and show absolutely no respect to her. The leader of the class, Sawada Shin is lazy but bright and shows some interest in Yamaguchi when he notices that she is very different from other teachers. The students try to bully her to make her quit, but their attempts don't get them very far.

What the class and the rest of the school does not know is that Yamaguchi Kumiko is actually the 4th generation heir to the Ooedo Group, a notorious yakuza clan. Even though her family would like her to take the title of Ojou when her grandfather dies, they have accepted the fact that Yamaguchi would rather be a teacher.

Eventually, the students learn to respect their quirky teacher because of her devotion to them, and even give her a nickname: Yankumi.
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Cast

* Nakama Yukie as Yamaguchi Kumiko (Yankumi / Ojou / Kumicho) (Math Teacher/Class 3D adviser)
* Matsumoto Jun as Sawada Shin
* Namase Katsuhisa as Sawatari Goro, Kyoto (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
* Oguri Shun as "Uchi" / Uchiyama Haruhiko
* Waki Tomohiro as "Kuma" / Kumai Teruo
* Narimiya Hiroki as Noda Takeshi
* Ishigaki Yuma as Minami Yoichi
* Ito Misaki as Fujiyama Shizuka (English Teacher)
* Nakazawa Yuko as Kawashima Kikuno (School Nurse)
* Nabe Osami as Ando Osamu (Social Studies Teacher)
* Kohmoto Masahiro as Iwamoto Kohei (P.E. Teacher)
* Okuma Ichiro as Oyama Hajime (Science Teacher)
* Tayama Ryosei as Shirakawa Gonzo (Principal)
* Saito Satoru as Washio Kanji (Japanese Language Teacher)
* Sawamura Ikki as Shinohara Tomoya (Police Officer)
* Sakata Tadashi as Kashiwagi Yutaka (Police Officer)

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Class 3D

* Kawai Jun (河合潤) as Akechi Jun
* Minato Kohei (港耕平) as Imagawa Kohei
* Okabe Hiroki (岡部紘樹) as Uesugi Hiroki
* Kamiji Yusuke as Oishi Yusuke
* Izumi Masayuki as Ochi Masayuki
* Kanazawa Koji (金沢浩司) as Oda Koji
* Matsuzawa Ren as Gamo Ren
* Kitamura Eiki as Shimazu Eiki
* Sainei Ryuji as Sengoku Ryuji
* Tomita Sho as Takeda Sho
* Tomita Shigeo as Chikamatsu Shigeo

* Sasaki Hitoshi (佐々木仁) as Hazama Hitoshi
* Hatanaka Masafumi (畠中正文) as Hattori Masafumi
* Furuhata Katsutaka (古畑勝隆) as Fujiwara Katsutaka
* Nishikawa Yuya (西川祐也) as Hojo Yuya
* Nagayama Hiromi (長山浩巳) as Hosokawa Hiromi
* Morimoto Ryoji as Horibe Ryoji
* Yashiro Shingo as Maeda Shingo
* Onodera Takamichi (小野寺尊允) as Matsudaira Takamichi
* Matsuyama Kenichi as Mori Kenichi
* Nishitani Aruto (西谷有統) as Yagyu Mitsuru


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Guests

* Tanaka Koutaro as Watanabe (student of Ara High School, ep2)
* Inoue Yoshiko as the thief victim (ep3)
* Asaka Mayumi as Uchiyama Sayuri (Uchi's mother, ep3&7)
* Toma Sora (藤間宇宙) as Teradomari Yuichi (Class 3A, ep3)
* Oshima Yoko as Teradomari's mother (ep3)
* Kurita Riko as Morisaki Ami (Momo Girls's High, ep5)
* Handa Kento as the student from Jinguji High School (ep5)
* Wentz Eiji as Yuki Masato (27th student of Class 3D, ep6)
* Otsuka Yoshie (大塚良重) as Yuki Masato's mother (ep6)
* Ohgo Suzuka as the younger Kumiko (ep6)
* Sunaga Chie (須永千重) as Kumai Masako (Kuma's mother, ep7&11)
* Nishioka Tokuma as Sawada Shotaro (Shin's father, ep7)
* Ichikawa Yui as Sawada Natsumi (Shin's little sister, ep7)
* Oki Naomi (沖直未) as Sawada Kyoko (Shin's mother, ep7)
* Tawaragi Tota as Noda Takeshi's father (ep7)
* Yamaguchi Shifumi (山口詩史) as Mori Kenichi's mother (ep7)
* Kobori Haruki (小堀陽貴) as Kawashima Yuta (Kawashima Kikuno's stepson, ep8)
* Maeda Masaaki (前田昌明) as Kawashima Kikuno's father-in-law (ep8)

