Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In 1988 Hokkaido's Hokusei Yoichi High School became the first high school in Japan to accept students who had previously dropped out of high school from nationwide. Hokkaido Broadcasting (HBC) has been covering this school for 15 years and aired a documentary last spring that caused a stir all over the country. Now TBS in cooperation with HBC will create a drama based on the school.

The drama will follow a former gang member, dropout and graduate of the school who returns as a teacher. We will follow him as he helps graduating students out into the world. The teachers and students will, as you would expect, confront all the issues of youth and society today. At this school, there are no compromises, no lies. This drama will move you as both students and teachers face a variety of issues head on.

This is a moving story that is created by people coming together and learning to believe in each other.

Series details

• Title: Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2003-10-10
• Final broadcast date listed: 2003-12-12
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TBS
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 50 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 37540
• TVDB ID: 105041

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2003-10-10; final listed air date 2003-12-12.

Source and licence

Adapted from Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru 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.