Beginners!

Details

Title: ビギナーズ!
Title (English): Beginners!
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Police
Episodes: 10
Viewership rating: 07.3% (Kanto)
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2012-Jul-12 start
Air time: Thursday 21:00
Theme song: WANNA BEEEE!!! by Kis-My-Ft2

Synopsis

The story takes place in a police academy boarding school. Under 24 hour surveillance for 10 months, and having to follow the rules of the school: “absolute obedience,” “no cell phones,” and “no romance.” Enduring the grueling instructions from their strict instructors, their one escape from this hell was each other, or so they thought... However, the class that Shimura, Tachibana, and Momoe are put into was the “S Class,” where the misfits were grouped together. Teppei’s dream since he was a child was becoming a “marathon runner,” however, with his father’s unemployment and disappearance, his life starts to fall apart, leaving him with a past of being a well-known delinquent in his hometown. Danji was born to a wealthy family, leading a comfortable life, however, with his illness as a trigger, he stops going to school, and he goes down the wrong path. Hiro grew up in a normal household; however, as not to become a burden for her family, she opts for a realistic job of being a police officer, leading her to question herself of whether she truly wants to be one. “S Class” consists of students including former delinquent, a dropout, going in it for the money, no real aspirations, below average grades, bad health, coward, or just simply a misfit. Will they be able to get used to their strict dorm life and be able to graduate!? --TBS

User/Viewer Ratings

5.00

(one vote)

Cast

Correlation chart

Fujigaya Taisuke as Shimura Teppei
- Ohashi Ritsu as young Teppei (ep1,6)
Kitayama Hiromitsu as Tachibana Danji
Gouriki Ayame as Momoe Hiro
Emoto Tokio as Yamane Shogo
- Tsuchiya Kaede (土屋楓) as young Shogo (ep2)
Koyanagi Yu as Sugiyama Kiyotaka
Ishii Tomoya as Ishioka Taichi
Mori Ren as Onda Yuichi
- Sato Shion as young Yuichi (ep1)
Okamoto Azusa as Niijima Chiaki
Mizusawa Erena as Fukuhara Yoko
- Komatsuzaki Yuna (小松崎夕楠) as young Yoko (ep4)
Moritaka Ai as Shimura Manatsu
- Hamano Mari (浜野希莉) as young Manatsu (ep6)
Miyakawa Ichirota as Momoe Yoshinori
Kawai Michiko as Momoe Akemi
Aoyama Noriko as Mine Yuri
Kaga Takeshi as Takamura Koutaro
Kunihiro Tomiyuki as Shimura Kyoichiro
Yanagisawa Shingo as Fukuda Kiyoshi
Ishida Hikari as Ryuzaki Misaki
Sugimoto Tetta as Sakuraba Naoki

Guests

Date Satoru (伊達暁) as Onizuka Tatsuo (ep1-2,4,6-7,10)
Matsunaga Reiko as Fukuda Akiko (ep1,5-6,9-10)
Horiuchi Keiko as Tachibana Rinako (ep1)
Kadono Tetsuro (角野哲郎) (ep1,4,7)
Miyahira Yasuharu as a student (ep1,4)
Hirano Takahiro as an officer (ep1, 9-10)
Yoshino Yumi as an instructor (ep1-2,5,10)
Tanaka Keizo as a police officer (ep2)
Yoshinaga Shuhei as an instructor (ep2)
Shimizu Shin (ep2)
Gregory Pekar as the English instructor (ep2)
Godai Takayuki as Sugiyama Katsuya (ep3,9)
Mori Kanna as Kosaka Machiko (ep3)
Sano Kazuma as Mukai Hideki (ep3)
Ito Shuko as Takebayashi Noriko (ep3)
Yamada Kenta as Kameno Kota (ep3,6)
Suzuki Taku as a police officer (ep3)
Yamazaki Masaya (山崎まさや) as owner of the ramen restaurant (ep3)
Watanabe Sugie as Sugiyama’s mother (ep3,9)
Kikuchi Yurie (菊池友里恵) as Mukai’s girlfriend (ep3)
Koyanagi Yukimi as Kameno’s mother (ep3)
Osako Mahiro (大硲真陽) as Ryuzaki Shinta (ep3-4,6)
Okunuki Kaoru as Sekine Shiho (ep3-4)
Tarumi Keisuke as a student (ep4)
Kobayashi Hiroyuki (小林裕之) (ep4)
Kinoshita Chie (木下智恵) (ep4)
Ishikawa Yuji (石川裕司) (ep4)
Ono Katsuyoshi (小野克好) (ep4)
Hayakawa Saine (早川彩音) as a young girl (ep4)
Kondo Risa as a young girl (ep4)
Omisha Reika (大見謝伶華) as a young girl (ep4)
Kawashima Sana (川嶋紗南) as a young girl (ep4)
Inoue Reo (井上怜) (ep4)
Hirata Keishi (平田敬士) (ep4)
Ito Aoi as Hiyori (ep4)
Matsuo Satoru as Igarashi Tsuyoshi (ep5)
Matsui Daigo as Suzuki Tetsuro (ep5)
Shibuya Kento as Hamano Junpei (ep5)
Tada Masafumi (多田昌史) as a student (ep5)
Hirose Yuichiro (廣瀬裕一郎) as a student (ep5)
Arakawa Yurieru (荒川ユリエル) as a student (ep5)
Hatanaka Masafumi (畠中正文) (ep6)
Yamamoto Eiri (山本英里) (ep6)
Uji Kiyotaka (宇治清高) as a student (ep7)
Suzuki Yuji (鈴木雄二) (ep7)
Satoi Kenta as Sakaguchi Akihiro (ep7-9)
Iwamoto Masuyo as Sekine Kiyoko (ep8)
Kitami Toshiyuki as Kuriya (ep8)
Miyaji Masako as Hosokawa Fukuko (ep8)
Ueki Natto (ep8)
Yokoyama Akio as an island residence (ep8)
Tachibanaya Fumizo (橘家二三蔵) as an island residence (ep8)
Otake Koichi (大竹浩一) as a thief (ep8)
Inoue Hiroshi (井上浩) (ep8)
Kato Yutaka (加藤裕) (ep8)
Goto Tsuyoshi (五刀剛) (ep8)
Ishihara Yoshinobu (ep8)
Morishita Jinsei (森下じんせい) (ep8)
Arai Yuichi (新居祐一) (ep8)
Tokui Yuu as Sugiyama Masato (ep9)
Nakamura Ryoji (中村僚志) as an official (ep10)
Mikami Satoshi (三上哲) (ep10)
Shiino Shigeru (椎野茂) as the announcer (ep10)

Production Credits

Screenwriter: Sakurai Tsuyoshi
Producer: Nakai Yoshihiko (中井芳彦)
Director: Yamamuro Daisuke, Nakamae Yuji, Muto Jun
Music Producer: Shida Hirohide
Music: Ichikawa Jun, michitomo

Episode Information

Episode	Subtitle	Ratings (Kanto)
01	Freedom...Youth...Romance...all that is not allowed!! Turns out, police academy is hell	08.5
02	The day that the no-good scaredy cat becomes the hero	09.9
03	You're only young once!! The sudden crush...	05.9
04	Not wanting to give up	07.0
05	Becoming one	08.1
06	First kiss	07.6
07	I don't wanna lose	06.5
08	My dream becomes my goal	06.4
09	The prequel to the finale. Towards the future you hope for!	07.1
10	Tonight, the finale. Farewell, police academy!	05.7
Average		07.3

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

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