Series synopsis
Water Polo Yankees, also known as 水球ヤンキース is a Japanese comedy drama television series that premiered on Fuji TV on July 12, 2014. It ended on September 20, 2014. It stars Yuto Nakajima, Kento Yamazaki, Sakurako Ohara and Yuya Takaki.
Naoya Inaba (Yuto Nakajima) grew up abroad. From his childhood experience, he thought “yankees” were the strongest heroes (in Japan "yankee" refers to delinquent youths). He was also influenced by the Japanese yankee manga he read from abroad. Because of his own experiences and reading manga, he is full of chivalrous spirit. Naoya arrives in Japan to spend one year at a high school in Japan. He is transferred to a technical high school which is about to be closed down. Naoya admires the school b ...
Premise
Naoya Inaba (Yuto Nakajima) grew up abroad. From his childhood experience, he thought “yankees” were the strongest heroes (in Japan "yankee" refers to delinquent youths). He was also influenced by the Japanese yankee manga he read from abroad. Because of his own experiences and reading manga, he is full of chivalrous spirit. Naoya arrives in Japan to spend one year at a high school in Japan. He is transferred to a technical high school which is about to be closed down. Naoya admires the school because a yankee, who he admired as a child, went there, but he soon realizes that there are no real yankee like hero figures. There are only students who spends there days meaninglessly. Naoya is disappointed, but he happens to play water polo.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Yuto Nakajima as Naoya Inaba
- Kento Yamazaki as Ryuji Mifune
- Sakurako Ohara as Nagisa Iwasaki
- Yuya Takaki as Torao Kitajima
- Taishi Nakagawa as Kohei Shimura
- Ryo Yoshizawa as Shinsuke Kato
- Yudai Chiba as Tomoki Kimura
- Shotaro Mamiya as Ryo Chiaki
Supporting cast
- Yuma Yamoto as Koki Miyaguchi
- Aya Omasa as Chiharu Aoyama
- Yua Shinkawa as Kirei Fujisaki
- Nobuyuki Suzuki as Takeshi Goda
- Kana Kurashina as Mafuyu Shoji
- Leo Morimoto as Shigenobu Arakawa
- Yukiya Kitamura as Hanzo Kuwahara
- Hinako Sano as Michiko Shibata
- Miwako Kakei as Ryoko Maehata
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 10 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 10 | July 12, 2014 | September 20, 2014 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | July 12, 2014 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | July 19, 2014 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | August 2, 2014 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Fuji TV |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 12, 2014 |
| Last aired | September 20, 2014 |
| Runtime | 35 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Saturday at 23:10:00 |