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.
Their destiny awaits!

==User/Viewer Ratings==
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==Cast==
[[File:Rookies-chart.jpg|thumb|400px|Correlation chart]]
*[[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
**;''[[ROOKIES/Cast-Guests|Supporting Cast & Guests]]

==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]] (武藤淳) (ep2,6), [[Yamamoto Takeyoshi]] (ep4,10), [[Nakamae Yuji]] (中前勇児) (ep7)
*'''Musical producer:''' [[Shida Hirohide]] (志田博英)
*'''Music:''' [[Haketa Takefumi]], [[Takami Yu]]

==Episode Information==
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Episode
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Air Date
! width=450 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Subtitle
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Ratings<br>(Kanto)
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Ratings (Kansai)
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Ratings (Nationwide)
|- align=center
| 01 || 2008-Apr-19 || The heated battle begins between delinquents and their new teacher! || 12.2 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 02 || 2008-Apr-26 || Believe in your dreams! || 14.8 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 03 || 2008-May-03 || Things worth protecting until the end || 15.4 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 04 || 2008-May-10 || Starting from rock-bottom || 13.1 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 05 || 2008-May-17 || If you lose, it's all over... And then, the last man! || 16.4 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 06 || 2008-Jun-07 || Tonight the second chapter starts:<br> A miraculous victory!? And then, a tearful departure... || 15.4 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 07 || 2008-Jun-14 || Unforgivable defeat || 14.2 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 08 || 2008-Jun-28 || A far-off dream... A victory for tomorrow || 14.7 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 09 || 2008-Jul-05 || Sordid pride || 14.6 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 10 || 2008-Jul-19 || Final Chapter, Part 1: The last summer... And then... || 12.5 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 11 || 2008-Jul-26 || Final Chapter, Part 2: Farewell to a most beloved teacher... || 19.5 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align="center" style="background:#ffdead;"
! Average || -- || -- || 14.8 || ??.? || ??.?
|}
Source: [http://www.videor.co.jp 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 [[Wikipedia:Volleyball World Grand Prix|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

==External Links==
*[http://www.tbs.co.jp/rookies08/ Official site]
*[[Wikipedia:ja:ROOKIES#テレビドラマ|Japanese Wikipedia]]

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