Season 1 • Episode 11
LatestStand Up!! is a Japanese television drama which ran weekly for three months in 2003. The drama, which stars Kazunari Ninomiya of Arashi and Tomohisa Yamashita of NEWS, 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.
Acting
Ninomiya and Yamashita before they ruled Japan — raw, eager, chaotic.
Production
Yukihiko Tsutsumi directs with music-video energy and surprising heart.
Creator
Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Kazunari Ninomiya
Asai Shouhei
Tomohisa Yamashita
Iwasaki Kengo
Anne Suzuki
Oowada Chie
Hiroki Narimiya
Udagawa Hayato
Shun Oguri
Enami Kouji
Yumiko Shaku
Mochizuki Isuzu
Koji Matoba
Kimura Mitsuhiko
Takako Katou
Sasaki Rumiko
Rio Matsumoto
Tominaga Shiho
Takashi Tsukamoto
Kume Naoya
Becky
Kaga Ellen
Natsuhi Ueno
Fujisawa Sonoko
Akina
Sakurai Makiko
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This launched at peak Johnny's dominance — Ninomiya and Yamashita were barely 20, already household names, and their real-life fanbases basically guaranteed ratings. The 'virgin boys' premise was edgy for mainstream J-drama then.
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