Majisuka Gakuen Explained
| Native Name: | | Child: | yes | | Hide: | no | | Header: | none | | Kanji: | マジすか学園 |
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| Alt Name: | Majisuka Academy |
| Genre: | Teen drama
Action
Comedy |
| Creator: | Yasushi Akimoto
AKB48 |
| Director: | Futoshi Sato
Keisuke Toyoshima
Yoichi Matsunaga |
| Starring: | AKB48 |
| Theme Music Composer: | Yasushi Akimoto |
| Open Theme: | "Majisuka Rock N' Roll" (Season 1)
"Yankee Soul" (Season 2)
"Ponkotsu Blues" (Season 3)
"Majisuka Fight" (Season 4)
"Yankee Machinegun" (Season 5)
"Yuri wo Sakaseru ka? (Season 7) |
| End Theme: | "Sakura no Shiori" (Season 1)
"Seishun to Kizukanai Mama" (Season 2)
"Douki" (Season 3)
"Yankee Rock" (Season 4)
"Gunzou"(Season 5) |
| Country: | Japan |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Num Seasons: | 8 |
| Num Episodes: | 58 |
| Producer: | Junpei Nakagawa
Shinji Okabe
Kazuhiko Abiru
Yuji Ishida
Saya Hidemi |
| Runtime: | 30 Minutes |
| Company: | TV Tokyo (Seasons 1-3)
Dentsu
AKS |
| Channel: | TV Tokyo Seasons 1-3
Nippon TV Season 4 & part of Season 5
Hulu Japan Season 5 |
(lit. "Majisuka Academy") is a Japanese television drama series about high school delinquents, starring members of idol group AKB48.
The first season aired in 2010 on TV Tokyo.[1] A second season Majisuka Gakuen 2 was aired the following year.
The third season is set in a different continuity from the previous seasons, and was aired on July 13, 2012.
In 2015, the series moved to NTV and the fourth season, which returned to the same continuity as seasons 1 and 2, was aired on January 19, 2015. On the same year, a fifth season was announced and for the first time will be aired exclusively on internet, by the streaming site Hulu Japan, because NTV only broadcast the first two episodes on August 24 due to various scenes of violence, which did not justify full season showing on TV.[2]
A special spin-off from the fourth and fifth seasons of the series, titled, is a prequel to season 4. It was the first to feature members of HKT48 as the main cast and was produced in collaboration with the rock band Kishidan. It was aired on November 28, 2015, on NTV at 25:05 JST and run for half an hour.[3]
Another spinoff titled Cabasuka Gakuen aired from October 2016 to January 2017. It is set after the events of an unresolved alternate ending to the fourth season. In a departure from the fist-fighting theme of previous seasons, it saw the girls opening and running a hostess club in order to save their school from shutting down as it had gone bankrupt.
The latest iteration of the series is Majimuri Gakuen, aired in July 2018, which features an entirely new cast and continuity, and was set at a different school.[4]
Seasons
| Season | Episodes | Premiere | Finale | Main character | Network |
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| 1 | 12 | January 9, 2010 | March 27, 2010 | Atsuko Maeda | TV Tokyo |
| 2 | 12 | April 16, 2011 | July 2, 2011 | Atsuko Maeda
Jurina Matsui | TV Tokyo |
| 3 | 12 | July 14, 2012 | October 6, 2012 | Haruka Shimazaki | TV Tokyo |
| 4 | 10 | January 20, 2015 | March 30, 2015 | Sakura Miyawaki
Haruka Shimazaki | Nippon Television |
| 5 | 12 | August 24, 2015 | October 27, 2015 | Sakura Miyawaki | Hulu
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| 0 (Spin-off Special) | 1 | November 28, 2015 | November 28, 2015 | HKT48 | Nippon Television, Hulu |
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1st Season Cast
Majisuka All-Girls High School
Homeroom 2-C
- Transfer Students
- Team Hormone
Rappapa - "Top of Majijo"
- Yūko Ōshima as the character with the same name, Rappapa Leader
- Mariko Shinoda as Sado, Rappapa 2nd in Command
- The Four Heavenly Queens
- 1st Year Students
Other Students
- 3rd Year
- 2nd Year
- 1st Year
- The Sanshō Sisters
- Mayu Watanabe as Nezumi
- Erena Ono as the character with the same name
- Jurina Matsui as Center
- Kumi Yagami as Dance
- Golden Eyebrow Society
- Miho Wakizawa as Leader (Unnamed)
- Mayu Co. as Unnamed Officer
- Anzu Momoto as Unnamed Member
