Gokusen

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Genre: action comedy romance slice of life
Author: morimoto kozueko
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Year: Dec 15, 1999 to Feb 15, 2007
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Status： Finished

delinquents organized crime school workplace

Fresh out of college, Kumiko "Yankumi" Yamaguchi becomes a math teacher at an all-boys high school. Unfortunately for her, she's assigned by the school board as the homeroom teacher for class 3-D, which happens to be the class of delinquent students. When the class attempts to make a living hell out of Yankumi's career, they fail as her persistence and aggression gain her respect. However, little does anyone in the school know that Yankumi is actually heir to the Kuroda Ikka—one of Tokyo's most powerful yakuza clans.

(Source: ANN) Gokusen was adapted into three-season live-action TV drama by Nippon Television that aired in 2002, 2005 and 2008. A live-action movie that followed the drama's storyline was released in 2009.

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Synonyms: Gangster Teacher
Japanese: ごくせん

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Sawada Shin

Main

18-year-old Shin is the leader of class 3-D (17-year-old leader of 2-4 in the manga). He is cool, level-headed, smart, and somewhat introverted. Everyone in the class looks up to him. Shin is feared because of an incident back in middle school, where he p...
Yamaguchi Kumiko

Main

At 23 years of age, Kumiko Yamaguchi had finally achieved her childhood dream of being a teacher. Unfortunately, the homeroom she teaches math in at Shirokin Gakuen Private Boys' High School happens to be filled with a group of juvenile delinquents (like ...
Abe Tsuruo

Supporting

He is the head of the Abetsuru store chain, which he established, and a former student of Shirokin. Every year he recruits a Shirokin graduate to his company, though the test process is kept secret and is rumored to be grueling....
Asakura Tetsu

Supporting

Tetsu is one of Kumiko's lackeys. He is a member of the Yakuza group, and is very devoted and protective of her. He and Minoru always keep an eye on Kumiko and do their best to help her when they can. Kumiko took him in when he was a teen, calling him a "...
Fuji

Supporting

Fuji is a giant, considered a freak by everyone around him. One day he was attacked and almost killed but the old man Saizuchi found him and took him in. The gentle, depressed Fuji was in an ideal state for Saizuchi to manipulate his emotions and turn him...
Fujiyama Shizuka

Supporting

She is newcomer like Yamaguchi. She is a Music Teacher, and she likes bishounen. She wants to gather bishounen from Shirokin Gakuen Private School for music choir. The students at the school like her appearance because of her big breasts and mini-skirts....