Stand Up!!

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Stand Up!!

Genre	drama
Creator(s)	Arisa Kaneko
Starring	Kazunari Ninomiya Tomohisa Yamashita Anne Suzuki Hiroki Narimiya Shun Oguri
Country of origin	Japan
No. of episodes	11
Production
Running time	45 min.
Broadcast
Original channel	Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS)
Original run	July 4, 2003 – September 12, 2003
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Stand Up!! (スタンドアップ！！, Sutando Appu!!^?) is a Japanese television drama which ran for weekly for three months in 2003. The drama, which stars Tomohisa Yamashita of NEWS and Kazunari Ninomiya of Arashi, centers around the lives of the last four virgins left in their highschool as they struggle to lose their virginity over their final high school summer vacation. A 6-DVD Box Set featuring all eleven episodes, as well as six individual volumes were released in Japan on December 18, 2003.

1 Plot
2 Setting
3 Main characters
4 Minor characters
- 4.1 Staff
5 Episode list
6 Subtitles
7 Trivia
8 External links
9 References

[edit] Plot

The four main characters: Shōhei, Kengo, Hayato and Kōji (from left)

Four schoolboys find themselves the last virgins left at school. During the summer holidays, a girl they knew as children 11 years ago, moves back to the neighborhood. Despite their childhood attraction to her, they realize she is a mere shadow of the "princess" they all thought they knew. This story of summer - love, friendship, school, family, the hypocrisy of adults, complications of life, experience and failure is set in an everyday shopping district and shows the clumsiness of children who have developed a little later than their peers. It's a bright romantic comedy that both young and old can appreciate.

[edit] Setting

The story takes place in the Shinagawa ward of Tokyo, although at least one location, namely the school, is actually in Yokohama.^[1]

[edit] Main characters

Shohei Asai

[edit] Shōhei Asai (Shō-chan)

Shōhei (浅井正平, Asai Shōhei^?, played by Kazunari Ninomiya), nicknamed Shō-chan, is the main protagonist of the story, and often his thoughts are expressed by narration. He lives with his older sister Yuriko and his parents, who run a drugstore. At the start of the series, he is head over heels in love with one of his temporary teachers, the young Isuzu Mochizuki. His life starts to go crazy when an old childhood friend, Chie Ōwada, decides to visit the four long-time friends and moves into his house.

[edit] Kengo Iwasaki (Kenken)

Kenken (岩崎健吾, Iwasaki Kengo^?, played by Tomohisa Yamashita) is a train freak, knowing the schedule of all trains passing through the suburb by heart. He lives with his single mother, Kimiko, who runs a love hotel which she bought with the divorce money. The four boys often hang around there, playing karaoke or listening to other paying customers in neighboring rooms. Kenken is the only one of the group who, at the beginning of the series, has a girlfriend: Sonoko Fujisawa.

[edit] Hayato Udagawa (Udayan)

Udayan (宇田川隼人, Udagawa Hayato^?, played by Hiroki Narimiya) is a member of the high school band. He is the one the girls (especially the group of four he calls the Amazones) pick on most, to which is added that his self-confidence is a little lacking, and that he has a certain affection for peeping under girl's skirts. His parents run a grocery store in the shopping district.

[edit] Kōji Enami (Kō-kun)

Kōji (江波功司, Enami Kōji^?, played by Shun Oguri) is the sports ace of the group. He's in the school soccer team and is known for often letting out his anger that way. When talking to girls he often starts to mumble incomprehensibly, turning down all offers from them. His father, who is also the chairman of the local neighbourhood meetings, runs a small shop.