* Kishiba Ichiko (貴柴いち子) as Kawashima Kikuno's mother-in-law (ep8)
* Tsukamoto Takashi as Kurosaki Yuji (Ex-Shirokin student, ep9)
* Akiyama Natsuko as Sawatari Sachiko (Sawatari-kyoto's wife, ep10)
* Higuchi Koji as Ijuin Toshihiko (teacher in Ei Sho Gakuen, ep10)
* Tanaka Kei as Ono (student of Ei Sho Gakuen, ep10)
* Musaka Naomasa as Kumai Kazuo (Kuma's father, ep11)
* Yoshihara Saki (吉原沙貴) as Kuma's little sister (ep11)
* Fukumoto Shinichi as Tachibana (writer of "Shukan Wednesday", ep11,12)
* Kimura Yasushi (木村靖司) as Ito (photographer of "Shukan Wednesday, ep11,12)
* Hiraizumi Sei as Sawatari Kentaro (Shirokin's director & Sawatari-kyoto's father, ep 12)
* Matsumoto Rio as Wakaba (Hot Spring's attendant, SP)
* Kaneda Akio as Uchi's future boss (SP)
* Nonaka Isao as the store owner (SP)
* Hiraoka Yuta (SP)


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Production Credits

* Original writing: Morimoto Kozueko Gokusen (manga)
* Screenwriters: Egashira Michiru, Yokota Rie, Matsuda Yuko (松田裕子)
* Producer: Kato Masatoshi
* Directors: Sato Toya, Otani Taro, Takahashi Naoharu (高橋直治)
* Music: Oshima Michiru

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Episode Information
Ep Subtitle (English) Rating
01 A zealous teacher goes on a rampage!! 18.3%
02 Don't abandon your friend!! 16.6%
03 Don't judge only by appearance!! 17.3%
04 If you fail, start over 15.5%
05 To fight is different from violence 18.8%
06 Don't let bullying get to you!! 17.7%
07 Believe in your own child!! 17.9%
08 Aren't you his mother!! 15.9%
09 Don't blame others for your own mistakes!! 16.3%
10 I'll believe my own students!! 17.8%
11 No one is alone 13.6%
12 Goodbye, Yankumi 23.5%
SP Goodbye Class 3D ~ Yankumi's Tearful Graduation 18.1%
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Recognitions

* 33rd Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actress - Nakama Yukie
* 33rd Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor - Matsumoto Jun

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Review
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Kanin's Review

The teacher is played by Nakama Yukie, a new (wonderful) actress to me but apparently she has alot of dramas under her belt like Trick series etc. Does she fit for this one? Yes she does! She's perfect in this role where she's dorky, cute and sometimes even cool. She is actually hilarious in her role.

I thought maybe this was gonna be a Onizuka copy, but that was soon washed away. This had a more comedic touch and although it was built on the same idea of helping students with both school and private issues this still didn't feel like a re-make.

The teacher Yamaguchi Kumiko, later nick named Yankumi by her students had her secret connection to the Yakuza family, and that was used to give her uncontrolled outburst of Yakuza vocabulary which was very funny. It was also used for some neat problem solving.

More on the Yakuza part. Each scene with her grandfather played by Utsui Ken functions like episode wrap-ups and deals with what's right and wrong, much like a psychiatric moment. Ken makes a splendid performance as the clan leader. The other members of the Yakuza family has quite funny scenes where they show complete respect to Yankumi and she in return forgets to hide her role and scolds and tells them off in a roughly manner.

