ROOKIES
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Details
- Title: ルーキーズ
- Title (English): ROOKIES
- Format: Renzoku
- Genre: Sports drama
- Episodes: 11
- Viewership rating: 14.8 (Kanto)
- Broadcast network: TBS
- Broadcast period: 2008-Apr-19 to 2008-Jul-26
- Air time: Saturday 20:00
- Theme song: Kiseki by GreeeeN
Synopsis
Koichi Kawato is the new Japanese Literature teacher at the ill-famed Futakotamagawa high school, whose baseball club is composed of thugs and bullies who have been suspended for a year from all school competitions, for causing a brawl during an official match. The newly appointed teacher finds that the club members left are only interested in women, smoking and doing nothing until, under Kawato's guidance, they discover their dream of going to the Koshien high school baseball tournament. However, the road to Koshien is far from easy as many obstacles await them.
User/Viewer Ratings
Cast
- Sato Ryuta as Kawato Koichi
- Ichihara Hayato as Aniya Keiichi
- Koide Keisuke as Mikoshiba Toru
- Shirota Yu as Shinjo Kei
- Nakao Akiyoshi as Sekikawa Shuta
- Takaoka Sousuke as Wakana Tomochika
- Kiritani Kenta as Hiratsuka Taira
- Sato Takeru as Okada Yuya
- Igarashi Shunji as Yufune Tetsuro
- Kawamura Yosuke as Hiyama Kiyooki
- Onoue Hiroyuki as Imaoka Shinobu
- Murakawa Eri as Yagi Toko
- Amano Hiroyuki as Kakefu Mitsuhide
- Asano Kazuyuki as Ikebe Shunsaku
- Fukiishi Kazue as Mayumi Rie
- Osugi Ren as Fujimura Akihiro
- Ibu Masato as Murayama Yoshio
Production Credits
- Original writing: Manga ROOKIES by Morita Masanori (森田まさのり)
- Screenwriter: Izumi Yoshihiro
- Planning: Ishimaru Akihiko
- Producer: Tsuru Masaaki
- Director: Hirakawa Yuichiro (ep1,3,5,8-9,11), Muto Jun (ep2,6), Yamamoto Takeyoshi (ep4,10), Nakamae Yuji (ep7)
- Musical producer: Shida Hirohide
- Music: Haketa Takefumi, Takami Yu
Episode Information
| Episode | Air Date | Subtitle | Ratings (Kanto) |
Ratings (Kansai) | Ratings (Nationwide) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 2008-Apr-19 | The heated battle begins between delinquents and their new teacher! | 12.2 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 02 | 2008-Apr-26 | Believe in your dreams! | 14.8 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 03 | 2008-May-03 | Things worth protecting until the end | 15.4 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 04 | 2008-May-10 | Starting from rock-bottom | 13.1 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 05 | 2008-May-17 | If you lose, it's all over... And then, the last man! | 16.4 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 06 | 2008-Jun-07 | Tonight the second chapter starts: A miraculous victory!? And then, a tearful departure... |
15.4 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 07 | 2008-Jun-14 | Unforgivable defeat | 14.2 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 08 | 2008-Jun-28 | A far-off dream... A victory for tomorrow | 14.7 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 09 | 2008-Jul-05 | Sordid pride | 14.6 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 10 | 2008-Jul-19 | Final Chapter, Part 1: The last summer... And then... | 12.5 | ??.? | ??.? |
| 11 | 2008-Jul-26 | Final Chapter, Part 2: Farewell to a most beloved teacher... | 19.5 | ??.? | ??.? |
| Average | -- | -- | 14.8 | ??.? | ??.? |
Source: Video Research, Ltd.
- The series did not air on May 24 or May 31 because of the 2008 Beijing Olympics volleyball qualifying matches.
- The series did not air again on June 21 and July 12 to give way to the broadcast of the Women's Volleyball World Grand Prix 2008.
Special
- Viewership rating: 10.0
- Broadcast date: 2008-Oct-04
- Air time: Saturday 18:30
Cast
- Sato Ryuta as Kawato Koichi
- Ichihara Hayato as Aniya Keiichi
- Koide Keisuke as Mikoshiba Toru
- Shirota Yu as Shinjo Kei
- Nakao Akiyoshi as Sekikawa Shuta
- Takaoka Sousuke as Wakana Tomochika
- Kiritani Kenta as Hiratsuka Taira
- Sato Takeru as Okada Yuya
- Igarashi Shunji as Yufune Tetsuro
- Kawamura Yosuke as Hiyama Kiyooki
- Onoue Hiroyuki as Imaoka Shinobu
- Murakawa Eri as Yagi Toko
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Izumi Yoshihiro
- Producer: Tsuru Masaaki
- Director: Hirakawa Yuichiro
Recognitions
- 2nd Tokyo Drama Awards: Best Drama (Renzoku)
- 58th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Drama
- 58th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Actor - Sato Ryuta
- 58th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actor - Ichihara Hayato
- 58th Television Drama Academy Awards: Best Theme Song - Kiseki
- 58th Television Drama Academy Awards: Special Award - Nikogaku Nine
- 13th Asian Television Awards: Highly Commended in the Best Drama Series Category
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