Bamboo Blade: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Kojirou is the kendo instructor for Muroe High School and he's totally broke. But then an unexpected chance is given to him: his team must win against his senpai's team and the prize is: free meals for a whole year! Now, the only problem left... where to find girls skilled enough and willing to join the kendo team?

Series details

• Title: Bamboo Blade
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Anime
• Premiere date: 2007-10-02
• Final broadcast date listed: 2008-04-01
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.4/10
• TVMaze ID: 6710
• IMDb ID: tt1155604
• TVDB ID: 80673

Cast and credited roles

• Ryou Hirohashi — Tamaki Kawazoe
• Megumi Toyoguchi — Kirino Chiba
• Rina Satou — Satori Azuma
• Houko Kuwashima — Miyako Miyazaki
• Daisuke Sakaguchi — Yuuji Nakata
• Akira Ishida — Danjuurou Eiga
• Tetsu Inada — Kenzaburou Ishibashi
• Mai Nakahara — Reimi Odajima
• Maaya Sakamoto — Rin Suzuki
• Kaori Nazuka — Mei Ogawa
• Sachiko Kojima — Sayako Kuwahara
• Katsuyuki Konishi — Toraji Ishida (nickname: Kojirou)

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2007-10-02; final listed air date 2008-04-01; episode order: 26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Bamboo Blade on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.