is a manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 series by Kozueko Morimoto. The story follows Kumiko Yamaguchi, the granddaughter of a Yakuza

Yakuza

, also known as , are members of traditional organized crime syndicates in Japan. The Japanese police, and media by request of the police, call them bōryokudan , literally "violence group", while the yakuza call themselves "ninkyō dantai" , "chivalrous organizations". The yakuza are notoriously...

 boss and teacher at an all-male

Single-sex education

Single-sex education, also known as single-gender education, is the practice of conducting education where male and female students attend separate classes or in separate buildings or schools. The practice was predominant before the mid-twentieth century, particularly in secondary education and...

 private high school. In 2008, a SP

SP (TV series)

is a Japanese television drama based on the real life security police unit of Japan which is responsible for protecting domestic and foreign VIPs. The series script was written by famed GO author Kazuki Kaneshiro and marks his first time writing for a television drama.Two film adaptations of the...

 manga was out, featuring some of Yankumi's (Kumiko) old students who are by now working adults.

In 2002, the manga was adapted into a television drama with Yukie Nakama

Yukie Nakama

is a Japanese actress, singer and former idol. She was born in Okinawa, Japan, in a fisherman's family, the youngest of five siblings.At the start of her career she was a gravure idol and singer , and appeared in bit roles until her career breakthrough playing Sadako in "Ring 0: Birthday ."In 2000,...

 in the title role. A second series was produced in 2005. An animated adaptation ran in Nippon Television from 6 January 2004 to 30 March 2004.

The third season of the series was aired as Nippon Television's 55th Anniversary Program in 2008.

A movie as part of the drama was released in Japanese theaters on July 11, 2009.

Synopsis

The plot involves Kumiko Yamaguchi, the granddaughter of a Yakuza boss, Kuroda of the Kuroda Ikka. Her parents died when she was younger, and her grandfather has no other descendants, so Kumiko is next in line to head the family business with the title of Ojou. However, her lifelong dream has been to become a teacher. While her grandfather approves of her choice, others in the family want her to become the next boss.

Kumikon (known by her students as "Yankumi") becomes a teacher at an all-boys private high school. Her class is full of delinquents, but she tries her hardest to teach them not just about academics (her subject is Mathematics), but about lessons of life, much like any "dedicated teacher" story. Though she's forced to keep her family a secret from the public, her Yakuza

Yakuza

, also known as , are members of traditional organized crime syndicates in Japan. The Japanese police, and media by request of the police, call them bōryokudan , literally "violence group", while the yakuza call themselves "ninkyō dantai" , "chivalrous organizations". The yakuza are notoriously...

 upbringing gives her the strength and the experience to reach out to her students, while also providing comedic relief.

Anime characters

Portrayed by Nakama Yukie in live action

She is a 23-year-old university graduate and is newly hired at Shirokin Gakuen. She is very idealistic and wants to inspire her students and help them graduate high school. Since the age of 7, when her parents died, Kumiko has been living with her grandfather, who is the head of an influential Tokyo Ninkyo group. Despite this strange upbringing and the bizarre mannerisms she has picked up from it like her use of yakuza slang and a habit of running from the cops when she sees them, Kumiko is a good-hearted girl who has a strong faith in her students even when they think the world is against them. Her belief in them and her combat skills help her earn their respect. They give her the nickname "Yankumi," something she greatly likes. In the drama, she wished for her new students to refer her by it and in the SP manga, despite being injured she becomes energetic and wishes for her class to play soccer when her new student calls her it (something Shin told them to call her to make up for what they did). It is also revealed that she is attracted to men in a fundoshi

Fundoshi

is the traditional Japanese undergarment for adult males, made from a length of cotton. Before World War II, the fundoshi was the main form of underwear for Japanese adult males...

; going into a trance when she saw Shin in one. In the 2008 SP manga, Yankumi finally returned Sawada's feeling after Sawada saved her from a gang of bikers. A running gag for the drama series is that with each new series almost everyone has completely forgotten she is next in line to run the yakuza, even when asking a fellow teacher from a previous series he replied only with a puzzled look on his face. Another running gag is in the beginning of each new series, she is shown incapable of teaching unless she is teaching the delinquents of the school and, more often than not, scaring her students with her unusual behavior.

Shirokin High School

In the drama, he is portrayed by Jun Matsumoto

Jun Matsumoto

, often called by the portmanteau nickname , is a Japanese idol, singer, actor and radio host. He is a member of Japanese boy band Arashi and is best known to Japanese television drama audiences for his portrayal as Tsukasa Dōmyōji in the Hana Yori Dango series, in which he won GQ Japan's Man Of...

.

