is a Japanese
television drama
In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional te ...
series. It ran for 12 episodes. The cast primarily consists of
Hello! Project
is a Japanese musical collective consisting of all female recording artists and groups under Up-Front Promotion, a subsidiary of Up-Front Group. The name was initially used as Michiyo Heike and Morning Musume's fan club name in 1999, but ...
members.
The song "Hatsukoi Cider" from
Buono!
Buono! was a subgroup of the Japanese girl groups Berryz Kobo and Cute, formed in 2007 by Up-Front Promotion and associated with Hello! Project. The members consisted of Momoko Tsugunaga and Miyabi Natsuyaki from Berryz Kobo, and Airi Suzuki ...
's single "
Hatsukoi Cider / Deep Mind" was used as the closing theme for the TV series; the opening song is "
Pyoco Pyoco Ultra" by
Morning Musume
, formerly and commonly known as and colloquially referred to as , is a Japanese girl group, holding the second highest overall single sales (of a female group) on the Oricon, Oricon charts as of February 2012, with the Oricon record of most to ...
.
Synopsis
In the private school of Machida Special High School of Mathematics, a fight for the "No. 1 Mathematics Boss" breaks out between two high school girls, Nina (
Reina Tanaka
is a Japanese singer and musical actress. She is the leader of the Japanese rock band Lovendor. From 2002 to 2013, she was one of the main vocalists of the girl group Morning Musume and participated in other music acts under the Hello! Projec ...
) and Sayuri (
Sayumi Michishige
is a Japanese singer, actress and model. She is a former sixth-generation member and former leader of the J-pop group Morning Musume. Following the departure of fifth-generation member Risa Niigaki on October 12, 2013, Michishige held the longe ...
). A male student by the name of Kazuki (
Dori Sakurada
is a Japanese actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Ryoma Echizen as part of the third generation Seigaku cast in ''The Prince of Tennis'' musicals, '' Tenimyu'', and also for the role of Suguru Niragi in Netflix's survival drama ...
), who has zero interest in mathematics gets transferred to the school due to a mistake in the handling procedure.
Cast
;Class 2A
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Reina Tanaka
is a Japanese singer and musical actress. She is the leader of the Japanese rock band Lovendor. From 2002 to 2013, she was one of the main vocalists of the girl group Morning Musume and participated in other music acts under the Hello! Projec ...
as Nina Machida
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Sayumi Michishige
is a Japanese singer, actress and model. She is a former sixth-generation member and former leader of the J-pop group Morning Musume. Following the departure of fifth-generation member Risa Niigaki on October 12, 2013, Michishige held the longe ...
as Sayuri Tachikawa
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Dori Sakurada
is a Japanese actor and singer. He is best known for his role as Ryoma Echizen as part of the third generation Seigaku cast in ''The Prince of Tennis'' musicals, '' Tenimyu'', and also for the role of Suguru Niragi in Netflix's survival drama ...
as Kazuki Sato
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Maimi Yajima
is a Japanese singer and actress. She was a member and the leader of Cute, a girl idol group within Hello! Project.
Career
Yajima first joined Hello! Project in 2002 as one of the fifteen children chosen from the Hello! Project Kids audi ...
as Mami Shibuya
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Airi Suzuki
is a Japanese singer, actress, model, and radio personality associated with Up-Front Works. In 2002, she joined Hello! Project as a member of Hello! Project Kids and later debuted as the lead vocalist of the Japanese idol girl group Cute (Japan ...
as Yuri Uehara
;Recurring
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Risa Niigaki
is a Japanese actress and singer. She was a fifth-generation member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume. She joined Morning Musume in 2001 along with 3 others- Ai Takahashi, Asami Konno and Makoto Ogawa. She grew up in Yokohama after mo ...
as Nagisa Toriumi
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Riho Sayashi
is a Japanese actress, singer and dancer. She is a former member of the Japanese pop group Morning Musume and the duo Peaberry. In 2019, she became a touring member of Babymetal, including in their performance at Glastonbury Festival 2019.
Ca ...
as Sana Nagata
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Maro Kannagi as Umi Yamashita
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Meimi Tamura as Riku Ogura
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Ayaka Wada
is a Japanese singer and idol signed to YU-M Entertainment. She was a first generation member and the leader of Angerme as well as the leader of Hello! Project.
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Biography
Wada joined Hello! Project as a member of Hello! Pro Egg in June 2 ...
as Sora Tengenji
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Suzunosuke as Mr. Muraki
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Akari Saho as Mina Hatsudai
;Shibuya Keibitai
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Haruka Kudō as Noa Miyashita
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Masaki Sato as Rion Miyamasu
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Haruna Iikubo as Rin Utagawa
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Ayumi Ishida as Runa Jinnan
;Kuishin Girls
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Maasa Sudo as Fuyumi Okubo
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Mizuki Fukumura
is a Japanese singer and actress. She is a former ninth-generation member, leader of the pop group Morning Musume as well as the seventh leader of Hello Project. Prior to becoming part of Morning Musume, Fukumura was known as a member of the se ...
as Haru Akasaka
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Erina Ikuta as Riko Nakano
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Kanon Suzuki as Mei Otsuka
;Judgement Squad
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You Kikkawa
is a Japanese singer and actress. Kikkawa achieved early fame portraying Kobeni Hanasaki from ''Kirarin Revolution, Kirarin Revolution Stage 3'' and later debuted as a solo singer with the song, "Kikkake wa You!"
Career 2006–2010: Pre-debut, ...
as Iroha Aoyama
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Saki Shimizu
is a Japanese former singer. Her career began in 2002 when she passed the audition for Hello! Project Kids, an all-female teen pop group within Hello! Project. She continued to sing in that group and became a part of two smaller groups compos ...
as Miku Azabu
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Chinami Tokunaga as Takako Jinguu
;Nina Faction
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Sayuki Takagi as Haru Maihama
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Kurumi Yoshihashi as Natsu Hakkeijima
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Nanami Tanabe as Aki Daiba
;Eite Butai
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Saki Nakajima as Satoko Komaba
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Chisato Okai
(born June 21, 1994, in Saitama, Japan) is a former Japanese pop singer, actress, model, and television personality. She first gained recognition when she joined Hello! Project Kids and later became one of the main vocalists of the Japane ...
as Tomoko Mita
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Mai Hagiwara as Yuko Yotsuya
;Devil Sisters
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Kei Yasuda as Akina Sugamo
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Kaori Iida
is a Japanese pop singer and actress, associated with Hello! Project and best known as a founding member of the girl band Morning Musume. She has also recorded with the Morning Musume side project band Tanpopo and is currently a solo artist. ...
as Seiko Akasuka
;Others
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Momoko Tsugunaga as Tomoko Harajuku
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Tetsuya Makita as Tsutomi Imawaka
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Erina Mano as Reiko Shirogane
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Karin Miyamoto
is a Japanese singer. She is a former member of Juice=Juice, an all-female pop group within Hello! Project
is a Japanese musical collective consisting of all female recording artists and groups under Up-Front Promotion, a subsidiary ...
as Yu Meguro
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Rika Ishikawa
, is a Japanese actress and model associated with Hello! Project and best known as a former member of the pop group Morning Musume. She was the leader of the Japanese pop idol trio V-u-den until June 2008. She has performed as a solo singer, a ...
as Kina Machida
Episode Information
References
External links
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Nippon Television dramas
2012 Japanese television series debuts
Japanese drama television series
Japanese high school television series
2012 Japanese television series endings
Hello! Project
Japanese television series about teenagers