Grade A Reversal: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Shinichi Sakurai is a junior high school graduate who works for a mid-sized real estate company. His wife, Kanako, is also a junior high school graduate, and they are blessed with a daughter - Kaori. Even though the family isn't wealthy, they live happily together.

One day, however, Kaori receives the horrific result she scored on a nationwide exam. "Will my daughter be just a junior high school graduate as well?" Shinichi asks. After deciding to send Kaori to an elite school, worried Shinichi soon realizes his daughter will be in the bottom class in a cram school which makes it impossible for her to pass the school entrance exam.

Shinichi names the study room at home as "My cram school" and studies together with Kaori to make a way for her to enter a competitive school.

Series details

• Title: Grade A Reversal
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2017-01-13
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-03-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TBS
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 25214
• TVDB ID: 321351

Cast and credited roles

• Sadao Abe — Sakurai Shinichi
• Kyoko Fukada — Sakurai Kanako
• Yamada Mikuu — Sakurai Kaori

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2017-01-13; final listed air date 2017-03-17; episode order: 10.

Source and licence

Adapted from Grade A Reversal 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.