Gokusen
ごくせん (Gokusen)
Demographic	Josei
Genre	Action, Comedy, Drama, Slice of Life
Manga
Author	Kozueko Morimoto
Publisher	Shueisha
Serialized in	You
Original run	23 August 2000 – February 2007
Volumes	15
TV drama: Gokusen (live-action TV)
Network	Nippon Television GMA Network
Original run	1 April 2002 – 3 July 2002
Episodes	12
TV drama: Gokusen Special: Sayonara 3-nen D-gumi (live-action)
Network	Nippon Television GMA Network (Aired as series finale for Gokusen drama)
Studio	Nippon Television
Original run	March 2003 – March 2003
Episodes	1
TV drama: Gokusen (live-action TV 2)
Network	Nippon Television GMA Network
Studio	Nippon Television
Original run	2005-01-15 – 2005-03-19
Episodes	10
TV anime
Director	Masami Sato
Studio	Madhouse
Licensor	AnimeWorks
Network	Nippon Television Animax Encore WAM
Original run	6 January 2004 – 30 March 2004
Episodes	13

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Synopsis

The plot involves Kumiko Yamaguchi, the granddaughter of a Yakuza boss. Her parents died when she was younger, and her grandfather has no other descendants, so Kumiko is next in line to head the family business with the title of Ojou. However, her lifelong dream has been to become a teacher. While her grandfather approves of her choice, others in the family want her to become the next boss, especially Tetsu, who is secretly in love with her. For other uses, see Yakuza (disambiguation). ...

Kumiko (known by her students as "Yankumi") becomes a teacher at an all-boys private high school. Her class is full of delinquents, but she tries her hardest to teach them not just about academics, but about lessons of life, much like any "dedicated teacher" story. Though she's forced to keep her family a secret from the public, her Yakuza upbringing gives her the strength and the experience to reach out to her students, while also providing comedic relief. For other uses, see Yakuza (disambiguation). ...

Characters

Kumiko "Yankumi" Yamaguchi (山口久美子, Yamaguchi Kumiko^?)

• Voiced by: Risa Hayamizu (Japanese), Caroline Lawson (English)

She is a 23-year-old university graduate, and is newly hired at Shirokin Gakuen. She is very idealistic, and wants to inspire her students and help them graduate high school. Since the age of 7, when her parents died, Kumiko has been living with her grandfather, who is the head of an influential Tokyo Yakuza group. Despite this strange upbringing, and the bizarre mannerisms she has picked up from it, Kumiko is a good-hearted girl who has a strong faith in her students, even when they think the world is against them. Her belief in them and her combat skills help her earn their respect. They give her the nickname "YanKumi".

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Shirokin High School

Shin Sawada (沢田慎, Sawada Shin^?)

• Voiced by: Kenichi Suzumura (Japanese), Kevin T. Collins (English)

18 year old Shin is the leader of class 3-D. He is cool, level-headed, smart, and somewhat introverted. Everyone in the class looks up to him. Shin is feared because of an incident back in middle school, where he punched out a teacher. He knows right away that something is not normal about their new teacher and keeps an eye on her. He's the first one who found out Kumiko's true identity and later confesses to her [in the manga's last chapter] that he is in love with her. In the manga, he is given the alias of "Young Master Red Lion" from Kyou. Shin's father is a high ranking police official.

Youichi Minami (南陽一, Minami Yōichi^?)

• Voiced by: Takurou Nakakuni (Japanese), Sebastian Arcelus (English)

He is one of Shin's friends. He always gets into fights, like everyone else. He had a fight with Ichiro Tsuruta, and was beaten by him.

Haruhiko "Uchi" Uchiyama (内山春彦, Uchiyama Haruhiko^?)

• Voiced by: Yoichi Masukawa (Japanese), Jamie McGonnigal (English)

He is the guy with a weird purple hairstyle. He's also one of Shin's friends. He was lost in Okinawa when they had a trip there and he gave Kumiko and Shin a lot of problems during that time. When they finally found him, Kumiko smacked him until his face was swollen.

