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Team Medical Dragon

Team Medical Dragon
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Team Medical Dragon volume 20
医龍
(Iryū)
Genre Drama
Manga
Written by Akira Nagai
Taro Nogizaka
Published by Shogakukan
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Big Comic Superior
Original run November 1, 2002February 26, 2011
Volumes 25
Television drama
Directed by Satoshi Kubota
Naruhide Mizuta
Produced by Sōsuke Osabe
Yasuyuki Asuyuki
Written by Koji Hayashi
Music by Shin Kono
Hiroyuki Sawano
Studio Fuji TV Drama Center
Original network Fuji TV
Original run April 13June 29, 2006
Episodes 11
Television drama
Team Medical Dragon 2
Directed by Naruhide Mizuta
Hiroki Hayama
Kazunari Hoshino
Produced by Sosuke Osabe
Reiko Misao
Written by Koji Hayashi
Music by Hiroyuki Sawano
Shin Kono
Studio Fuji TV Drama Center
Original network Fuji TV
Original run October 11December 20, 2007
Episodes 11
Television drama
Team Medical Dragon 3
Directed by Naruhide Mizuta
Hiroki Hayama
Ryo Tanaka
Produced by Tsuneya Watanabe
Written by Koji Hayashi
Music by Hiroyuki Sawano
Shin Kono
Studio Fuji TV Drama Center
Original network Fuji TV
Original run October 14December 16, 2010
Episodes 10
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Team Medical Dragon (Japanese: 医龍 Hepburn: Iryū?) is a seinen manga about Japanese medical care written by Akira Nagai with illustrations by Taro Nogizaka and medical supervision by Mie Yoshinuma. The series was published in Big Comic Superior between 2002 and 2011. It was adapted into a live action series.

Ryūtarou Asada is a prodigal surgeon who was exiled from the medical field. He is recruited by Akira Katō, an assistant professor, who wishes to use his skills to complete her thesis on the Batista procedure to promote herself politically in order to change the corruption in the Japanese medical system. Ryūtarou accepts and begins by recruiting a team skilled enough for the surgery.

Ryūtarou is a prodigal surgeon who was framed for medical malpractice and exiled from the medical field. He is recruited by Akira Katō to work in a medical university. He was portrayed in the live action series by Kenji Sakaguchi.

Miki is a surgical nurse and Ryūtarou's lover. She is portrayed in the live action series by Asami Mizukawa.

Akira is an assistant professor who aims to become a professor to change the corrupt Japanese medical system. She is portrayed in the live action series by Izumi Inamori.

Noboru is a hard working medical intern who is not assimilated into the corrupt Japanese medical system. He is portrayed in the live action series by Teppei Koike.

Keisuke is a cardiologist whose priority is for the patient and not the hospital. He is portrayed by Kuranosuke Sasaki.


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