18-year-old Shin is the leader of class 3-D (17-year-old leader of 2-4 in the manga). He is cool, level-headed, smart, and somewhat introverted. Everyone in the class looks up to him. Shin is feared because of an incident back in middle school, where he punched out a teacher, though he did deserve it as the teacher constantly persecuted a student he believed to have committed a crime, where later he was proven innocent the teacher refused to apologize. He knows right away that something is not normal about their new teacher and keeps an eye on her. He's the first one who found out Yankumi's true identity and later confesses to her [in the manga's last chapter] that he is in love with her. In the manga, he is given the alias of "Young Master Red Lion" from Kyou. Shin's father is a high ranking police official. At the end of the series he wanted to become a Yakuza lawyer so to be with Kumiko, and when he confessed to her, it appeared that everyone knew of his feelings for her, even the teachers, except for her. In the drama, his father is a senator. An amusing aspect of this series is that whenever he thinks he's on a mission to save Kumiko, he always gets beaten up and she continuously has to come to his rescue. Many fans were disappointed that he never returned in the sequels in the live-action series, hoping for him and Yankumi to become a couple as in the drama, he decided to go abroad as a social worker. While in the Special Manga 2008, Sawada is a top student of Toudai University and he has a stable life and job. As he's seen taking Yankumi out for a movie with his own car and constantly flirting with her, stating why he was so cooperative with her back then was because he fell in love with her at first sight

Love at first sight

Love at first sight is a common trope in Western literature, in which a person, character, or speaker feels romantic attraction for a stranger on the first sight of them...

 and set up their casual meeting to turn it into a date. For the first time he is shown with emotion when one of Yankumi's new students tricks her into fighting a gang of bikers and he goes off to save her - he managed to save her and Yankumi finally returned his feelings, and they ended up kissing.

He is one of Shin's friends. He always gets into fights, like everyone else. He had gotten into a fight with Ichiro Tsuruta, and was beaten by him. Minami is the tough guy of the group. In the anime and manga he is often seen with Noda, indicating a close friendship. In the drama he was a ladies man, but in the anime/manga he was considered the ugliest.

In the drama, he is portrayed by Oguri Shun.

He is the guy with a weird purple hairstyle. In the drama, he has long hair that he bleached blonde. He's also one of Shin's friends. He was lost in Okinawa when they had a trip there and he gave Kumiko and Shin a lot of problems during that time. When they finally found him, Kumiko smacked him until his face was swollen. Uchi in the Drama seemed very much like Minami from the anime/manga. In the drama he is a tough guy with a soft spot for his mother. His nickname

Nickname

A nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....

 is Uchi.

In the drama, he is portrayed by Tomohiro Waki.

Large and tough, Kumai (called "Kuma", or "Bear" by everyone) always seems to be getting into trouble. He's either getting into fights, or being accused of theft, or being attacked by a rival school. Kuma and Shin are best friends. They grew up together, and Kuma calls Shin "Shin-chan". Even Kuma's mother was friends with Kumiko before she became a teacher. He is also the only former student of Yankumi's shown in the drama version's sequel. In the second series he is revealed to be married to the girl he had a crush on in the first season, and in the third season he becomes a father. Throughout the seasons he helps Yakumi when he sees her students getting into some kind of trouble and becomes a mentor to them as well. In each new series of the drama there is always a kid who greatly resembles Kuma in Yankumi's class.

In the drama, he is portrayed by Hiroki Narimiya

Hiroki Narimiya

, better known as , is a Japanese actor.-Early life:He was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. His parents are Okinawan, so he is of Okinawan descent. His parents divorced when he was young, and in his third year of junior high school, his mother died and he and his brother were raised by his...

.

He is also one of Shin's friends. He was the one who thought of giving Kumiko "Yankumi" as her nickname. Takeshi Noda is a member of class 2-4. Although not typically a main cast member, in one episode (in the drama), he becomes obsessed with the teacher Shizuka Fujiyama. Hurt when she threw away a present he gave her, Noda takes a picture of her at her secret second job: hostess of a bar. He then sends the picture to the head teacher and almost gets Shizuka put on probation for a week, to be fired if class 3-D does not get at least a 30 on their English mid-finals. In the manga, he is the first of his classmates to figure out that Shin likes Yankumi and gets Shin to admit so. In the manga, he is much more involved then in the anime or drama. He is also much smarter in the manga, like one instance when Ms. Fujiyama was being stalked, Noda made many suggestions as to how the stalker could follow Ms. Fujiyama. One thing he has in common with his drama counterpart is his sense in fashion, as demonstrated in the chapter of the manga "Protect our F-cup", where he dresses Yamaguchi in his sister's clothing in which Uchiyama and the others (first in disgust) found that the outfit worked well with her. He is often seen with Minami in the anime and manga, indicating a friendship between them, possibly being best friends. In the anime and manga he is accused of being a thief (similar to Uchi's situation in the drama).

In the drama, she is portrayed by Misaki Ito

Misaki Ito

is a Japanese actress and model. Her real name is .-Career:In 1999, Ito became the Asahi Beer "image girl" and a model under an exclusive contract to CanCam magazine...

.

