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Great Teacher Onizuka
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
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TV DNA
How Great Teacher Onizuka actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Great Teacher Onizuka reads strongest on Character Depth, Humour and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
A former gang member wants to be Japan's best teacher. When he's hired to supervise a class of hopeless cases, it's his chance to prove himself.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S01E43
Onizuka's Final Battle
Without any solid evidence, the battle between Onizuka, the students of the 3rd grade and 4th grade, and the teachers of Seirin Gakuen began against the domineering board of education who decided that the criminal of the Saito teacher stab injury case was elegant. .. Onizuka, who bets his life as a teacher and pursues the board of education with a flashy performance, makes a ridiculous remark about the incident this time.
- Directed by Noriyuki Abe
- Written by Masashi Sogo

S01E07
The Mother of All Crushes
Kunio Murai, a student in the 3rd grade and 4th class, lives with his mother. Moreover, her mother "Juria" is a beautiful woman, and she is still in her twenties. One day, when Murai heard from the girls in the class that "I saw Onizuka and Murai's mother together," Murai became anxious about Juria's behavior when she went out in a fashion that she wouldn't normally do, and secretly. Follow me.
- Directed by Akihiro Enomoto
- Written by Satoru Nishizono

S01E01
GTO – The Legend Begins
Eikichi Onizuka begins his career as a teacher-in-training expecting that he will get a class of attractive, nubile high school girls. When he is assigned the problem "Class O", a group of delinquents and blackmailers, only his tough love is able to win them over.
- Directed by Noriyuki Abe, Naoyasu Habu
- Written by Masashi Sogo

S01E41
Confessions
As a special event to decorate the last night of the trip to Okinawa, Onizuka proposes a pair of men and women, "Swimsuit liver test and stunning". Moreover, the pair is Onizuka's dogma and prejudice. Naturally, Kyoko will pair with Yoshikawa due to Onizuka's strategy (?). Kyoko begins to try herself alone in a dark place and gradually becomes obedient to her own heart. However, on the way, the two are entwined by the Yankees for some reason.
- Directed by Kazunori Mizuno
- Written by Ryota Yamaguchi

S01E15
The Great Sacrifice
On the day of the nationwide mock exam, Onizuka, who accidentally witnessed the kidnapping of Mrs. Ota's daughter Hidemi, heads for rescue after the exam. The purpose of the kidnappers was to take a behind-the-scenes video of Hidemi to put pressure on the public works projects of her father, a member of parliament. At that time, Fuyutsuki and Murai were screaming at Onizuka, who never appeared at school.
- Directed by Hiroyuki Ishido
- Written by Yoshiyuki Suga

S01E05
An Eye for an Eye, a Butt for a Butt
Noboru Yoshikawa, a student of 3rd grade and 4th grade, has come in and out of Onizuka's room recently. Onizuka and Yoshikawa had become game friends. One day, Yoshikawa is called by a girl in the same class, Anko Uehara, and her friend, and is bullied to be naked and take a picture of her lower body. Onizuka, who helped Yoshikawa jump off the roof and try to commit suicide with regret and incompetence, takes Yoshikawa and makes a ridiculous revenge on Uehara and his friends.
- Directed by Yoshinori Odaka
- Written by Yoshiyuki Suga
Recently aired
Latest Episodes

S01E43
Onizuka's Final Battle
- Directed by Noriyuki Abe
- Written by Masashi Sogo

S01E42
Old Wounds Revisited
- Directed by Shigeki Hatakeyama
- Written by Masashi Sogo

S01E41
Confessions
- Directed by Kazunori Mizuno
- Written by Ryota Yamaguchi

S01E40
Matters of the Heart
- Directed by Naoyasu Habu
- Written by Ryota Yamaguchi

S01E39
Alone in the Dark
- Directed by Shigeki Hatakeyama
- Written by Masashi Sogo

S01E38
Great Treasure Onizuka
- Directed by Akihiro Enomoto
- Written by Yoshiyuki Suga
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- 瀧山麻土香Producer
- Yuriko NakamuraProducer
- Hideo KatsumataProducer
- Yoshihiro SuzukiProducer
- Ken HaginoProducer
Writing
- Masashi SogoWriter
- Satoru NishizonoWriter
- Ryota YamaguchiWriter
- Yoshiyuki SugaWriter
Direction
- Yutaka KagawaDirector
- Yoshinori OdakaDirector
- Kazunori MizunoDirector
- Hideaki HisashiDirector
- Tomio YamauchiDirector
- Hiroto KatoDirector
Cinematography
- Harutoshi MiyagawaDirector of Photography
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