Gokusen
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.
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. A second and thrid season also aired with high ratings.
Cast (Season 1)
Ending theme:"Feel Your Breeze" by V6
- Nakama Yukie as Yamaguchi "Yankumi" Kumiko
- Utsi Ken as Kuroda Ryuuichiro
- Kaneko Ken as Asakura Tetsu
- Uchiyama Shinji as Tatsukawa Minoru
- Nakazawa Yuko as Nakashima
- Matsumoto Jun as Sawada Shin
- Waki Tomohiro as Kumai "Kuma" Teruo
- Oguri Shun as Uchiyama Haruhiko
Cast (Season 2)
Ending theme:"NO MORE CRY" by D-51
- Nakama Yukie as Yamaguchi "Yankumi" Kumiko
- Utsi Ken as Kuroda Ryuuichiro
- Kaneko Ken as Asakura Tetsu
- Uchiyama Shinji as Tatsukawa Minoru
- Akanishi Jin as Yabuki Hayato
- Kamenashi Kazuya as Odagiri Ryu
- Koike Teppei as Takeda Keita
- Hayami Mokomichi as Tsuchiya Hikaru
- Koide Keisuke as Hyuuga Kousuke
- Waki Tomohiro as Kumai "Kuma" Teruo
Cast (Season 3)
Ending theme:"Niji" by Aqua Timez
- Nakama Yukie as Yamaguchi "Yankumi" Kumiko
- Utsi Ken as Kuroda Ryuuichiro
- Kaneko Ken as Asakura Tetsu
- Uchiyama Shinji as Tatsukawa Minoru
- Anan Kenji as Wakamatsu Hiro
- Takaki Yuya as Ogata Yamato
- Miura Haruma as Kazama Ren
- Ishiguro Hideo as Honjo Kengo
- Nakama Junta as Ichimura Rikiya
- Kiriyama Akito as Kuraki Satoru
- Miura Shohei as Kamiya Shunsuke
- Hoshino Aki as Ayukawa Sakura
- Yamada Yu as Kazama Kaoruko
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.