Shizuka Fujiyama is another female teacher hired by Shirokin Gakuin at the same time as Yankumi. In the drama, Fujiyama teaches English. In the anime she teaches music. One of her students once attempted suicide and she learned a lesson because of that incident. She started a choir club in school. In the drama, Fujiyama wears her normal clothes all the time, but in the anime and manga she wears a tracksuit like Yankumi does. Fujiyama used to teach middle school students, and is very happy to be teaching at a high school. She jokes about which boys are cute, and whom she would sleep with.

In the drama, he is portrayed by Katsuhisa Namase

Katsuhisa Namase

is a Japanese actor, known primary for his roles in Japanese television dramas. His roles are often positions of authority, such as managers, principals, or police officers, but many of these characters also share a certain kookiness and incompetence...

.

The School's Vice-Principal is Yankumi's main nemesis amongst the school staff. In episode 13 he was the 3rd person to find out about Yankumi's secret only to realize that she resigned. Also he tried to use a camera when he witnessed a fight only to be caught by Kyo. He is only majorly featured in the drama and anime. In the drama, despite initially antagonistic towards Yankumi and her class, he was undeniably portrayed as more benevolent than his anime incarnation. His state of benevolence was shown to be more prominent in Gokusen 2, where among the last few episodes, he deliberately informed Yankumi that her class attempted to boycott their graduation unless she calls off her resignation. It would seem that the drama-version Sawatori has grown to respect the headstrong and dignified educator that Yankumi is, despite knowing that he also risked getting fired in the process (he was poised for promotion). He was later seen a month after graduation, apparently assigned to another school (claiming to have resigned from the last one). He has a wife in the drama who runs an arranged marriage business, though he is constantly seen enjoying himself with younger women. A running gag in the drama is that he is able to instantly retain his status as Vice-Principal with each new school, even leading Yankumi to question how he does that.

In the drama, he is portrayed by Ryosei Tayama.

The School's Principal. He does have a great knack for popping up suddenly at unusual times to point out useful information. In the manga and anime, the Koucho is this happy little bald guy who likes to wear bow ties. He knows that Yankumi is next in line to the yakuza, and discovered that was one of the main reasons he hired her, because he knew she would be able to easily handle that class.

Kuroda Family/Ooedo Clan

• Voiced by: Chikao Ohtsuka
  Chikao Ohtsuka
  is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo currently represented by Aoni Production. He is the father of Akio Ōtsuka, another voice actor, and they occasionally perform together...
  
   (Japanese), Dan Green
  Dan Green (voice actor)
  Daniel Alexander Green , is an American voice actor, voice director and script adapter who has worked for 4Kids Entertainment, DuArt Film and Video, NYAV Post and Central Park Media...
  
   (English) In the drama, he is portrayed by Ken Utsui.

Kumiko's grandfather. He is a kindly, wise old man who loves Kumiko very much, and is always there to support her and give advice. He took Kumiko in after her parents died. Though many rookies in the crime world might believe he runs a small branch of the Yakuza due to only having a few members, it is shown he is highly respected in the yakuza, and with a single command he could call upon thousands of members, as well as the few members that are with him are very strong and skilled at what they do, being able to take on a gang that clearly outmatched them in numbers with ease. This alone will scare smaller branches from even the thought of attacking him. He and the family are very respected around town as well, willing to do what they could to keep Kudou from escaping the Ooedo Clan. He is also shown to have a child-like personality as well, becoming moody at Shin when he believed he upset Kumiko.

Kyo is a tough-looking member of the Yakuza, but he is very close to Kumiko. When he was younger, and Kumiko was a little girl, he taught her how to fight and defend herself when she was being bullied in school and teased because of her Yakuza connections (in the drama it was her grandfather who did this). He later figures out that Shin is in love with Kumiko and wishes him the best of luck. He respects the Ooedo Clan and Kumiko very dearly, where even though he pretended to hit her to make it seem like she was in debt to the yakuza rather than a part of it to her students, he tried to kill himself (while flooding with tears) for raising his hand to her, or protecting Class 4 because they are her students. Yet this does not prevent him from wishing to kill them when he believes they upset her.

The young head assistant of the Kuroda family and the only one of the group that is married.

Along with Tetsu, Minoru is a member of Kumiko's Yakuza group, and is one of her loyal followers. He and Tetsu watch over Kumiko and worry about her. Minoru and Tetsu can occasionally be seen running a takoyaki

Takoyaki

is a popular ball-shaped Japanese dumpling or more like a savory pancake made of batter and cooked in a special takoyaki pan...

 stand near Kumiko's school where they can be near her if needed. Sometimes their enthusiasm in serving her almost betrays her secret, but all they want to do is help. Kumiko took him in when he was a teen, calling him a 'younger brother' since the family didn't accept underage kids, and he had nowhere else to go.

Tetsu is one of Kumiko's lackeys. He is a member of the Yakuza group, and is very devoted and protective of her. He and Minoru always keep an eye on Kumiko and do their best to help her when they can. In the drama, Tetsu seems to like Kumiko, but unfortunately he doesn't seem to have very good chances of getting romantically involved with her, as she considers him to be like family. Kumiko took him in when he was a teen, calling him a 'younger brother' since the family didn't accept underage kids, and he had nowhere else to go.

