KO One

KO One

Promotional poster for KO One
Also known as 終極一班
Zhōng Jí Yī Bān
Genre School, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Romance, Wuxia
Written by Qi Xi Lin (齊鍚麟) / Lan Jin Xiang (藍今翔)
Directed by Liao Fei Hong (廫猆鴻)
Starring Jiro Wang
Calvin Chen
Aaron Yan
Stephanie Lee
Melody
Sunnie Huang
Danson Tang
Opening theme "終極一班" (Extreme Class) by Tank
Ending theme "給我你的愛" (Give Me Your Love) by Tank
Country of origin Republic of China (Taiwan)
Original language(s) Mandarin
No. of episodes 21 (list of episodes)
Production
Producer(s) Chen Zi Han (陳芷涵) / Wang Xin Gue (王信貴) / Liu Xing (劉行)
Location(s) Taipei, Taiwan
Running time 90 mins
Production company(s) Comic International Productions
Release
Original network Gala Television (GTV)
Original release 26 November 2005 (2005-11-26) – 27 May 2006 (2006-05-27)
Chronology
Followed by The X-Family
Related shows KO One Return
KO One Re-act
External links
GTV official homepage

KO One (traditional Chinese: 終極一班; simplified Chinese: 终极一班; pinyin: zhōng jí yī bān; literally: "The Extreme Class") is a 2005 Taiwanese drama starring Jiro Wang, Calvin Chen, Aaron Yan and Danson Tang. It was produced by Comic International Productions (可米國際影視事業股份有限公司)[1] and was first broadcast in Taiwan on cable TV Gala Television (GTV) Variety Show/CH 28 (八大綜合台) on 26 November 2005 to 27 May 2006.

Before this drama was aired there was not much interests in it, due to the storyline and unfamiliar cast. Despite the new encounters, the ratings of KO One exceeded expectations. Although the ratings were not high, it brought fame to three of the four leads (Jiro Wang, Calvin Chen, Aaron Yan), who are part of the then newly formed Taiwanese boy band called Fahrenheit. This drama also brought fame to the Taiwanese artist, Tank who wrote and sang the opening and ending theme songs. The KO One original soundtrack was the best selling soundtrack of 2013, selling more than 60,000 copies in Taiwan within the first month of release.[2]

On December 26, 2012, a new series is released at the same time on GTV, named KO One Return, which continues the story of KO One

Synopsis

Zhong Ji Yi Ban is a class in Ba Le High School designed especially for the delinquents and rejects that other high schools would not accept. Even so, everyone in the class is loyal to the leader, Wang Da Dong (Jiro Wang), who is KO.3, and would die for friends. Another KO. 3, Wang Ya Se, also called Ya Se Wang (Calvin Chen), and KO.4, Ding Xiao Yu (Aaron Yan) soon join the class and out of some fortuitous events, their lives become tied together and they become best buddies. Another student, Lei Ke Si (Danson Tang), who had been gone for a whole semester, rejoins the class. Although Lei Ke Si seems like a weak kid with only good intentions, Ya Se suspects Lei Ke Si is KO.2 because legends say that KO.1 and KO.2 are capable of concealing their true identities.

At the same time, incidents start to occur and the culprit always leads to Ya Se. But Ya Se is being framed by Lei Ke Si, who is actually the real culprit. Lei Ke Si makes Ya Se look bad so that Da Dong won't believe him when he says that Lei Ke Si is KO.2 . Soon, An Qi, who is Da Dong and Lei Ke Si's childhood crush, appears. This forces Lei Ke Si to reveal his true identity and fight with Da Dong (for An Qi). After Lei Ke Se leaves the class, Xiao Yu starts to crush on An Qi. Both Da Dong and Xiao Yu fight over An Qi, but Da Dong doesn't realize his crush on the teacher of KO One, Tian Xin (Melody) until An Qi tells him. Soon, An Qi returns to America and strange things started to happen. Two more new girl-students join the class, and one of them (Cai Wu Xiong) has a crush on Ya Se. Although he is cold and refuses to accept her due to her behavior as a gorilla, he eventually changes and falls in love with her. At the end, Lei Ke Si returns to tell the gang how to defeat their enemy Hei Long. In the final battle, Da Dong, Ya Se, Xiao Yu and Lei Ke Si combine their powers and finally defeat the evil roaming around them, but the fight triggers a big explosion that causes both forces to lose their powers.