Teruo "Kuma" Kumai (熊井輝夫, Kumai Teruo^?)}

• Voiced by: Hiromi Sugino (Japanese), Ed Paul (English)

Large and tough, Kumai (called "Kuma", or "Bear" by everyone) always seems to be getting into trouble. He's either getting into fights, or being accused of theft, or being attacked by a rival school. Kuma and Shin are best friends. They grew up together, and Kuma calls Shin "Shin-chan". He is also the only former student of YanKumi's shown in the drama version's sequel

Takeshi Noda (野田猛, Noda Takeshi^?)

• Voiced by: Isao Yamagishi (Japanese), Matt Kaplan (English)

He is also one of Shin's friends. He was the one who thought of giving Kumiko "Yankumi" as her nickname. Takeshi Noda is a member of class 2-4. Although not typically a main cast member, in one episode, he becomes obsessed with the teacher Shizuka. Hurt when she threw away a present he gave her, Noda takes a picture of her at her secret second job: hostess of a bar. He then sends the picture to the head teacher and almost gets Shizuka fired. In the manga, he is the first of his classmates to figure out that Shin likes Yankumi and gets Shin to admit so.

Shizuka Fujiyama (藤山静香, Fujiyama Shizuka^?)

• Voiced by: Rica Matsumoto (Japanese), Suzanne Gilad (English)

Shizuka Fujiyama is another female teacher hired by Shirokin Gakuen at the same time as YanKumi. In the drama, Fujiyama teaches English. In the anime she teaches music. One of her students before attempted suicide and she learned a lesson because of that incident. She started a choir club in school. In the drama, Fujiyama wears her normal clothes all the time, but in the anime and manga she wears a tracksuit like Yankumi does. Fujiyama used to teach middle school students, and is very happy to be teaching at a high school. She jokes about which boys are cute, and whom she would sleep with.

Goro Sawatari (猿渡五郎, Sawatari Gorō^?)

• Voiced by: Ken Uosaki (Japanese), Marc Diraison (English)

The School's Vice-Principal is Yankumi's main nemesis amongst the school staff. In episode 13 he was the 3rd person to find out about Yankumi's secret only to realize that she resigned. Also he tried to use a camera when he witnessed a fight only to be caught by Kyo. He is only majorly featured in the drama and anime. In the drama, despite initially antagonistic towards Yankumi and her class, he was undeniably portrayed as more benevolent than his anime incarnation. His state of benevolence was shown to be more prominent in Gokusen 2, where among the last few episodes, deliberately informed Yankumi that her class attempted to boycott their graduation unless she calls off her resignation. It would seem that the drama-version Sawatori has grown to respect the headstrong and dignified educator that Yankumi is, despite knowing that he also risked getting fired in the process (he was poised for promotion). He was later seen a month later after graduation, apparently assigned to another school (claiming to have resigned from the last one). with Yankumi as another newly-assigned colleague as well. Some fans even speculated that the two would later be a couple, what with the way they behave around each other in their previous educational activities.

Gonzou Shirakawa (白川権三, Shirakawa Gonzō^?)

• Voiced by: Tomohiro Nishimura (Japanese), Jimmy Zoppi (English)

The School's Principal. He does have a great knack for popping up suddenly at unusual times to point out useful information. In the manga and anime, the Koucho is this happy little bald guy who likes to wear bow ties.

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Ooedo Clan

Ryuichiro Kuroda (黒田龍一郎, Kuroda Ryūichirō^?)

• 'Voiced by: Chikao Ohtsuka (Japanese), Dan Green (English)

Kumiko's grandfather. He is a kindly, wise old man who loves Kumiko very much, and is always there to support her and give advice. He took Kumiko in after her parents died.

Kyotaro "Kyo-san" Oshima (大島京太郎, Ōshima Kyōtarō^?)

• Voiced by: Norio Wakamoto (Japanese), Peter Ganim (English)

Kyo is a tough-looking member of the Yakuza, but he is very close with Kumiko. When he was younger, and Kumiko was a little girl, he taught her how to fight and defend herself when she was being bullied in school and teased because of her Yakuza connections.

Kouzou Wakamatsu (若松弘三, Wakamatsu Kōzō^?)

