Rookies
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Profile
- TV Show Rookies
- Romaji: Rukizu
- Japanese: ルーキーズ
- Director: Yuichiro Hirakawa, Takeyoshi Yamamoto, Jun Muto
- Writer: Yoshihiro Izumi, Masanori Morita (manga)
- Network: TBS
- Episode: 11
- Release Date: April 19 - July 28, 2008
- Runtime: Sat. 19:56-20:54
- TV Ratings: 14.96% (weekly average)
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
"Rookies" is the story of a fervent teacher who is trying to straighten his troubled students through high school baseball, and of the students who, although dropouts, are aiming to take part in the “Koshien” championships.
Just like a lot of the young people these days, these students do not have much hope for the future and many do not even know what they want to do. However, Koichi Kawato (Ryuta Sato) is a teacher who is willing to prove that the world is full of hope and that they shouldn’t mock those who do have a dream.
The story takes place at a high school where the baseball team has just been told to suspend their activities because of an incident that occurred during a game. The students are betrayed by their teacher and are forced to take responsibility for the incident. This is when they meet Koichi Kawato, a teacher who believes in having dreams and who would do anything for his students, even if it means risking his job. Through their emotional and heart-to-heart confrontations with this teacher, the students realize that they haven’t and that they do not want to give up their dream.
Notes
- Based on Masanori Morita's manga "Rookies," which ran in “Weekly Shonen Jump” from 1998 to 2003 (24 Volumes).
- Related titles:
- Rookies (TBS / 2008)
- Rookies SP (TBS / 2008)
- Rookies (2009)
Cast
- Ryuta Sato - Koichi Kawato
- Hayato Ichihara - Keiichi Aniya
- Keisuke Koide - Toru Mikoshiba
- Yuu Shirota - Kei Shinjo
- Akiyoshi Nakao - Shuta Sekikawa
- Sousuke Takaoka - Tomochika Wakana
- Kenta Kiritani - Taira Hiratsuka
- Takeru Sato - Yuya Okada
- Kazuyuki Asano - Shunsaku Ikebe
- Shunji Igarashi - Tetsura Yufune
- Yosuke Kawamura - Kiyooki Hiyama
- Hiroyuki Onoue - Shinobu Imaoka
- Eri Murakawa - Toko Yagi
- Masato Ibu - Yoshio Murayama
- Kazuyuki Asano - Shunsaku Ikebe
- Kazue Fukiishi- Rie Mayumi
- Ren Osugi - Akihiro Fujimura
- Anna Nose - Kaoru Fujita
- Hiroyuki Amano - Mitsuhide Kakefu
- Kyosuke Yabe - Suji-sensei (football teacher)
- Mirai Moriyama - Takumi Harimoto (ep.1-2)
- Haruka Ayase - Kyoko Mikoshiba (ep.1)
- Hisato Izaki - ep.3
- Kazuma Yamane - ep.4
- Yosuke Asari - Katori (ep.4-6)
- Ryuji Yamamoto - (ep.4,9,10)
- Yusuke Kamiji - Hayato Enatsu (ep. 1,6-8,10-11)
- Anna Ishibashi - ep. 1-5
- Hiromasa Taguchi - Kunimatsu (ep.5-6,9-10)
- Ryo Tajima - ep.6,8,10-11
- Ryohei Abe - ep.7-8,9-10
- Tomohiro Kaku - ep. 8
- Takahiro Hojo - ep.9-11
- Kaname Endo - ep. 9-11
- Motoki Fukami - ep. 10-11
- Ikko Furuya - ep.10-11
- Jun Toba - ep. 10-11
- Kazuaki Hankai - ep.10-11
- Sei Hiraizumi - ep.11
- Rin Takanashi - Yukino Inomata (ep1-6,9-11)
- Masakazu Mimura
- Kazuki Ootake
- Masatoshi Hamada
- Aya Kiguchi
- Jyonmyon Pe
- Yuki Ito
Episode Ratings
| Episode | Date | Ratings (Kanto Region) |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | 04/19/2008 | 12.2% |
| 02 | 04/26/2008 | 14.8% |
| 03 | 05/03/2008 | 15.4% |
| 04 | 05/10/2008 | 13.1% |
| 05 | 05/17/2008 | 16.4% |
| 06 | 06/07/2008 | 15.4% |
| 07 | 06/14/2008 | 14.2% |
| 08 | 06/28/2008 | 14.7% |
| 09 | 07/05/2008 | 14.6% |
| 10 | 07/19/2008 | 12.5% |
| 11 | 07/26/2008 | 19.5% |
| Average | 14.96% | |
Source: Video Research, Ltd.
Winter Says:
Jan 25 2011 7:57 pm
I thought Enatsu's name is Suguru... wasn't that what they said in the drama?