''Kakegurui'' is a 2018

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based on the manga of the same name. Released a year after an anime based on the same manga, the series was broadcast for ten episodes on

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and TBS from January to March 2018; a second five-episode season was broadcast in April 2019. It was followed by a

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, featuring the same actors, released in May 2019. The series became available for streaming on

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in the United States and United Kingdom in May 2018; in Japan in July 2018; and in the Philippines in February 2020.

Plot

Hyakkaou Private Academy is a century-old prestigious institution. Students are ranked by their

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winnings. Yumeko Jabami transfers to Hyakkaou Private Academy and disrupts the students' success.

Cast

Main cast includes: *

Minami Hamabe is a Japanese actress. Having starred in various blockbusters and popular television shows since her teenage years, she is one of Japan's most prominent figures in the modern-day entertainment industry. Hamabe won the New Generation Award at t ...

as Yumeko Jabami *

Mahiro Takasugi is a Japanese actor who is affiliated with Posters. Career Takasugi was scouted by chance at a fireworks display held in Kumamoto Prefecture. In 2009, he debuted in the stage play, ''Every Little Thing '09'' and in 2010 he made his film debut in ...

as Ryota Suzui *

Aoi Morikawa is a Japanese actress and model who is affiliated with Stardust Promotion. Biography Morikawa was born in Aichi Prefecture in 1995. She is part of a family of five including two brothers, being the only daughter. On August 18, 2010, '' Sevente ...

as Mary Saotome *

Taishi Nakagawa is a Japanese actor, host, and model. He is best known for his leading role as Yuiji Kira in the live action ''Kyō no Kira-kun'', and Tenma Hase in the series ''Boys Over Flowers Season 2''. Biography Due to his sudden growth spurt, Nakagawa h ...

as Kaede Manyuda * Yuma Yamoto as Jun Kiwatari * Natsume Mito as Runa Yomozuki *

Yurika Nakamura (born 1 April 1986 in Fukuchiyama) is a Japanese long-distance runner. Nakamura grew up in the Hyōgo Prefecture. She finished seventh at the 2006 World Road Running Championships, helping the Japanese team win the bronze medal in the team ...

as Sayaka Igarashi *

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as Itsuki Sumeragi *

Natsumi Okamoto is a Japanese actress and fashion model. She is represented with Ever Green Entertainment. Okamoto won the Grand Prix in the audition for the magazine '' Love Berry'' in 2011, became an exclusive model later on until 2012, and later became an e ...

as Yuriko Nishinotouin * Kiyo Matsumoto as Nanami Tsubomi * Miki Yanagi as Midari Ikishima Introduced in season 2 are the following actors: * Sayuri Matsumura as Yumemi Yumemite *

Elaiza Ikeda is a Philippine-born Japanese actress, fashion model and singer. She began modeling in 2009 after winning the "Grand Priz Nicola Model Audition 2009". Personal life Elaiza Ikeda was born on April 16, 1996, in the Philippines and was raised i ...

as Kirari Momobami ** Ikeda also plays Ririka Momobami

Development and release

The live-action drama adaptation was first announced on November 21, 2017. The drama was first broadcast on

on January 14, 2018, and TBS' slot ''Dramaism'' on January 16, 2018. The first season opening theme is sung by Re:versed titled while the theme song titled "Strawberry Feels" is sung by BIGMAMA. Tsutomu Hanabusa directed the drama. After the live-action series premiered in Japan on January 14, 2018, it became available for streaming on Netflix in the United States and

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in early May, 2018. It became available in the

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on February 1, 2020, and Netflix Japan on July 2, 2018. The drama was streamed on Netflix in Japanese with subtitles including English, Spanish, Chinese, and Thai in May 2018. In January 2019, the theme song "mummy mummy" for the second live-action season was released, by the rock band Bigmama. Passcode performed the opening song "Ichi ka Bachi ka" (All or Nothing). The second season premiered on April 1, 2019 on MBS and TBS, and ran for five episodes. The second season streamed on Netflix in July 2019. A

featuring the same actors was developed and released in May 2019.

Series overview

Episode list

''Kakegurui'' (2018)

''Kakegurui:season 2'' (2019)

References

External links

* {{Kakegurui 2018 Japanese television series debuts 2019 Japanese television series endings Japanese television dramas based on manga Kakegurui Television shows about gambling