He is Kumiko's old dog. He narrates the preview for the next episode. He is very loyal to Kumiko. He talks most of the time in the anime even though nobody can hear him (however Shin seems to be able to know what Fuji is thinking). Anime and manga character only, though a dog fitting Fuji's image can be seen in the drama.

Others

In the manga and anime, Shinohara is the lawyer that works for Kumiko's Yakuza group. He's handsome and cool. Kumiko's grandfather helped Shinohara back when he was a law student, and Shinohara works for the Yakuza to repay the favor. Kumiko has had a crush on him for a long time where in the drama she gets a crush on the new guy of the series, oddly though the P.E. teacher showed genuine feelings for her but during the time she is too star-stuck by her new crush to notice. At the end of the series he returns to his hometown after his father was getting out of the hospital.

A former student at Shirokin Gakuen. He was a senior there until he was kicked out. He met Kumiko during her first week of school, when he tried to beat up Kuma. Then Kumiko, when she found Kudoh and his gang, gave them a worse beating. He joins the Nekomata Group and tries to frame the Ooedo Clan to get back at Kumiko. Back at Shirokin Gakuen he and the other seniors used to beat up the juniors whenever they could. By the end of the anime he kidnapped Kumiko in hopes of bringing down the Ooedo Clan, only to be beaten by Shin and the rest of the class from 2-4. In the manga he is later taken in by Kumiko, seeing that she needs to make him into a better man, though he fights her (unsuccessfully) at every step.

Tsuruta is known to be the strongest pupil in the school. He and Kudoh were the bullies to the juniors, and Tsuruta was eventually kicked out. He returns to school in Episode 9 for the festival thanks to the Vice-principal. The seniors basically used him to start fights with the juniors, until he and Kumiko secretly had a fight. Kumiko won and in return had Tsuruta stop being a bully and start hitting the books. Tsuruta may seem tough but he's actually a kind person and a good cook. He also shows up in episode 11 of the anime, to try to help the guys get Shin out.

A boy who goes to Shirokin Gakuen. A good kid who keeps getting bullied by his so-called friends. Ms. Fujiyama wanted him to join the choir club because she thought he was cute and to get him away from his bad friends, and because he reminded her of a student she had in middle school who tried to commit suicide. He almost did commit suicide, if not for Kumiko and Shin who grabbed him in time before he fell off the roof. He's later shown in Ms. Fujiyama's choir club.

Drama

The drama

Japanese television drama

, also called , are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including murder romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, and many others...

 aired on Nippon TV

Nippon Television

is a television network based in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan and is controlled by the Yomiuri Shimbun publishing company. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan, the network is commonly known as , contracted to , and abbreviated as "NTV" or "AX".-Offices:*The Headquarters : 6-1,...

 from April 1, 2002 to July 3, 2002. The series consisted of 12 episodes. Nippon TV

Nippon Television

is a television network based in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan and is controlled by the Yomiuri Shimbun publishing company. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan, the network is commonly known as , contracted to , and abbreviated as "NTV" or "AX".-Offices:*The Headquarters : 6-1,...

 began airing a second season on January 15, 2005, with several returning cast members (including Yukie Nakama

Yukie Nakama

is a Japanese actress, singer and former idol. She was born in Okinawa, Japan, in a fisherman's family, the youngest of five siblings.At the start of her career she was a gravure idol and singer , and appeared in bit roles until her career breakthrough playing Sadako in "Ring 0: Birthday ."In 2000,...

). It lasted 10 episodes. There is also a special episode titled "Gokusen Special: Sayonara 3-nen D-gumi" (Goodbye 3rd year Class D), it's a sequel

Sequel

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 to the first season and the prequel

Prequel

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 to the second season. The drama also was the highest-rated in its time slot when it was shown in the Philippines by the GMA Network, and was popular enough that the network decided to re-run it, and continued to be the highest-rated show in its time slot. In the Philippines, the series ended with the Gokusen special.

The third season of Gokusen began airing on April 19, 2008 in Japan and March 23, 2009 in the Philippines on GMA Network. Yukie Nakama reprises her role as Yankumi, Katsuhisa Namase as Sawatari, and the rest of the cast that makes up Yankumi's Yakuza family returns as well.

Oedo Family

• Yukie Nakama
  Yukie Nakama
  is a Japanese actress, singer and former idol. She was born in Okinawa, Japan, in a fisherman's family, the youngest of five siblings.At the start of her career she was a gravure idol and singer , and appeared in bit roles until her career breakthrough playing Sadako in "Ring 0: Birthday ."In 2000,...
  
