is a Japanese 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

Japan

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 on Fuji Television

Fuji Television

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 in 2004. The series is very closely related in style to the first season of Water Boys

Water Boys (TV series)

is a Japanese television drama series aired in Japan on Fuji Television in 2003. There is a fairly large cast due to the amount of members in each team...

, except set in a different environment—a girls school.

Story

Three years ago, the former all-girl Himeno High School opened its doors to male students, but the school still retains its female-dominated environment as the school still has a majority female population. Eikichi Mizushima transfers into the school from a prestigious Aoba High School in Tokyo

Tokyo

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, where he was previously a member of the swimming team, to be with his grandfather, Kamekichi, while his father was away in New York

New York

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 starting a new business.

Yōsuke Yamamoto always wanted to a boy's sports club in the school and, when he heard about Eikichi's involvement with the swim club, decided to make his own. Starting from scratch, the boys must go through similar hardships to start their own swimming club, except this time they have a strong opposition of the female presence.

Cast

• Eikichi Mizushima - Hayato Ichihara
• Shiori Yazawa - Satomi Ishihara
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• Yosuke Yamamoto - Akiyoshi Nakao
• Senichi Kawasaki - Keita Saitō
• Iwata Iwao - Teppei Koike
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• Hideki Sano - Ryo Kimura
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• Hijiri Saotome - Takatoshi Kaneko
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• Natsuko Ohara - Sayaka Yamaguchi
• Kayo Oba - Reina Asami
• Haruka Koshino - Waka Inoue
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• Kozue Kitagawa - Emi Suzuki
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• Reiko Kashiyama - Midoriko Kimura
• Kamekichi Mizushima - Masao Imafuku
• Kaoru Yazawa - Aiko Morishita
• Akira Yazawa - Fumiyo Kohinata
• Kozo Kasuya - Shiro Sano
• Yoko Oshima
• Kiwako Ashikawa - Sachie Hara