[edit] Chie Ōwada (Chie-chan)

Chie Ōwada (大和田千絵, Ōwada Chie^?) - Anne Suzuki

[edit] Minor characters

Isuzu Mochizuki (望月いすず, Mochizuki Isuzu^?) - Yumiko Shaku
Mitsuhiko Kimura (木村光彦, Kimura Mitsuhiko^?) - Koji Matoba
Rumiko Sasaki (佐々木留美子, Sasaki Rumiko^?) - Takako Kato
Shiho Tominaga (富永志保, Tominaga Shiho^?) - Rio Matsumoto
Naoya Kume (久米直哉, Kume Naoya^?) - Takashi Tsukamoto
Ellen Kaga (加賀エレン, Kaga Eren^?) - Becky

[edit] Staff

Screenplay - Arisa Kaneko
Producer - Akihito Ishimaru
Director - Yukihiko Tsutsumi, Arata Kato|Arata Katō, et al.
Planning - Hiroki Ueda
Music - audio highs
Theme Song - "Kotoba yori Taisetsu na Mono" (言葉より大切なもの) by Arashi

Production

Line Producer - Ichiyama Ryuuji
Assistant Producer - Ogishima Tatsuya, Motoyoshi Masaru, Sugimura Kei
Assistant Director - Hirakawa Yuuichiro, Nando Masaaki, Takahashi Masanao, Shiozaki Jun, Suzuki Masaaki
Executive Producer - Nakagawa Shingo
Chief Producer - Mikami Shin'ichi, 清藤唯靖
Advanced Production - Uematsu Ikumi, Inui Yoshihiro
Production Record - Okudaira Ayako, Tanaka Kosuzu
Program Desk - Ozawa Michiko
Organization - Tsuru Masaaki

[edit] Episode list

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Title	Airdate	#
*"17歳の性事情 (Jūnanasai no Sei Jijō)"* "The Sex Situation of Seventeen Year-Olds"	July 4, 2003	01
...
*"㊙お泊まり計画！ (Maruhi Otomari Keikaku!)"* "Top Secret Stay-Over Plan!"	July 11, 2003	02
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*"親達のいない夜！ (Oyatachi no Inai Yoru!)"* "A Night Without Parents!"	July 18, 2003	03
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*"緊張の初体験！ (Kinchō no Shotaiken!)"* "An Anxious First Time"	July 25, 2003	04
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*"ついに卒業第一号 (Tsui ni Sotsugyō Dai-ichi-gō)"* "Finally, Graduation Number One"	August 1, 2003	05
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*"火傷しそうな恋！ (Yakedo Shisō na Koi!)"* "Love That Will Likely Be Burned!"	August 8, 2003	06
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*"純潔 VS 恋愛セレブ (Junketsu VS Ren'ai Serebu)"* "Purity vs. Love Celeb"	August 15, 2003	07
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*"高校生の妊娠問題 (Kōkōsei no Ninshin Mondai)"* "Pregnancy Problems of a High School Student"	August 22, 2003	08
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*"親友に奪われた恋 (Shinyū ni Obawareta Koi)"* "Love Taken by a Best Friend"	August 29, 2003	09
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*"傷だらけの初体験 (Kizudarake no Shotaiken)"* "Covered in wounds from the first time"	September 5, 2003	10
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*"童貞の夜明け！ (Dōtei no Yoake!)"* "Dawn of the Virgins!"	September 12, 2003	11
...

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Subtitles

As of 2007, Stand Up!! has only been released in Japan. However, there is at least one fansub group, NyaFansubs, currently translating the show.

[edit] Trivia

Kazunari Ninomiya, who plays Shōhei, is a member of the japanese boy band Arashi, which created the title song for the series.
The first episode starts with a fast zoom-in from space to the rooftop of the school in Shinagawa-ku. However, if one compares the scene to a real satellite view of the same area (using, for example, Google Earth), it is clear that, although there actually is a school at exactly that location, it's not the one we see in the opening.

An image comparing the school as shown in the series (left) to the real building on the right.
Hiroki Narimiya, who plays Hayato, and Shun Oguri, who plays Koji, acted with Jun Matsumoto, a member of the Japanese boy band Arashi, in the famous jdorama, Gokusen.