   (仲間 由紀恵) as Kumiko Yamaguchi (Yankumi / Ojou / Kumiko) (Math Teacher)
• Ken Utsui as Ryuichiro Kuroda (Kumiko's grandpa / 3rd Generation Oedo Yakuza Boss)
• Kenji Anan as Hiro Wakamatsu
• Ken Kaneko as Tetsu Asakura
• Shinji Uchiyama (内山 信二) as Minoru Tatsukawa
• Hiroshi Ryogoku (両國 宏) as Makoto Sugawara

Note: The Ooedo Family cast members remain the same throughout all three seasons of Gokusen.

Other cast

• Katsuhisa Namase
  Katsuhisa Namase
  is a Japanese actor, known primary for his roles in Japanese television dramas. His roles are often positions of authority, such as managers, principals, or police officers, but many of these characters also share a certain kookiness and incompetence...
  
   as Goro Sawatari (the Vice Principal of all of the high schools Yankumi worked at on all three seasons)
• Tomohiro Waki (脇 知弘) as Teruo "Kuma" Kumai (a student of Class 3D at Shirokin High School (Season 1) → the owner of the ramen restaurant named "Kumai Ramen" (Season 2-3))
• Mikihisa Azuma as Masayoshi Baba (a PE Teacher who first appeared on Season 2 and returned on Season 3)

Shirokin High School

• Misaki Ito
  Misaki Ito
  is a Japanese actress and model. Her real name is .-Career:In 1999, Ito became the Asahi Beer "image girl" and a model under an exclusive contract to CanCam magazine...
  
   as Shizuka Fujiyama (English Teacher)
• Yuko Nakazawa
  Yuko Nakazawa
  is a Japanese pop and enka singer, and actress, best known as one of the original members of the all-female J-pop group Morning Musume. She is currently a member of Dream Morning Musume.- Biography :...
  
   as Kikuno Kawashima (School Nurse)
• Osami Nabe as Osamu Ando (Social Studies Teacher)
• Masahiro Kohmoto as Kouhei Iwamoto (P.E. Teacher)
• Ichirou Ookuma (大隈 いちろう) as Hajime Oyama (Science Teacher)
• Ryosei Tayama as Gonzou Shirakawa (Principal)
• Satoru Saito as Kanji Washio (Japanese Language Teacher)
• Ikki Sawamura
  Ikki Sawamura
  is a Japanese model, film and television actor, and television presenter signed to Ken-On.-Biography:Ikki Sawamura was born in Kagoshima in 1967. After graduating from the local high school, he moved to Tokyo and started his career as a fashion model. In 1996, Sawamura debut in a TV drama Matsuda...
  
   as Tomoya Shinohara (Police Officer)
• Tadashi Sakata (坂田 聡) as Yutaka Kashiwagi (Police Officer)

Class 3D

• Jun Matsumoto
  Jun Matsumoto
  , often called by the portmanteau nickname , is a Japanese idol, singer, actor and radio host. He is a member of Japanese boy band Arashi and is best known to Japanese television drama audiences for his portrayal as Tsukasa Dōmyōji in the Hana Yori Dango series, in which he won GQ Japan's Man Of...
  
   (松本 潤) as Shin Sawada
• Shun Oguri
  Shun Oguri
  is a Japanese actor, director and voice actor.-Career:Born to a theater director father, Tetsuya Oguri, and having an actor brother, Ryo Oguri, Shun Oguri started his acting career quite early in his life...
  
   (小栗 旬) as "Uchi" / Haruhiko Uchiyama
• Hiroki Narimiya
  Hiroki Narimiya
  , better known as , is a Japanese actor.-Early life:He was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. His parents are Okinawan, so he is of Okinawan descent. His parents divorced when he was young, and in his third year of junior high school, his mother died and he and his brother were raised by his...
  
   as Takeshi Noda
• Yuma Ishigaki
  Yuma Ishigaki
  is a Japanese actor.-Movies:*Lovers' Kiss *Azumi *Battle Royale 2 *Azumi 2 *Thirteen Assassins -TV drama:* Asakusa Fukumaru Ryokan 2 * Hanazakari no Kimitachi e * Natsu Kumo Agare...
  
   as Youichi Minami
• Jun Kawai (河合潤) as Jun Kechi
• Kouhei Kou (港耕平) as Kouhei Imagawa
• Hiroshi Okabe (岡部紘樹) as Hiroshi Uesugi
• Yusuke Kamiji Yusuke (上地雄輔) as Yuusuke Ooishi
• Masayuki Izumi (泉政行) as Masayuki Oouchi
• Kouji Kanazawa (金沢浩司) as Kouji Oda
• Ren Matsuzawa (松沢蓮) as Ren Gamou
• Eiki Kitamura
  Eiki Kitamura
  is a Japanese actor.Harumi Inoue is his older sister. He worked alongside with her in Rock Musical Bleach.He has acted in television dramas, musicals, as well as a movie. He is best known for his role as Izuru Kira in Rock Musical BLEACH when he joined the cast in 2006 for Rock Musical Bleach Saien...
  
