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Yukan Club

Details

Title: 有閑倶楽部
Title (romaji): Yukan Club
Also known as: Leisure Club
Format: Renzoku
Genre: School comedy
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 12.63%
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2007-Oct-16 to 2007-Dec-18
Air time: Tuesday 22:00
Theme song: Keep The Faith by KAT-TUN

Synopsis

Shochikubai Miroku (Akanishi Jin) is the son of a police commissioner (father) and also a traveller (mother). Miroku has lots of connections and is a very good fighter. His interest is his motorcycle.

Kikumasamune Seishiro (Yokoyuma Yu) is the rich son of a large hospital. He also fights as well as Miroku. He is a good fighter with smarts.

Bido Granmarie (Taguchi Junnosuke) is the son of a Swedish ambassador. He's also a playboy, dating many girls at once. Granmarie can't see himself going steady because he thinks the world can't handle it.

Kenbishi Yuri (Minami) is the rich daughter of a world-renowned president of the Kenbishi Business. She loves to indulge on eating. She's also a good fighter, but can never beat Seishiro.

Hakushika Noriko (Kashii Yu) is the daughter of a famous japanese painter (father) and her mother is from a tradition tea ceremony family. Her only hate is men and can get very violent when they touch her.

Kizakura Karen (Suzuki Emi) lives with her mother, a rich jewel dealer. Her dream is to marry into a rich family using her attractive body and style.

Together, they formed the Yukan Club, solving mysteries to pass time.

Cast

Correlation chart

Akanishi Jin as Shochikubai Miroku
Yokoyama Yu as Kikumasamune Seishiro
Taguchi Junnosuke as Bido Granmarie
Minami as Kenbishi Yuri
Kashii Yu as Hakushika Noriko
Suzuki Emi as Kizakura Karen
Kaga Takeshi as Shochikubai Tokimune
Kataoka Tsurutaro as Kenbishi Mansaku
Kato Kazuko as Kenbishi Yuriko
Shirakawa Yumi as the School Director
Hasegawa Hatsunori as Principal Kurata
Hankai Kazuaki as Head Teacher Murakami
Okayama Hajime as Officer Soma
Sumita Takashi (住田隆) as Officer Katori
Kubo Akira (久保晶) as Godai
Kabira Jay as the narrator
Yamada Shintaro

Guests

Iwata Sayuri as Shiina Saki (ep1)
Hagiwara Nagare as Daka Shimizu (ep1)
Chinen Yuri as Ryota (ep2)
Fuse Hiroshi as Tasuke (ep2)
Iriyama Noriko as Yoshinagawa Ayumi (ep3)
Oshinari Shugo as Tamatsukasa Seiji (ep3)
Kurosawa Toshio as Shirafuji Goro (ep3)
Anan Kenji as Shirafuji's underling (ep3)
Masana Bokuzo (正名僕蔵) as Shinkame Keisuke (ep3)
Takasugi Ko as Shinkame's underling (ep3)
Yoshiyuki Kazuko as Sakuragawa Kinu (ep4)
Matsuda Nanase (松田七星) as the child from the magazine (ep5)
Nakada Aki (中田有紀) as Seishiro's older sister (ep5)

Izumiya Shigeru as Master Unkai (ep5)
Koyama Keiichiro as Kariho Yuya (ep6)
Hashimoto Satoshi as Kongo (ep6)
Waki Tomohiro as Saburo (ep6)
Sasai Eisuke as Noriko's father (ep6)
Mike He as Prince Cassar Garcia (ep7)
Akiyoshi Kumiko as Shochikubai Chiaki (ep8)
Tsurumi Shingo as Keiko (ep8)
Hosoyama Takane (細山貴嶺) as Hiraizumi Ryuichiro (ep9)
Yamazaki Hajime as Midorikawa (ep9)
Maeda Gin as Dewazakura Kinzo (ep10)
Nakamaru Shinsho as Takachiho (ep10)
David Ito as the Samejima gangleader (ep10)

Production Credits

Original writing: Ichijo Yukari (一条ゆかり) Yukan Club (manga)
Screenwriter: Egashira Michiru
Producer: Ogino Tetsuhiro (荻野哲弘)
Director: Oya Taro (大谷太郎)

Episode Ratings

Episode	Kanto	Kansai	Nationwide
01	15.9	??.?	??.?
02	13.7	??.?	??.?
03	12.8	??.?	??.?
04	12.3	??.?	??.?
05	13.0	??.?	??.?
06	12.1	??.?	??.?
07	10.3	??.?	??.?
08	11.1	??.?	??.?
09	12.4	??.?	??.?
10	12.7	??.?	??.?
Average	12.63	??.?	??.?

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Awards

13th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (October-December 2007): Best Drama
13th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (October-December 2007): Best Actor: Akanishi Jin
13th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (October-December 2007): Best Supporting Actor: Taguchi Junnosuke
13th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix (October-December 2007): Best Supporting Actress: Kashii Yu

External Links

Summer 2007	NTV	Winter 2008
Tantei Gakuen Q	Tuesday 22:00	Binbo Danshi

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+*[[Yoshiyuki Kazuko]] as Sakuragawa Kinu (ep4)
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+*[[Yamazaki Hajime]] as Midorikawa (ep9)
+*[[Maeda Gin]] as Dewazakura Kinzo (ep10)
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