Takeda Tetsuya’s “Kinpachi Sensei” to retire in March

The special drama for “Kinpachi Sensei“, starring Takeda Tetsuya as a teacher, will be broadcasted on TBS by the end of March.  With that special epiode, the series will come to an end after a miraculous 32 year run.

The first season of the school drama was broadcasted back in 1979, and there are have been 12 special episodes for the series since then.  The drama featured many social issues from the respective time periods, such as pregnancy, bullying, gender identity disorders, drugs, and a lot more.

In the final episode, Sakamoto Kinpachi will retire as a teacher and leave school.  Takeda says, “Of course I feel sad about it, but it feels more like a weight is about to be lifted from my shoulders.  Since we have been reaching after “real”, there should be retirement, and the retirement was the goal I have had.”  He also said proudly that the drama made how Takeda Tetsuya looks now.

Ever since the series has started, there have been about 240 students who graduated under “Kinpachi Sensei”, and for the final episode, they plan to gather as many former students as possible.

The special drama is temporary titled “Kinpachi Sensei Final“, and the shooting will start next week.

Source & Image: Sports Hochi


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  • monaero

    Aw man! For me, this drama never got old. It’s had a good run though, so I’m not too sad.

  • monaero

    Aw man! For me, this drama never got old. It’s had a good run though, so I’m not too sad.

  • hi_5s

    32 years?! i didn’t realize it was on for that long!
    i’m kinda sad too to see it go, even if i didn’t keep up with it all, but i guess it can’t go on forever…

  • hi_5s

    32 years?! i didn’t realize it was on for that long!
    i’m kinda sad too to see it go, even if i didn’t keep up with it all, but i guess it can’t go on forever…

  • imoyaki

    noo! kinpachi dont leave! u still need to help more students! :D will miss him! >.<

  • imoyaki

    noo! kinpachi dont leave! u still need to help more students! :D will miss him! >.<

  • http://twitter.com/UrsusAlpinus AK

    That’s a bit of a surprise. I thought they’d ride it a bit longer and he’s just turning 62 later this year.

    A pity though, it was, partly, a pretty damn good show.

  • msgaijin

    Wow… 32 years, isn’t that a record itself? Happy Retiring Kinpachi Sensei :D

  • naneun nabiyeyo.

    I watched about half the episodes… the whole show gives out a good message, I’ll miss it.

  • naneun nabiyeyo.

    I watched about half the episodes… the whole show gives out a good message, I’ll miss it.

  • http://twitter.com/UrsusAlpinus AK

    I think there’s a jidai geki that’s been running even longer. Yep, had to check. 水戸黄門 – Mito Komon. They’re in season 41 now. It started in 1969.

  • http://twitter.com/UrsusAlpinus AK

    I think there’s a jidai geki that’s been running even longer. Yep, had to check. 水戸黄門 – Mito Komon. They’re in season 41 now. It started in 1969.

  • magicalbanana

    It’s a sad day for GTO.