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==User Rating==
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==Profile==
* '''Drama:''' Water Polo Yankees (literal title)
* '''Romaji:''' Suikyu Yankisu
* '''Japanese:''' 水球ヤンキース
* '''Director:''' [[Shogo Miyaki]]
* '''Writer:''' [[Yuichi Tokunaga]], [[Saya Matsuda]]
* '''Network:''' [[Fuji TV]]
* '''Episodes:''' 10
* '''Release Date:''' July 12 - September 20, 2014
* '''Runtime:''' Saturday 23:10-23:55
* '''TV Ratings:''' 6.6% (weekly average)
* '''Language:''' Japanese
* '''Country:''' Japan

==Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©==
Naoya Inaba ([[Yuto Nakajima]]) grew up abroad. From his childhood experience, he thought “yankees” were the strongest heroes (in Japan "yankee" refers to delinquent youths). He was also influenced by the Japanese yankee manga he read from abroad. Because of his own experiences and reading manga, he is full of chivalrous spirit.

Naoya arrives in Japan to spend one year at a high school in Japan. He is transferred to a technical high school which is about to be closed down. Naoya admires the school because a yankee, who he admired as a child, went there, but he soon realizes that there are no real yankee like hero figures. There are only students who spends there days meaninglessly. Naoya is disappointed, but he happens to play water polo.

==Notes==
# Filming starts in June, 2014.
# Beginning sometime in the 1980's, the term "yankee" in Japan refers to delinquent youths. They are a frequent subject matter for manga (stereotypically with dyed blond hair, gang members and carrying sticks).

==Cast==
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|1name=Yuto Nakajima
|1charactername=Naoya Inaba
|2picture=File:Water Polo Yankees (Suikyu Yankisu)-Kento Yamazaki.jpg
|2name=Kento Yamazaki
|2charactername=Ryuji Mifune
|3picture=File:Water Polo Yankees (Suikyu Yankisu)-Yudai Chiba.jpg
|3name=Yudai Chiba
|3charactername=Tomoki Kimura
|4picture=File:Water Polo Yankees (Suikyu Yankisu)-Shotaro Mamiya.jpg
|4name=Shotaro Mamiya
|4charactername=Ryo Chiaki
|5picture=File:Water Polo Yankees (Suikyu Yankisu)-Taishi Nakagawa.jpg
|5name=Taishi Nakagawa
|5charactername=Kohei Shimura
|6picture=File:Water Polo Yankees (Suikyu Yankisu)-Ryo Yoshizawa.jpg
|6name=Ryo Yoshizawa
|6charactername=Shinsuke Kato
|7picture=File:Water Polo Yankees (Suikyu Yankisu)-Yuma Yamoto.jpg
|7name=Yuma Yamoto
|7charactername=Koki Miyaguchi
|8picture=File:Water Polo Yankees (Suikyu Yankisu)-Aya Omasa.jpg
|8name=Aya Omasa
|8charactername=Chiharu Aoyama
|9picture=File:Water Polo Yankees (Suikyu Yankisu)-Yukiya Kitamura.jpg
|9name=Yukiya Kitamura
|9charactername=Hanzo Kuwahara
|10picture=File:Water Polo Yankees (Suikyu Yankisu)-Leo Morimoto.jpg
|10name=Leo Morimoto
|10charactername=Shigenobu Arakawa
|11picture=File:Water Polo Yankees (Suikyu Yankisu)-Yu Yokoyama.jpg
|11name=Yu Yokoyama
|11charactername=Yoshio Kurosawa
|12picture=File:Water Polo Yankees (Suikyu Yankisu)-Yuya Takaki.jpg
|12name=Yuya Takaki
|12charactername=Torao Kitajima
|13picture=File:Water Polo Yankees (Suikyu Yankisu)-Sakurako Ohara.jpg
|13name=Sakurako Ohara
|13charactername=Nagisa Iwasaki
|14picture=File:Water Polo Yankees (Suikyu Yankisu)-Yua Shinkawa.jpg
|14name=Yua Shinkawa
|14charactername=Kirei Fujisaki
|15picture=File:Water Polo Yankees (Suikyu Yankisu)-Miwako Kakei.jpg
|15name=Miwako Kakei
|15charactername=Ryoko Maehata
|16picture=File:Water Polo Yankees (Suikyu Yankisu)-Hinako Sano.jpg
|16name=Hinako Sano
|16charactername=Michiko Shibata
|17picture=File:Water Polo Yankees (Suikyu Yankisu)-Nobuyuki Suzuki.jpg
|17name=Nobuyuki Suzuki
|17charactername=Takeshi Goda
|18picture=File:Water Polo Yankees (Suikyu Yankisu)-Kana Kurashina.jpg
|18name=Kana Kurashina
|18charactername=Mafuyu Shoji
|19picture=File:Water Polo Yankees (Suikyu Yankisu)-Kanna Hashimoto.jpg
|19name=Kanna Hashimoto
|19charactername=herself
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'''Additional Cast Members:'''
* [[Yuichi Yasoda]] - Soseki Irie
* [[Kazuki Shimizu]] - Hajime Tsuchino
* [[Keisuke Tomita]] - Shohei Kosaka
* [[Hideyuki Kasahara]] - Kosuke Kato
* [[Masayo Umezawa]] - Shizuko
* [[Shoko Ikezu]] - Shizuka Iwasaki
* [[Sarutoki Minagawa]] - Toshio Iwasaki
* [[Miyu Ando]] - Nagisa Iwasaki (young)
* [[Tetsuhiro Ikeda]] - Ozu (ep.1,9-10)
* [[Takashi Ukaji]] - Hitoshi Samejima (ep.8)
* [[Seiya Osada]] - Sudo (ep.9-10)

==Episode Ratings==
{| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #F9F9F9; border: 1px #AAA solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
! align=left width=20% bgcolor="F52887" | Episode
! align=left width=45% bgcolor="F52887" | Date
! align=left width=35% bgcolor="F52887"| Ratings<br>(Kanto Region)
|-
| 01 || 07/12/2014 || 8.8%
|-
| 02 || 07/19/2014 || 7.2%
|-
| 03 || 08/02/2014 || 5.6%
|-
| 04 || 08/09/2014 || 6.7%
|-
| 05 || 08/16/2014 || 8.1%
|-
| 06 || 08/23/2014 || 5.6%
|-
| 07 || 08/30/2014 || 5.4%
|-
| 08 || 09/06/2014 || 5.7%
|-
| 09 || 09/13/2014 || 5.6%
|-
| 10 || 09/20/2014 || 7.5%
|-
! colspan=2 | Average || 6.6%
|}
Source: [http://www.videor.co.jp/ Video Research, Ltd.]

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==External Links==
* [http://www.fujitv.co.jp/fujitv/news/pub_2014/i/140527-i101.html Fuji TV announcement page]
* [http://www.fujitv.co.jp/suikyuyankees/ Official Website]

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