https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Yankee_Bokou_ni_Kaeru - **Title:** ヤンキー母校に帰る - **Title (romaji):** Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru - **Also known as:** Drop-out Teacher Returns to School - **Format:** Renzoku - **Genre:** Human Drama - **Episodes:** 10 + SP (Drop-out Teacher Returns to School -The Dreams of a Delinquent Youth-) - **Broadcast network:** TBS - **Broadcast period:** 2003-Oct-10 to 2003-Dec-12 (Special: 2005-Mar-27) - **Air time:** Friday 22:00 - **Theme song:** *Aozora no Hate* by Okuda Miwako   #### **Synopsis** 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. --*TBS*   #### **Cast** - **Takenouchi Yutaka** ... *Yoshimori Masaya* - Shinohara Ryoko ... *Kanai Momoe* - Ichige Yoshie ... *Kanai Sayako* - Yo Kimiko ... *Ando Yukiko* - Kanda Sayaka ... *Koga Nanae* - Kato Natsuki ... *Tsunemoto Akane* - Murano Mia ... *Torii Wakana* - Aiba Masaki ... *Yashiki Tetsuji* - Hiraizumi Sei ... *Igaue Naoki* - Nukumizu Youichi ... *Endou Nobu* - Ujiie Megumi ... *Kagaya Chiaki* - Guts Ishimatsu ... *Onodera Takashi* - Nagai Masaru ... *Okumura Kazuto* - Ichihara Hayato ... *Ujiie Toru* - Ichikawa Yui ... *Toda Yuki* - Oshinari Shugo ... *Chiba Kentaro* - Otsuka Chihiro ... *Sakuta Kumiko* - Takase Yukina ... *Sawada Mika* - Ishigaki Yuma ... *Shimada Tetsuki* - Hayami Mokomichi ... *Hideo* - Koike Teppei ... *Murase Motoya* - Emoto Tasuku ... *Junichi* - Tokuyama Hidenori ... *Takaaki*   #### **Production Credits** - **Screenwriter:** Iino Yoko, Izumi Yoshihiro - **Producer:** Iyoda Hidenori, Kouno Satoshi - **Director:** Imai Natsuki, Mishiro Shinichi, Kato Arata, Yamamuro Daisuke - **Music:** Endo Mikio     - [**English Subtitles**](https://www.d-addicts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=21251) ([alt.](http://web.archive.org/web/20141105214055/http://www.d-addicts.com:80/forum/viewtopic_21251.htm))