GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Through the introduction of his friend Danma Ryuji, Onizuka Eikichi, the former legendary bike gang member, visits Meishu Academy to tend to the trees in the garden as a part-time gardener. Learning that Yoshikawa Noboru, a student in teacher Fuyutsuki Azusa's class is being bullied by Uehara Kyoko and other classmates, Onizuka befriends and saves Yoshikawa. Seeing Onizuka's unprecedented but visceral, powerful response to problem solving, the school's president and principal, Sakurai Yoshiko, overrides resistance from her vice principal Uchiyamada Hiroshi and makes Onizuka a teacher. Onizuka goes on to tackle many issues as the teacher in charge of the most problematic class, Class 2-4.

Series details

• Title: GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Premiere date: 2012-07-03
• Final broadcast date listed: 2014-09-16
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Fuji TV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 55 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 37385
• IMDb ID: tt2365173
• TVDB ID: 260370

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-07-03; final listed air date 2012-09-11; episode order: 11.
• Season 2: premiered 2014-07-08; final listed air date 2014-09-16; episode order: 11.

Source and licence

Adapted from GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka 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.