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We Are Rockets!

We Are Rockets!

20187.21 Season10 EpisodesEnded

Overview

Wakaba is a 2nd grade high school student in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. When Wakaba was little, she admired the cheerleading club "JETS” from Fukui Chuo High School in Fukui Prefecture. She dreamed of joining the "JETS,” but she thought it was impossible for her to join and enrolled at another high school. One day, a transfer student from Tokyo talks to Wakaba and proposes "let's do cheer dance together."

Created by Koji Tokuo
Written by Koji Tokuo, Noriko Gotô
NetworksTBS

Top Cast

Tao Tsuchiya

Tao Tsuchiya

Wakaba Fujitani

Joe Odagiri

Joe Odagiri

Taro Urushido

Anna Ishii

Anna Ishii

Shiori Kiryu

Sawako Agawa

Sawako Agawa

Komako Gamo

Houka Kinoshita

Houka Kinoshita

Shinsuke Sakurazawa

Yuko Araki

Yuko Araki

Aoi Fujitani

Wakana Matsumoto

Wakana Matsumoto

Kyoko Urushido

Sara Shida

Sara Shida

Koto Hasumi

Rikako Yagi

Rikako Yagi

Yuki Yanagisawa

Yui Sakuma

Yui Sakuma

Asako Sakurazawa

Themes & Keywords

high schoolcheerleading

About We Are Rockets!

We Are Rockets! is a drama, comedy series that first aired in 2018 exploring themes of high school, cheerleading. Created by Koji Tokuo, it stars Tao Tsuchiya, Joe Odagiri, Anna Ishii. Wakaba is a 2nd grade high school student in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. When Wakaba was little, she admired the cheerleading club "JETS” from Fukui Chuo High School in Fukui Prefecture. She dreamed of joining the "JETS,” but she thought it was impossible for her to join and enrolled at another high school. One day, a transfer student from Tokyo talks to Wakaba and proposes "let's do cheer dance together."

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