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Two years after the movie ''Waterboys (film)">Water Boys'' takes place, the boys of Tadano High School are still in the club. The series tells the life and hardships of the boys as they learn synchronized swimming.

Cast

;Main cast * Kankuro Shindo – Takayuki Yamada * Norio Tatematsu – Mirai Moriyama * Masatoshi Tanaka – Eita * Go Takahara – Yuma Ishigaki * Futoshi Ishizuka – Tomoya Ishii * Asako Onishi – Mao Miyaji * Kyoko Hanamura – Yu Kashii * Mr. Ozaki –

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* Mr. Yamaoka –

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* Mr. Sugita –

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* Ms. Sakuma –

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* Ms. Onogawa –

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* Mama (of a bar) –

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* Chi-mama –

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* Mr. Isomura –

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* Kiyomasa Isomura –

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* Katsumasa Sato – Hiroshi Tamaki * Miwako Shindo – Hitomi Takahashi * Kanichi Shindo –

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;Synchro Boy Group *

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* Hironori Ehata * Ichitarō * Shintarō Chikada * Taiyō Takeuchi * Takanori Kawamoto * Atsushi Sekita * Takashi Hyuuga * Nobuyuki Namiki * Kougaku Washiatama * Ichirō Shin * Satoshi Wakisaki *

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Episodes

# ''Otoko no Synchro!?'' (男のシンクロ!?) # ''Synchro Ayaushi!?'' (シンクロ危うし!?) # ''Shuku Kessei! Synchro Dōkōkai'' (祝結成!シンクロ同好会) # ''Synchro Kōen Kekkō'' (シンクロ公演決行) # ''Synchro Natsu Gasshuku'' (シンクロ夏合宿!) # ''Namida no Inter-High'' (涙のインターハイ) # ''Synchro e no Omoi'' (シンクロへの想い) # ''Natsu Da! Umi Da! Same Otoko Da'' (夏だ!海だ!サメ男だ) # ''Kaisan Nanka Shinai'' (解散なんかしない) # ''32-nin ga Okosu Kiseki'' (32人が起こす奇跡) # ''Otoko no Synchro Kōen Saikō no Namida!'' (男のシンクロ公演最高の涙!)

References

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