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In an exciting announcement for fans of Great Teacher Onizuka, it has been revealed that the original cast members from the 1998 adaptation will reunite for the upcoming drama Gto Revival.

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, Yuta Yamazaki, Yosuke Kubozuka, Hidenori Tokuyama, Shun Oguri, and Naohito Fujiki, who portrayed pivotal characters such as Kunio Murai, Masaru Watanabe, Yoshito Kikuchi, Kenji Youda, Noboru Yoshikawa, and Ryuji Saejima respectively in the iconic series, are set to reprise their roles in this highly anticipated revival.

It was previously revealed that Takashi Sorimachi will return to portray the role of Onizuka.

Other cast includes:

Shinya Kote as Takeshi Fujiyamada Sae Okazaki as Miyu Ayahara Kosuke Suzuki as Koichi Ichikawa Mei Hata as Rin Endo Rikako Yagi as Suzuka Ichikawa Wataru Hyuga as Haruto Uno

Gto Revival is scheduled to release on April 1, 2024, on Kansai TV, Fuji TV. Blue Encount will perform the theme song “Poison”.

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Last month it was announced that Badboys, a manga serialized in Young King from 1988-1996, was getting a live-action film adaptation directed by Takashi Kubota. Some of the main cast was revealed yesterday, including Takahiro Miura: second son of veteran actor Tomokazu Miura and retired 1970s mega-idol Momoe Yamaguchi.

Miura will play Nomura, the most feared member of Hiroshima’s number one biker gang “Kyou Rengou” (Maniac Alliance). The story involves Kyou Rengou facing off against Gokurakucho, a formerly weak gang which rose to number two in Hiroshima thanks primarily to their eighth generation leader, Tsukasa Kiriki (Shogo Suzuki). Shinnosuke Abe (Crows Zero II), Hidenori Tokuyama (Indigo no Yoru), and Yoshihiko Hosoda (Detroit Metal City) also star.

“Badboys” is slated for a January release in Japan.

Sources: Tokyograph, Cinema Today...