Rookies: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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.

Series details

• Title: Rookies
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2008-04-19
• Final broadcast date listed: 2008-07-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TBS
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 58 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 6896
• IMDb ID: tt1207900
• TVDB ID: 84533

Cast and credited roles

• Sato Ryuta — Kawato Koichi
• Hayato Ichihara — Aniya Keiichi
• Koide Keisuke — Mikoshiba Toru

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2008-04-19; final listed air date 2008-07-26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Rookies 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.