Gokusen
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ごくせん (Romaji: Gokusen; English: Gangland Teacher) is a Japanese manga, dorama, and anime featuring Yamaguchi Kumiko, the granddaughter of a yakuza boss, as a teacher of the delinquent filled class 3-D at Shirokin Gakuen, an all boys private high school. Gokusen is often compared to Great Teacher Onizuka.
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Manga
Gokusen was created by Morimoto Kozueko and is serialized in the female oriented You Comics.
Dorama
The dorama version of Gokusen airs on the Nippon Television Network. The first season aired from 2002-04-17 to 2002-07-03, with a special Gokusen Special: Sayonara 3-nen D-gumi airing in 2003. The ending theme was "Feel Your Breeze" by V6. A second season also aired with very high ratings. It's ending theme was "NO MORE CRY" by D-51 and it's insert song "Kizuna" by KAT-TUN's Kamenashi Kazuya. The third season of the drama, which is Nippon Television's 55th Anniversary Drama/Program, started airing in April 19, 2008 and is still airing. The ending theme of the drama is "虹 (Niji)" by Aqua Timez. Hey! Say! JUMP member Takaki Yuya also sang an insert song for the drama entitled "Oretachi no Seishun".
Cast (Season 1)
- Yamaguchi "Yankumi" Kumiko - Nakama Yukie
- Kuroda Ryuuichiro - Utsi Ken
- Asakura Tetsu - Kaneko Ken
- Tatsukawa Minoru - Uchiyama Shinji
- Nakashima - Nakazawa Yuko
- Sawada Shin - Matsumoto Jun
- Kumai "Kuma" Teruo - Waki Tomohiro
- Uchiyama Haruhiko - Oguri Shun
Cast (Season 2)
- Yamaguchi "Yankumi" Kumiko - Nakama Yukie
- Kuroda Ryuuichiro - Utsi Ken
- Asakura Tetsu - Kaneko Ken
- Tatsukawa Minoru - Uchiyama Shinji
- Yabuki Hayato - Akanishi Jin
- Odagiri Ryu - Kamenashi Kazuya
- Takeda Keita - Koike Teppei
- Tsuchiya Hikaru - Hayami Mokomichi
- Hyuuga Kousuke - Koide Keisuke
- Kumai "Kuma" Teruo - Waki Tomohiro
Cast (Season 3)
- Yamaguchi "Yankumi" Kumiko - Nakama Yukie
- Sawatari Goro - Namase Katsuhisa
- Ogata Yamato - Takaki Yuya (Hey! Say! JUMP)
- Kazama Ren - Miura Haruma
- Honjou Kengo - Ishiguro Hideo
- Ichimura Rikiya - Nakama Junta (B.A.D.)
- Kuraki Satoru - Kiriyama Akito (B.A.D.)
- Kamiya Shunsuke - Miura Shohei
- Natsume Seichi - Koizumi Kotaro
Anime
The anime ran for 13 episodes, each 24 minute in length, from 2004-01-06 to 2004-03-30. It was announced on 2004-04-19 that Media Blasters had licensed it for North American distribution.
