Title: ウォーターボーイズ
Title (romaji): Water Boys
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Sports, romance, comedy
Movie
Broadcast period: September 15, 2001
Synopsis
It's springtime in Japan and the Tadano High School
Inspired by their darling coach's dream, the boys bumble through the spring and summer, preparing a routine for Tadano High's festival. They face great adversity: the derision of their fellow students, a swimming pool full of dead fish, the mounting pressures of college entrance exams, and worst of all, their own dismal record of constant failure. Their only encouragement comes from a gaggle of local drag queens and the crazy owner of an aquarium, whose idea of trainin them, is making them polish fish tanks round-the-clock.
When autumn finally rolls around, the boys have not only miraculously perfected a truly unique routine, they've won the respect and participation of a whole crew of new teammates. On the eve of the festival, the performance is threatened by one last catastrophe. Will the Waterboys hard work be wasted, or can they paddle their way to the success and recognition they've worked so hard to win?
Cast
Satoshi Tsumabuki – Suzuki
Hiroshi Tamaki - Sato
Akifumi Miura – Ohta
Koen Kondo – Kanazawa
Takatoshi Kaneko – Saotome
Aya Hirayama - Kiuchi, Shizuko
Kaori Manabe - Mrs. Sakuma
Takashi Kawamura – Ikeuchi
Hiroshi Matsunaga – Mochizuki
Yuya Nishikawa – Sakamoto
Katsuyuki Yamazaki - Yama-chan
Taiyo Sugiura – Taiyo
Kotaro Tanaka – Koutarou
Makoto Ishihara – Makoto
Naoshi Saito – Naoshi
Kei Tani - Principal of Tadano High School
Season 1
Episodes: 11
Broadcast period: 2003-Jul-01 to 2003-Sep-09
Air time: Tuesday Nights 21:00
Broadcast network: Fuji
Theme song: Niji by Fukuyama Masaharu
Synopsis
Two years ago, five high-school boys brought fame to a small town in Japan
Two years have passed since that summer, and the boys of Tadano High School
Cast
Yamada Takayuki as Shindo Kankuro
Moriyama Mirai as Tatematsu Norio
Eita as Tanaka Masatoshi
Ishigaki Yuma as Takahara Go
Ishii Tomoya as Ishizuka Futoshi
Miyaji Mao as Onishi Asako
Kashii Yu as Hanamura Kyoko
Tani Kei as Principal Ozaki
Fuse Akira as Head Teacher Yamaoka
Sugimoto Tetta as Sugita (swimming club adviser)
Manabe Kaori as Sakuma Megumi (synchro club adviser)
Kikuchi Maiko as Onogawa Shizuka
Takahashi Hitomi as Shindo Miwako
Asano Kazuyuki as Shindo Kanichi
Ikari Yukiko as Shindo Hitomi
Emoto Akira as Mama (of a bar)
Tokui Yuu as Chi-mama
Yashima Norito as Isomura Kiyomasa
Tamaki Hiroshi as Sato Katsumasa
Takenaka Naoto as Mr. Isomura
Nishida Naomi as the newscaster (ep1)
Fujimura Chika as a synchro swimmer (ep2)
Hiraizumi Sei as Tatematsu Kensuke (ep5,9&11)
Aibu Saki as Hayakawa Atsumi (ep7&11)
Kitamura Eiki as a lifeguard (ep8)
Yamada Meikyo as the mayor (ep8&10)
Watanabe Dai as Takahara's friend (ep11)
Synchro Participants
Katayama Reo as Kitajima Daichi
Tanaka Kei as Yasuda
Season 2
Episodes: 12
Broadcast period: 2004-Jul-06 to 2004-Sep-21
Broadcast network: Fuji
Air time: Tuesday 21:00
Theme song: Niji by Fukuyama Masaharu
Synopsis
Three years ago, the former all-girl Himeno High School
One day Eikichi Mizushima transfers from prestigious Aoba High School in Tokyo New York starting a new business, Eikichi has decided to come to Himeji
Yosuke Yamamoto had always wanted to establish a boy's sports club in school. When he learns that Eikichi belonged to a swimming club, he springs into action.
The other boys in the school include Senichi Kawasaki nicknamed "Wolf Boy Sen", the good-looking Iwao Iwata who is the only boy the girls talk to, and Hideki Sano, the rich son of the President of a major supermarket, who is always surrounded by fans. Eikichi's arrival soon influences the boys in school and changes their way of thinking.
Eikichi is surrounded by unique characters at the school. Shiori Yazawa, a senior at Himeno High, together with her parents Akira and Kaoru, live in a rented portion of Kamekichi's house. Kayo Oba, the student body president, is feared by the boys. Kozue Kitagawa, a devilish girl, belongs to the school wind ensemble together with Shiori. The substitute teacher Hijiri Saotome is a former swimmer at Tadano High School
Cast
Ichihara Hayato as Mizushima Eikichi
Nakao Akiyoshi as Yamamoto Yosuke
Saito Keita as Kawasaki
Koike Teppei as Iwata Iwao
Kimura Ryo as Sano Hideki
Ishihara Satomi as Yazawa Shiori
Suzuki Emi as Kitagawa Kozue
Asami Reina as Oba Kayo
Kaneko Takatoshi as Saotome Hijiri
Yamaguchi Sayaka as Ohara Natsuko
Kimura Midoriko as Kashiyama Reiko
Inoue Waka as Koshino Haruka
Yajima Kenichi as Mizushima Eitaro
Kaneda Akio as Sano Masaki
Achiwa Satomi as Yosuke's mother
Imafuku Masao as Mizushima Kamekichi
Morishita Aiko as Yazawa Kaoru
Kohinata Fumiyo as Yazawa Akira
Sano Shiro as Kasuya Kozo
Hara Sachie as Ashikawa Kiwako
Synchro Participants
Finale
Title: WATER BOYS 2005夏
Title (romaji): Water Boys 2005 Natsu
Also known as: Water Boys 2005 Summer / Water Boys Finale
Episodes: 2
Broadcast period: 2005-Aug-19 to 2005-Aug-20
Air time: 21:00
Synopsis
Tanaka Masatoshi is having troubles getting into medical school, something he blames on all the time he spent on synchro two years earlier. While on a research trip to a remote southern island of Japan
Cast
Eita as Tanaka Masatoshi
Koide Keisuke as Uehara Kensaku
Hiraoka Yuta as 名嘉尾悟
Emoto Tasuku as Koma Shunichiro
Konishi Manami as Uehara Kyoko
Sakai Ayana as Kakihara Rena
Takizawa Nonami as Buritani Michiru
Ukaji Takashi as Koma Toshimichi
Matsushige Yutaka as 名嘉尾大悟
Masuoka Toru as Uehara Kosaku
Watanabe Misako as Kakihara Haru
Kubo Akira as the head teacher
Mori Yoshiyuki as the principal
Tonesaku Toshihide as Hatori Manabu
Kashii Yu as Hanamura Kyoko
Ishii Tomoya as Ishizuka Futoshi
Tanaka Kei as Yasuda Takashi
Manabe Kaori as Sakuma Megumi
Synchro Participants