Was there love? Yes a little bit between Yankumi and a police officer, Shinohara, that she accidently meets. Being a law enforcer makes it a bit complicated of course and it adds to the comedy. It's nothing serious to be developed any further, but it's serious enough to be touched in almost every episodes, mostly from a Yankumi point of view. Unfortunately I don't know the actors name.

What's more? Yes same day Yankumi starts in school there's also another new teacher namely Itoh Misaki (You're under arrest). She plays the hot teacher (of course lol) who has no problem with her students. There is also the school nurse played by Yuko Nakazawa (Morning Musume).

One of the fun part is the interaction between the head teacher (Namase Katsuhisa) and Yankumi. Not only because he looks really funny and adds it with some funny moves, but he's always the Mr knows it all, despite it's always Yankumi who pulls the right strings. He is very good in his part and I had trouble not to think of a Japanese Jeff Goldblum throughout the whole series. Laugh

The Morning Musume connection: Yuko makes a nice performance as the school nurse and Shun Oguri (later Mari's boyfriend) plays one of the bigger parts of the students in 3-D.

In the end they have created a wonderfull atmosphere and you would like to be in that class of hers.

The music is as always very good. Sometimes I find it similar to what was used in Sailor Moon.

Summary

A light comedy drama mixed with a serious backbone. Highly enjoyable. I watched this pretty fast cause it was that good, like candy ready to consume.

Grade 10/10
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Nuu's Review

The humor in this series was cute and wasn't contrived or hackneyed; the situations were (mostly) fresh, and the characters were charming. Interaction between Shin and Yankumi, Shin and his friends, and Yankumi and Kyoto was extremely entartaining; I found myself laughing out loud for quite some time. For some characters, the character development was brilliant.

However, each of the episodes follows this formula, with only a few exceptions:

1 Students get in some sort of trouble

2 Yankumi barges in to save them

2.5 (optional) They don't believe that she trusts them

2.75 (optional) Yankumi beats up all the bad guys

4 Yankumi gives a lecture which NEVER FAILS to reform everyone who's listening

5 Yankumi gets advice from her kind-hearted grandfather (this one can also go between 1 and 2 or 2.5 and 2.75)

By about Episode 9, this pattern became really annoying. I could pretty much predict what was going to happen.

Yankumi really didn't have any character depth at all. She was nice, determined, wise, and sometimes endearingly clumsy, but she really didn't have any real flaw. Shin, on the other hand, was a very round character.

Unfortunately, the ending left far too many strings untied. It felt a little forced, and I felt frustrated after I finished it.

Overall, this drama was cute and it made me happy, but the ending was very disappointing and for the last few episodes, the series was predictable. I would give this drama an 8.5/10.
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Daemonneko's Review

We live in an equal world so its time for an equal counterpart for Onizuka sensei, and who best fits the job but Miss Yamaguchi... or should I say 「お嬢」?

Yamaguchi Kumiko, or Yankumi for her students is our hero in this series. She's not your ordinary teacher, if Onizuka sensei leads a group of bikers, Yankumi is also a leader in her own share... she is just the successor of her grandfather as the new head or leader of their family or should I say group, her Yakuza group.

Things get to get exciting when she became a teacher since it is a taboo for a member of a gang to be a teacher in a Japanese junior high school. Her cover was perfect until one of her student, Sawada Shin found out about her secret. What happened? Things became more interesting and exciting as they try to cover one another in a hillarious way!

If you want to have a nice laugh, and enjoys seeing friends bond thru thick and thin, then Gokusen is the right jdorama for you!

I give this drama 8/10 popcorns
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Trivia

* Gokusen is an abrevation of Gokudo no Sensei which means Gangster Teacher.
* Teruo Kumai is nicknamed "Kuma" (Bear) not only because it's a derivative of his last name, but also because he tends to look, act and eat like a bear.
* In epi. 11, Yankumi confiscated mangas from her students. Two to three of those were Gokusen mangas.
* The Graduation Special was aired 9 months later in March 2003 after the series ended in June 2002. All of the original cast were retained.
* Season 2 was aired last January-March 2005, 2 years and 6 months after the series and 1 year and 9 months after the special. Some of the original cast were retained.

