Juken no Kamisama

Details

Title: 受験の神様
Title (romaji): Juken no Kamisama
Also known as: The Goddess of Exams
Format: Renzoku
Genre: School, family
Episodes: 10
Viewership rating: 09.5 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2007-Jul-14 to 2007-Sep-22 (ep6 Aug 25)
Air time: Saturday 21:00
Theme song: Honjitsu, Mijukumono by TOKIO

Synopsis

Thirty-five year old Umezawa Isamu works for a major trading firm and is a single dad to his only son, Hiroshi, a sixth-grader who hates to study but loves to play baseball. Ever since his wife divorced him on a whim five years ago, his days have been a constant struggle to keep up with work and household chores. One day, Isamu sets out on the task of finding his son a prep school for junior high entrance exams, but he becomes desperate when finding that most schools have already closed off applications. It is at such a time that Isamu hears about the Goddess of Exams. Rumor has it that she was accepted at all of the 17 topnotch junior high schools with top scores 2 years ago and that whoever she tutors makes it into the school of their wish, one hundred percent. Isamu finds out that the girl's name is Sugawara Michiko and begins a frantic search for her. When Isamu finally finds Michiko and pleads her to tutor Hiroshi, she demands, "If you want me to tutor your son, kneel down at my feet and beg." --NTV

Cast

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Yamaguchi Tatsuya as Umezawa Isamu
Narumi Riko as Sugawara Michiko
Nagashima Mitsuki as Umezawa Hiroshi
Morimoto Ryutaro as Saionji Yoshitsugu
Osonoe Eri (小薗江愛理) as Tezuka Megumi
Morisaki Hiroyuki (森崎博之) as Saionji Kimitsugu
Miyaji Masako as Saionji Fumie
Kaito Ken as Matsuoka Kosuke
Kuroda Yuki as Yamamoto Shinichi
Ogawa Nana as Nishida Mari
Ishibashi Anna as Wada Saori
Morimoto Shintaro as Saionji Tadatsugu
Arai Kentaro (荒井健太郎) as Nakao Kazuki
Nishimura Masahiko as Amaki Shigeo
Sudo Risa as Tezuka Yumi
Ohkura Koji as Tezuka Shinsaku
Yachigusa Kaoru as Umezawa Nobuko

Guests

Sasaki Yuya (佐々木裕也) (ep1-2)
Ogi Shigemitsu as President Mitamura (ep1)
Fukazawa Atsushi (ep1)
Suzuki Mie (鈴木美恵) (ep1,7,9)
Kikuchi Kinya as Muroguchi Ryota (ep2,7)
Ito Masayuki (ep2)
Kawabuchi Yoshikazu (川渕良和) (ep2,9)
Asazato Mari (麻里万里) (ep2)
Murakami Wataru (村上航) (ep2,5,9)
Mikami Satoshi (三上哲) (ep2)
Izumisawa Yuuki as Amaki Aran (ep3,5,9-10)
Inowaki Kai (井之脇海) (ep3,5)
Hattori Anna (服部杏奈) (ep3)
Maeda Gin as President Isobe (ep3-4)
Hasegawa Tomoharu as Kasai (ep3)
Sato Jiro as Yoshida (ep3)
Nakamaru Shinsho (ep3)
Nomura Suzuno (野村涼乃) as Ryoko (ep4,7,10)

Fukuchi Asami (福地亜紗美) as Fukumoto Aki (ep4,7,8,10)
Kaneo Mizuho (兼尾瑞穂) (ep4,7)
Anan Kenji as Sakata (ep4)
Megumi Ryuichiro (恵隆一郎) (ep5)
Harumi Shihou (春海四方) (ep5)
Inomata Taichi (猪股太一) (ep5)
Morita Ganz (森田ガンツ) (ep5)
Yonemoto Raiki (米本来輝) as Umezawa Eita (ep6)
Yoshida Shou (吉田翔) as Yoshida Kakeru (ep6)
Nagato Hiroyuki as Umezawa Kojiro (ep6,8)
Kobayashi Takashi (ep6,8)
Matsunaga Reiko (松永玲子) (ep6,8)
Tawaragi Tota (ep8)
Fukumoto Shinichi (ep8)
Unou Tasuku (宇納佑) (ep8)
Maeda Kouki (前田公輝) (ep9)
Tezuka Satomi (ep9)
Asaki Nobuyuki (浅木信幸) (ep9)

Production Credits

Screenwriter: Fukuma Masahiro (福間正浩)
Producer: Nishi Norihiko (西憲彦), Suzuki Satoshi, Watanabe Hirohito (渡邉浩仁)
Director: Iwamoto Hitoshi (ep1-2,4,8,10), Ooya Taro (大谷太郎) (ep3,5,7), Honma Miyuki (本間美由紀) (ep6,9)
Music: Ike Yoshihiro

Episode Titles

Ep. 01: The traveling man problem
Ep. 02: Transcribing Chinese characters
Ep. 03: Separation of the powers
Ep. 04: Summer Triangle
Ep. 05: The Fibonacci sequence
Ep. 06: The mechanisms of digestion
Ep. 07: Marketing
Ep. 08: Stories and a change of heart
Ep. 09: Antonym
Ep. 10: The solution to the traveling man problem

Episode Ratings

Episode	Kanto	Kansai	Nationwide
01	14.7	??.?	??.?
02	09.3	??.?	??.?
03	07.1	??.?	??.?
04	07.8	??.?	??.?
05	06.2	??.?	??.?
06	08.3	??.?	??.?
07	07.6	??.?	??.?
08	11.5	??.?	??.?
09	11.7	??.?	??.?
10	10.3	??.?	??.?
Average	09.5	??.?	??.?

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

External Links

Spring 2007	NTV	Autumn 2007
Kuitan 2	NTV Saturday 21:00	Dream Again