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Majisuka Gakuen

Majisuka Gakuen (マジすか学園) (lit. "Majisuka Academy") is a Japanese television drama series about high school delinquents, starring members of idol group AKB48.

Majisuka Gakuen
Majisuka Gakuen 4 Promotion
Also known asMajisuka Academy
Kanjiマジすか学園
GenreTeen drama
Action
Comedy
Created byYasushi Akimoto
AKB48
Directed byFutoshi Sato
Keisuke Toyoshima
Yoichi Matsunaga
StarringAKB48
Theme music composerYasushi Akimoto
Opening theme"Majisuka Rock N' Roll" (Season 1)
"Yankee Soul" (Season 2)
"Ponkotsu Blues" (Season 3)
"Majisuka Fight" (Season 4)
"Yankee Machinegun" (Season 5)
"Yuri o Sakaseru ka? (Season 7)
Ending theme"Sakura no Shiori" (Season 1)
"Seishun to Kizukanai Mama" (Season 2)
"Dōki" (Season 3)
"Yankee Rock" (Season 4)
"Gunzō"(Season 5)
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of seasons8
No. of episodes58
Production
ProducersJunpei Nakagawa
Shinji Okabe
Kazuhiko Abiru
Yuji Ishida
Saya Hidemi
Running time30 Minutes
Production companiesTV Tokyo (Seasons 1-3)
Dentsu
AKS
Original release
NetworkTV Tokyo Seasons 1-3
Nippon TV Season 4 & part of Season 5
Hulu Japan Season 5
ReleaseJanuary 9, 2010 (2010-01-09) –
October 26, 2015 (2015-10-26)
Related
AKBingo!
AKB48 Show!
Innocent Lilies
Cabasuka Gakuen

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 Majisuka Gakuen 0: Kisarazu Rantōhen (マジすか学園0 木更津乱闘編, Majisuka Academy 0: The story of the Brawl at Kisarazu), 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

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Season Episodes Premiere Finale Main character Network
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
NTV aired only episodes 1 & 2
0 (Spin-off Special) 1 November 28, 2015 November 28, 2015 HKT48 Nippon Television, Hulu

1st Season Cast

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Majisuka All-Girls High School (also known as Majijo)

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Homeroom 2-C

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  • Transfer Students
  • Team Hormone
    • Rino Sashihara as Wota: Team Hormone Leader
    • Moeno Nitō as Bungee / Banjī: Team Hormone Sub-Leader
    • Aki Takajō as Akicha: Team Hormone Treasurer
    • Rie Kitahara as Unagi
    • Mika Komori as Mukuchi

Rappappa - "Top of Majijo"

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Other Students

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  • 3rd Year
  • 2nd Year
  • 1st Year
  • Year Unknown
    • Kinmayu-kai
      • 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
    • Shizuka Ōya as Miki: She was seen being beaten up by the Sanshō Sisters in Episode 4.

Faculty

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  • Eri Fuse as Yuriko Nojima: Headmaster of Majijo, Former Rappappa Leader.
  • Toru Tezuka as Kiken: Doctor at Majijo.
  • Susumu Kobayashi as Kūki: Homeroom 2-C Math Teacher at Majijo.

Yabakune All-Girls High School

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  • Asami Hihara as School Gang Leader
  • Natsu Andō as Migiude: 2nd in Command at Yabakune.
  • Amina Satō as Chiharu
  • Yukari Satō as Sanae

Yagi All-Girls High School

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  • Minami Takahashi as Minami Ono: Atsuko's best friend and Erena Ono's older sister. In a flashback from Episodes 9 and 10, she was killed by a group of yankees that were after Atsuko.

Atsuko's Parents

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  • Masahiro Komoto as Yoshiro Maeda: Atsuko's father.
  • Sawa Suzuki as Sachiko Maeda: Atsuko's mother, ex-Yabakune Leader.

2nd Season Cast

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Majisuka All-Girls High School (also known as Majijo)

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Rappappa - "Top of Majijo"

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  • Atsuko Maeda as the character with the same name: Rappappa Sub-Leader.
  • Yui Yokoyama as Otabe: Rappappa Leader.
  • The Four Heavenly Queens
    • Minami Minegishi as Shaku: She was the Sttudent Council President from the 1st season.
    • Rena Matsui as Amakuchi/Chūkara/Gekikara
    • Kabuki Sisters (Nō・Kyōgen Sisters)
    • Sae Miyazawa as Yōran: She formerly used the name "Gakuran" in the 1st season.
  • Nachu as Daruma Onizuka
  • Team Hormone
    • Rino Sashihara as Wota: Team Hormone Leader
    • Moeno Nitō as Bungee / Banjī: Team Hormone Sub-Leader
    • Aki Takajō as Akicha: Team Hormone Treasurer
    • Rie Kitahara as Unagi
    • Mika Komori as Mukuchi

Tsu no Ji Rengō

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Other Students

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2nd Year

Faculty

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  • Eri Fuse as Yuriko Nojima: Headmaster of Majijo, Former Rappappa Leader before Yuko Oshima.

