Complete [J-Drama] Dragon Zakura

Title: ドラゴン桜

Title (romaji): Dragon Zakura

Format: Renzoku

Genre: School, drama and comedy

Episodes: 11

Broadcast network: TBS

Broadcast period: 2005-Jul-08 to 2005-Sep-16

Air time: Friday 22:00

Theme songs:

Opening theme: Realize by melody

Insert theme: Colorful by Yamashita Tomohisa

Synopsis

Sakuragi Kenji is a destitute lawyer and one-time member of a motorcyle gang trying to guide failing high school students with an average score of 36 into Japan's most prestigious educational institution, Tokyo University (Toudai).

"If you want to change your life, get into Toudai!"

For no other reason than Sakuragi's personal ambition, he has advertised his intention to produce 5 successful Toudai applicants from the students of a nearly bankrupt failure of a school.

If you want to change your life, get into Toudai!" He will get them from this lowest of all schools into Japan's number one!!

Our protagonist, Sakuragi Kenji, played by Abe Hiroshi in his first role as a high school teacher, is a must see in this summer's new show. This third rate lawyer soon becomes the homeroom teacher for the special advanced class aiming for Toudai University entrance. Hasegawa Kyouko costars as english teacher and Sakuragi's opponent, and Yamashita Tomohisa from NEWS and Nagasawa Masami also appear in the role of students. This awaited original work and fascinating world view is brought to you from the popular serialized comic in Shuukan Morning (Kodansha) and has even been updated!

In addition to revealing essential test taking techniques for everyone who wants to know how to get into Toudai, Dragon Zakura will also teach the essentials of living one's life.

Cast

Abe Hiroshi as Sakuragi Kenji

Special Advanced Class

Yamashita Tomohisa as Yajima Yusuke

Nagasawa Masami as Mizuno Naomi

Koike Teppei as Ogata Hideki

Aragaki Yui as Kosaka Yoshino

Nakao Akiyoshi as Okuno Ichiro

Saeko as Kobayashi Maki

Ryuzan Highschool Faculty

Hasegawa Kyoko as Ino Mamako

Nogiwa Yoko as Tatsuno Yuriko (School Director)

Saito Yosuke as Vice-Principal Kondo

David Ito as Ochiai Masanao

Ando Ryoji as Miyabe Umetaro

Tsukiyama Mayumi as Asami Kazuko

Aoyama Masaru as Inaba Tsutomu

Special Advanced Class Teachers

Terada Minori as Akutayama Ryuzaburo (Literature)

Kaneda Akio as Kawaguchi Hiroshi (English)

Kobayashi Susumu as Ain Shutaro (Physics)

Shinagawa Toru as Yanagi Tetsunosuke (Mathematics)

Parents

Ishino Mako as Yajima Setsuko

Miho Jun as Mizuno Yuko

Mizutani Momosuke as Okuno Jiro

Kato Kazuko as Okuno Miyako

Sunaga Kei as Ogata Atsuo

Aihara Yuko (あいはら友子) as Ogata Mariko

Kurita Yoko as Kosaka Megumi

Iketani Nobue (池谷のぶえ) as Kobayashi Mitsue

Supporting Casts / Guests

Yazawa Shin as Yamamoto Nozomi (Mamako's friend)

Murakami Hiroki (村上大樹) as Tanaka Yoshio

Karahashi Mitsuru as Sawamatsu Yasushi

Onodera Akira as Atty. Okabe (Sakuragi's friend)

Hirota Masahiro as a Shuumeikan Student

Ishii Kenichi as Saito (the customer of Naomi's mother)

Gunji Ayano (郡司 あやの) as Abe Saori

Hori Akari as Toda Asumi (Maki's friend)

Hashizume Ryo as Kuriyama Shota

Katsura Asami (桂亜沙美) as Sakuma Miyu

Ojima Naoya as the base player of Ogata's band

Kitamura Eiki as a student of Todai

Mino Monta (みのもんた)