Dansui!

Drama: Swim!
Romaji: Dansui!
Japanese: 男水！
Director: Yoichi Matsunaga
Writer: Tatsuya Kiuchi (webcomic), Erika Yoshida
Network: NTV
Release Date: January 22, 2017 --
Runtime: Sundays 00:55-01:25
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
There are only three members at the high school male swimming club. Swimming club chief Shuhei Sakaki (Ryo Matsuda) and the other two members set a goal to recruit more members.

Cast
Ryo Matsuda
Shuto Miyazaki
Shintaro Anzai
Tomoru Akazawa
Hisanori Sato
Ren Ozawa
Mario Kuroba
Ryousuke Ikeoka
Keisuke Kaminaga
Tomoki Hirose

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Yowamushi Pedal Live Action

Producers: TOHO Visuals Division, DREAMAX Television, SKY PerfecTV!
Original Creator: Watanabe Wataru
Director: Tanazawa Takayoshi
Screenplay: Fukihara Kouta

Cast
Sohoku High School
Onoda Sakamichi: Ogoe Yuuki (Stage Actor)
Imaizumi Shunsuke: Kimura Tatsunari
Naruko Shoukichi: Fukazawa Taiga
Kinjou Shingo: Gomoto Naoya (Stage Actor)
Tadokoro Jin: Tomotsune Yuuki (Stage Actor)
Makishima Yusuke: Baba Ryoma (Stage Actor)
Teshima Junta: Kujirai Kousuke (Stage Actor)
Aoyagi Hajime: Yashima Ryou (Stage Actor)
Koga Kimitaka: Teruma (Stage Actor)
Sugimoto Terufumi: Hirai Hiroki
Kanzaki Miki: Sakurai Minami
Kanzaki Tooji: Asato Yuuya (Stage Actor)
Hakone Academy
Fukutomi Juichi: Takigawa Eiji (Stage Actor)
Arakita Yasutomo: Suzuki Hiroki (Stage Actor)
Toudou Jinpachi: Kitamura Ryou (Stage Actor)
Shinkai Hayato: Miyazaki Shuuto (Stage Actor)
Izumida Touichirou: Aoki Soramu
Manami Sangaku: Ueda Keisuke (Stage Actor)
Kuroda Yukinari: Akimoto Ryutarou (Stage Actor)

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Hatsumori Bemars

Title: 初森ベマーズ
Title (romaji): Hatsumori Bemars
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Drama, youth, sports
Episodes: 12
Broadcast network: TV Tokyo
Broadcast period: 2015-Jul-10 to 2015-Sep-25
Air time: Friday 24:12
Opening theme: Taiyou Knock by Nogizaka46
Ending theme: Mou Sukoshi no Yume by Nogizaka46

Cast
Nishino Nanase as Nanamaru
Shiraishi Mai as Kirei
Sakurai Reika as Bunan
Hashimoto Nanami as Marukyu
Ikuta Erika as Chopin
Takayama Kazumi as Kote
Ikoma Rina as Academy
Wakatsuki Yumi as Imadoki
Akimoto Manatsu as Harvard
Fukagawa Mai as Kachan
Matsumura Sayuri as Yuutsu
Eto Misa as Shery
Tezuka Toru as Kamata
Tsuda Kanji as Gondawara Kanemochi
Ito Maiko as Nishino Ranko
Sakamoto Makoto
Suwa Taro
Tsuda Masumi (津田真澄) as Eiko
Ito Takaaki as Okouchi, Gondawara's secretary
Nomaguchi Toru as Gondawara's driver

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Suikyu Yankees

Title: 水球ヤンキース
Title (romaji): Suikyu Yankees
Also known as: Water Polo Yankees
Genre: School, Sports
Episodes: 10
Format: Renzoku
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2014-Jul-12
Air time: Saturday 23:10
Theme song: Ashita e no YELL by Hey! Say! Jump!

Synopsis

Naoya Inaba (Nakajima Yuto) grew up abroad and from his childhood experience, he thought “yankees” were the strongest heroes (in Japan "yankee" refers to delinquent youths). He was influenced by Japanese yankee manga while abroad and because of his own experiences and mangas, he is always full of chivalrous spirit.
Naoya arrives to spend a year in a high school in Japan. He attends a technical high school which emphasis on the location being center of "water polo supremacy" but is on the verge of closing down. Naoya admires the school because a yankee, whom he admired as a child was once a student there. However, he soon realizes that there are no real yankees like hero figures, only students who spends their days meaninglessly. Naoya is disappointed and decides to do something about it.

