Water Polo Yankees (2014)
Water Polo Yankees is a 2014 Japanese-language comedy series. It stars Yuto Nakajima, Kento Yamazaki and Sakurako Ohara.
Naoya Inaba (Yuto Nakajima) grew up abroad. From his childhood experience, he thought “yankees” were the strongest heroes (in Japan "yankee" refers to delinquent youths). He was also influenced by the Japanese yankee manga he read from abroad. Because of his own experiences and reading manga, he is full of chivalrous spirit. Naoya arrives in Japan to spend one year at a high school in Japan. He is transferred to a technical high school which is about to be closed down. Naoya admires the school because a yankee, who he admired as a child, went there, but he soon realizes that there are no real yankee like hero figures. There are only students who spends there days meaninglessly. Naoya is disappointed, but he happens to play water polo.
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What is Water Polo Yankees about?
Naoya Inaba (Yuto Nakajima) grew up abroad. From his childhood experience, he thought “yankees” were the strongest heroes (in Japan "yankee" refers to delinquent youths). He was also influenced by the Japanese yankee manga he read from abroad. Because of his own experiences and reading manga, he is full of chivalrous spirit. Naoya arrives in Japan to spend one year at a high school in Japan. He is transferred to a technical high school which is about to be closed down. Naoya admires the school because a yankee, who he admired as a child, went there, but he soon realizes that there are no real yankee like hero figures. There are only students who spends there days meaninglessly. Naoya is disappointed, but he happens to play water polo.
When was Water Polo Yankees released?
Water Polo Yankees was released on 12 July 2014.
How many episodes does Water Polo Yankees have?
Water Polo Yankees has 10 episodes across 1 seasons.
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Cast
- Yuto Nakajima as Naoya Inaba
- Kento Yamazaki as Ryuji Mifune
- Sakurako Ohara as Nagisa Iwasaki
- Yuya Takaki as Torao Kitajima
- Taishi Nakagawa as Kohei Shimura
- Ryo Yoshizawa as Shinsuke Kato
- Yudai Chiba as Tomoki Kimura
- Shotaro Mamiya as Ryo Chiaki
- Yuma Yamoto as Koki Miyaguchi
- Aya Omasa as Chiharu Aoyama
- Yua Shinkawa as Kirei Fujisaki
- Nobuyuki Suzuki as Takeshi Goda
