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Live-Action Dragon Zakura Sequel Show Rescheduled to April

The staff of the live-action TBS' Sunday 9:00 p.m. "Nichiyō Gekijō Waku" time slot.

The series was initially slated to premiere in summer 2020, but was delayed.

Actor Thermae Romae) is reprising his role as Kenji Sakuragi from the previous live-action adaptations of the original manga. The story is set 10 years after the previous series.

Mita (Morning magazine in January 2018. Kodansha published the 14th volume on January 21.

publishing the manga in English digitally in January 2018, and it describes the story:

Prior to the 2020 Education Reform, “our man” is coming back!
He's the legendary attorney Sakuragi Kenji, who will waltz back to the fallen Ryuzan High School where the students' academic aptitude is plummeting. In opposition to apathetic students and “The Empress” (Representative of the Chief Director) who wields overwhelming authority, he will start a revolution along with Mizuno, his former pupil.
Part 2 of Dragon Zakura, the legendary “manga that will help you the University of Tokyo entrance exams” — which helped change the landscape of Japan's university entrance exams — is here at last! Rest assured, entering the University of Tokyo is going to be a cinch!

The 2003-2007 Kodansha Manga Award-reported in 2015 that China's Alibaba group was producing its own live-action drama.

The original manga centers on Kenji Sakuragi, a lawyer and former motorcycle gang member. Sakuragi becomes a teacher at Ryuzan High School to help a small group of students the infamously difficult test to get into Japan's top university, the University of Tokyo.

Source: The Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web