is a 2016

Japanese television drama , also called , are television programs that are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, jidaigeki, thriller ...

series starring

Sakura Miyawaki is a Japanese singer and actress based in South Korea. She is a member of the South Korean girl group Le Sserafim. Miyawaki began her music career with the girl group HKT48 in 2011, and was a concurrent member of their sister group AKB48 from ...

and

Jurina Matsui is a Japanese Television personalities in Japan, TV personality, singer, actress, and YouTuber. She is a former member of Japanese idol girl group SKE48 and former concurrent member of AKB48 (in 2012–2015). She is recognized as SKE48's absolut ...

. It is the sequel to Majisuka Gakuen 5, set in an alternate timeline where the events of that season never happened but the Majisuka All-Girls High School goes bankrupt. In order to save their school from shutting down, the girls decide to open and work at a

hostess bar A hostess club is a type of night club found primarily in Japan. They employ primarily female staff and cater to men seeking drinks and attentive conversation. The modern host club is a similar type of establishment where primarily male staff atte ...

called . It started airing on October 29, 2016 on

Nippon Television JOAX-DTV (channel 4), branded as , is the flagship station of the Nippon News Network and the Nippon Television Network System, owned-and-operated by the which is a subsidiary of the certified broadcasting holding company , itself a listed su ...

Cast

as Sakura (Same) *

Yui Yokoyama Yui may refer to: People * Yui (name), a Japanese name *Yui (singer) (born 1987), Japanese singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actress * Yui people or Ibi, a Timucuan-speaking people in what now is Georgia, United States Places * Yui, Sh ...

as Otabe (Maguro) *

Haruka Kodama is a Japanese actress and former member of the idol girl groups HKT48 and AKB48. In HKT48, she was a member of Team H. She has been the lead performer of three HKT48 singles: "Hikaeme I Love You!" (2014), "12 Byō" (2015, with Sakura Miyawaki), ...

as Katsuzetsu (Tai) *

Yuria Kizaki is a Japanese actress and former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48, where she was the captain of Team B. Biography On November 13, 2009, Kizaki passed SKE48's third-generation auditions. On June 23, 2010, she got promoted to an o ...

as Magic (Gari) *

as Center (Kurage) *

Nana Okada is a Japanese singer and actress, represented by Avex Asunaro. She is a member of the girl group AKB48 and a former member of STU48. She has been a fixture in AKB48's major single lineups since 2016 and is considered one of the best singers in ...

as Katabutsu (Karei) *

Juri Takahashi , also known mononymously as Juri ( ko, 쥬리; ja, ジュリ), is a Japanese singer based in South Korea. She is a member of South Korean girl group Rocket Punch and former member of the Japanese girl group AKB48. Career 2011-2018: AKB4 ...

as Uonome (Iwashi) * Ryoka Oshima as Kusogaki (Ankō) *

Mion Mukaichi is a Japanese idol singer and former child actress. She is a member of the girl group AKB48, serving as captain of AKB48 Team A, and is also the third and current AKB48 Group . As an actress, she is best known for portraying Mio Sato in the '' U ...

as Jisedai (Fugu) *

Mako Kojima is a Japanese fashion producer and ''tarento'', represented by Sun Music Production. She is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48 and the founder of the fashion label Haluhiroine, which is distributed through Earth Music & Ecol ...

as Kamisori (Ika) *

Haruka Komiyama Haruka Komiyama (込山榛香 ''Komiyama Haruka'', born September 12, 1998 in Chiba Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese idol, singer and model. She is a member of the Japanese girl group AKB48's Team A and was an exclusive model for the Japanese t ...

as Ikizama (Isoginchaku) *

Rika Nakai is a Japanese idol and ''tarento''. *

Mio Tomonaga is a former Japanese idol singer, and a former member of the idol girl groups HKT48 and AKB48. In HKT48, she was in Team KIV, and in AKB48 in Team B. Career On March 30, 2016, Mio Tomonaga released her first photobook, titled ''Hinata''. ...

