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ese television series which premiered on Fuji TV on January 16, 2011. It was aired on Fuji TV's Sunday 9:00pm slot "Dramatic Sunday" in the 2011 winter drama season.

Plot

The story is about Shingū Elementary School which is beset by a lot of problems. Seichiro Naruse, a construction worker whose company closed down, suddenly becomes the principal of his old school. He must save the school from closing down.

Main Cast

  • Yosuke Eguchi
    Yōsuke Eguchi
    is a Japanese poet, actor and singer, who most recently starred in 2009 Japanese film Goemon. Since 1986, he as appeared in a number of television series and movies. He is married to the actress and pop star Chisato Moritaka, with whom he has a son and a daughter....

     as Seichiro Naruse

The construction company he was working in went bankrupt and he was appointed as the civilian principal of the Shingū Elementary School. Having devoted 20 years in the construction industry, he has no teaching license. He takes up the job in order to keep a promise he made with his former teacher and ex-principal Takeichi. Nonetheless, he has a cheerful personality and takes positive action at every turn, and he frequently describes himself as a "X X demon". He was greatly appalled by the appearance and the change in his alma mater, which was struggling to change the status quo. In the last episode, Shingū Elementary School narrowly avoided closing down, but at the same time, he resigned to take responsibility for the incident that was caused by Akira Hara in the school.
  • Hidetoshi Nishijima
    Hidetoshi Nishijima
    is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Nichinan, Miyazaki and graduate of Nippon Medical School, he was elected for the first time in 2004.- External links :...

     as Iori Kirihara

He is the class teacher and curriculum coordinator for the sixth graders in Shingū Elementary School. Born April 10, 1971, he graduated from the Tokyo Gakugei University
Tokyo Gakugei University
Tokyo Gakugei University or Gakudai , for short, is a national university in Koganei, Tokyo. While its history may be traced to 1873, it was formally chartered as a university in 1949 through the merging of four teacher-training institutions....

. Being one of the super-primary school teachers from the District Board of Education, he has the confidence from other faculty members. The realist can compete with Naruse and they are at odds with each other. He observes the students better than any other teacher and actually knows about the situation. He was transferred to Shingū Elementary School because of the accusation that he used violence on a student eight years ago. He used to be as enthusiastic as Naruse, but changed as a result of a that incident.
  • Kie Kitano as Kanoko Takeichi
  • Takashi Tsukamoto
    Takashi Tsukamoto
    is a Japanese actor, singer, and model.He has released three single CDs: "Itsudemo Boku wa" , "Hitorigoto" , "New Morning"....

     as Hitoshi Ohashi
  • Ittoku Kishibe as Mikishiro Takechi
  • Miwako Ichikawa
    Miwako Ichikawa
    is a Japanese actress, sister of actress Mikako Ichikawa . She began in 1991 as a model, and released a single in 1998 and an album the following year. She debuted in acting in 2000 and immediately starred in the movies Another Heaven in 2000 and Konsento in 2001...

     as Yukie Okamoto

She is the school nurse and a Gundam
Gundam
The is a metaseries of anime created by Sunrise studios that features giant robots called "Mobile Suits" ; usually the protagonist's MS will carry the name Gundam....

 otaku
Otaku
is a Japanese term used to refer to people with obsessive interests, particularly anime, manga or video games.- Etymology :Otaku is derived from a Japanese term for another's house or family , which is also used as an honorific second-person pronoun...

. She is indifferent to politics in school, and owns a number of Gundam
Gundam
The is a metaseries of anime created by Sunrise studios that features giant robots called "Mobile Suits" ; usually the protagonist's MS will carry the name Gundam....

 models. She is very sensitive of her own age and was the first amongst the school staff to know about the Kirihara's incident eight years ago.
  • Shohei Miura
    Shohei Miura
    is a Japanese actor and model from Tokyo. He won the Japan Academy Prize for Best New Actor in 2010 for Umizaru 3: The Last Message.-Movies:* Gokusen The Movie as Kamiya Shunsuke* Real Onigokko 2 as Sato Hiroshi...