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Season 2
Gokusen 2
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Gokusen 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
* Insert song: Kizuna by Kamenashi Kazuya

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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.
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Cast

* Nakama Yukie as Yamaguchi Kumiko (Yankumi / Ojou / Kumicho) (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)

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Class 3D

* Kawamura Yosuke as Akiyama Yosuke
* Mizutani Momosuke as Omori 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 Okuma 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 Muto Ryosuke

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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)


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Production Credits

* Original writing: Morimoto Kozueko Gokusen (manga)
* Screenwriters: Egashira Michiru, Yokota Rie, Matsuda Yuuko (松田裕子)
* Producer: Kato Masatoshi
* Directors: Sato Toya, Otani Taro, Takahashi Naoharu (高橋直治)
* Music: Oshima Michiru

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Episode Information
Episode Subtitle (English) Rating
01 Highschool is a once in a lifetime experience, do not waste it! ...That zealous teacher has returned! 26.5%
02 A person's power is not decided by his physical strength, there's a much more important thing within. 26.9%
03 You guys are my one-and-only students!! How can I desert you? 27.0%
04 Don't compare your life with someone else's! 25.3%
05 What's important is the strength of your heart!! 27.1%
06 Think more about your parents' feelings!! 27.3%
07 Think seriously about your life 27.4%
08 I will always be your teacher 30.0%
09 Father and son's bond of tears 28.2%
10 Be proud to graduate!! Yankumi and Class 3-D, tearful goodbye 32.5%
SP 25.1%
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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

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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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Season 3
Gokusen 3
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Gokusen 3

* Episodes: 11
* Viewership rating: 22.5 (Kanto)
* Broadcast period: 2008-Apr-19 to 2008-Jun
* Air time: Saturday 21:00
* Theme song: Niji by Aqua Timez
* Insert song: Oretachi no Seishun by Takaki Yuya

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Synopsis

Sawatari Goro now works at Akado High School as a vice principal. Although the head director of the school board speficically orders him to handle the problematic class 3-D, the students are just too much for him. So Sawatari goes far away to a southern island to search for Yankumi, and convince her to work for Akado. Yankumi accepts the offer, only to find that her class (again) is full of punks, where two rival groups of students are always at each other’s throats. Will Yankumi’s strong belief in students and teaching work this time?
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Cast
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Correlation chart

* Nakama Yukie as Yamaguchi Kumiko (Yankumi / Ojou / Kumicho) (Math Teacher/Class 3D adviser)
* Namase Katsuhisa as Sawatari Goro, Kyoto (School Vice Principal)
* Enami Kyoko as Akagi Ryoko (Board Chairman)
* 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
* Takaki Yuya as Ogata Yamato
* Miura Haruma as Kazama Ren
* Ishiguro Hideo as Honjo Kengo
* Nakama Junta as Ichimura Rikiya
* Kiriyama Akito as Kuraki Satoru
* Miura Shohei as Kamiya Shunsuke
* Waki Tomohiro as "Kuma" / Kumai Teruo (Former student of Yankumi)
* Azuma Mikihisa as Baba Masayoshi (PE Teacher)
* Koizumi Kotaro as Natsume Seichi (School Doctor)
* Hirayama Aya as Takano Aoi (English Teacher)
* Hoshino Aki as Ayukawa Sakura (School Nurse)
* Sato Jiro as Yajima Hosaku (Japanese Classics Teacher)
* Sakigake Santaro (魁三太郎) as Hatoyama Yasuhiko (World History Teacher)
* Ishii Kota as Tsuruoka Keisuke (Physics Teacher)
* Ishihara Atsumi as Kumai Ami (Kumai Teruo's wife)
* Yamada Yu as Kazama Kaoruko (Kazama Ren's sister)

