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有閑倶楽部 (Yūkan Kurabu)
Yūkan Club
Cover of the first tankōbon volume, featuring Karen Kizakura (front), Miroku Shochikubai (right), Bidou Granmarie (top right) and Noriko Hakushika (back)
Genre	Comedy
Manga
Written by	Yukari Ichijo
Published by	Shueisha
Magazine	Bessatsu Margaret
Demographic	Shōjo
Original run	1982 – 2002
Volumes	19
Original video animation
Directed by	Setsuko Shibuichi
Licensed by	Magic Bus
Released	July 25, 1991 – December 14, 1991
Runtime	24 minutes
Episodes	2
Television drama
Directed by	Oya Taro
Written by	Ichijo Yukari Egashira Michiru
Original network	Nippon Television
Original run	October 16, 2007 – December 18, 2007
Episodes	10

Yūkan Club (Japanese: 有閑倶楽部, Hepburn: Yūkan Kurabu, lit. "The Leisure Club") is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Yukari Ichijo. It is serialized in Shueisha's Bessatsu Margaret. Yūkan Club received the 1986 Kodansha Manga Award for the shōjo category. The manga was adapted into an original video animation by Madhouse Studios. It was also adapted into a Japanese television drama.

Media

Manga

Yūkan Club was written and illustrated by Yukari Ichijo. Shueisha released the 19 bound volumes of the manga between December 13, 1982 and November 15, 2002. Shueisha re-released the manga into 10 kanzenban volumes between May 18, 2000 and April 18, 2002. Shueisha re-released the manga a second time into 9 kanzenban volumes. The third revision of the manga was called Yūkan Club DX (有閑倶楽部 DX, Yūkan Kurabu DX, lit. "The Leisure Club DX"). The first three kanzenban volumes were released simultaneously on October 15, 2007. The next three kanzenban volumes were released on November 15, 2007. The final three kanzenban volumes were released on December 14, 2007. The manga is licensed in Indonesia by Elex Media Komputindo.

OVAs

The manga was adapted into an original video animation. The first OVA's ending theme was "Shake Dance" by Toy Boys, while "Rainy Dance", also by Toy Boys, was the second OVA's ending theme. The first OVA was released on a VHS on July 25, 1991. The second OVA premiered on December 14, 1991 as a film, in Toho cinemas. The second OVA was released on April 25, 1992. Both of the VHSs were released by Madhouse Studios.

TV Drama

Directed by Oya Taro, the drama's 10 episodes were broadcast on Nippon Television between October 16, 2007 and December 18, 2007. On April 23, 2008, VAP released a DVD Box set containing five DVDs, spanning the 10 episodes of the drama. The theme song of the series is "Keep The Faith" by KAT-TUN. It was voted the fifth best selling single listed on the Oricon charts in 2007.

Main Casts:

Akanishi Jin as Shochikubai Miroku
Yokoyama Yu as Kikumasamune Seishiro
Taguchi Junnosuke as Bido Granmarie
Minami as Kenbishi Yuri
Kashii Yu as Hakushika Noriko
Emi Suzuki as Kizakura Karen
Kaga Takeshi as Shochikubai Jishu
Kataoka Tsurutaro as Kenbishi Mansaku
Kato Kazuko as Kenbishi Yuriko

On November 21, 2007, Sony Music Entertainment released a single for the theme song of the drama. The lyrics were written by Kyosuke Himuro. On November 28, 2007, wint released a soundtrack CD for Yūkan Club. The songs are sung by Jin Akanishi and are composed by Kyosuke Himuro.

Yūkan Club won four of the five awards at the 2007 Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix. Jin Akanishi was awarded best actor; Junnosuke Taguchi was awarded best supporting actor; Yu Kashii was awarded best supporting actress and Yūkan Club was awarded best drama of 2007.

References

Joel Hahn. "Kodansha Manga Awards". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
有閑倶楽部 1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
有閑倶楽部 19 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
有閑倶楽部 1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
有閑倶楽部 10 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
"有閑倶楽部 DX 1" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
"有閑倶楽部 DX 2" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
"有閑倶楽部 DX 3" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
"有閑倶楽部 DX 4" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
"有閑倶楽部 DX 5" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
"有閑倶楽部 DX 6" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
"有閑倶楽部 DX 7" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
"有閑倶楽部 DX 8" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
"有閑倶楽部 DX 9" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
"Yukan Club" (in Indonesian). Elex Media Komputindo. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
"有閑倶楽部~犬猫まるごとHOWマッチ [VHS]" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. 25 July 1991. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
有閑倶楽部香港より愛をこめて(1991) (in Japanese). allcinema.net. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
"有閑倶楽部2 -香港より愛をこめて- [VHS]" (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. 25 April 1992. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
"Yukan Club DVD Box". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
"Oricon Top 100 2007: Singles". jame-world.com. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
"Keep the faith [Regular Edition]". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
"Nihon TV Kei Kayo Drama Yukan Club Original Soundtrack". cdjapan.co.jp. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
""Yukan Club" dominates Drama Grand Prix". tokyograph.com. January 18, 2008. Retrieved 2009-04-04.

External links

Official Shueisha Yūkan Club website (in Japanese)
OfficialYukan Club Japanese drama website (in Japanese)
Yūkan Club (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
Yūkan Club (OVA) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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Beautiful Life (2000)
Hero (2001)
Antique (2002)
Good Luck!! (2003)
Suna no Utsuwa (2004)
Yoshitsune (2005)
Engine (2006)
Hana Yori Dango Returns (2007)
Yūkan Club (2008)
Maō (2009)
Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge (2010)
Yōkai Ningen Bem (2012)
Kagi no Kakatta Heya (2013)
Hanzawa Naoki (2014)
Shinigami-kun (2015)
Flowers for Algernon (2016)
The Most Difficult Romance (2017)
99.9 Criminal Lawyer (2018)
Ossan's Love (2019)
In Hand (2020)
Hanzawa Naoki 2 (2021)
The Men of the Wada Family (2022)
The Black Swindler (2023)
Marriage Hunter (2024)

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