Details
* Title: ルーキーズ
* Title (English): ROOKIES
* Format: Renzoku
* Genre: Sports drama
* Episodes: 11
* Viewership rating: 14.8 (Kanto)
* Broadcast network: TBS
* Broadcast period: 2008-Apr-19 to 2008-Jul-26
* Air time: Saturday 20:00
* Theme song: Kiseki by GreeeeN
Synopsis
Koichi Kawato is the new Japanese Literature teacher at the ill-famed Futakotamagawa high school, whose baseball club is composed of thugs and bullies who have been suspended for a year from all school competitions, for causing a brawl during an official match. The newly appointed teacher finds that the club members left are only interested in women, smoking and doing nothing until, under Kawato's guidance, they discover their dream of going to the Koshien high school baseball tournament. However, the road to Koshien is far from easy as many obstacles await them.
Cast
* Sato Ryuta as Kawato Koichi
* Ichihara Hayato as Aniya Keiichi
* Koide Keisuke as Mikoshiba Toru
* Shirota Yu as Shinjo Kei
* Nakao Akiyoshi as Sekikawa Shuta
* Takaoka Sousuke as Wakana Tomochika
* Kiritani Kenta as Hiratsuka Taira
* Sato Takeru as Okada Yuya
* Igarashi Shunji as Yufune Tetsuro
* Kawamura Yosuke as Hiyama Kiyooki
* Onoue Hiroyuki as Imaoka Shinobu
* Murakawa Eri as Yagi Toko
* Amano Hiroyuki as Kakefu Mitsuhide
* Asano Kazuyuki as Ikebe Shunsaku
* Fukiishi Kazue as Mayumi Rie
* Osugi Ren as Fujimura Akihiro
* Ibu Masato as Murayama Yoshio
Production Credits
* Original writing (manga): ROOKIES by Morita Masanori (森田まさのり)
* Screenwriter: Izumi Yoshihiro
* Planning: Ishimaru Akihiko
* Producer: Tsuru Masaaki
* Directors: Hirakawa Yuichiro (ep1,3,5,8-9,11), Muto Jun (武藤淳) (ep2,6), Yamamoto Takeyoshi (山本剛義) (ep4,10), Nakamae Yuji (中前勇児) (ep7)
* Musical producer: Shida Hirohide (志田博英)
* Music: Haketa Takefumi, Takami Yu (髙見優)
