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[[File:Tokkyu Tanaka 3 Go.jpg|thumb|400px|Tokkyu Tanaka 3 Go DVD cover]]

==Details==
*'''Title:''' 特急田中３号
*'''Title (romaji):''' Tokkyu Tanaka 3 Go
*'''Also known as:''' Tanaka Express 3 / Limited Express Tanaka 3
*'''Format:''' Renzoku
*'''Genre:''' Comedy, romance, friendship
*'''Episodes:''' 11
*'''Viewership ratings:''' 08.8% (Kanto)
*'''Broadcast network:''' TBS
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2007-Apr-13 to 2007-Jun-22
*'''Air time:''' Friday 22:00
*'''Theme song:''' ''Yorokobi no Uta'' (''Song of Joy'') by [[Wikipedia:KAT-TUN|KAT-TUN]]

==Synopsis==
After two years of preparation, Ichiro Tanaka finally enters a university disdained as a third-class one. Out of his ardent desire to become popular with girls, he by chance steps into the world of the railroad "otaku" (commonly called "tetsu"), getting deeply involved in the fascinating railroad world. This drama portrays Ichiro who, together with those lonely "tetsu" guys he meets there who "want to be popular so badly but are not," develops love and friendship and grows mature as a person. ''--TBS''

==User/Viewer Ratings==
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==Cast==
[[File:tokkyu_relation.jpg|thumb|300px|Relationship Chart]]
*[[Tanaka Koki]] as Tanaka Ichiro
*[[Tsukamoto Takashi]] as Hanagata Kei
*[[Akiyama Ryuji]] as Momoyama Seiji
*[[Kuriyama Chiaki]] as Meguro Terumi
*[[Kato Rosa]] as Shibuya Kotone
*[[Hiraiwa Kami]] as Kojima Riko
*[[Kaito Ken]] as Makita Joji
*[[Okouchi Nanako]] as Kato Miharu
*[[Sakamaki Keisuke]] (坂巻恵介) as Kimura
*[[Minami Shuhei]] (南周平) as Sasaki
*[[Kimura Ryo]] as Tanaka Jiro
*[[Endo Kenichi]] as Tanaka Katsuji
*[[Saito Keiko]] as Tanaka Shizue
*[[Yoshiyuki Kazuko]] as Tanaka Haru
*[[Hirooka Yuriko]] as Momoyama Saori
*[[Omi Toshinori]] as Momoyama Makoto
*[[Sudo Kentaro]] (須藤謙太朗) as Momoyama Seitaro
*[[Toyooka Masumi]] as Izumi
*[[Hashimoto Jun]] as Master
*[[Takahashi Issei]] as Mishima Ken
*[[Nozuki Takahiro]] (野月貴弘) as Tetsu A
*[[Minamida Yusuke]] (南田裕介) as Tetsu B
*[[Tomikawa Kazuhito]] as Tetsu C

===Guests===
*[[Takagi Maria]] (gokon, ep1)
*[[Tachibana Ayano]] (gokon, ep1)
*[[Yamaguchi Misa]] (山口美沙) (gokon, ep1)
*[[Tomikawa Kazuhito]] (ep1)
*[[Tanaka Subaru]] (田中彗) as Tanaka Ichiro as a child (ep1)
*[[Tanaka Juri]] as Tanaka Jiro as a child (ep1)
*[[Passion Yara]] as a worker (ep3-4)
*[[Manami]] (愛実) as Miki (ep3,4,8,9)
*[[Noguchi Seiko]] (野口聖古) as Hitomi (ep3,9)
*[[Takahashi Hitomi]] as Meguro Keiko (ep3,9)
*[[Shitara Osamu]] as Terumi's father (ep3,8)
*[[Takahashi George]] as George (ep3,10)
*[[Harada Bunmei]] as Professor Yamakawa (ep4)
*[[Ato Kai]] as Professor Fujii (ep5)
*[[Kikuchi Kinya]] as Kodera (ep5)
*[[Denden]] as Maegi (ep7)
*[[Kinami Haruka]] as Yoshie (ep7)
*[[Kobayashi Katsuya]] as Iwashiro (ep7)
*[[Nakagawa Reiji]] (中川家礼二) as Shimaoka (ep8-10)
*[[Kamenashi Kazuya]] as Shibahara Toru (ep9)
*[[Yokomi Hirohiko]] (横見浩彦) as Tetsu (ep10)
*[[Kimura Yuko]] (木村裕子) as Tetsuko (ep10)
*[[Matsumoto Jun (female)|Matsumoto Jun]]

==Production Credits==
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Hashimoto Hiroshi]]
*'''Producer:''' [[Isoyama Aki]]
*'''Director:''' [[Hirano Shunichi]], [[Kaneko Fuminori]], [[Tsuboi Toshio]]
*'''Music:''' [[Nakanishi Kyo]]

==Episode Titles==
*'''Ep 01:''' My Tracks Lead to You!
*'''Ep 02:''' You're the Lousiest Guy in the Whole World!
*'''Ep 03:''' A 1-on-1 Battle with Your Boyfriend in Your Hometown!?
*'''Ep 04:''' A Guy who Makes Lies into Truth
*'''Ep 05:''' How Long Does it Take to be Friends?
*'''Ep 06:''' Kindness is His Only Redeeming Feature
*'''Ep 07:''' The Love Train's Maiden Journey
*'''Ep 08:''' I Wanna Be Your Man, But...
*'''Ep 09:''' A Teary-Eyed First Kiss
*'''Ep 10:''' There's No Tomorrow for Us
*'''Ep 11:''' Our Train Heads for the Future

==Episode Ratings==
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0"
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Episode
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Kanto
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Kansai
! width=100 bgcolor="#FFCCCC" | Nationwide
|- align=center
| 01 || 11.5 || 12.8 || ??.?
|- align=center
| 02 || 08.7 || 11.6 || ??.?
|- align=center
| 03 || 07.6 || 14.3 || ??.?
|- align=center
| 04 || 08.0 || 10.2 || ??.?
|- align=center
| 05 || 08.3 || 12.3 || ??.?
|- align=center
| 06 || 09.4 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 07 || 08.5 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 08 || 09.1 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 09 || 09.7 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 10 || 06.8 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align=center
| 11 || 08.9 || ??.? || ??.?
|- align="center" style="background:#ffdead;"
! Average || 08.8 || ??.? || ??.?
|}
Source: [http://www.videor.co.jp Video Research, Ltd.]

==Notes==
Tanaka Subaru and Tanaka Juri who played the Tanaka brothers as children in episode 1 are the real brothers of the lead Tanaka Koki.

==External Links==
*[http://www.tbs.co.jp/tokkyuu3/ Official site]
*[[Wikipedia:ja:特急田中3号|Japanese Wikipedia]]

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