Baseball Brainiacs

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Drama: Baseball Brainiacs (English title) / Can Win Even If Weak (literal title)
Romaji: Yowakutemo Katemasu ~Kaisei Koukou Yakiyuubu no Seori~
Japanese: 弱くても勝てます～青志先生とへっぽこ高校球児の野望
Director: Shintaro Sugawara, Kenji Ikeda, Hiroto Akashi
Writer: Hidemine Takahashi (novel), Yutaka Kuramochi, Nonji Nemoto
Network: NTV
Episodes: 11
Release Date: April 12 - June 21, 2014
Runtime: Saturday 21:00-21:54
TV Ratings: 9.9% (weekly average)
Genre: Baseball
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Backdrop of drama series is at a fictions school which sends many students to Tokyo University every year.

Aoshi (Kazunari Ninomiya) is a new teacher. He becomes the baseball coach for the school. The baseball team has only 5 players and has never won since the team began. Aoshi and his players make a goal to win the Japan High School Baseball Championship.

Notes

Based on novel "Yowakutemo Katemasu" by Hidemine Takahashi (published September 28, 2012 by Shinchosha Publishing Co, Ltd.).

Cast



Kazunari Ninomiya	Kumiko Aso	Sota Fukushi	Kasumi Arimura	Yuto Nakajima
Aoshi Tamo	Riko Tone	Kimiyasu Akaiwa	Yuzuko Tarumi	Tsuyoshi Shirao



Kento Yamazaki	Kanata Hongo	Shotaro Mamiya	Dori Sakurada	Katsuhiro Suzuki
Mitsuteru Ebato	Shunichi Kamezawa	Kei Okadome	Eisuke Shikata	Masami Kashiyama



Shuntaro Yanagi	Hiraoka Takuma	Shintaro Akutsu	YosiYosi Arakawa	Takashi Sasano
Natsuhiko Ushimaru	Yuta Mitsuyasu	Hideto Iseda	Nobuki Masumoto	Mitsushige Sanjo



Ken Mitsuishi	Hiroko Yakushimaru	Ebizo Ichikawa	Kazuhisa Kawahara
Harutoshi Akaiwa	Kaede Tarumi	Kentaro Yachida	Naosuke Touge

Additional Cast Members:

Kakeru Yoshida - Shota Oka
Shun Miyazato - Toichiro Yoshinaga
Toshiya Sakai - Urase
Hiroshi Matsunaga - Sakazaki
Toshiki Seto - Shintaro Kiryu
Takeaki Shima - Ryuji Saijo
Sojiro Yoshimura - Koji Yoshida
Keita Ikemoto - student
Taijiro Tamura - Koji Kodama (ep.1)
Takurou Okamoto - (ep.1-2)
Reiko Fujiwara - Mei Iimuro (ep.4,10)

Episode Ratings

Episode	Date	Ratings (Kanto Region)
01	04/12/2014	13.4%
02	04/19/2014	11.7%
03	04/26/2014	9.4%
04	05/03/2014	7.6%
05	05/10/2014	11.9%
06	05/17/2014	10.4%
07	05/24/2014	9.9%
08	05/31/2014	8.5%
09	06/07/2014	7.4%
10	06/14/2014	8.4%
11	06/21/2014	8.9%
Average		9.9%

Source: Video Research, Ltd.

Comments

Rei Apr 15 2020 7:58 am honestly i feel like this drama is so underrated, this deserves more love T^T

Ren May 31 2017 5:39 am This dorama is so-so. Tbh, I started watching because of Sota and it is enjoyable somewhat. All the cast really did a good job especially Nino.If your into sports dorama go watch it, and if you come only for the ikemen then go watch it as well kkkkkk.

Kae May 14 2017 2:08 am The whole cast were super good and Shotaro Mamiya is such a cutiepie. OMG

Kae May 14 2017 2:00 am This drama is so good. OMG! Kanata, Yuto, Kento, Sota, Dori and the whole cast is just mmmmmmmm ???

kuro Aug 24 2016 4:14 pm I likee thiss dramaa

Nonette Jul 10 2016 7:00 pm Nakajima Yuto, Yamazaki Kento and Mamiya Shotaro again and again. Love this dorama

JoanaMagundayao Dec 28 2015 12:35 am My Gooooooodddd! >.< Kento Yamazaki and Yuto Nakajima!!! Again in One Movie? great ! I've been watch them at Suikyu Yankisu (Water Polo Yankees) and they are good actors!

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dokidoki kimochi Oct 30 2015 7:36 am Wow heaven

Daychan Aug 04 2015 9:17 am Nino is really suited for this kind of role. Amazingly amazing as expected.

Hannasj Feb 22 2015 10:35 am OMG!!!! Fangirling so hard right now! How come I've never came across with this drama before and it have all the promising young talent of Japan nowadays packed in into one drama and not to mention an ikemen one too. Yuto, Kento, Sota and Kanata. definitely going to watch it~~

Tysoph May 26 2014 9:29 am Whaaat? 3 toku actors and my fav actor join this jdrama? This drama must watch... This is called heaven! Thanks NTV! Great cast and great ikemen /lol

r-pupu Apr 29 2014 7:20 am wow great cast...

micchan Apr 10 2014 10:24 am OMG!! Ikemen paradise!!!! 4 young actors ( fukushi, yuto, yamazaki, & kanata) & nino xD . I can't wait for watch this <3

jerujeru Mar 31 2014 7:55 am Excited for this! All the best j-actors I know are here >< So cooool~ <3 Nino, Yuto, Kento, Kanata, Shotaro, Dori, Sota, Shuntaro~ omg! and also Kasumi~ This is going to be one interesting drama..

anne filart Mar 31 2014 6:21 am I can't wait to watch this. My 5 favorite actor for one drama Kazunari Ninomiya of Arashi, Sota Fukushi of Kamen Rider Fourze, Yuto Nakajima of Hey Say Jump, Dori Sakurada of Kamen Rider Den O and Prince of Tennis Musical and Kanata Hongo of Prince of Tennis Live Action. Yes I am very excited, I can't wait!!!!

Arissa Feb 27 2014 12:03 am OMG IM ABOUT TO DIE!! 3 FAV ACTORS IN ONE DRAMA!! KYYAAA~ Now I will keep track and watch this drama!

sha Feb 25 2014 5:20 am oh my gosh.. awesomeness!! Nakajima Yuto, Ninomiya Kazunari, Kanata Hongo, Suzuki Katsuhiro.. my fav actors in one drama... heaven! I also do like Kasumi Arimura.. Really excited for this!

fannssu Feb 25 2014 4:37 am i just can't believe it, both of them are my favorite idols, its nakajima yuto and hongo kanata, i mean, of course. i just can't wait to watch this drama, aaaaakkk whatta!!

Eiriin Feb 24 2014 10:31 am deym can't wait to watch .