水球ヤンキース / Suikyuu Yankees / Water Polo Yankees

On-Air: 12 July to 20 September, 2014
Network: Fuji TV
Type: Renzoku
Runtime: Saturdays, 11.10pm (DoDora)
No. of Episodes: 10
Average rating: 6.6%
Theme song: “Asu e no YELL” by Hey! Say! JUMP

Synopsis:

In the town of Kasumi, young Inaba Naoya was saved from bullies by a delinquent called Kurosawa who studied in Kasu High. Kurosawa gave Naoya a Kasu High jacket and told him to return it when he becomes stronger. Ten years later, after traveling with his cameraman father overseas, Naoya returns to Kasumi and moves in to stay with the family of his childhood friend Nagisa. He decides to enroll in Kasu High for his final year of high school, only to find out that the students there have already resigned to being the underdogs of the town, and the school is about to be closed. Naoya is determined to resurrect the old Kasu High spirit, and decides to form a water polo club to compete with Suiran High, the prestigious private high school in Kasumi whose water polo team has brought fame to the town.

Cast:

  • Nakajima Yuto as Inaba Naoya
  • Yamazaki Kento as Mifune Ryuuji
  • Ohara Sakurako as Iwasaki Nagisa
  • Takaki Yuya as Kitajima Torao
  • Chiba Yudai as Kimura Tomoki
  • Nakagawa Taishi as Shimura Kohei
  • Yoshizawa Ryo as Kato Shinsuke
  • Mamiya Shotaro as Chiaki Ryo
  • Yamoto Yuma as Miyaguchi Koki
  • Oomasa Aya as Aoyama Chiharu
  • Shinkawa Yua as Fujisaki Rei
  • Suzuki Nobuyuki as Goda Takeshi
  • Sano Hinako as Shibata Riko
  • Kakei Miwako as Maehata Ryoko
  • Kurashina Kana as Shoji Mayu
  • Morimoto Leo as Arakawa Shigenobu
  • Kitamura Yukiya as Kuwahara Hanzo
  • Yokoyama You as Kurosawa Yoshio
  • Minagawa Sarutoki as Iwasaki Toshio
  • Iketsu Shoko as Iwasaki Shizuka
  • Ukaji Takashi as Samejima Jin
  • Hashimoto Kanna as herself

DVD/BD release (4 February, 2015):

Complete Edition
DVD Box @ Amazon JP | CD Japan | HMV
Blu-ray Box @ Amazon JP | CD Japan | HMV

Episode ratings:

  • 12 July, 2014 – Episode 1 @ 8.8%
  • 19 July, 2014 – Episode 2 @ 7.2%
  • 2 August, 2014 – Episode 3 @ 5.6%
  • 9 August, 2014 – Episode 4 @ 6.7%
  • 16 August, 2014 – Episode 5 @ 8.1%
  • 23 August, 2014 – Episode 6 @ 5.6%
  • 30 August, 2014 – Episode 7 @ 5.4%
  • 6 September, 2014 – Episode 8 @ 5.7%
  • 13 September, 2014 – Episode 9 @ 5.6%
  • 20 September, 2014 – Episode 10 @ 7.5%

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