Gokusen 3

Sequel: Gokusen 1, Gokusen 2, Gokusen Graduation Special '09

DETAILS

• TV Show Gokusen 3
• Romaji: Gokusen 3
• Japanese: ごくせん　（第３期）
• Director: Toya Sato, Taro Otani, Manami Yamashita
• Writer: Michiru Egashira, Rie Yokota, Yuko Matsuda, Kozueko Morimoto (manga)
• Network: NTV
• Episode: 10
• Release Date: April 19 - June 28, 2008
• Runtime: Sat. 21:00-21:54
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

SYNOPSIS

Kumiko “Yankumi” Yamaguchi (Yukie Nakama) lives in the world of Yakuzas as the 4th generation heir of Oedo clan. She is self-sacrificing to protect the weak, she’s tough at fighting, and she firmly believes in the importance of friendship, dreams and family. Yankumi growing in a world different from others makes her view life in a way others couldn't see. That's what she tries to teach her students... she wants to reach them out and convey what she herself learned...

Her ex-boss, Goro Sawatari (Katsuhisa Namase) now works at Akado Gakuen High School as a vice principal. Although the head director of the school board Rroko Akagi (Kyoko Eba) specifically orders him to handle the problematic class, 3-D, it was way too much for him. Sawatari then tried to reach Yankumi and went far away to a southern island to find Yankumi, and convince her to work for Akado Gakuen High School. Yankumi accepted the offer , only to find out that she'll teaching bunch of mean students. Not only that, there are two group fighting over "who'll rule Akodou" thing. Will Yankumi’s strong belief in students and teaching work this time?

CAST

Oedo Family

• Yukie Nakama (仲間 由紀恵) as Kumiko Yamaguchi (Yankumi / Ojou / Kumiko) (Math Teacher)
• Ken Utsui as Ryuichiro Kuroda (Kumiko's grandpa / 3rd Generation Oedo Yakuza Boss)
• Kenji Anan as Hiro Wakamatsu
• Ken Kaneko as Tetsu Asakura
• Shinji Uchiyama (内山 信二) as Minoru Tatsukawa
• Hiroshi Ryogoku (両國 宏) as Makoto Sugawara

Note: The Ooedo Family cast members remain the same throughout all three seasons of Gokusen.

Akadou High School

• Kyoko Enami as Ryoko Akagi (Board Chairman)
• Kotaro Koizumi as Seichi Natsume (School Doctor)
• Aya Hirayama as Aoi Takano (English Teacher)
• Aki Hoshino as Sakura Ayukawa (School Nurse)
• Jiro Sato as Hosaku Yajima (Japanese Classics Teacher)
• Santaro Sakigake (魁 三太郎) as Yasuhiko Hatoyama (World History Teacher)
• Kota Ishii as Keisuke Tsuruoka (Physics Teacher)

Class 3D

• Yuya Takaki as Yamato Ogata
• Haruma Miura as Ren Kazama
• Hideo Ishiguro as Kengo Honjo
• Akito Kiriyama (桐山照史) as Satoru Kuraki
• Junta Nakama (中間淳太) as Rikiya Ichimura
• Shohei Miura as Shunsuke Kamiya
• Yuya Kido
• Akihiro Mayama
• Ryuya Wakaba
• Tomoya Warabino
• Atsumi Kanno (菅野 篤海)
• Kosuke Kujirai (鯨井 康介) as Kosuke Oohira
• Ryotaro Shimizu (清水 良太郎)
• Kimito Totani (戸谷 公人)
• Masei Nakayama (中山 麻聖)
• Kyousuke Hamao (浜尾 京介) as Kyousuke Terauchi
• Gouki Maeda (前田 公輝)
• Maruo (まるお)
• Hiroshi Yazaki (矢崎 広)
• Jutta Yuki (夕輝 壽太)
• Yuji