Happy!
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Details
- Title: Happy!
- Format: Tanpatsu (across 2 SPs)
- Genre: Sports
- Broadcast network: TBS
- Theme song: Real Face #1 by KAT-TUN
SP 1
- Broadcast date: 2006-Apr-07
- Air time: Friday 21:00
- Insert song: She said by KAT-TUN
Synopsis
Based on the manga by Urasawa Naoki. The story is about girl who want to be professional tennis player to earn money and clear a debt.
Miyuki Umino is an 18-year old high school student who is looking after her younger siblings after their parents pass away. One day, a bill collector by the name of Junji Sakurada appears, and informs her that her brother Ieyasu had disappeared, leaving behind a debt of 250,000,000 yen (over 2 million dollars). Miyuki is shocked and has no idea how her family could ever repay this money. But when watching television and hearing about a female tennis pro that had earned 250,000,000 yen, Miyuki comes to a decision. --TBS
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Cast
- Aibu Saki as Umino Miyuki
- Miyasako Hiroyuki as Sakurada Junji
- Taguchi Junnosuke as Ootori Keiichiro
- Kobayashi Mao as Ryuugasaki Chouko
- Katahira Nagisa as Ootori Utako
- Watanabe Eri as Ryuugasaki Hanae
- Natsukawa Jun as Kaku Kikuko
- Morishita Yoshiyuki as Yamaguchi Momotarou
- Numata Baku as Katsuragi
- Tayama Ryosei as Coach Futa
- Fuwa Mansaku as Coach Shibazaki
- Arakawa Yoshiyoshi as Umino Ieyasu
- Aikawa Sho as Wanibuchi Kyouhei
- Shoufukutei Tsurube
- Tanaka Yoji
- Maria Sharapova as herself cameo
SP 2
- Title: Happy! 2
- Broadcast date: 2006-Dec-26
- Air time: Tuesday 21:00
Synopsis
The new coach who appeared in front of Miyuki was rumored to be "a man who was expelled from the tennis world after he was found guilty of committing an act of obscenity on his student". In order to pay off her brother's debt, Miyuki aims to win the championship with a prize money of 5 million Yen and the qualification to participate in the preliminary contest for the US Open Tennis Championship. However, what is the training the coach has ordered her to carry out? --TBS
Cast
- Aibu Saki as Umino Miyuki
- Miyasako Hiroyuki as Sakurada Junji
- Taguchi Junnosuke as Ootori Keiichiro
- Kobayashi Mao as Ryuugasaki Chouko
- Katahira Nagisa as Ootori Utako
- Natsukawa Jun as Kaku Kikuko
- Numata Baku as Katsuragi
- Morishita Yoshiyuki as Yamaguchi Momotarou
- Arakawa Yoshiyoshi as Umino Ieyasu
- Aikawa Sho as Wanibuchi Kyouhei
- Shoufukutei Tsurube
- Tanaka Yoji
- Kato Keisuke