Yowakutemo Katemasu
2014 Japanese TV series or program
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Yowakutemo Katemasu: Aoshi Sensei to Heppoko Kōkō Kyūji no Yabō (弱くても勝てます〜青志先生とへっぽこ高校球児の野望〜; English title Baseball Brainiacs) is a Japanese television drama series based on the non-fiction novel by Hidemine Takahashi.[1]
Also known asYowakutemo Katemasu: Aoshi Sensei to Heppoko Kōkō Kyūji no Yabō
GenreDrama
Written by
- Yutaka Kuramochi
- Nonji Nemoto
Directed by
- Shintarō Sugawara
- Kenji Ikeda
- Hiroto Akashi
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| Also known as | Yowakutemo Katemasu: Aoshi Sensei to Heppoko Kōkō Kyūji no Yabō |
| Genre | Drama |
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| Ending theme | "Guts!" by Arashi |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 11 |
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| Running time | 54 minutes |
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| Network | NTV |
| Release | April 12 – June 21, 2014 |
Kazunari Ninomiya, who is a member of the idol group Arashi, played the lead role. Kasumi Arimura played a supporting role as a manager for the High School Baseball Team.[2] It premiered on NTV on 12 April 2014, and received the viewership rating of 9.9% on average.[3]
Cast
- Kazunari Ninomiya as Aoshi Tamo, a high school teacher
- Kumiko Asō as Riko Tone, sports magazine writer
- Kasumi Arimura as Yuzuko Tarumi, a manager of the baseball team
- Hiroko Yakushimaru as Kaede Tarumi, Yuzuko's mother
- Sota Fukushi as Kimiyasu Akaiwa, a baseball team member
- Yuto Nakajima as Tsuyoshi Shirao, a baseball team member
- Kento Yamazaki as Kōki Ebato, a baseball team's captain
- Kanata Hongō as Shunichi Kamezawa, a baseball team member
- Katsuhiro Suzuki as Masami Kashiyama, a baseball team member
- Ichikawa Ebizō XI as Kentarō Yachida, a former member of the baseball team
- Dori Sakurada as Eisuke Shikata, a baseball team member
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Original release date | Viewers (%) |
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| 1 | "変人!? 教師の野望" | Shintarō Sugawara | April 12, 2014 | 13.4%[4] |
| 2 | "実話原作ドラマ化! 先生走る! 秀才へっぽこ野球部にイジメと切ない初恋" | Shintarō Sugawara | April 19, 2014 | 11.7%[5] |
| 3 | "亡き父に誓った母娘の野望! 女で上等よ!! 学費滞納の貧乏部員を救い出せ" | Kenji Ikeda | April 26, 2014 | 9.4%[6] |
| 4 | "実話原作ドラマ化! ついに発見! 秀才弱小野球部が弱いまま勝つセオリー" | Shintarō Sugawara | May 3, 2014 | 7.6%[7] |
| 5 | "初試合! 守備を捨て(秘) ドサクサ打法爆発! 苦学生の大決断と恋の三角関係" | Kenji Ikeda | May 10, 2014 | 11.9%[8] |
| 6 | "さよならホームラン涙の最終打席…野球部が旅立つ友へ贈る別れの文化祭" | Shintarō Sugawara | May 17, 2014 | 10.4%[9] |
| 7 | "強化合宿! 男だらけでケンカ続出! (秘)打法で東大にも兄弟喧嘩も恋も勝て!" | Kenji Ikeda | May 24, 2014 | 9.9%[10] |
| 8 | "不祥事!!" | Hiroto Akashi | May 31, 2014 | 8.5%[11] |
| 9 | "甲子園予選1回戦! 勝てる確率は1.9%なるか!? 弱い奴らの涙の初勝利" | Shintarō Sugawara | June 7, 2014 | 7.4%[12] |
| 10 | "へっぽこ野球部に最高の監督あり! 超弱小校が強豪校に勝つ!? 涙のラストへ" | Kenji Ikeda | June 14, 2014 | 8.4%[13] |
| 11 | "卒業…二宮和也、涙の15分間のラストメッセージ!! 失敗を恐れず思いきり振り切れ!!" | Shintarō Sugawara | June 21, 2014 | 8.9%[3] |