Water Polo Yankees
| Water Polo Yankees 水球ヤンキース (Suikyu Yankisu) | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | School Life, Sports, Drama |
| Written by |
Yuichi Tokunaga Saya Matsuda |
| Directed by |
Miyaki Shogo Shinada Shunsuk |
| Starring | |
| Ending theme | "Ashita e no YELL" by Hey! Say! JUMP |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language(s) | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 10 episodes |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Fujino Ryota |
| Location(s) | Tokyo, Japan |
| Running time | Saturday at 23:10-23:55 (JST) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fuji TV |
| Original release | 12 July 2014 – 20 September 2014 |
Water Polo Yankees (水球ヤンキース Suikyu Yankisu)[1] is a 2014 Japanese television drama, starring Yuto Nakajima of Hey! Say! JUMP, Sakurako Ohara and Kento Yamazaki.[1][2] It's the first drama to have water polo as their main sport. The drama aired from 12 July 2014 to 20 September 2014 with a total of 10 episodes.
Plot
Naoya Inaba (Yuto Nakajima) grew up abroad. From his childhood experience, he thought “yankees”[2] were the strongest heroes. He was also influenced by the Japanese yankee manga he read from abroad. Because of his own experiences and reading manga, he is full of chivalrous spirit.
Naoya arrives in Japan to spend one year at a high school in Japan. He is transferred to a technical high school which is about to be closed down. Naoya admires the school because a yankee, who he admired as a child, went there, but he soon realizes that there are no real yankee like hero figures. There are only students who spends there days meaninglessly. Naoya is disappointed and decides to do something about it.
Cast
- Yuto Nakajima as Naoya Inaba, Captain of water polo club
- Yuya Takaki as Torao Kitajima, Naoya's rival
- Sakurako Ohara as Nagisa Iwasaki, Manager of water polo club
- Kento Yamazaki as Ryuuji Mifune, water polo undergoer
- Yudai Chiba as Tomoki Kimura
- Taishi Nakagawa as Kohei Shimura
- Ryo Yoshizawa as Shinsuke Kato
- Shotaro Mamiya as Ryo Chiaki
- Kana Kurashina as Tsuyoshi Hisashi, Water polo section advisor
- Leo Morimoto as Principal
- Yukiya Kitamura as Assistant Principal
- Yua Shinkawa as Rei Fujisaki
- Nobuyuki Suzuki as Tsuyoshi Goda
- Aya Oomasa as math teacher
- Sarutoki Minagawa as a parent
- Shoko Iketsu as a parent
- Hinako Sano as Riko Shibata
- Miwako Kakei as Ryoko Maehata, girl water polo staff member of rival school
- Yuma Yamoto as Koki Miyaguchi
Notes
- ^Note 1 : The filming for Water Polo Yankees started on June 2014.
- ^Note 2 : Beginning sometime in the 1980s, the term "yankee" in Japan refers to delinquent youths. They are a frequent subject matter for manga (stereotypically with dyed blond hair, gang members and carrying sticks).
References
- ↑ Hey！Say！JUMP中島裕翔主演ドラマ、イケメン水球軍団メンバー決定. Retrieved 2014-06-11. (Japanese)
- ↑ Hey！Say！JUMP中島裕翔 ： 単独ドラマ初主演 山崎賢人らと“水球男子”に. Retrieved 2014-05-27. (Japanese)
External links
- Official Website (Japanese)
- Water Polo Yankees on Twitter