is a Japanese drama

Japanese television drama

, also called , are a staple of Japanese television and are broadcast daily. All major TV networks in Japan produce a variety of drama series including murder romance, comedy, detective stories, horror, and many others...

 series aired in Japan on Fuji TV in 2004. It stars Takashi Sorimachi

Takashi Sorimachi

is a Japanese actor and singer. He is mostly famous for having portrayed Eikichi Onizuka in the live-action drama adaptation of the popular manga series Great Teacher Onizuka, and the assassin O in Hong Kong action film Fulltime Killer....

, Kyoko Hasegawa

Kyoko Hasegawa

is a Japanese actress. She is married to Haruichi Shindō, one of the members of the Japanese rock band Porno Graffitti.On May 30, 2009 she gave birth to a baby boy.- Filmography :*SCANDAL *Karei naru Ichizoku...

, Norito Yashima

Norito Yashima

Norito Yashima is a Japanese stage actor who has been featured in movies, television shows , and specials. He eventually landed his first hosting job on the Fuji TV series Hey! Spring of Trivia, a show he currently co-hosts with fellow actor Katsumi Takahashi...

, and Ken Horiuchi.

Kirishima, played by Takashi Sorimachi, is the most famous baseball player in Japan. He is forced to retire early due to injuries. His family abandons him and he decides to spend his time coaching at a local young boys baseball team. The team is verging disbandment because they had not won one single game.

Takashi plays the popular baseball player who gives kids the hope that "dreams come true", but in reality he is arrogant and a selfish flirt who spends his money pointlessly. Mizuki, played by Kyoko Hasegawa, wants to become a lawyer. Her brother plays on Kirishima's baseball team, but she can't stand Kirishima.

Cast

• Akira Kirishima - Takashi Sorimachi
  Takashi Sorimachi
  is a Japanese actor and singer. He is mostly famous for having portrayed Eikichi Onizuka in the live-action drama adaptation of the popular manga series Great Teacher Onizuka, and the assassin O in Hong Kong action film Fulltime Killer....
  
  
• Mizuki Isayama - Kyoko Hasegawa
  Kyoko Hasegawa
  is a Japanese actress. She is married to Haruichi Shindō, one of the members of the Japanese rock band Porno Graffitti.On May 30, 2009 she gave birth to a baby boy.- Filmography :*SCANDAL *Karei naru Ichizoku...
  
  
• Masayoshi Tsumasaka - Norito Yashima
  Norito Yashima
  Norito Yashima is a Japanese stage actor who has been featured in movies, television shows , and specials. He eventually landed his first hosting job on the Fuji TV series Hey! Spring of Trivia, a show he currently co-hosts with fellow actor Katsumi Takahashi...
  
  
• Osamu Okegawa - Ken Horiuchi
• Jiro Hayashi - Hiromasa Taguchi
• Nobuko Hayashi - Inuko Inuyama
• Isao Onoda - Toshifumi Muramatsu
• Sanae Onoda - Satoko Oshima
• Mika Shinoda - Miyoko Yoshimoto
• Touko Katsuragi - Yui Ichikawa
  Yui Ichikawa
  , is an actress and model from Tokyo, Japan. She is also known by her nickname, Yui-nyan. As an actress she has appeared in several dramas , and in recent years she has concentrated more on her film career. She played a minor role in the movie Ju-on: The Grudge and reprised her character for a...
  
  
• Yukie Isayama - Mari Hamada (濱田マリ)
• Noboru Kaneko
• Megumi Oishi
• Takeshi Masu
• Shiro Ito
• Yasushi Isayama - Masahiko Nishimura
• Sawamura Ikki episodes 5, 8
• Guest - Yoko Moriguchi
  Yoko Moriguchi
  Yoko Moriguchi is a Japanese actress.-Films:*Tsukiji Uogashi Sandaime *Casshern *Unloved *Kacho Shima Kosaku *Chichi -TV Drama:...
  
  

Momonoki Jaguars

• Sho Isayama - Shouhei Kawaguchi
• Konsuke - Naruki Matsukawa
• Tomohiro Kumatani
• Junya Kawakita

External links

• Wonderful Life JDorama page