3 nen B gumi Kinpachi Sensei
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- Title: 3年B組金八先生
- Title (romaji): 3 nen B gumi Kinpachi Sensei
- Also known as: Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B 1
- Format: Renzoku
- Genre: School drama
- Broadcast network: TBS
Season 1
- Episodes: 22
- Viewership: 23.4
- Broadcast period: 1979-Oct-26 to 1980-Mar-28
- Theme song: Starting Line by Kaientai
Synopsis
Stars popular actor Takeda Tetsuya as an inspirational teacher put in charge of an unruly class of 9th graders. This highly-rated series reveals a rarely-seen side of Japan's educational system.
Cast
- Takeda Tetsuya as Sakamoto Kinpachi
- Baisho Mitsuko
- Hayasaki Bunji
- Ri Reisen
- Natori Yuko
Class 3B - Boys
Class 3B - Girls
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Season 2
- Episodes: 25
- Broadcast period: 1980-Oct-03 to 1981-Mar-1981
Synopsis
This drama offers an enlightening portrayal of the problems faced by junior high students in today's society, from juvenile delinquency and sex to a general crisis of spirit. The series is divided into three major story lines. --TBS
Cast
- Takeda Tetsuya as Sakamoto Kinpachi
- Baisho Mitsuko
- Hayasaki Bunji
- Ri Reisen
- Natori Yuko
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Season 3
- Episodes: 12
Synopsis
This drama offers an enlightening portrayal of the problems faced by junior high students in today's society, from juvenile delinquency and sex to a general crisis of spirit. The series is divided into three major story lines. --TBS
Cast
- Takeda Tetsuya as Sakamoto Kinpachi
- Baisho Mitsuko
- Hayasaki Bunji
- Ri Reisen
- Asano Tadanobu
- Tateishi Ryoko
- Nagano Hiroshi as Narise Koji
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Season 4
- Broadcast period: 1995 to 1996
Cast
- Takeda Tetsuya
- Hayasaki Bunji
- Ri Reisen
- Hoshino Mari
- Komine Rena
- Matsuzawa Kazuyuki
- Omura Ayako (ep3)
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Season 5
- Also known as: Kinpachi Sensei 2000 (KIKU-TV)
- Episodes: 23
- Broadcast period: 1999-Oct-14 to 2000-Mar-30
- Theme song: Atarashii Hitoe by Kaientai
Synopsis
After an absence of four years Kinpachi Sensei, everyone's favorite teacher, returns to the television screen in a new series. When the series first went into production in 1979, delinquency and on-campus violence were big social problems. Over the years, the pressing problems became truancy and bullying, and more recently, disorderly conduct in classrooms and children with explosive tempers. Kinpachi Sensei returns to the classroom to help teenagers caught between childhood and adulthood, who suffer many social and emotional strains.
Cast
- Takeda Tetsuya as Sakamoto Kinpachi Sensei
- Konishi Miho as Hanako Sensei
- Kayashima Narumi as Vice-Principal Kunii
- Kaneda Akio as Kita Sensei
- Morita Junpei as Inui Sensei
- Suzuki Masayuki as Officer Omori
- Lasalle Ishii as Nakano Sensei
- Hara Hideko as Ogura Eiko
- Takahata Atsuko as Nurse Honda
- Hasegawa Tetsuo as Principal Wada
- Orimoto Junkichi as Onishi Yutaka
- Hoshino Mari as Sakamoto Otome
- Ohyama Chiho as Kato Babara
- Kurasawa Momoko
- Tajima Reiko
Class 3B - Boys
- Kamenashi Kazuya as Fukagawa Akihiko
- Kazama Shunsuke as Kanesue Kenjirou
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Season 6
- Episodes: 22 + special
- Viewership: 17.2
- Broadcast period: 2001-Oct-11
- Theme song: Massugu no Uta by Kaientai
Synopsis
Tetsuya Takeda is back for his sixth season as Japan's most dedicated middle school teacher. Sakura Middle School becomes the first school to introduce the new student-guidance standards set to be instituted by the education ministry next April. Two transfer students also will join the 3-B class and, in a historic first, the school will have a non-Japanese teacher on staff.
