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Rookies (2008–2008) — drama on TBS

The answer: Concluded July 26, 2008.
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Genre
Drama
Network / streamer
TBS
Premiered
April 19, 2008
Ended
July 26, 2008
Runtime
~58 min per episode
1season
11episodes

About Rookies

Rookies ended on July 26, 2008, on TBS. The show concluded after its first season, which aired from April 19 to July 26, 2008.

Rookies was a Japanese drama series that premiered in 2008. It followed Koichi Kawato, a new Japanese Literature teacher at the troubled Futakotamagawa high school, where the baseball club was composed of students who had been suspended for causing a brawl. The series depicted how Kawato guided the students to find their dreams of competing in the Koshien high school baseball tournament, despite many challenges along the way.

The cast included Sato Ryuta as Kawato Koichi, Hayato Ichihara as Aniya Keiichi, and Koide Keisuke as Mikoshiba Toru. The show did not have a rated score on TVMaze and had a runtime of 58 minutes per episode.

Rookies episode schedule

11 aired

Aired · 11

DateEp.Title
July 26, 2008 S1·E11 Final Chapter, Part 2: Farewell to a most beloved teacher...
July 19, 2008 S1·E10 Final Chapter, Part 1: The last summer... And then...
July 5, 2008 S1·E9 Sordid pride
June 28, 2008 S1·E8 A far-off dream... A victory for tomorrow
June 14, 2008 S1·E7 Unforgivable defeat
June 7, 2008 S1·E6 Tonight the second chapter starts
May 17, 2008 S1·E5 If you lose, it's all over... And then, the last man!
May 10, 2008 S1·E4 Starting from rock-bottom
May 3, 2008 S1·E3 Things worth protecting until the end
April 26, 2008 S1·E2 Believe in your dreams!
April 19, 2008 S1·E1 The heated battle begins between delinquents and their new teacher!

Rookies cast

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