- Anzu Ikehata as Unnamed Member
- SHIN-YONG as Unnamed Member
- Sonomi Miyahayashi as Unnamed Member
Faculty
- Eri Fuse as Yuriko Nojima, headmaster, ex-Rappapa Leader
- Toru Tezuka as Kiken, doctor
- Susumu Kobayashi as Kūki, math teacher 2-C
Yabakune All-Girls High School
- Asami Hihara as School Gang Leader
- Natsu Andō as Migiude, 2nd in Command
- Amina Satō as Chiharu
- Yukari Sato as Sanae
Yagi All-Girls High School
- Minami Takahashi as Minami Ono, Atsuko's best friend who was killed by a group of yankees that were after Atsuko
Atsuko's family
- Masahiro Komoto as Yoshiro Maeda, Atsuko's father
- Sawa Suzuki as Sachiko Maeda, Atsuko's mother, ex-Yabakune Leader
2nd Season Cast
Majisuka All-Girls High School
Rappapa - "Top of Majijo"
- Atsuko Maeda as the character with the same name, Rappapa 2nd in Command
- Yui Yokoyama as Otabe, Rappapa Leader
- The Four Heavenly Queens
- Nachu as Daruma Onizuka
- Team Hormone
Tsu no Ji Rengō
Other Students
2nd Year
Faculty
- Eri Fuse as Yuriko Nojima, headmaster, ex-Rappapa Leader
Majisuka Graduates
Yabakune All-Girls High School
- Hadashi no Kai (Habu)
- 3rd Year
- 2nd Year
- 1st Year
Other Students
Yabakune Graduates
- Asami Hihara as Ex-School Gang Leader
- Natsu Andō as Migiude (Ex-2nd in Command)
Sutegoro High School
Others
3rd Season Cast
Prison "HOPE"
Team Habu
Team Mongoose
Other Prisoners
Prison Staff
- Yoriko Dōguchi as Prison Head
- Yasuji Kimura as Nozomu Dedokoro, Prison Warden
- Koiku Misawa, Tomoyasu Yamamoto, Daisuke Hibari, Yuichiro Suzuki, and Kenzo Fukutsu as Jailers
Others
- Kazuki Fukuyama as Keita Yoyogi
4th Season Cast
Majisuka All-Girls High School
Rappapa - "Top of Majijo"
Team Hinabe (2nd Year)
Kamisori & Zombie (1st Year)
3rd Year
2nd Year
- Karen Iwata as Masamune
- Chiyori Nakanishi as Busakawa
- Mizuki Tsuchiyasu as Yosakoi
- Yuiri Murayama as Dokuringo
- Nana Okada as Katabutsu
- Hikari Hashimoto as Muneatsu
- Rena Nozawa as Perapera
- Seina Fukuoka as Hidarī
- Rina Izuta as Yanzuna
- Saho Iwatate as Erinki
- Wakana Natori as Ojō
- Rina Hirata as Kurofune
- Moe Goto as Uirō
- Miyabi Ino as Meshiuma
- Ayano Umeta as Umeta
- Moe Aigasa as Yankee
- Miki Nishino as Over
- Miori Ichikawa as Lemon
- Mitsuki Maeda as Dekakawa
- Natsuki Kojima as Eikō
- Manami Ichikawa as Sabasaba
- Mayu Ogasawara as Biriken
- Haruka Shimada as Shimada
Gekioko High School Nursing Department
3rd Year
2nd Year
Year Unknown (Most Likely 1st Year)
Casual Diner: Asobina
Majisuka Graduates
Yabakune All-Girls High School
4th Season Gaiden
- Episodes
5th Season Cast
Majisuka All-Girls High School
Rappapa - "Top of Majijo"
Team Hinabe
1st Year Students
Other students
- Nana Okada as Katabutsu
- Jurina Matsui as Center, Transfer Student; She quit being a nurse after she saw the news of Salt killed by an assassin.
- Haruka Kodama as Katsuzetsu, Transfer Student
Gekioko High School Nursing Department
Yabakune All-Girls High School
Casual Diner: Asobina
Majisuka Graduates
Cameo appearance
- Miyu Omori as Kaidan (ep.1), Cloud (ep.9)
- Ayana Shinozaki as Donkame (ep.1)
- Atsuko Maeda as the character with the same name (ep.2)
- Yuko Oshima as either the character with the same name or one of that character's sisters (Yuka and Yuki) (ep.2)
- Yuki Kashiwagi as Black (ep.2)
- Haruna Kojima as Torigoya/Kojiharu (ep.2)
- Mayu Watanabe as Nezumi (ep.2)
- Miyabi Ino as Meshiuma (ep.9)
- Ayaka Okada as Okamochi (ep.9)
- Haruka Shimada as Okami (ep.9)
- Karen Iwata as Anison (ep.9)
- Rena Nozawa as Speak (ep.9)
- Miki Nishino as Chicken (ep.9)
- Miona Hori as Nogi Female Student (ep.10)
5th Season Gaiden
- Episodes
Spin-Off Special: Kisarazu Rantōhen
Shekarashika Joshi Shōgyō
- Sakura Miyawaki as the character with the same name; In prior to change school to Majisuka All-Girls High School, her hair is a long ponytail before it was cut short. She also tried to avoid fighting other Yankee.
- Haruka Kodama as Katsuzetsu; Always together with Sakura.
- Rino Sashihara as Ageman; Show's ex. girlfriend. She was previously a former Majisuka student of Team Hormone's leader as Wota.