Majijo Graduates

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  • Yūko Ōshima as the character with the same name: The Former Rappappa Leader who had died before the events of the 2nd season.
  • Mariko Shinoda as Sado: Former Rappappa Sub-Leader.
  • Haruna Kojima as Torigoya: Former Rappappa Queen.
  • Yuki Kashiwagi as Black / Burakku: Former Rappappa Queen.
  • Tomomi Itano as Shibuya: Former Rappappa Queen. She joined Yabakune as their leader in Episode 2.
  • Sayaka Akimoto as Chōkoku

Yabakune All-Girls High School

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Other Students (appearing only in Episode 12)

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Yabakune Graduates (appearing only in Episode 12)

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  • Asami Hihara as the Former Yabakune Gang Leader
  • Natsu Andō as Migiude: Former Yabakune Gang 2nd in Command

Sutegoro High School

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Others

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3rd Season Cast

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Prison "HOPE"

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Team Habu

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Team Mongoose

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Other Prisoners

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Prison Staff

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  • 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

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  • Kazuki Fukuyama as Keita Yoyogi

4th Season Cast

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Majisuka All-Girls High School (also known as Majijo)

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Rappappa - "Top of Majijo"

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Team Hinabe (2nd Year)

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Kamisori & Zombie (1st Year)

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Other students

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3rd Year

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2nd Year

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  • 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 / Yankī
  • Miki Nishino as Over / Ōbā
  • Miori Ichikawa as Lemon / Remon
  • 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

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3rd Year

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2nd Year

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Year Unknown (Most Likely 1st Year)

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Majijo Graduates

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Yabakune All-Girls High School

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  • Mariya Nagao as Gekkō: A Candidate for Gang Leader who appeared only in Episode 10. The real leader appeared only in Episode 8 and was played by an unknown actress.
  • Tomu Mutō as Tsun
  • Saya Kawamoto as Rookie / Rūkī

4th Season Gaiden

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Episodes
  1. Team Hinabe and Kamisori & Zombie, Seriously Battle (チーム火鍋とカミソリ&ゾンビ、マジでバトる, Chīmu Hinabe to Kamisori and Zombie, maji de batoru)
  2. Dodobusu seriously renamed!? (ドドブスがマジで改名!?, Dodobusu ga maji de kaimei!?)
  3. Kamisori is seriously a Slump!? (カミソリがマジでスランプ!?, Kamisori ga maji de suranpu!?)
  4. Seriously Gekioko Sneaks In! (マジで激尾高が潜入!, Maji de Gekiokō ga Sennyū!)
  5. Seriously Transfer Student Comes In! (マジで転校生がやってくる!, Maji de Tenkōsei ga Yatte kuru!)
  6. Uonome, Seriously Reasoning (ウオノメ、マジで推理する, Uonome, maji de suiri suru)

5th Season Cast

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Majisuka All-Girls High School (also known as Majijo)

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Rappappa - "Top of Majijo"

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Team Hinabe

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1st Year Students

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Other students

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Staff

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  • Toshiya Sakai as Satoru Mōri: Headmaster of Majijo. In Episode 12, he was revealed to be Salt's killer.

Gekioko High School Nursing Department

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Yabakune All-Girls High School

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Majijo Graduates

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  • Rina Kawaei as Bakamono: Former Rappappa Queen
  • Minami Takahashi as the character with the same name: Owner of Casual Diner Asobina, Raised by the Ryūtō Clan, Former Rappappa Queen.
  • Jurina Matsui as Center: She quit being a nurse after she saw the news of Salt killed by an assassin.

Cameo appearance

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  • Miyū Ōmori 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 / Burakku (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 / Supīku (ep.9)
  • Miki Nishino as Chicken / Chikin (ep.9)
  • Miona Hori as Nogi Female Student (ep.10)

5th Season Gaiden

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Episodes
  1. Lost Child Center (迷子センター, Maigo Sentā)
  2. Letter to Mother (お母さんへの手紙, Okāsan e no Tegami)
  3. Moving (引越し, Hikkoshi)
  4. Family Restaurant's Job Interview (ファミレスの面接, Fami Resu no Mensetsu)
  5. Graduation Ceremony (卒業式, Sotsugyōshiki)

Spin-Off Special: Kisarazu Rantōhen

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Shekarashika Joshi Shōgyō

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Kisarazu Yankee Corps

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  • 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)

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Main article: Cabasuka Gakuen

Majimuri Gakuen (2018)

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Yui Oguri (Lily)
 
Rin Okabe (Hina)
 
Mion Mukaichi (Bara)
 
Narumi Kuranoo (Sumire)
Majimuri Gakuen main cast

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 "elite" (選民, senmin) and "commoner" (平民, heimin) 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 Hana-gumi (花組, "Flower Group"), 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)

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In February 2021, it was announced that a second stage play, titled Majimuri Gakuen: Rai (マジムリ学園 蕾-RAI-, Majimuri Gakuen: Flower Buds) 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 "Yasha" (夜叉) and formed her own group, the Hyakki Yagyō (百鬼夜行).[8][9]

Majimuri Gakuen: Loudness (2021)

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In July 2021, a third stage play was announced, titled Majimuri Gakuen: LOUDNESS (マジムリ学園-Loudness), 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]

References

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  1. ^ マジすか学園 (2010) (in Japanese). Allcinema.net. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
  2. ^ "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". plus.tver.jp (in Japanese). July 17, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  3. ^ マジすか学園0 (2015) (in Japanese). Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
  4. ^ ザテレビジョン. "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 (in Japanese). Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  5. ^ マジムリ学園. 日本テレビ (in Japanese). Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  6. ^ ザテレビジョン. "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 (in Japanese). Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  7. ^ 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". ステージナタリー (in Japanese). Retrieved January 28, 2021. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  8. ^ "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". マイナビニュース (in Japanese). February 26, 2021. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  9. ^ "舞台「マジムリ学園 蕾-RAI-」公式サイト". 舞台「マジムリ学園 蕾-RAI-」公式サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved March 14, 2021.
  10. ^ "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". ステージナタリー (in Japanese). July 9, 2021. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
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