is a Japanese television 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...

 series aired in Japan

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 on Fuji Television

Fuji Television

is a Japanese television station based in Daiba, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, also known as or CX, based on the station's callsign "JOCX-DTV". It is the flagship station of the Fuji News Network and the ....

 in 2003. There is a fairly large cast due to the amount of members in each team. There were 32 swimmers in this drama who were carefully chosen to fit their roles, but none of them had ever done synchronized swimming before.

Story

Two years after the movie Water Boys

Waterboys (film)

is a 2001 comedy film written and directed by the Japanese film director Shinobu Yaguchi, about five boys who start a synchronized swimming team at their high school...

takes place, the boys of Tadano High School are still in the club. The series tells the life and hardships of the boys as they learn synchronized swimming.

Cast

Main cast

• Kankuro Shindo - Takayuki Yamada
  Takayuki Yamada
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• Norio Tatematsu - Mirai Moriyama
  Mirai Moriyama
  Mirai Moriyama is a Japanese actor. In the Japanese film Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World, he played a high school age hero trying to deal with his terminally-ill girlfriend. He also portrayed the character Kakuta on the 20th Century Boys live action movie...
  
  
• Masatoshi Tanaka - Eita
  Eita
  is a Japanese actor from Tokyo, Japan. His birth name is . He has appeared in many Japanese television dramas and movies; most notable is the TV series Water Boys...
  
  
• Go Takahara - 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...
  
  
• Futoshi Ishizuka - Tomoya Ishii
• Asako Onishi - Mao Miyaji
  Mao Miyaji
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• Kyoko Hanamura - Yu Kashii
• Mr. Ozaki - Kei Tani
  Kei Tani
  was a Japanese comedian, actor and musician. Born in Tokyo, he learned to play the trombone and, while a student at Chuo University, began playing in jazz bands performing for American soldiers during the Occupation of Japan. He quit university and joined the City Slickers with Frankie Sakai in 1953...
  
  
• Mr. Yamaoka - Fuse Akira
• Mr. Sugita - Tetta Sugimoto
• Ms. Sakuma - Kaori Manabe
  Kaori Manabe
  Kaori Manabe is a Japanese television personality and model. She was born in 1981 in Saijō, Ehime.Her television roles include:*Science Zero *WAKU☆WAKU *WATER BOYSOther appearances:*Ø Story...
  
  
• Ms. Onogawa - Maiko Kikuchi
• Mama (of a bar) - Akira Emoto
• Chi-mama - Yuu Tokui
• Mr. Isomura - Naoto Takenaka
  Naoto Takenaka
  is a Japanese actor, comedian, singer, and director from Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture affiliated with From First Production. He is married to idol singer and actress Midori Kinouchi.-Director:*Munō no Hito *119...
  
  
• Kiyomasa Isomura - Norito Yashima
  Norito Yashima
  Norito Yashima is a Japanese stage actor who has been featured in movies, television shows , and specials. He eventually landed his first hosting job on the Fuji TV series Hey! Spring of Trivia, a show he currently co-hosts with fellow actor Katsumi Takahashi...
  
  
• Katsumasa Sato - Hiroshi Tamaki
  Hiroshi Tamaki
  is a Japanese actor, singer, and model from Nagoya, Japan. When he was still in high school, he was discovered by a talent agent while out shopping with friends. He made his debut in the drama Am I Weird? in 1998...
  
  
• Miwako Shindo - Hitomi Takahashi
  Hitomi Takahashi
  Hitomi Takahashi may refer to:*Hitomi Takahashi , Japanese actress*Hitomi Takahashi , Japanese singer...
  
  
• Kanichi Shindo - Kazuyuki Asano
• Hitomi Shindo - Yukiko Ikari
• Daichi Kitajima - Reo Katayama
• Atsumi Hayakawa - Saki Aibu
  Saki Aibu
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• Mr. Tatematsu - Sei Hiraizumi
  Sei Hiraizumi
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Synchro Boy Group

• Takahiro Hōjō
  Takahiro Hojo
  is a Japanese actor and musician.-Filmography:* Hyoryu Net Cafe* Q.E.D.* Mayonaka wa Betsu no Kao* Life as Sonoda Yuuki* H2 ~ Kimi to itahibi as Sagawa Shuji* Kamen Rider Blade as Mutsuki Kamijou / Kamen Rider Leangle...
  
  
• Yōsuke Fujisawa
• Yū Arakawa
• Kōki Katō
• Tenma Nosaki
• Kei Tanaka
• Hidemasa Shiozawa
• Tatsuya Isaka
  Tatsuya Isaka
  is a Japanese actor. He played Ichigo Kurosaki in the rock musical Bleach.-Television dramas:* Gokusen * Water Boys * Kamen Rider 555 * Genseishin Justiriser * Tumbling -Movie:...
  
  
• Hiroyuki Hamada
  Hiroyuki Hamada
  Hiroyuki Hamada was Born in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima on October 29, 1925. He was the founder of Nihon Koden Shindo Ryu Karatedo and master of Felton Messina.- History :...
  
  
• Atsushi Abe
  Atsushi Abe
  in Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan is a Japanese voice actor represented by Ken Production.- Anime :2005* Kotencotenco, Officer B2006* Coyote Ragtime Show, Alex * Kekkaishi, Boy A , Classmate B * Nana, Male2007...
  
  
• Hironori Ehata
• Ichitarō
  Ichitaro
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• Shintarō Chikada
• Taiyō Takeuchi
• Takanori Kawamoto
• Atsushi Sekita
• Takashi Hyuuga
• Nobuyuki Namiki
• Kougaku Washiatama
• Ichirō Shin
• Satoshi Wakisaki

Episodes

1. Otoko no Synchro!? (男のシンクロ!?)
2. Synchro Ayaushi!? (シンクロ危うし!?)
3. Shuku Kessei! Synchro Dōkōkai (祝結成!シンクロ同好会)
4. Synchro Kōen Kekkō (シンクロ公演決行)
5. Synchro Natsu Gasshuku (シンクロ夏合宿!)
6. Namida no Inter-High (涙のインターハイ)
7. Synchro e no Omoi (シンクロへの想い)
8. Natsu Da! Umi Da! Same Otoko Da (夏だ!海だ!サメ男だ)
9. Kaisan Nanka Shinai (解散なんかしない)
10. 32-nin ga Okosu Kiseki (32人が起こす奇跡)
11. Otoko no Synchro Kōen Saikō no Namida! (男のシンクロ公演最高の涙!)