     as Yuichi Motoki
  • Keiko Horiuchi as Yuriko Yoshimura
  • Sansei Shiomi as Kujooro Wakiya

Students

  • Abe Kōshō as Abe Takashi
  • Nana Akashi as Nana Ishida
  • Satoshinori Ichikawa as Ichimura Satoshinori
  • Ayanatsu Itō as Kasumi Ito
  • Shigeru Agatsuma as Ueno Shigeru
  • Daiki Dakeyū as Daiki Dake
  • Shārokku Reira as Reira Ogasawara
  • Ābīarīya Asuka as Kyanberu Asuka
  • Shimizu Yūshiya as Shimizu Toshiya

Episodes

Episode title
Romanized title
Translation of title
Broadcast date
Ratings
Ep. 1
本気で怒れ笑え泣け
ガテン系の熱血民間人校長がやって来た!!
Honki de okore warae nake
Gaten-kei no nekketsu minkan-jin kōchō ga yattekita!!
All cry, laugh and be angry with your heart!
Here comes the enthusiastic civilian principal!!
January 16, 2011
11.0%
Ep. 2
本気で遊べ! 恋をしろ!!
Honki de asobe! Koi o shiro!!
Play seriously! Love seriously!!
January 23, 2011
8.9%
Ep. 3
本気で子供のために泣け!!
Honki de kodomo no tame ni nake!
Crying for the children with all my heart!
January 30, 2011
8.6%
Ep. 4
教師の不登校って何なんだ
Kyōshi no fu tōkōtte nani nan da
A teacher that plays truant. Where is the decency?
February 6, 2011
7.8%
Ep. 5
一緒に帰る場所は学校だ!!
Issho ni kaeru basho wa gakkōda!!
School is a place where we can be together!!
February 13, 2011
7.7%
Ep. 6
天国のわが子に誓ったこと
Tengoku no wagako ni chikatta koto
A oath to my son in heaven
February 20, 2011
7.7%
Ep. 7
何が、教師の現実で限界だ
Nani ga, kyōshi no genjitsu de genkaida
What is the realistic boundary of a teacher's job
February 27, 2011
8.1%
Ep. 8
この手で殴りたい
Kono te de naguritai
I want to use my fist and punch you all
March 6, 2011
9.8%
Ep. 9
その手を掴む勇気を持て!!
子供の危機か?廃校の危機か?
Sono te o tsukamu yūki o mote!!
Kodomo no kiki ka? Haikō no kiki ka?
Grab his hand and courageously move forward!
The problem of the children? The danger of the school closing?
March 20, 2011
9.7%
Ep. 10
民間人校長先生、涙の選択!!
切り開けよ希望の道
Minkan-jin kōchō sensei, namida no sentaku!!
Kirihirakeyo kibō no michi
The sad choice of the civilian principal!!
Opening up a path of hope
Ratings for Kanto region
Kanto region
The is a geographical area of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. The region includes the Greater Tokyo Area and encompasses seven prefectures: Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba, and Kanagawa. Within its boundaries, slightly more than 40 percent of the land area is the Kantō Plain....

 (average rating: 9.2%)

  • All ratings are by Video Research, Ltd..
  • Due to the 2011 Japanese Earthquake
    2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
    The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, also known as the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, or the Great East Japan Earthquake, was a magnitude 9.0 undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST on Friday, 11 March 2011, with the epicenter approximately east...

    , episode 9 was delayed and was broadcasted together with episode 10.

Awards

Yosuke Eguchi
Yōsuke Eguchi
is a Japanese poet, actor and singer, who most recently starred in 2009 Japanese film Goemon. Since 1986, he as appeared in a number of television series and movies. He is married to the actress and pop star Chisato Moritaka, with whom he has a son and a daughter....

 was placed 5th in best actor award for his role in this drama in the Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix
Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix
The Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix is an award given by the Nikkan Sports newspaper to Japanese television dramas.-Best Drama:*1st: Love Generation*2nd: Great Teacher Onizuka*3rd: Beautiful Life*4th: Hero*5th: Antique...

 (2011 winter season) with 227 votes.

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