Characters

Main Characters

Wang Da Dong (汪大東)

The ring leader of the school gang "Zhong Ji Yi Ban" (終極一班 / Ultimate Class). Self-confident and stubborn. Acts as an obedient child in front of his parents, and has attempted to keep his parents in the dark about his school life. Everybody in Zhong Ji Yi Ban listens to what he says.

Da Dong is number three on the KO Rank and has the battle level of 15,000.

Although Da Dong seems harsh and cold, he is actually a good person at heart and shows his caring side whenever his friends need help.

He carries the "Long Wen Ao" (龍紋鏊 / Dragon Tattooed Pan) as his primary weapon. A unique aspect of this weapon is that it can vary its master's fighting count according to the opponent's fighting count; it becomes stronger when fighting strong opponents and remain normal when facing weaker ones (遇強則強、遇弱則弱).

Wang Ya Se (王亞瑟)

The son of the gangster leader of "Tu Long Bang" (土龍幫).

Rich, powerful, self-centered, and his concerns are his looks.

Like Da Dong, he has a 3rd position on the KO Rank, his battle level being 9000. Because he and Da Dong shared the third position, he joined Zhong Ji Yi Ban intending to challenge him, but before they could fight, they became best buddies.

His primary weapon is the Shi Zhong Jian (石中劍 / Sword in the Stone) - a spiritual dagger created by the wizard Merlin and used by King Arthur. When he removes the stone from the dagger, the sword essence will possess Ya Se, allowing him to instantly gain evil powers at the expense of losing control over his own actions.

Ding Xiao Yu (丁小雨)

Xiao Yu is an exchange student from "Tuo Nan High School" (拓南高中), known as the 4th ranked fighter on the KO Rank, his fighting count being 8500. He is prone to giving others cold looks if they are not willing to leave him alone.

He doesn't like violence, but if anyone hits his head, he will definitely fight back.

He uses his powerful fists as weapons and has the battle level of 8500. Xiao Yu's left fist is said to have the power of an atomic bomb, while his right fist has ten times the power of his left fist. However, if he uses the right hand, he will become unable to use more power within three hours and might risk losing his own life.

Huang An Qi (黃安琪)

An Qi is daughter of a famous politician, and is also a childhood friend of Da Dong and Lei Ke Si. She has been in love with Da Dong for a really long time, but never knew how he felt, nor the fact that Lei Ke Si was in love with her as well. She moved to America five years ago, but during that time she has written over five hundred letters to Da Dong - two letters per week. She never got any response from Da Dong for any of her letters, but he has secretly been collecting and memorizing them.

Her love for Da Dong is the reason to why Lei Ke Si, their best friend, holds such anger against Da Dong. When Lei Ke Si finally reveals his identity as KO 2 and gets Da Dong into a hospital, she decides to return to America in order to forget about everything she feels about Da Dong, because she believes it is her love that has caused the rivalry between him and his best friend.But at last because Da Dong told her that he memorize the letters and keep them An Qi stayed in Taiwan.

Tian Xin (田欣)

The homeroom teacher of Zhong Ji Yi Ban (終極一班). Because of her little brother's past and 'incident', she went to college to become a teacher, in hopes to get bad students back on the right track and make them good again.

As a person, she is very fun-loving and likes to babble a lot when she gets angry.

At first, Da Dong did not like her at all because of her position as a teacher, but was eventually touched by her kindness and decided to let her become their homeroom teacher and help them get into college.