   (北村栄基) as Eiki Shimazu
• Ryuji Sainei (載寧龍二) as Ryuuji Senzoku
• Sho Tomita as (冨田翔) Sho Takeda
• Shigeo Tomita (富田樹央) as Shigeo Chikamatsu
• Hitoshi Sasaki (佐々木仁) as Hitoshi Hazama
• Masafumi Hatakenaka (畠中正文) as Masafumi Hattori
• Katsutaka Furuhata (古畑勝隆) as Katsutaka Fujiwara
• Yuuya Nishikawa (西川祐也) as Yuuya Houjou
• Hiromi Nagayama (長山浩巳) as Hiromi Hosokawa
• Ryoji Morimoto
  Ryoji Morimoto
  is a Japanese actor. He is best known for playing Hajime Aikawa / Kamen Rider Chalice / Joker in Kamen Rider Blade in 2004.-Filmography:* Gokusen as Ryouji Horibe...
  
   (森本亮治) as Ryouji Horibe
• Shingo Yashiro (八代真吾) as Shingo Maeda
• Makoto Onodera (小野寺尊允) as Makoto Matsudaira
• Kenichi Matsuyama (松山研一) as Kenichi Mouri
• Mitsuru Nishitani (西谷有統) as Mitsuru Yagyu
• Tomohiro Waki as Kumai Teruo

Kurogin High School

• Otoha
  Otoha
  Otoha is a feminine Japanese given name.Otoha can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:*乙羽, "maiden, feathers"*乙葉, "maiden, leaf"*音羽, "sound, feathers"*音葉, "sound, leaf"The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana....
  
   as Hitomi Shiratori (English Teacher)
• Toshiya Sakai as Taichi Inazuka (Japanese Language Teacher)
• Moto Fuyuki as Takashi Kameyama (Ethics Teacher)
• Magii as Inomata Shinji (Chemistry Teacher)
• Yukiko Ikeda as Sayuri Wanibuchi (Music Teacher)
• Jun Inoue as Ginji Kurokawa (Chairman of Kurogin High School)
• Shosuke Tanihara
  Shosuke Tanihara
  is a Japanese actor probably best known outside of Japan for his portrayal of Riki Fudoh in Fudoh: The New Generation.Tanihara hosts Tokyo Twenty-Four Living Supported by FLET’S Hikari, a podcast produced by TOKYO FM...
  
   as Takuma Kujo (Teacher in Momo Girls High School)

Class 3D

• Kazuya Kamenashi
  Kazuya Kamenashi
  , often called Kame, is a Japanese idol, singer–songwriter, actor, television personality, producer, radio host and occasional model. Born and raised in Edogawa, Tokyo, he joined the Japanese talent agency, Johnny & Associates, at the age of 12 and was drafted as a member and co-lead vocalist of...
  
   as Ryu Odagiri
• Jin Akanishi
  Jin Akanishi
  is a Japanese idol, singer-songwriter, actor, seiyū, and former radio host. Akanishi is a former member of the J-pop group, KAT-TUN, and was one of the two lead vocalists...
  
   as Hayato Yabuki
• Teppei Koike
  Teppei Koike
  is an actor and singer from Japan. He was born in Ōsakasayama, Osaka Prefecture. He belongs to the production company Burning Productions and is a member of the singer-songwriter duo WaT with his partner, Eiji Wentz.- History :2001...
  
   as Keita Takeda
• Mokomichi Hayami
  Mokomichi Hayami
  is a Japanese actor. He has acted in shows such as Densha Otoko, Gokusen, Nakagawa Masaya|Tokyo Tower and as Night Tenjo in Absolute Boyfriend/Zettai Kareshi. Hayami has appeared on CMs for Daihatsu Tanto, Bourbon Petit, Ban Deo Spray and au by KDDI...
  
   as "Tsucchi" / Hikaru Tsuchiya
• Keisuke Koide as Kosuke Hyuga
• Yosuke Kawamura as Yosuke Akiyama
• Momosuke Mizutani as Momosuke Oomori
• Yuki Sato
  Yuki Sato
  , also credited as , is a Japanese voice actor who is represented by Aoni Production.-Anime:* Aoki Densetsu Shoot! * Blue Gender * Dragon Ball GT * Lady! Lady! * Sakigake!! Otokojuku...
  
   as Yuuki Kojima
• Yusuke Sato as Yusuke Sakaguchi
• Takeshi Sato
  Takeshi Sato
  Go is a wrestler in the El Dorado promotion. He is currently in the HELL DEMONS stable.-Biography:He debuted in 2005 in Dragon Gate. He wrestled in exhibition matches with Yamato Onodera/YAMATO until the summer of 2006. He was thought to have retired but turned up in El Dorado in January 2007...
  
