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 wo Sakaseru ka? (Season 7)
Ending theme"Sakura no Shiori" (Season 1)
"Seishun to Kizukanai Mama" (Season 2)
"Douki" (Season 3)
"Yankee Rock" (Season 4)
"Gunzou"(Season 5)
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of seasons8
No. of episodes58 (as of 2015)
Production
ProducersJunpei Nakagawa
Shinji Okabe
Kazuhiko Abiru
Yuji Ishida
Saya Hidemi
Running time30 Minutes
Production companiesTV Tokyo (Seasons 1-3)
Dentsu
AKS
Release
Original networkTV Tokyo Seasons 1-3
Nippon TV Season 4 & part of Season 5
Hulu Japan Season 5
Original 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 was 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 will broadcast only the first two episodes (August 24), due to various scenes of violence, which does 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 Kyabasuka Gakuen was aired in 2016. It was set after the events of season 4 and was an alternate continuity to season 5. In a departure from the fist fighting theme of previous seasons, it saw the cast opening and running a hostess club.

The latest iteration of the series is Majimuri Gakuen, aired in July 2018, which featured an entirely new cast and continuity and set at a different school.[4]

Seasons
SeasonEpisodesPremiereFinaleMain characterNetwork
1 12 January 9, 2010 March 27, 2010 Atsuko Maeda TV Tokyo
2 12 April 16, 2011 July 2, 2011 Jurina Matsui
Atsuko Maeda		 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
Spin-Off: 0 1 November 28, 2015 November 28, 2015 HKT48 Nippon Television, Hulu

1st Season Cast

Homeroom 2-C

Rappapa (Wind Instrument Club) - "Top of Majijo"

Other Students

Yabakune All-Girls High School
  • Asami Hihara as School Gang Leader
  • Natsu Andou as Migiude (2nd in Command)
  • Amina Sato as Chiharu
  • Yukari Sato as Sanae

Other Casts
  • Eri Fuse as Yuriko Nojima (Majisuka all-girls school principal, ex-Rappapa Leader)
  • Masahiro Komoto as Yoshiro Maeda (Maeda's father)
  • Sawa Suzuki as Sachiko Maeda (Maeda's mother, ex-Yabakune Leader)
  • Toru Tezuka as Kiken (Majisuka all-girls high school doctor)
  • Susumu Kobayashi as Kuuki (Majisuka all-girls high school math teacher 2-C)
  • Minami Takahashi as Minami Ono

2nd Season Cast

Rappapa (Wind Instrument Club) - "Top of Majijo"

Tsu no Ji Rengou

Other Students

2nd Year

Majisuka Graduates

Yabakune All-Girls High School

Other Students

Yabakune Graduates
  • Asami Hihara as Ex-School Gang Leader
  • Natsu Andou as Migiude (Ex-2nd in Command)

Sutegoro High School

Others

3rd Season Cast

Team Habu

Team Mongoose

Other Prisoners

Prison Staff
  • Yoriko Douguchi 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 (Wind Instrument Club) - "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 Ojou
  • Rina Hirata as Kurofune
  • Moe Goto as Uirou
  • 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

3rd Year

2nd Year

Year Unknown (Most Likely 1st Year)

Casual Diner: Asobina

Majisuka Graduates

Yabakune All-Girls High School

4th Season Gaiden
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

Majisuka All-Girls High School
  • 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

Rappapa (Wind Instrument Club) - "Top of Majijo"

Team Hinabe

1st Year Students

Other students

Gekioko High School Nursing Department

Yabakune All-Girls High School

Casual Diner: Asobina

Majisuka Graduates
  • Rina Kawaei as Bakamono, Ex.Rappapa Four Heavenly Queens

Cameo appearance

5th Season Gaiden
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 Season: 0: Kisarazu Rantōhen

Shekarashika Joshi Shōgyō
  • Sakura Miyawaki as Sakura Miyawaki; 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

Kyabasuka Gakuen (2016)
Main article: Kyabasuka Gakuen

Majimuri Gakuen (2018)
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)

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)

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
  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)
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  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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