- Chihiro Anai as Neji
- Yui Kojina as Narushi
- Riko Sakaguchi as Fukurotoji
- Meru Tashima as Megaphone
- Miku Tanaka as Otona
- Natsumi Matsuoka as Oshiri
- Nako Yabuki as Namaiki
- Aika Ota as Ogi
- Mio Tomonaga as Bōyomi
- Mai Fuchigami as Chikoku
- Aoi Motomura as Gōkyū
- Madoka Moriyasu as Kakuni
- Emiri Yamashita as Katakana
Kisarazu Yankee Corps
- Show Ayanocozey as Show; Ageman's ex.boyfriend
- Hikaru Saotome as Mimiuchi
- Hitomi Saionji as Teigaku
- Hoshi Grandmarnier as Taigaku
- Shouchikubai Shiratori as Master
Cabasuka Gakuen (2016)
See main article: Cabasuka Gakuen.
Majimuri Gakuen (2018)
The story is set at Utopia Arashigaoka, a new town created by the real estate company Gosaki Land. In the Arashigaoka Gakuen private school, the students are divided into and statuses with a strict social hierarchy, with Aran Gosaki, also known as Kaiser (Hinata Honma), at the top as the student council president. Sayuri "Lily" Shimizu (Yui Oguri), a mysterious girl with formidable fighting skills, transferred to the school and become friends with Hina Asahi (Rin Okabe), Ikumi "Bara" Kuwabara (Mion Mukaichi), and Sumire Yamamoto (Narumi Kuranoo). Calling themselves the, they fight to put an end to the school hierarchy and Kaiser's tyranny, while also facing the impending threat from the Arechi Technical School led by Manji (Yumiko Takino).[5]
Unlike previous installments, this season features co-educational schools and brawls between female and male students. Some of the male fighters are portrayed by real-life pro wrestlers and martial artists, such as kickboxer Yasuhiro Kido, pro wrestler Yukio Sakaguchi, and former Estonian sumo wrestler Baruto Kaito.[6]
The series was adapted into a stage play, which was performed on October 19–28, 2018 at the Nippon Seinenkan Hall, Tokyo. The stage play returned to an all-female cast lineup, and with the exception of Yui Kojina of HKT48 and the guest stars, all the named characters were portrayed by AKB48 members. Nana Okada portrayed the main antagonist, Nero.[7]
Majimuri Gakuen: Rai (2021)
In February 2021, it was announced that a second stage play, titled would be produced and performed in the end of March. This stage play would be part of the seventh anniversary celebration of AKB48 Team 8, of which most of the series' main cast are members, and all the regular characters would be portrayed by members of that team.
The play is set two years after the events of the first stage play, when the Hana-gumi have become senior students and gone their separate ways. While Lily is still the highly respected leader of the Hana-gumi, Hina has become the new student council president under the name "Null" and Sumire has reinvented herself as and formed her own group, the .[8] [9]
Majimuri Gakuen: Loudness (2021)
In July 2021, a third stage play was announced, titled, and will be presented as a combination of stage play and concert.
The play is set two years after the events of the drama, with Nero and König set to confront Null, who has become the leader of Arashigaoka Student council.[10]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=335869. ja:マジすか学園 (2010). Allcinema.net . ja . August 25, 2011.
- Web site: 島崎遥香が単独主演『マジすか学園5』過激すぎて地上波は無理!?全話はHulu独占配信 . 2023-04-09 . plus.tver.jp . July 17, 2015 . ja.
- Web site: http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2061277/full/. ja:マジすか学園0 (2015). Oricon.co.jp . ja . November 8, 2015.
- News: AKB48小栗有以、「マジムリ学園」撮影現場で見せた"超真面目＆努力家"の素顔 （1/5） テレビ・芸能ニュースならザテレビジョン. ザテレビジョン. ザテレビジョン. August 2, 2018. ja.
- Web site: http://www.ntv.co.jp/majimuri/story/. ja:マジムリ学園. 日本テレビ. ja-JP. August 2, 2018.
- News: AKB48小栗有以、「マジムリ学園」撮影現場で見せた"超真面目＆努力家"の素顔 （1/5） テレビ・芸能ニュースならザテレビジョン. ザテレビジョン. ザテレビジョン. August 2, 2018. ja.
- Web site: Inc. Natasha. 小栗有以・岡田奈々W主演、舞台「マジムリ学園」横山由依ら全キャスト発表. January 28, 2021. ステージナタリー. ja.
- Web site: February 26, 2021. AKB48・小栗有以、『マジムリ学園 蕾-RAI-』で主演 舞台とライブの2部構成. March 14, 2021. マイナビニュース. ja.
- Web site: 舞台「マジムリ学園 蕾-RAI-」公式サイト. March 14, 2021. 舞台「マジムリ学園 蕾-RAI-」公式サイト. ja.
- Web site: July 9, 2021. AKB48による舞台「マジムリ学園」第3弾は岡田奈々、岡部麟、村山彩希のトリプル主演. May 24, 2022. ステージナタリー. ja.
