, also known as Dragon-Zakura, is a Japanese live action television series based on the manga of the same name.

Cast

Teachers

* Hiroshi Abe as Kenji Sakuragi, a lawyer and the homeroom teacher for the special class *

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as Mamako Ino, an English teacher from Ryūzan High School. She takes care of History lessons for the special class. *

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as Yuriko Tatsuno, the director of Ryūzan High School and the wife of former owner * as Tokihisa Kondō, the vice-principal of Ryūzan High School. *

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as Masanao Ochiai, a teacher from Ryūzan High School * Tōru Shinagawa as Tetsunosuke Yanagi, the Mathematics teacher for the special class *

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- Ryūzaburō Akutayama, the Japanese language teacher for the special class * Susumu Kobayashi as Shutaro Ain, the Science teacher for the special class * Akio Kaneda as Hiroshi Kawaguchi, the English language teacher for the special class * Shin Yazawa as Nozomi Yamamoto, Mamako's friend and a teacher of Shūmeikan High School.

Students of the special class

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as Yūsuke Yajima *

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as Naomi Mizuno *

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as Hideki Ogata *

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as Yoshino Kōsaka * Akiyoshi Nakao as Ichirō Okuno *

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as Maki Kobayashi

Family members of special class students

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as Setsuko Yajima, Yūsuke's mother *

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as Yūko Mizuno, Naomi's mother *

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as Kōsei Ogata, Hideki's father *

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as Mariko Ogata, Hideki's mother *

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as Megumi Kōsaka, Yoshino's mother * Kazuko Katō as Miyako Okuno, Ichirō's mother * Momosuke Mizutani as Jirō Okuno, Ichirō's twin brother. He is a student of Shūmeikan High School) *

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as Mitsue Kobayashi, Maki's mother

Other students of Ryūzan High School

* Akari Hori as Asumi Toda, an

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who repeatedly sends Maki e-mails from her workplace * Ayano Gunji as Saori Abe, Naomi's friend. She had requested Naomi to introduce her to Yūsuke

Others

* Hiroki Murakami as Yoshio Tanaka, one of Nozomi's suitors. He is a law graduate of

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. An arrogant man, he is proud of his academic and social standing even though he is neither handsome nor fit. *

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as Yasushi Sawamatsu, the second suitor of Nozomi. A high school dropout, he is rather simple-minded with "awesome" as his favorite phrase and a very limited vocabulary. His favorite pastime is playing

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and he only has a part-time job.

Episodes

Theme song

The theme song of the show is "Realize" by

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and the insert song "Colorful" by

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dragon Zakura (Tv Series) 2005 Japanese television series debuts Kin'yō Dorama 2005 Japanese television series endings Japanese television dramas based on manga Examinations and testing in fiction Dragon Zakura