Jōō (TV series)

Jyouou (嬢王, Jōō) is a Japanese television drama broadcast on the TV Tokyo network on Fridays. It is in its third season. Jyouou is based on the manga Jyouou Virgin by Kurashina Ryō (倉科遼), adapted for the screen by Kajiki Minako (梶木美奈子). The show is produced by Okabe Shinji (岡部紳二), Morita Noboru (森田昇), Abe Shinji (阿部真士), Takahashi Kazuhiko (高橋萬彦) and Iwata Kazuyuki (岩田和行). Directors include Iwata Kazuyuki, Oyamada Masakazu (小山田雅和), Ueda Yasushi (植田泰史), Nemoto Kazumasa (根本和政), and Morita Noboru. The music was composed by Yuki Hayashi.

Season 1

Season 1 was broadcast between 2005-Oct-07 and 2005-Dec-23, consisting of 12 episodes. The opening theme was "What's Up" by Koto and the ending theme was "Perpetual Snow" by Vo Vo Tau.

Synopsis

Fujisaki Aya is a young college student whose family is 150 million yen in debt after her father's corporation went bankrupt. To earn the money, she enters the Hostess Grand Prix.

Cast

• Hiromi Kitagawa as Fujisaki Aya
• Noboru Kaneko as Nishizaki Tatsuya
• Nana Ogawa as Shizuka (20)
• Sora Aoi as Nikaido Arisa (23)
• Akiho Yoshizawa as Mochizuki Meg
• Momo Iizawa as Kisaragi Reika
• Kana Kobayashi (小林加奈) as Ran
• Komyo as Erika
• Aika Suzuki as Midori
• Miki Asaoka as Tachibana Maho
• Takeo Nakahara as Nakabo Seiji
• Satoko Ohshima as Fujisaki Mitsuko
• Yu Numazaki (沼崎悠) as Fujisaki Kosuke
• Yusuke Kamiji as Kuroda

Season 2

Season 2 (AKA Jyouou Virgin) was broadcast between 2009-Oct-02 and 2009-Dec-18. The opening theme was "Kimi ga Ite" by May J. and the ending theme was "with..." by Sweet Black feat. Maki Goto

Synopsis

Ando Mai is a young girl with a "complex". A learned habit from bullying in school over her "large breasts", Mai often "escapes" from troubling situations, and ends up being mistreated. To become a stronger person, she enters the "Hostess Grand Prix" competition.

Cast

• Mikie Hara as Ando Mai
• Akira Nagata as Amamiya Junichi
• Reon Kadena as Kirishima Kaori
• Saori Hara (原紗央莉) as Izumi Yuika
• Natsuko Tatsumi as Mizuki Sara
• Akari Asahina (朝日奈あかり) as Kanzaki Erina
• Rin Sakuragi (桜木凛) as Haruna Miu
• Aya Kiguchi as Aoyama Shuri
• Miyuki Yokoyama as Sasaki Shoko
• Atsushi (敦士) as Fukuda
• Shiriyoshi Tsumura (津村知与支) as Manager Kato
• Yuma Asami as Ichijo Ami
• Hiroshi Okouchi (大河内浩) as Kirishima Shoichiro
• Mei Kurokawa as Kinoshita Tomo
• Kengo Ohkuchi (大口兼悟) as Sakuragi Takashi

Season 3

Cast

• Mikie Hara as Ando Mai
• Akira Nagata as Amamiya Junichi
• Reon Kadena as Kirishima Kaori
• Saori Hara (原紗央莉) as Izumi Yuika
• Mei Kurokawa as Kinoshita Tomo

External links

• Official website at BS Japan at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-10-05) (in Japanese)
• Jōō Virgin official website at TV Tokyo at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-03-21) (in Japanese)
• Jōō 3 official website at TV Tokyo at the Wayback Machine (archived 2013-03-05) (in Japanese)