{{Short description|Japanese manga series}} {{Expand Japanese|有閑倶楽部|topic=manga|date=April 2009}} {{Infobox animanga/Header | name = | image = Yūkan Club.jpg | caption = Cover of the first {{Transliteration|ja|tankōbon}} volume, featuring Karen Kizakura (front), Miroku Shochikubai (right), Granmarie Bidou (top right) and Noriko Hakushika (back) | ja_kanji = 有閑倶楽部 | ja_romaji = Yūkan Kurabu | genre = Comedy }} {{Infobox animanga/Print | type = manga | author = Yukari Ichijo | publisher = Shueisha | magazine = Bessatsu Margaret | first = 1982 | last = 2002 | volumes = 19 | volume_list = }} {{Infobox animanga/Video | type = ova | director = Setsuko Shibuichi | producer = | writer = | music = | studio = | licensee = Magic Bus | first = July 25, 1991 | last = December 14, 1991 | runtime = 24 minutes | episodes = 2 | episode_list = }} {{Infobox animanga/Video | type = drama | director = Taro Oya | producer = | writer = Yukari Ichijo<br/>Michiru Egashira | music = | studio = | network = Nippon Television | first = October 16, 2007 | last = December 18, 2007 | episodes = 10 | episode_list = }} {{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{nihongo|'''''Yūkan Club'''''|有閑倶楽部|Yūkan Kurabu|lit. "The Leisure Club"|lead=yes}} 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.<ref name="KodanshaHahn">{{cite web|url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.php|author=Joel Hahn|title=Kodansha Manga Awards |publisher=Comic Book Awards Almanac|access-date=2009-04-04}}</ref> The manga was adapted into an original video animation by Madhouse Studios. It was also adapted into a Japanese television drama.
==Plot== Set at St. President Academy, an elite and extraordinarily wealthy school, the story centers on the Yūkan Club, a group of six affluent and highly capable students who take on dangerous problems to relieve their boredom. The members include Shōchikubai Miroku, a well-connected brawler with a passion for motorcycles; Kikumasamune Seishirō, the brilliant and formidable heir to a major hospital; Bidō Granmarie, the flirtatious son of a Swedish ambassador; Kenbishi Yūri, the gluttonous but strong-willed daughter of a global business leader; Hakushika Noriko, a violent man-hater from a distinguished artistic family; and Kizakura Karen, who aspires to marry into wealth. Revered by their peers, the Yūkan Club tackles kidnappings, conspiracies, criminal plots, and other extreme situations that threaten their classmates or school, treating each case as both an adventure and a way to pass time.
==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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-853248-1&mode=1 |script-title=ja:有閑倶楽部 1 |publisher=Shueisha |language=ja |access-date=2009-04-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-856421-9&mode=1 |script-title=ja:有閑倶楽部 19 |publisher=Shueisha |language=ja |access-date=2009-04-04}}</ref> Shueisha re-released the manga into 10 ''kanzenban'' volumes between May 18, 2000, and April 18, 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-617601-7&mode=1 |script-title=ja:有閑倶楽部 1 |publisher=Shueisha |language=ja |access-date=2009-04-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-617610-6&mode=1 |script-title=ja:有閑倶楽部 10 |publisher=Shueisha |language=ja |access-date=2009-04-04}}</ref> Shueisha re-released the manga a second time into 9 ''kanzenban'' volumes. The third revision of the manga was called {{nihongo|''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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-855151-7&mode=1 |title=有閑倶楽部 DX 1 |publisher=Shueisha |language=ja |access-date=2009-04-04}}<br>{{cite web |url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-855152-4&mode=1 |title=有閑倶楽部 DX 2 |publisher=Shueisha |language=ja |access-date=2009-04-04}}<br>{{cite web |url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-855153-1&mode=1 |title=有閑倶楽部 DX 3 |publisher=Shueisha |language=ja |access-date=2009-04-04}}</ref> The next three ''kanzenban'' volumes were released on November 15, 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-855154-8&mode=1 |title=有閑倶楽部 DX 4 |publisher=Shueisha |language=ja |access-date=2009-04-04}}<br>{{cite web |url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-855155-5&mode=1 |title=有閑倶楽部 DX 5 |publisher=Shueisha |language=ja |access-date=2009-04-04}}<br>{{cite web |url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-855156-2&mode=1 |title=有閑倶楽部 DX 6 |publisher=Shueisha |language=ja |access-date=2009-04-04}}</ref> The final three ''kanzenban'' volumes were released on December 14, 