   (佐藤 タケシ) as Takeshi Sasaki
• Suzunosuke Tanaka (田中 鈴之助) as Rinnosuke Takayama
• Hiroyuki Nakauchi (中内 啓行) as Hiroyuki Nagata
• Ryuhei Watanabe as Ryuhei Hashimoto
• Toshio Takahashi (高橋 疾士) as Toshio Fujinami
• Shinnosuke Ishizaka (石坂 慎之介) as Shinnosuke Hoshino
• Hiro Mizushima as Hiro Misawa
• Masashi Shibata as Masashi Ookuma
• Yuuichi Nakamura as Yuuichi Kawada
• Naoya Ojima as Naoya Kohashi
• Kazuhito Tomikawa as Kazuto Sakuraba
• Gensui Okubayashi (奥林 源水) as Akita Takeda (源水)
• Masahiro Kuranuki
  Masahiro Kuranuki
  is a Japanese actor. He goes by the nickname, Kura.He has a younger sister, Mariko Kuranuki, who is also a Japanese actress.-TV shows:* 怪談弐　職場怪談* Kin'iro no Tsubasa * 警部補・藤井若葉の癒しの事件簿～犯罪被害者相談室から～（梶信二）...
  
   as Masahiro Tamura
• Masaru Okamoto (岡本 勝) as Masaru Nakamura
• Takumi Sugiura (杉浦 匠) as Takumi Hamaguchi
• Kengo Kora as Kengo Funaki
• Kei as Yoshiaki Maeda
• Ryosuke Miura as Ryosuke Muto

Guests

• Yuki Imai as Daisuke (ep1)
• Katsuya Kobayashi
  Katsuya Kobayashi
  is a Japanese actor. Even though he and fellow Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love-exclusive Rider actor Mitsuki Koga/Kamen Rider Ketaros were only Kamen Riders within the movie, they did make a guest appearance during the final episode of the series as two people affected by the necklaces that...
  
   as Kudo (Former student of Kurogin, ep3&10)
• Kou Takasugi as Onijima (Police Officer, ep3&10)
• Hajime Yamazaki as Ishikawa (Tsuchiya's former Junior High Teacher, ep4)
• Miri Akimoto as Nao Miyazaki (Junior high student, ep4)
• Chinatsu Wakatsuki as Maki Mizushima (Momo Girls High School, ep5)
• Mizuho Takasugi as Okudera (Sokei University, ep5)
• Satomi Tezuka as Haruyo Hyuga (Kosuke's mother, ep6)
• Shigemitsu Ogi as Tatsumi (Gambling bar owner, ep6)
• Kazuki Namioka
  Kazuki Namioka
  is a Japanese actor from Osaka Prefecture. Some of his more prominent roles have been as Shirō Jin'no/Demon Knight in Genseishin Justirisers and Shishimaru/Lion-Maru in Lion-Maru G. He has also appeared in the Densha Otoko series, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, and a guest appearance in...
  
   as Tanabe (ep7)
• Naoya Ogawa
  Naoya Ogawa
  Naoya Ogawa is a Japanese former world judo champion, Olympic silver medalist, professional wrestler and mixed martial artist...
  
   (小川 直也) as Tanabe (Tadoroki High School, ep7)
• Takashi Naitou as Hirofumi Yabuki (Hayato's father, ep8)
• Hideo Ishiguro as Taku Yabuki (Hayato's brother, ep8)
• Chie Sunaga (須永 千重) as Masako Kumai (Kuma's mother, ep8)
• Miki Uemura (植村 美紀) as Aya Kumai (Kuma's younger sister, ep8)
• Tomonaga Ogawa (小川 智永) as Haruo Kumai (Kuma's younger brother, ep8)
• Shin Takuma as Shinya Odagiri (Ryu's father, ep9)
• Satomi Nagano (長野 里美) as Yuriko Odagiri (Ryu's mother, ep9)
• Tadashi Sakata as Yutaka Kashiwagi (Police Officer from Season 1, only his picture in ep9)

Akadou High School

• Kyoko Enami as Ryoko Akagi (Board Chairman)
• Kotaro Koizumi
  Kotaro Koizumi
  Kotaro Koizumi is a Japanese actor and the eldest son of the former Japanese Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi, and Kayoko Miyamoto....
  
   as Seichi Natsume (School Doctor)
• Aya Hirayama
  Aya Hirayama
  is a Japanese actress who has appeared in various films including Waterboys , as well as appearing in two television programs in her native Japan, Waratte Iitomo and Itsumo futari de. Aya was born in Kuroiso, Tochigi, Japan which is now part of Nasushiobara...
  
   as Aoi Takano (English Teacher)
• Aki Hoshino
  Aki Hoshino
  is a Japanese bikini idol. She has appeared in various men's magazines, such as Sabra and television shows.She married horse racing jockey on September 25, 2011.-Book:...
  
   as Sakura Ayukawa (School Nurse)
• Jiro Sato as Hosaku Yajima (Japanese Classics Teacher)
• Santaro Sakigake (魁 三太郎) as Yasuhiko Hatoyama (World History Teacher)
• Kota Ishii as Keisuke Tsuruoka (Physics Teacher)