as Bōyomi (Tatsuno-otoshigo) *

Yui Kojina Yui may refer to: People *Yui (name), a Japanese name *Yui (singer) (born 1987), Japanese singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actress *Yui people or Ibi, a Timucuan-speaking people in what now is Georgia, United States Places *Yui, Shizu ...

as Mirror (Kiss) *

Sayaka Yamamoto is a Japanese singer and songwriter signed to Universal Sigma. She is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group NMB48, where she served as captain of both the whole group as well as Team N, and a former member of AKB48's Team K. She made ...

as Antonio *

Miru Shiroma is a Japanese singer and model. She is a former member of Team M of the Japanese idol girl group NMB48. Career Shiroma passed NMB48's first-generation auditions in September 2010, debuting on 9 October 2010 at Tokyo Aki Matsuri. Her stage d ...

as Shirogiku * Fuuko Yagura as Kurobara * Ririka Suto as Tetsugaku *

Nagisa Shibuya is a member of the Japanese idol girl group NMB48. She is the current captain of NMB48's Team M. She is also a member of the AKB48 sub-unit Tentoumu Chu!, of NMB48 sub-unit Queentet, and formerly held a concurrent position in AKB48's Team 4. ...

as Hachikō *

Tomu Mutō is a Japanese idol and singer, and a member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She is a member of AKB48's Team K. She is an alumna of Seijo University, where she studied economics and also earned her postgraduate degree, as well as a certi ...

as Tsun *

Saya Kawamoto is a Japanese tarento and actress. She is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48. She was a member of AKB48's Team 4 and was in JKT48's Team T due to a member exchange program that happened between 15 September and 19 October 20 ...

as Rookie *

Akari Yoshida is a Japanese YouTuber, tarento and fashion model who is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group NMB48. She is affiliated with Showtitle. During her time at NMB48, she was affiliated with Yoshimoto Kogyo. Biography Yoshida passed NMB ...

as Red *

Toshio Kakei (born 10 August 1962 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka) is a Japanese actor. He had major roles in several TV drama series such as ''Bayside Shakedown''. Kakei graduated from Osaka University of Arts. Filmography Television * ''Bayside Shakedown'' (19 ...

as Saionji,

Cabaret Club A hostess club is a type of night club found primarily in Japan. They employ primarily female staff and cater to men seeking drinks and attentive conversation. The modern host club is a similar type of establishment where primarily male staff atte ...

Producer * Suekichi-kun as Satoshi * Kyosuke Yabe * Koki Okada *

Akimasa Haraguchi Akimasa (written: 彰正, 顕正 or 明正) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese astronomer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese samurai and politician {{given name Japanese masculine given names

* Kazumasa Koura * Ryohei Abe * Toshiya Sakai * Zen Kajiwara

Guest appearance

Nanase Nishino is a Japanese actress, model, television host, and former member of Japanese idol girl group Nogizaka46. Her lead roles in TV and film have included Asahi Tōjima in ''Asahinagu'' and Ai Amano in '' Denei Shojo: Video Girl Ai 2018''. She co-host ...

as Nogi Female Student (ep.1) *

Mayu Watanabe is a Japanese former idol, singer, actress, and former member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48 under Team B. In the annual AKB48 General Elections event, she had consistently been voted by fans to rank among the group's top members. She has ...

as Nezumi (Utsubo) (ep.3) *

Yu Inaba is a Japanese actor, best known for his role as Go Shijima/Kamen Rider Mach in the Kamen Rider Series, Kamen Rider series ''Kamen Rider Drive''. Biography Inaba was born in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture. In November 2009, when he was a 16-yea ...

