GTO

Sorimachi Takashi plays Onizuka Eikichi, a graduate of a third-rate University and the leader of a motorcycle gang, whose lifelong dream is to become a teacher. After being hired by a seemingly eccentric director, Onizuka begins his unconventional way of teaching a hopeless group of troublemakers. Although he meets much opposition from the students and teachers themselves, his passion for teaching, and more importantly, his students, eventually convinces everyone that Onizuka truly has the makings of a great teacher.

Tohru Fujisawa’s popular manga about a wildly irreverent high school teacher comes to the screen in this live-action comedy drama. Eikichi Onizuka (Takashi Sorimachi), who barely earned his teaching degree at a second-rate college, rolls into Horobonai, a small rural town in Northern Japan on his motorcycle to take a job as a substitute instructor. Ever since the closing of the local theme park, Horobonai has fallen into an economic tailspin, and many of the town’s teenagers have sunk into a deep depression. Onizuka, however, isn’t the sort of person who respects the town’s newly somber personality; willing to mouth off to both his students and his superiors, Onizuka isn’t much of a teacher, but he knows how to get people interested, and soon his brash style (and willingness to kick a few butts) brings new life to Horobonai.

Former legendary bike gang member Onizuka Eikichi visits Meishu Academy to tend to the trees in the garden as a part-time gardener. Yoshikawa Noburu, a student of the academy is about to jump from a roof. She is being bullied by her classmates. Onizuka manages to talk her out of jumping and saves her from harm. Despite resistance from the vice principal Uchiyamada Hiroshi, the school’s president and principal Sakurai Yoshiko decides to make Onizuka a teacher. He goes on to tackle many issues as a teacher in charge of Class 2/4, the most problematic class at the academy.

Onizuka is sent as a temporary teacher to the high school he graduated from in Shonan, Japan. At the high school, he faces difficult problems including a high school student’s pregnancy and a student refusing to attend school. Onizuka’s past is also revealed through people who knew him from his past.

GTO is back for a special episode in April 2024. Onizuka, a former motorcycle gang member turned high-school teacher is assigned to a private academy full of troubled students. The issue at this high school revolves around an exposé-style influencer who has nearly 2 million followers who specializes in exposing and spreading rumors, causing controversies and uproar, regardless of whether the individuals involved are celebrities or ordinary people. Several teachers and students from the academy have been exposed so far, and due to being targeted so frequently, there are rumors circulating within the school that there might be a culprit impersonating the influencer. As a result, students live their school lives while constantly observing each other’s expressions, becoming increasingly suspicious and paranoid.

GTO is returning with a brand new season in July 2026!
 
Onizuka, a former biker gang member turned teacher with an unconventional background, is known for his unorthodox methods and his willingness to confront students head-on, even at great personal risk. In this new instalment, Onizuka has reached his 50s, carrying the weight of his past experiences as he faces the challenges of the modern “Reiwa-era education system.”