Cast
- Takeda Tetsuya as Sakamoto Kinpachi Sensei
- Hoshino Mari as Sakamoto Otome
- Konishi Miho as Watanabe Hanako
- Morita Junpei as Inui Tomohiko
- Kayashima Narumi as Kunii Miyoko
- Kaneda Akio as Kita Naoaki
- Sadoi Kenta as Narusako Masashi
- Lily as Tsurumoto Narumi
- Umezu Sakae as Council Chariman Komai
- Hara Hideko as Unui Eiko
- Takahata Atsuko as Honda Tomomi
- Koba Katsuhiko as Senda Yoshiaki
- Shiba Toshio as Dr. Yasui
- Yoshiyuki Kazuko as Ikeuchi Tomoko
- Julia Lawson as Sarimata Bibi (first non-Japanese cast member)
- Kurasawa Momoko
- Komine Rena
- Matsuzawa Kazuyuki
- Oka Ayumi
Class 3B - Boys
- Saito Shota as Imai Tadashi
- Sasaki Kazunori as Kashiro Masaomi
- Kawashima Yoshikazu as Kitamura Mitsuhiro
- Sato Takahiro as Kobori Kensuke
- Sugita Hikaru as Kondo Etsushi
- Mitinaka Shingo as Suga Toshihiro
- Masuda Takahisa as Nagasawa Kazutoshi
- Toushin Yoshikazu as Narusako Masanori
- Tsujimoto Yuki as Nobuta Hirofumi
- Kato Shigeaki as Hasegawa Ken
- Tanaka Takuma as Maeda Heihachiro
- Takezawa Masaki as Yasuhara Hiroki
- Nakao Akiyoshi Yamakoshi Takayuki
- Ota Yuichi as Yamada Tetsuro
- Takahashi Tatushiro as Yamamoto Kentomi
Class 3B - Girls
- Motokariya Yuika as Aonuma Miho
- Sato Megumi as Akamine Mayuko
- Suzuta Risa as Eto Naomi
- Takamatsu Iku as Kasai Miyuki
- Nakabun Mai as Kazami Yoko
- Morita Konomi as Kimura Miki
- Taira Airi as Sasaoka Akane
- Sugyou Mai as Shimoda Eriko
- Sumiyoshi Reina as Shinba Rika
- Ueto Aya as Tsurumoto Nao
- Nakamura Yumi as Hasegawa Nami
- Kanazawa Minami as Baba Kyoko
- Hanada Ayumi as Hoshino Yukie
- Taniguchi Kyoko as Honda Natsumi
- Matsumoto Maika as Morita Kaori
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Osanai Mieko
- Producer: Yanai Mitsuru
- Directors: Fukuzawa Katsuo (1,3,6,8,11,12,15,18,19,21,special), Ikuno Jiro (2,7) Miki Shinichi (4,10,13,14,16), Kato Shin (5,9,17,20,22)
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Season 7
- Episodes: 21 plus Graduation SP
- Viewership: 14.5
- Broadcast period: 2004-Oct-15 to 2005-Mar-25
- Air time: Friday 22:00
- Theme song: Hatsukoi no Ita Basho by Kaientai
- Incidental music:
- Evening Falls, by Enya (ep18)
Synopsis
This series is back in its 25th year with the seventh series. What concerns and problems with this new class confront Kimpachi Sakamoto (Takeda Tetsuya) with? Yet again, through the days and months of the year, we will learn lessons which money can't buy.
In the sixth series, Sakamoto was in heated disagreement with Principal Chida over teaching methods. So much so that he was ordered off the Board of Education. But he is back teaching at Sakura Middle School. Recently there has been a spate of young crime. Even Sakura has to deal with new problems like drugs and sexually transmitted diseases. Kimpachi returns to a school system in tumult. What problems will he confront and what message will he have for us? Keep and eye on class 3B over the next six months. --TBS
Cast
- Takeda Tetsuya as Sakamoto Kinpachi Sensei
- Hoshino Mari as Sakamoto Otome
- Sano Yasuomi
- Kiba Katsumi
- Kayashima Narumi as Kunii Miyoko
- Morita Junpei as Inui Tomohiko
- Kaneda Akio as Kita Naoaki
- Yamazaki Ginnojou
- Fukae Takuji
- Konishi Miho as Watanabe Hanako
- Takahata Atsuko as Honda Tomomi
- Suzuki Masayuki
- Komine Rena
- Kazama Shunsuke as Kanesue Kenjirou (ep1)
Class 3B - Boys
- Yuki Yohei as Takagi Hayato
- Taira Keisho as Sonogami Masayuki
- Imafuku Shunsuke as Rata Noaki
- Murakami Yuta as Nagasaka Wako
- Takeuchi Tomoya as Onokou Taro
- Fugane Shigeya as Kanamaru Hiroaki
- Tsutsui Mao as Shima Kenichiro
- Hamada Gaku as Kano Shintaro
- Yabu Kouta as Suzuki Kojiro
- Yaotome Hikaru as Maruyama Shu
- Hagio Midori as Maruyama Mitsuyo (Shu's mother)
- Ayukawa Taiyo as Kozuka Takaashi
- Uwamori Hiroyuki as Kasai Jun
- Tomiura Satoshi as Takamura Masato
- Chiyo Shota as Tomiyama Ryota
- Takeshita Kyohei as Eguchi Tetsushi
Class 3B - Girls
- Sugabayashi Saori as Komura Asuka
- Kurokawa Tomoka as Inaba Maiko
- Fukuda Saki as Asada Reiko
- Gunji Ayano as Nishio Hiromi
- Kiyoura Natsumi as Oogo Asuka
- Shiraishi Chiyo as Nakakihara Tomomi
- Sasayama Tsuzuki as Nakazawa Yuko
- Watanabe Arina as Sugita Sachie
- Iwata Sayuri as Iijima Yayoi
- Igarashi Nao as Anjo Yuki
- Terashima Saki as Shimizu Nobuko
- Kato Mizuki as Himeno Asako
- Saehiro Yui as Ogawa Hiro
- Kamiwaki Yu as Tsuboi Noriko
- Ishida Miku as Tanaka Naoka
Production Credits
- Screenwriters: Osanai Mieko (小山内美江子), Shimizu Yuki (清水有生)
