Beginners!
Series Overview
Shimura Teppei (Fujigaya Taisuke) grew up watching his policeman father who would ride side-by-side in marathons because he was a motorcycle cop, and dreamt of being a marathon runner as a child. But Teppei’s father lost his job and disappeared. Teppei ruined himself by becoming a well-known delinquent in the area. Under the influence of his childhood friend, Yuichi, Teppei chose to become a policeman after graduating from high school. He miraculously passed the recruitment exam and entered the police academy. However, he has been assigned to a “class of reserves” (Goriki Ayame, Koyanagi Yu, Okamoto Azusa, Mizusawa Erina, Ishii Tomoya, Mori Ren) which is a gathering of odds and ends. There are eight of them and each day they are only instructed by the assistant teacher, Ryuzaki Misaki, to sweep the academy grounds … …
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1 Season • 10 Episodes
54 min per episode
2012 – 2012
Premiered: Thu, Jul 12, 2012
Creative Production Team
Latest Aired Episode
Season 1, Episode 10: “Tonight, the finale. Farewell, police academy!”
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Cast & Creators
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Taisuke Fujigaya
Teppei Shimura
Hiromitsu Kitayama
Danji Tachibana
Ayame Goriki
Hiro Momoe
Tokio Emoto
Yu Koyanagi
Tomoya Ishii
Ren Mori
Azusa Okamoto
Chiaki Niijima
Erena Mizusawa
Yoko Fukuhara
Noriko Aoyama
Yuri Mine
Satoru Date
Reiko Matsunaga
Keiko Horiuchi
Ichirôta Miyakawa
Michiko Kawai
Ai Moritaka
Takeshi Kaga
Tomiyuki Kunihiro
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Yuji Nakamae
Tsuyoshi Sakurai
Jun Ichikawa, michitomo
Nakai Yoshihiko
Department Leadership Roster
Jun Ichikawa
Original Music Composer
Nakai Yoshihiko
Producer
michitomo
Original Music Composer
Tsuyoshi Sakurai
Writer
Yuji Nakamae
Director
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What is Beginners! about?
Shimura Teppei (Fujigaya Taisuke) grew up watching his policeman father who would ride side-by-side in marathons because he was a motorcycle cop, and dreamt of being a marathon runner as a child. But Teppei’s father lost his job and disappeared. Teppei ruined himself by becoming a well-known delinquent in the area. Under the influence of his childhood friend, Yuichi, Teppei chose to become a policeman after graduating from high school. He miraculously passed the recruitment exam and entered the police academy. However, he has been assigned to a “class of reserves” (Goriki Ayame, Koyanagi Yu, Okamoto Azusa, Mizusawa Erina, Ishii Tomoya, Mori Ren) which is a gathering of odds and ends. There are eight of them and each day they are only instructed by the assistant teacher, Ryuzaki Misaki, to sweep the academy grounds … …
How many seasons does Beginners! have?
Beginners! comprises 1 season available to explore.
Who stars in Beginners!?
Key cast members in Beginners! include Taisuke Fujigaya, Hiromitsu Kitayama, Ayame Goriki, Tokio Emoto, Yu Koyanagi.
Who created or directed Beginners!?
Beginners! was developed and directed by Yuji Nakamae.