is a Japanese

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series. It ran for 12 episodes. The cast primarily consists of

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members. The song "Hatsukoi Cider" from

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's single " Hatsukoi Cider / Deep Mind" was used as the closing theme for the TV series; the opening song is " Pyoco Pyoco Ultra" by

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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 (

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) and Sayuri (

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). 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 *

as Nina Machida *

as Sayuri Tachikawa *

as Kazuki Sato *

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as Mami Shibuya *

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as Yuri Uehara ;Recurring *

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 *

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 * Maro Kannagi as Umi Yamashita * Meimi Tamura as Riku Ogura *

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as Sora Tengenji * Suzunosuke as Mr. Muraki * Akari Saho as Mina Hatsudai ;Shibuya Keibitai * Haruka Kudō as Noa Miyashita * Masaki Sato as Rion Miyamasu * Haruna Iikubo as Rin Utagawa * Ayumi Ishida as Runa Jinnan ;Kuishin Girls * Maasa Sudo as Fuyumi Okubo *

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 * Erina Ikuta as Riko Nakano * Kanon Suzuki as Mei Otsuka ;Judgement Squad *

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 *

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 * Chinami Tokunaga as Takako Jinguu ;Nina Faction * Sayuki Takagi as Haru Maihama * Kurumi Yoshihashi as Natsu Hakkeijima * Nanami Tanabe as Aki Daiba ;Eite Butai * Saki Nakajima as Satoko Komaba *

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as Tomoko Mita * Mai Hagiwara as Yuko Yotsuya ;Devil Sisters * Kei Yasuda as Akina Sugamo *

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 * Momoko Tsugunaga as Tomoko Harajuku * Tetsuya Makita as Tsutomi Imawaka * Erina Mano as Reiko Shirogane *

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 *

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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sugaku Joshi Gakuen 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