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-855157-9&mode=1 |title=有閑倶楽部 DX 7 |publisher=Shueisha |language=ja |access-date=2009-04-04}}<br>{{cite web |url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-855158-6&mode=1 |title=有閑倶楽部 DX 8 |publisher=Shueisha |language=ja |access-date=2009-04-04}}<br>{{cite web |url=http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-855159-3&mode=1 |title=有閑倶楽部 DX 9 |publisher=Shueisha |language=ja |access-date=2009-04-04}}</ref> The manga is licensed in Indonesia by Elex Media Komputindo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elexmedia.multiply.com/reviews/item/89|title=Yukan Club|publisher=Elex Media Komputindo|language=id|access-date=2009-06-13|archive-date=2007-09-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070908163325/http://elexmedia.multiply.com/reviews/item/89|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===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.<ref name="DVD">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00005FZ6T/|title=有閑倶楽部~犬猫まるごとHOWマッチ [VHS] |date=25 July 1991 |publisher=Amazon.co.jp |language=ja |access-date=2009-04-04}}</ref> The second OVA premiered on December 14, 1991, as a film, in Toho cinemas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=151573|script-title=ja:有閑倶楽部 香港より愛をこめて(1991) |publisher=allcinema.net |language=ja |access-date=2009-04-04}}</ref> The second OVA was released on April 25, 1992.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00005FZ70/ |title=有閑倶楽部2 -香港より愛をこめて- [VHS] |date=25 April 1992 |publisher=Amazon.co.jp |language=ja |access-date=2009-04-04}}</ref> Both of the VHSs were released by Madhouse Studios.
===TV Drama=== Directed by {{ill|Taro Oya|ja|大谷太郎}}, 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=VPBX-13915 |title= Yukan Club DVD Box |publisher=cdjapan.co.jp |access-date=2009-04-04}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jame-world.com/uk/article.php?id=3651 |title=Oricon Top 100 2007: Singles |publisher=jame-world.com |access-date=2009-04-04 |archive-date=2009-05-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090504205736/http://www.jame-world.com/uk/article.php?id=3651 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Main cast: *Jin Akanishi as Miroku Shochikubai *Yu Yokoyama as Seishiro Kikumasamune *Junnosuke Taguchi as Granmarie Bido *Minami as Yuri Kenbishi *Yu Kashii as Noriko Hakushika *Emi Suzuki as Karen Kizakura *Takeshi Kaga as Jishu Shochikubai *Tsurutaro Kataoka as Mansaku Kenbishi *{{ill|Kazuko Kato|ja|かとうかず子}} as Yuriko Kenbishi
On November 21, 2007, Sony Music Entertainment released a single for the theme song of the drama. The lyrics were written by Kyosuke Himuro.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=JACA-5079|title=Keep the faith [Regular Edition] |publisher=cdjapan.co.jp|access-date=2009-04-04}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=VPCD-81582|title= Nihon TV Kei Kayo Drama Yukan Club Original Soundtrack |publisher=cdjapan.co.jp|access-date=2009-04-04}}</ref>
''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tokyograph.com/news/id-2430|title="Yukan Club" dominates Drama Grand Prix|date=January 18, 2008|publisher=tokyograph.com|access-date=2009-04-04}}</ref>
== Reception == More than 27 million copies were sold of the manga volumes,<ref>{{Cite web |title=一条ゆかりの名作マンガ「プライド」 09年1月実写映画公開決定 |url=https://animeanime.jp/article/2008/10/27/3843.html |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=アニメ！アニメ！ |language=ja}}</ref> making the series one of the best-selling manga series.
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== * [http://chorus.shueisha.co.jp/yukan/ Official Shueisha ''Yūkan Club'' website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090308020628/http://chorus.shueisha.co.jp/yukan/ |date=2009-03-08 }} {{in lang|ja}} * [http://www.ntv.co.jp/yukan/ Official''Yukan Club'' Japanese drama website] {{in lang|ja}} * {{anime News Network|manga|6005}} * {{anime News Network|ova|6007}}
{{Margaret (magazine)}} {{Kodansha Manga Award - Shōjo}} {{Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix Best Drama}} {{Magic Bus}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yukan Club}} Category:1982 manga Category:1991 anime OVAs Category:2007 Japanese television series debuts Category:Comedy anime and manga Category:Japanese television dramas based on manga Category:Magic Bus (studio) Category:Nippon Television dramas Category:Shōjo manga Category:Shueisha franchises Category:Shueisha manga Category:Winner of Kodansha Manga Award (Shōjo) Category:Television shows written by Eriko Shinozaki