• Voiced by: Kenji Anan (Japanese), Mike Pollock (English)

The young head assistance of the Kuroda family and the only one of the group that is married.

Minoru Tatsukawa (達川ミノル, Tatsukawa Minoru^?)

• Voiced by: Hiroaki Yoshida (Japanese), Sean Schemmel (English)

Along with Tetsu, Minoru is a member of Kumiko's Yakuza group, and is one of her loyal followers. He and Tetsu watch over Kumiko and worry about her. Minoru and Tetsu can occasionally be seen running a takoyaki stand near Kumiko's school where they can be near her if needed. Sometimes their enthusiasm in serving her almost betrays her secret, but all they want to do is help.

Tetsu Asakura (朝倉てつ, Asakura Tetsu^?)

• Voiced by: Keiji Hirai (Japanese), Addie Blaustein (English)

Tetsu is one of Kumiko's lackeys. He is a member of the Yakuza group, and is very devoted and protective of her. He and Minoru always keep an eye on Kumiko and do their best to help her when they can. In the drama, Tetsu seems to like Kumiko, but unfortunately he doesn't seem to have very good chances of getting romantically involved with her, as she considers him to be like family.

Fuji (黒田富士, Kuroda Fuji^?)

• Voiced by: Seizo Katou (Japanese), John Avner (English)

He is Kumiko's old dog. He narrates the preview for the next episode. He is very loyal to Kumiko. He talks most of the time in the anime even though nobody can hear him.

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Others

Tomoya Shinohara (篠原智也, Shinohara Tomoya^?)

• Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi (Japanese), Josh Mosby (English)

In the manga and anime, Shinohara is the lawyer that works for Kumiko's Yakuza group. He's handsome and cool. Kumiko's grandfather helped Shinohara back when he was a law student, and Shinohara works for the Yakuza to repay the favor. Kumiko has had a crush on him for a long time.

Hiroki Kudoh (工藤広樹, Kudō Hiroki^?)

A former student at Shirokin Gakuin. He was a senior there until he was kicked out. He met Kumiko during her first week of school, when he tried to beat up Kuma. Then Kumiko, when she found Kudoh and his gang, gave them a worse beating. He joins the Nekomata Group and tries to frame the Oedo Clan to get back at Kumiko. Back at Shirokin Gakuin he and the other seniors use to beat up the juniors whenever they could. By the end of the anime he kidnapped Kumiko in hopes of bringing down the Oedo Clan, only to be beaten by Shin and the rest of the class from 2-4.

Ichiro Tsuruta (鶴田一郎, Tsuruta Ichirō^?)

• Voiced by: Tadahisa Saizen (Japanese), Marc Thompson (English)

Tsuruta is known to be the strongest pupil in the school. He and Kudoh were the bullies to the juniors, and Tsuruta was eventually kicked out. He returns to school in Episode 9, for the festival thanks to the Vice-principal. The seniors basically used him to start fights with the juniors, until he and Kumiko secretly had a fight. Kumiko won and in return had Tsuruta stop being a bully and start hitting the books. Tsuruta may seem tough but he's actually a kind person and a good cook. He also shows up in episode 11 of the anime, to try and help the guys get Shin out.

Ichikawa (一川, Ichikawa^?)

• Voiced by: Hiroki Shimowada (Japanese), Michael Sinterniklaas (English)

A boy who goes Shirokin Gakuin. A good kid who being bullied by his so called friends. Ms. Fujiyama wanted him to join the choir club because she thought he was cute and to get him away from his bad friends. Mainly because he reminded her of a student she had in middle school who tried to commit suicide. He almost did commit suicide, if not for Kumiko and Shin who grabbed him in time before he fell off the roof. He's later shown in Ms. Fujiyama's choir club.