- Producer: Yanai Mitsuru (柳井満)
- Directors: Fukuzawa Katsuo, Mishiro Shinichi, Kato Arata
- Music: Jonouchi Misa (城之内ミサ)
External Links
Season 8
- Viewership ratings: 9.2 (Kanto)
- Broadcast period: 2007-Oct-11 to 2008-Mar
- Air time: Thursday 21:00 to 21:54
Synopsis
The long awaited 8th season of the “Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B” series is coming back this fall. The original series began airing in 1979, and has conveyed various messages to viewers and society in every series. The environment surrounding senior students in junior high school have drastically changed throughout the years. This includes facing college entrance examinations and higher education, worrying about relationships between their parents, teachers and friends, and dealing with expectations and disappointments. The series will once again depict the passion of Kinpachi Sakamoto, the teacher who shares the joys and sorrows with his 25 students, and the students who, in turn, also grow with him. The drama is scheduled to air until March 2008. --TBS
Cast
- Takeda Tetsuya as Sakamoto Kinpachi Sensei
- Hoshino Mari as Sakamoto Otome
- Fujisawa Ema as Tachibana Kaori
- Sano Yasuomi as Sakamoto Kosaku
- Segawa Ryo as Kimura Tadashi
- Yamada Jundai (山田純大) as Yazawa Akira
- Myosei Mayumi (明星真由美) as Kawaguchi Sumireko
- Suzuki Masayuki as Oomori Junsa
- Yamazaki Ginnojou as Endo Tatsuya
- Asano Kazuyuki as Kashimada Koji
- Morita Junpei as Inui Tomohiko
- Kaneda Akio as Kita Naoaki
- Takahata Atsuko as Honda Tomomi
- Nagaoka Mami
Class 3-B
- Uekusa Yuta as Kanawa Yuki
- Kamei Taku as Kitayama Taisho
- Sanada Yuma as Iwasaki Koichi
- Camu Cade as Chigasaki Mondo
- Takahata Mitsuki as Taguchi Ayaka
- Tanabe Shuto as Igarashi Masamichi
- Sugasawa Mizuki as Hirano Minami
- Mizusawa Nako as Eto Sayaka
- Sakai Taiyo (坂井太陽) as Urushida Shun
- Fukawa Shunta (布川隼汰) as Ohnishi Yuji
- Takahashi Noriaki (高橋伯明) as Kawase Mitsuya
- Hirose Shinpei (廣瀬真平) as Satonaka Kentaro
- Yonemitsu Takato (米光隆翔) as Tamada Toru
- Sakamoto Yuta (坂本優太) as Hasegawa Takashi
- Kanno Hayato (菅野隼人) as Hirono Tomoharu
- Iwakata Jiro (岩方時郎) as Watanabe Takeshi
- Kusakari Mayu (草刈麻有) as Moritsuki Mika
- Kajio Mai (梶尾舞) as Ando Miyuki
- Kutsuna Shiori as Kanai Akiko
- Ushiyama Misuzu (牛山みすず) as Kawakami Shiori
- Moribe Mayuka (森部万友佳) as Sato Chihiro
- Yamada Rei (山田麗) as Suwabe Hiromi
- Hagiya Utena (萩谷うてな) as Tsukada Rina
- Fujii Mayo (藤井真世) as Nakamura Mieko
- Imoto Kyoko (井本杏子) as Wada Junko
Production Credits
- Original writing: Osanai Mieko (小山内美江子)
- Screenwriter: Shimizu Yuki (清水有生)
- Producer: Yanai Mitsuru (柳井満)
- Director: Imai Natsuki, Kato Arata, Shono Jiro, Ooka Susumu (大岡進)
Episode Ratings
| Episode | Kanto | Kansai | Nationwide |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 13.9 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 02 | 12.5 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 03 | 11.6 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 04 | 11.4 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 05 | 09.3 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 06 | 08.2 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 07 | 08.7 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 08 | 09.3 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 09 | 07.9 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 10 | 08.3 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 11 | 09.3 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 12 | 08.8 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 13 | 07.8 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 14 | 08.9 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 15 | 07.7 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 16 | 08.6 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 17 | 08.7 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 18 | 08.3 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 19 | 07.1 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 20 | 07.1 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 21 | 07.5 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 22 | 11.1 | ??.? | ??.? |
| Average | 09.2 | ??.? | ??.? |
Source: Video Research, Ltd.
External Links
| Summer 2004 | Season 7 | Spring 2005 |
| Sekai no Chuushin de, Ai wo Sakebu | Friday 22:00 | Tiger & Dragon |
| Summer 2007 | Season 8 | Spring 2008 |
| Jigoku no Sata mo Yome Shidai | Thursday 21:00 | Wataru Seken wa oni Bakari 9 |