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Class 3D

* Ito Ryusuke (伊藤竜翼) as Ashida Ryusuke
* Uefune Hiroto (上船弘人) as Ikeda Hiroto
* Kanno Atsumi (菅野篤海) as Ishibashi Atsumi
* Kido Yuya as Okuma Yuya
* Kujirai Kosuke (鯨井康介) as Ohira Kosuke
* Kobori Shinpei (小堀慎平) as Okada Shinpei
* Koyanagi Shin (小栁心) as Katayama Shin
* Shimizu Ryotaro (清水良太郎) as Katsura Ryotaro
* Chiba Keisuke (千葉恵佑) as Saito Keisuke
* Terada Shinya (寺田慎矢) as Suzuki Shinya
* Totani Kimito (戸谷公人) as Takahashi Kimito
* Nakayama Masei as Tanaka Masei
* Hamao Kyosuke as Terauchi Kyosuke
* Maeda Goki as Hamaguchi Goki
* Mayama Akihiro as Gen Akihiro
* Maruo (まるお) as Hosokawa Maruo
* Yazaki Hiroshi (矢崎広) as Matsukata Hiroshi
* Yamada Ryohei (山田亮平) as Miki Ryohei
* Yuki Jutta as Murayama Jutta
* Yuji as Yamamoto Yuji
* Wakaba Ryuya as Yoshida Ryuya
* Warabino Tomoya as Wakatsuki Tomoya

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Guests

* Omiya Taro (ep1,4,11)
* Inoue Yoshiko (ep1)
* Hojo Takahiro (ep3)
* Yamane Kazuma (ep4)
* Kaneda Akio (ep5)
* Shindo Gaku (ep5)
* Kusumi Kaoru (楠見薫) (ep5)
* Hirayama Keiko (平山慶子) (ep5)
* Mashita Yuki (真下有紀) (ep5)
* Kojima Haruna (ep6)
* Masu Takeshi (ep6)
* Suzuki Hiromi (鈴木ひろみ) (ep6)
* Matsuda Satoshi (ep7,11)
* Fukuda Moe (福田萌) (ep7)
* Kudo Aya (工藤亜耶) (ep7)
* Miyazaki Yoshiko (ep8)
* Takiguchi Yukihiro (ep8)
* Shibuya Momoko (ep8)
* Yagami Ren (ep9)
* Nadaka Tatsuo (ep10)
* Tokoshima Yoshiko (ep10)
* Yuge Tomohisa (ep10)
* Take Yutaka (武豊) (ep11)
* Aoki Sayaka (ep11)


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Production Credits

* Original writing: Morimoto Kozueko (森本梢子) Gokusen (manga)
* Screenwriters: Egashira Michiru, Yokota Rie, Matsuda Yuko (松田裕子)
* Producer: Kato Masatoshi
* Directors: Sato Toya, Otani Taro, Yamashita Manami (山下学美)
* Music: Oshima Michiru

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Episode Information
Episode Subtitle Ratings
(Kanto) Ratings (Kansai) Ratings (Nationwide)
01 That Yankumi has returned. Finally, the revival of the legendary school drama!! 26.4 27.7 ??.?
02 From now on, you guys are my friends!! 24.8 ??.? ??.?
03 Start over anytime!! 23.3 ??.? ??.?
04 A sister and brother's bond of tears 25.1 ??.? ??.?
05 Don't think you can make it through life alone 25.3 ??.? ??.?
06 First love... Protect the one dearest to you 21.1 ??.? ??.?
07 Don't make excuses for yourself!! 21.9 ??.? ??.?
08 Become stronger!! The birth of a new life 21.3 ??.? ??.?
09 Our friends are a lifelong treasure!! 17.6 ??.? ??.?
10 Obtain happiness by your own hands!! 18.1 ??.? ??.?
11 Yankumi's last tearful cry... Cherish life!! 23.6 ??.? ??.?
Average -- 22.5 ??.? ??.?

Source: Video Research, Ltd. (http://www.videor.co.jp/)
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Trivia

* Ishiguro Hideo who plays Honjo Kengo also played the role of Yabuki Taku (Hayato's brother) in episode 8 of Season 2
* Kuma's wife Ami is the same Morisaki Ami of Momo Girls's High that Kuma met and fell in love with in episode 5 of Season 1. The actress portraying it is still the same but has changed her name since then.

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Recognitions

* 57th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actress: Nakama Yukie