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Drama

GMA Network's title card for the Gokusen drama series in the Philippines

The drama aired on Nippon TV from April 1, 2002 to July 3, 2002. The series consisted of 12 episodes. Nippon TV began airing a second season on January 15, 2005, with several returning cast members (including Yukie Nakama). It lasted 10 episodes. There is also a special episode titled Gokusen Special: Sayonara 3-nen D-gumi (Goodbye 3rd year Class D), it's a sequel to the first season and the prequel to the second season. The drama also was the highest-rated in its time slot when it was shown in the Philippines by the GMA Network, and was popular enough that the network decided to re-run it, and continued to be the highest-rated show in its time slot. In the Philippines, the series ended with the Gokusen special. Image File history File linksMetadata Gokusen_gma. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Gokusen_gma. ... Japanese dramas (Japanese: ドラマ dorama; J-dramas; from English drama) are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. ... Nippon Television Tower (headquarters) in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan Nippon Television Network Corporation ) (TYO: 9404 ) is a television network in Shiodome area of Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan owned by the Yomiuri Shimbun. ... is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Nippon Television Tower (headquarters) in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan Nippon Television Network Corporation ) (TYO: 9404 ) is a television network in Shiodome area of Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan owned by the Yomiuri Shimbun. ... is the 15th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Yukie Nakama (仲間 由紀恵 Nakama Yukie, b. ... For other uses, see Sequel (disambiguation). ... A prequel is a work that portrays events which include the structure, conventions, and/or characters of a previously completed narrative, but occur at an earlier time. ...

Cast

• Yukie Nakama as Kumiko Yamaguchi (Yankumi / Ojou / Koumichou) (Math Teacher)
• Katsuhisa Namase as Goro Sawatari, Kyoto (School Vice Principal)
• 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 Ryoukuni (両國宏) as Makoto Sugawara
• Jun Matsumoto as Shin Sawada
• Shun Oguri as "Uchi" / Haruhiko Uchiyama
• Tomohiro Waki as "Kuma" / Teruo Kumai
• Hiroki Narimiya as Takeshi Noda
• Yuma Ishigaki as Youichi Minami
• Misaki Itoh as Shizuka Fujiyama (English Teacher)
• Yuko Nakazawa as Kikuno Kawashima (School Nurse)
• Osami Nabe as Osamu Ando (Social Studies Teacher)
• Masahiro Kohmoto as Kouhei Iwamoto (P.E. Teacher)
• Ichirou Ookuma (大隈いちろう) as Hajime Oyama (Science Teacher)
• Ryosei Tayama as Gonzou Shirakawa (Principal)
• Satoru Saito as Kanji Washio (Japanese Language Teacher)
• Ikki Sawamura as Tomoya Shinohara (Police Officer)
• Tadashi Sakata (坂田聡) as Yutaka Kashiwagi (Police Officer)

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Class 3D

• Jun Kawai (河合潤) as Jun Kechi
• Kouhei Kou (港耕平) as Kouhei Imagawa
• Hiroshi Okabe (岡部紘樹) as Hiroshi Uesugi
• Yuusuke Uechi (上地雄輔) as Yuusuke Ooishi
• Masayuki Izumi (泉政行) as Masayuki Oouchi
• Kouji Kanazawa (金沢浩司) as Kouji Oda
• Ren Matsuzawa (松沢蓮) as Ren Gamou
• Eiki Kitamura (北村栄基) as Eiki Shimazu
• Ryuuji Sainei (載寧龍二) as Ryuuji Senzoku
• Sho Tomita as (冨田翔) Sho Takeda
• Shigeo Tomita (富田樹央) as Shigeo Chikamatsu
• Hitoshi Sasaki (佐々木仁) as Hitoshi Hazama
• Masafumi Hatakenaka (畠中正文) as Masafumi Hattori
• Katsutaka Furuhata (古畑勝隆) as Katsutaka Fujiwara
• Yuuya Nishikawa (西川祐也) as Yuuya Houjou
• Hiromi Nagayama (長山浩巳) as Hiromi Hosokawa
• Ryouji Morimoto (森本亮治) as Ryouji Horibe
• Shingo Yashiro (八代真吾) as Shingo Maeda
• Makoto Onodera (小野寺尊允) as Makoto Matsudaira
• Kenichi Matsuyama (松山研一) as Kenichi Mouri
• Mitsuru Nishitani (西谷有統) as Mitsuru Yagyuu