Class 3D

• Yuya Takaki as Yamato Ogata
• Haruma Miura
  Haruma Miura
  is a Japanese actor and singer. He is part of the Amuse agency, and debuted as one of the members of Brash Brats, a J-pop group. However, they are currently on hiatus, while Haruma is still active as an actor. He gained popularity with Gokusen 3 and 2007 film Koizora...
  
   as Ren Kazama
• Hideo Ishiguro as Kengo Honjo
• Akito Kiriyama (桐山照史) as Satoru Kuraki
• Junta Nakama (中間淳太) as Rikiya Ichimura
• Shohei Miura as Shunsuke Kamiya
• Yuya Kido
• Akihiro Mayama
• Ryuya Wakaba
  Ryuya Wakaba
  ' is a Japanese actor belonging to First Place talent agency. His four brothers and he form the .- Television :- Movie :-References:****-External links:**...
  
  
• Tomoya Warabino
• Atsumi Kanno (菅野 篤海)
• Kosuke Kujirai (鯨井 康介) as Kosuke Oohira
• Ryotaro Shimizu (清水 良太郎)
• Kimito Totani
  Kimito Totani
  is a Japanese actor from Shinagawa, Tokyo. He made his acting debut in the 2007 remake of Tsubaki Sanjuro. He is currently known for his portrayal of Daiki Kaito/Kamen Rider Diend in the Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider Decade and its films....
  
   (戸谷 公人)
• Masei Nakayama (中山 麻聖)
• Kyousuke Hamao
  Kyousuke Hamao
  , born on June 25, 1991, is a Japanese actor, entertainer and model. He is best known for his role as Eiji Kikumaru of the fourth generation Seigaku cast in The Prince of Tennis musical series, Tenimyu...
  
   (浜尾 京介) as Kyousuke Terauchi
• Gouki Maeda (前田 公輝)
• Maruo (まるお)
• Hiroshi Yazaki (矢崎 広)
• Jutta Yuki (夕輝 壽太)
• Yuji

Guests

• Riko Kurita (栗田 梨子) as Ami Kumai (Kuma's wife, first seen on Season 1 as his high school crush, ep5)
• Taro Omiya (ep1,4,11)
• Gakudai Yamazaki (山崎画大) (ep1,4,11)
• Ryuto Yamaguchi (山口龍人) (ep1)
• Yoshiko Inoue (ep1)
• Takahiro Hojo (ep3)
• Kazuma Yamane (ep4)
• Yu Yamada
  Yu Yamada
  is a model, actress, and singer best known from her modeling work with CanCam magazine. Shintaro Yamada is her brother.- Career :Yamada graduated from Okinawa Actors School...
  
   (ep4)
• Akio Kaneda (ep5)
• Gaku Shindo (ep5)
• Kaoru Kusumi (楠見薫) (ep5)
• Keiko Hirayama (平山慶子) (ep5)
• Yuki Mashita (真下有紀) (ep5)
• Haruna Kojima
  Haruna Kojima
  is a singer, actress, and a member of idol group AKB48 under Team A.- Career :Kojima started her career as a member of Angel Eyes, an idol group under Stardust Promotion that disbanded in 2001...
  
   (ep6)
• Takeshi Masu (ep6)
• Hiromi Suzuki (鈴木ひろみ) (ep6)
• Satoshi Matsuda (ep7,11)
• Moe Fukuda Moe (福田萌) (ep7)
• Aya Kudo (工藤亜耶) (ep7)
• Yoshiko Miyazaki (ep8)
• Yukihiro Takiguchi
  Yukihiro Takiguchi
  , or Takki as most of his colleagues call him, is a Japanese actor, best known for his role as Oishi Syuuichirou during the 2006-2007 run of the stage adaptation of the anime The Prince of Tennis, Musical Tennis no Oujisama. He is one of the seven original members of the ikemen unit PureBOYS,...
  
   (ep8)
• Momoko Shibuya
  Momoko Shibuya
  Shibuya Momoko is a Japanese actress. Shibuya deputed as a model when she was one year old. She has played the role of Minako Aino in the Sailor Moon musicals.-Filmography:*Ugly Duckling...
  
   (ep8)
• Ren Yagami (ep9)
• Nadaka Tatsuo (ep10)
• Yoshiko Tokoshima (ep10)
• Tomohisa Yuge (ep10)
• Yutaka Take
  Yutaka Take
  is a Japanese jockey who is a multiple champion in his homeland and won the Japan Cup in 1999 on the horse Special Week...
  
   (武豊) (ep11)
• Aoki Sayaka (ep11)
• Tōru Nakane
  Tōru Nakane
  is a Japanese actor who was born in Tokyo, Japan on November 6, 1957. He has appeared extensively in pink film and on television. The pink film critics Thomas and Yuko Mihara Weisser commented in 1998 that "he is generally considered one of the best actors in the pink business."-Pink film:Nakane's...
  
   (ep11)
• Naoko Miya (ep11)