Sha Jie (煞姊)

Number 13th on the KO Rank.

Sha Jie is the leader in the girl-gang of the class. For a girl, she is extremely mean and fierce.

She has been in love with Da Dong since before the start of the series, but he hasn't shown any sign of liking her back, at all.

Lei Ke Si (雷克斯)

Da Dong's childhood friend whom Da Dong has absolute trust in. Lei Ke Si has liked An Qi since they were kids, but because she was in love with Da Dong, he collected a strong anger and has been trying to take vengeance on his best friend.

In school, he is known as Da Dong's brain.

Because of his disguise as a weak kid with good intentions, nobody knows Lei Ke Si is actually KO 2 - the next strongest fighter on the KO Rank, and his battle level being 10000.

His weapon is "Ah Rui Xi Zhi Shou" (阿瑞斯之手 / Ares' Hand), a metal glove reclaimed from the realm of darkness.

Episode guide

KO Rank

KO Rank Name Gender Nickname Fighting Count Special Skill/Weapon
1Wang Da Dong (汪大東) Male Da Dong (大東) 15,000 Dragon Tattooed Pan (龍紋鏊)
2Tian Hong Guang (田弘光) Male None (無名)12,000Dragon Blade (龍斬)
3Lei Ke Si (雷克斯) Male Zhan Shen (戰神) 10,000 Ares' Hand (阿瑞斯之
3Wang Ya Se (王亞瑟) Male Ya Se Wang (亞瑟王) 9,000 Sword in the Stone (石中劍)
4Ding Xiao Yu (丁小雨) Male Nai Da Wang (耐打王) 8,500 Powerful Left Fist (黃金左拳) or Ultimate Right Fist(致命右拳) / Ares' Hand (阿瑞斯之手) borrowed from Lei Ke Si (雷克斯)
5Tong Da You (童大友) Male Tai Shan (泰山) 8,000 -
7Cai Yun Han (蔡雲寒) Female Jin Gang Jie Jie (金剛姊姊) 7,800 Pain Kills Desire To Live Truth Telling Whip (痛不欲生實話鞭)
9Shi Huo (史火) Male Huo Long(火龙) 7,300 Dragon Shield (龙盾)
11Da Li Jun (大力俊) Male - - Super-Strength (大力)
13Sha Jie (煞姊) Female Zhong Ji Ban Hua (終極班花) 4,000 -
14Tao Zi (桃子) Female - - -
15Bai Linda (白琳達) Female - - -
19Zhong Quan (忠犬) Male Tian Shi Zhong Quan (天使忠犬)- -
21Tian Cai Xiao Diao Shou (添財小釣手) Female - - -
22Bing Qi Lin (冰畸淋) Female - - -
23Na Lu Wan Zai (那瀘灣仔) Male - - -
24Xuan Wo Ming Ren (炫窩名人) Male - - -
25Bing Qi Bu (冰畸怖) Female - - -
26Kua Ke Xiong Di (夸克兄弟) Male(s) - - -
27Guai Yi Bo Shi (怪衣博士) Male - - -
28Zang San Feng (髒三瘋) Male - - -
135Jin Bao San (金寶三) Male Nei Shang Wang (內傷王) 2,000 Pi Ren Jiu zhan (屁人九斬)
150The only elementary student (唯一國小生) Male - -

Groups

Zhong Ji Yi Ban (終極一班)

Also known as "The Ultimate Class". It is a class gathered with misfits who were either thrown out or not accepted in any other high school. The series mostly consists the events that occur around the members of this class. The classmates are known for being very troublesome, but also very loyal to their leader; Wang Da Dong (汪大東).