Cast

Nakajima Yuto as Inaba Naoya, Captain of water polo club
Takaki Yuya as Kitajima Torao, Naoya's rival
Ohara Sakurako as Iwasaki Nagisa, Manager of water polo club
Yamazaki Kento as Mifune Ryuuji, water polo undergoer
Chiba Yudai as Kimura Tomoki
Nakagawa Taishi as Shimura Kohei
Yoshizawa Ryo as Kato Shinsuke
Mamiya Shotaro as Chiaki Ryo
Kurashina Kana as Hisashi Tsuyoshi, Water polo section advisor
Morimoto Leo as Principal
Kitamura Yukiya as Assistant Principal
Shinkawa Yua as Fujisaki Rei
Suzuki Nobuyuki as Goda Tsuyoshi
Oomasa Aya as math teacher
Minagawa Sarutoki as a parent
Iketsu Shoko (池津祥子) as a parent
Sano Hinako (佐野ひなこ) as Shibata Riko
Kakei Miwako (筧美和子) as Maehata Ryoko, girl water polo staff member of rival school
Yamoto Yuma (矢本悠馬) as Miyaguchi Koki

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Yowakutemo Katemasu

Title: 弱くても勝てます
Title (romaji): Yowakutemo Katemasu
Tagline: 青志先生とへっぽこ高校球児の野望 / Aoshi-sensei to Heppoko Koukou Kyuuji no Yabou
Format: Renzoku
Genre: School drama, sport
Episodes: 11
Viewership rating: TBD
Broadcast network: NTV, YTV
Broadcast period: 2014-Apr-12 to 2014-Jun-21
Air time: Saturday 21:00
Theme song: GUTS! by Arashi

Synopsis

Tamo Aoshi (Ninomiya Kazunari) is a substitute teacher at his alma mater, a prestigious private high school which admits 200 students to Tokyo University every year. He becomes the coach of the weak baseball club which has only five members and has never won a game since it was established. The highest number of times they have thrown the ball back and forth without dropping it is nine. They prefer the outfield because the infield is scary. Furthermore, they practice on the grounds only three hours a week. At other times, they study, study and study. But they love baseball. Finding them interesting and strange creatures, Aoshi decides that he will give his charges victory, guided by his offbeat theory “triumph is possible even if weak”. And then they seriously set their sights on the annual nationwide high school baseball championship with their brand of preposterous baseball.

Cast

Ninomiya Kazunari as Tamo Aoshi
Aso Kumiko as Tone Riko
Fukushi Sota as Akaiwa Kimiyasu
Arimura Kasumi as Tarumi Yuzu
Nakajima Yuto as Shirao Tsuyoshi
Yamazaki Kento as Ebato Mitsuteru
Hongo Kanata as Kamezawa Junichi
Mamiya Shotaro as Okatome Kei
Sakurada Dori as Shikara Eisuke
Suzuki Katsuhiro as Kashiyama Masami
Yanagi Shuntaro (柳俊太郎) as Ushimaru Natsuhiko
Hiraoka Takuma as Mitsuyasu Yuta
Akutsu Shintaro (阿久津愼太郎) as Iseda Hideto
Arakawa Yoshiyoshi as Masumoto Nobuki
Sasano Takashi as Sanjo Mitsushige
Ichikawa Ebizo as Yachida Kentaro
Kawahara Kazuhisa as Mine Naosuke
Yakushimaru Hiroko as Tarumi Kaede

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Ashita no Joe

(1DVD)

Title: Tomorrow's Joe
Also Known As: あしたのジョー / Ashita no Joe
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Year: 2011
Genre: Sports, Drama

Synopsis
Set in the 1960's, Joe Yabuki (Tomohisa Yamashita) lives in a run-down low income ara. There, alcholic ex-boxer Danpei Tange (Teruyuki Kagawa) notices Joe Yabuki's talents as a boxer. But then, Joe gets into trouble and is sentenced into the youth detention center. In the youth detention center, Joe gets into a brawl and then is knocked out by Toru Rikiishi (Yusuke Iseya) who is a champion caliber professional boxer.

While incarcerated, Joe gets special training from Danpei Tange through letters. Upon Joe's release, he quickly becomes an elite boxer and famous for a devastating cross counter. Meanwhile, Toru Rikiishi is also released from prison and quickly resumes his boxing career. Toru finally gets his shot at the world championship belt, but before that, Toru wants a match with Joe Yabuki. The two men enter the ring...

1. Based on the popular boxing manga "Ashita no Joe" by Asao Takamori & Tetsuya Chiba (first published in 1968).
2. Filming began March 30th and completed early June, 2010.
3. Actor Tomohisa Yamashita began working out a month prior to filming for his role as a boxer. His routine included boxing, physical training, and special diet.

Cast:
Tomohisa Yamashita - Joe Yabuki
Yusuke Iseya - Toru Rikiishi
Karina - Yoko Shiraki
Teruyuki Kagawa - Danpei Tange
Katsuya - Kanichi Nishi
Morooka Moro - restaurant's father
Naomi Nishida - restaurant's female owner
Tetta Sugimoto - Yoji Andou
Mitsuko Baisho - Mari Hanamura
Masahiko Tsugawa - Mikinokai Shiraki
Mitsuki Koga
Ren Hulk
Bokuzo Masana
Tsutomu Takahashi
Ryohei Abe
Yasuhi Nakamura
Rina Hatakeyama
Kohei Watanabe
Shin Koyanagi
Koji Kato

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