as Tsuyoshi Tsujimoto, System Engineer (ep.3 - 6, 10) *

Haruna Kojima is a Japanese actress, model, and former singer. From 2005 to 2017, she was a member of idol group AKB48 under Team A. Career Kojima was born in Urawa-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, and started her career as a member of Angel Eyes, an idol ...

as Kojiharu (Konbu) (ep.4) *

Yuki Kashiwagi is a Japanese idol and singer. She is a member of the Japanese idol girl group AKB48 and a former member of NMB48 and NGT48. She auditioned for AKB48 on December 3, 2006, and is now a member of AKB48's Team B. She was previously the captain of T ...

as Yuki Kashiwagi (Anago) (ep.4 - 5) *

Maria Abe AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol girl group named after the Akihabara (''Akiba'' for short) area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48's producer, Yasushi Akimoto, wanted to form a girl group with i ...

as Maria (ep.5) *

Rena Kato is a Japanese tarento, model, and actress. She is a former member of the Japanese female idol group AKB48, and was in Team A. She was also a member, along with her good friends Anna Iriyama and Rina Kawaei, of a one-shot AKB48 subunit named A ...

as Dodobusu (Namazu), Fortune Teller (ep.5 - 10) * Hana Matsuoka as Hana Matsuoka (Wakasagi) (ep.7) *

Rino Sashihara is a Japanese tarento, singer, producer and actress. She is best known as a former member of idol groups HKT48, AKB48 and STU48, and was the theater manager for HKT48 and STU48. She was also a member of AKB48's unit Not Yet (band), Not Yet and i ...

as Scandal (ep.8) *

Anna Iriyama is a Japanese actress and YouTuber who has bases of operations in Japan and Mexico. She is a former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48, in which she was a member of Team A. She is represented by the talent agency Ohta Production. She was p ...

as Yoga (Iruka) (ep.8 - 10) *

Kaori Matsumura is a Japanese tarento who is a former member of SKE48's Team KII. Career Mastumura applied for SKE48's 2nd generation auditions in March 2009 but failed to make the cut. She passed SKE48's 3rd generation auditions on 13 November 2009. Duri ...

as Kaori Matsumura, Hostess (ep.8, mentioned only) *

Nao Furuhata is a member of the Japanese idol girl group SKE48. She is a member of SKE48's Team KII, and a former member of AKB48. Career Furuhata was born in Aichi Prefecture, and passed SKE48's 5th generation auditions in October 2011. Her audition song ...

as Nao Furuhata, Hostess (ep. 10) *

Akane Takayanagi is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group SKE48. She joined SKE48 as a second-generation trainee in March 2009, before being promoted to Team KII. She was a member of SKE48 Team KII, and a former member of NMB48 Team BII. AKB48 genera ...

as Akane Takayanagi, Hostess (ep.8, mentioned only) *

Akari Suda is a Japanese ''tarento'' and a former member of the Japanese idol girl group SKE48 represented by Twin Planet. She was a member of SKE48's Team E. Career Suda passed SKE48's 3rd generation auditions on 11 November 2009, and debuted on 8 Dec ...

as Akari Suda, Hostess (ep.8, mentioned only) * Sarina Sōda as Sarina Sōda, Hostess (ep.8, mentioned only) * Haruka Futamura as Haruka Futamura, Hostess (ep.8, mentioned only) *

Haruka Shimazaki is a Japanese actress, singer, and former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48. Her supposed apathetic attitude toward idol fans led to the popularity of the buzzword in Japanese media. Since graduating from AKB48 in 2016, Shimazaki has work ...

as Salt (Purankuton) (ep.8 - 9) *

Mai Shiraishi is a Japanese singer, model, YouTuber and actress who is a former member of the Japanese idol girl group Nogizaka46. Career After graduating from high school, Shiraishi attended music college as she desired to be a singer. Later on, one of he ...

as Nogi Female Student (ep.10)

References

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* 2016 Japanese television series debuts 2017 Japanese television series endings Nippon TV dramas AKB48 {{Japan-tv-prog-stub