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Guests

• Koutaro Tanaka as Watanabe (student of Ara High School, episode 2)
• Keiko Inoue (井上佳子) (thief victim, episode 3)
• Mayumi Asaka as Sayuri Uchiyama (Uchi's mother, episode 3)
• Uchuu Fujima (藤間宇宙) as Yuuichi Teradomari (Class 3A, episode 3)
• Youko Ooshima (Teradomari's mother, episode 3)
• Riko Kurita (栗田梨子) as Ami Morisaki (Momoyuri Girls High School, episode 5)
• Eiji Wentz (ウエンツ瑛士) as Masato Yuki (27th student of Class 3D, episode 6)
• Yoshie Otsuka (大塚良重) (Masato Yuki's mother, episode 6)
• Senjuu Sunaga (須永千重) as Kumai Masako (Kuma's mother, episodes 7&11)
• Tokuma Nishioka as Shoutarou Sawada (Shin's father, episode 7)
• Yui Ichikawa as Natsumi Sawada (Shin's little sister, episode 7)
• Shishi Yamaguchi (山口詩史) as (Kenichi Mouri's mother, episode 7)
• Takashi Tsukamoto as Yuuji Kurosaki (former Shirokin student, episode 9)
• Natsuko Akiyama as Sachiko Sawatari (Sawatari's wife, episode 10)
• Kouji Higuchi (樋口浩二) as Toshihiko Ijuuin (teacher in Ei Shou Gakuen, episode 10)
• Kei Tanaka as Ono (student of Ei Shou Gakuen, episode 10)
• Naomasa Musaka (六平直政) as Kazuo Kumai (Kuma's father, episode 11)
• Saki Yoshihara (吉原沙貴) (Kuma's little sister, episode 11)
• Shinichi Fukumoto as Tachibana (writer of "Shuukan Wednesday", episode 12)
• Yasushi Kimura (木村靖司) as Itou (photographer of "Shuukan Wednesday, episode 12)
• Sei Hiraizumi as Kentarou Sawatari (Shirokin's director & Sawatari's father, episode 12)
• Rio Matsumoto as Wakaba (Hot Springs attendant, special)
• Akio Kaneda (Uchi's future boss, special)

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Theme Songs

The theme songs for the anime are:

• "Hontou no Kotoba" by Foot Stamp (Opening)
• "Onore Michi" by Aki Yashiro (Ending)

Episodes

Main article: List of Gokusen episodes

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Trivia

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• Much of the cast (specifically the "students") later on appeared in various tokusatsu shows. Many of them became Kamen Riders.
• Teruo Kumai is nicknamed "Kuma" (Bear) not only because it is a derivative of his last name, but also because he tends to look, act and eat like a bear.
• Kumiko Yamaguchi's name evokes her family business. "Kumiko" (久美子) is a partial homophone to "kumi" and "gumi" (組=group), the usual suffix for crime syndicates (and class groups); it also sounds similar to kumicho, the Japanese equivalent for "crime boss". The Yamaguchi-gumi (based in Kobe) is the largest and most notorious criminal organization in Japan. Her nickname "Yankumi" is the abbreviated of her full name- "Ya" in Yamaguchi and "Kumi" from Kumiko. Her nickname also evokes the word "Yankee", a word used to refer to delinquent youngsters of the bike gang type, especially women (like Arisa Uotani in Fruits Basket).
• KSCI LA-18 in Los Angeles, CA, broadcast the first season drama untranslated. Season 2 had English subtitles.
• Haruhiko Uchiyama in the anime/manga versions of Gokusen resembles Lil' Slugger/ Makoto Kozuka from Paranoia Agent.
• Shun Oguri, the actor who played Haruhiko Uchiyama, also played as Noboru Yoshikawa in Great Teacher Onizuka. In Gokusen, he is one of the bullies but in GTO, he is the one being bullied.
• Jun Matsumoto and Shun Oguri later worked together again in the live-action drama Hana Yori Dango (Boys Over Flowers).

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References

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External links

• Official website of the Gokusen drama
• Official website of the Gokusen anime
• DramaWiki