Members:
Wang Da Dong (汪大東) - leader
Wang Ya Se (王亞瑟)
Ding Xiao Yu (丁小雨)
Jin Bao San (金寶三) - monitor
Ji An (技安)
Sha Yu (鯊魚)
Xiao La (小辣)
Cai Wu Xiong (蔡五熊)
Cai Yun Han (蔡雲寒)
Xia Ba (下巴)
Liang Zhi (兩指).
Former members:
Lei Ke Si (雷克斯)
Huang An Qi (黃安琪)
Sha Jie (煞姊)
Tao Zi (桃子)
Bai Linda (白琳達)
Fu Tou (斧頭)
Zhu Pi (豬皮).
Tu Long Bang (土龍幫)

A gang controlled by Ya Se's father, Wang Tu Long (王土龍). He started this gang after he left Wu Li Cai Jue Suo (武力裁决所). He built it in hopes to be able to protect himself and his son from Hei Long.

Members:
Wang Ya Se (王亞瑟)
Wang Tu Long (王土龍) - leader

Wu Li Cai Jue Suo (武力裁决所)

An organization created by 7 people 3 decades ago. As time passed, several events happened, most of the members died or left the gang. With everyone gone, Hei Long becomes the leader and sets out to find and capture powerful people and either make them his minions or destroy them. In the end, this organization is destroyed with the leader's power gone and the minions go free.

Members:
Hei Long (黑龍) - leader
Tian Hong Guang/Wu Shi Zun (田弘光 / 武屍尊)
Wu Shi Wu (武屍無)
Lei Ke Si/Wu Shi Duo (雷克斯 / 武屍奪)
Wu Shi Du (武屍毒)
Wu Shi An (武屍暗)
Wu Shi Hui (武屍毀)
Former members:
Wang Tu Long (王土龍)
Duan Chang Ren (斷腸人)
Xiao Yu's father
Dong Cheng Wei (東城衛)

An underground music band that can use music atmosphere to improve a person's power. Da Dong often goes to them to sing and improve his power along with Ya Se and Xiao Yu.

Members:
Xiu (脩) - leader
Deng (鐙)
Ming (冥)
Qiu (萩)
Wang Da Dong (汪大東) - part-time member

Cast

Main cast

Extended cast

  • Andy Gong (龔繼安) as Ji An (技安)
  • Huang Wan Bo (黃萬伯) as Dao Ba Jie Sen (刀疤傑森)
  • Ah Jiao (阿嬌) as Ceng Mei Hao (曾美好)
  • Chen Bo Zheng (陳博正) as Wang Tian Yang (汪天養)
  • Wu Chun (吳尊) as Tian Hong Guang (田弘光) / Wu Shi - Chun (武屍-尊)
  • Li Jie Sheng (李傑聖) as Teacher Yu Sheng De (于聖德老师)
  • Deng An Ning (鄧安寧) as Wan Bo (萬伯)
  • Figaro Ceng (曾少宗) as Ceng Shao Zong (曾少宗)
  • Alien Huang / Xiao Gui (黃鴻升 / 小鬼) as Cai Yi Ling (蔡一0)
  • Cai Ming Xun (蔡明勳) as Da Li Jun (大力俊)
  • Liu Er Jin (劉爾金) as Doctor
  • Yang Jie Mei (楊潔玫) as Bai Mu Dan (白牡丹)
  • Qian De Men (乾德門) as Weapon Store Manager
  • Darren (何政辉) as Shi Huo (史火)
  • Li Bing Yi (李秉億) as Doctor
  • Zhang Bo Han (章柏翰) as Nurse
  • Zhang Yi Jie (張義傑) as Wu Shi - An (武屍-暗)
  • Fang Bo Hua (方柏華) as Wu Shi - Hue (武屍-毀)
  • Chen Xiao Fu (陳孝輔) as Wu Shi - Du (武屍-毒)
  • Li Luo (李羅) as Wang Tu Long (王土龍)

Production credits and Trivia

External links

References

  1. (Chinese) Fahrenciti.com Jiro Wang filmography profile info Retrieved 2010-11-11
  2. (Chinese) . March 31, 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2007.
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