Gekokujo Kyuji: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Nagumo is a social studies teacher at Mie Prefectural Koshiyama High School. A former baseball player in college who had to retire due to injury, he worked as a sports trainer before turning to his "other dream" of becoming a teacher at 32. When he is made advisor for the high school's weak and disbanding baseball team, his life begins to come full circle, and strives to produce a miraculous turnaround for the team in this uplifting tale of love and baseball.

Series details

• Title: Gekokujo Kyuji
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Sports
• Premiere date: 2023-10-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 2023-12-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TBS
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 73035
• TVDB ID: 438572

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2023-10-15; final listed air date 2023-12-17; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Gekokujo Kyuji 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.