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[[Image:Ace wo Nerae.jpg|thumb|250px|Ace wo Nerae!]]

==Details==
*'''Title:''' エースをねらえ!
*'''Title (romaji):''' Ace wo Nerae!
*'''Also known as:''' Aim for the Ace!
*'''Genre:''' Sports, human drama
*'''Broadcast network:''' TV Asahi

==Renzoku==
*'''Episodes:''' 9
*'''Viewership rating:''' 13.2
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2004-Jan-15 to 2004-Mar-11
*'''Air time:''' [[Mokuyou 9 (tv asahi)|Thursday 21:00]]
*'''Opening theme song:''' ''Ace wo Nerae!'' by [[HIROMI]]
*'''Ending theme song:''' ''Ai no Tameni'' by [[Ueto Aya]]

===Synopsis===
"Ace", an all time favorite comic book that sold 15 million copies is finally dramatized! A positive success story of an ordinary high school girl who gradually discovers her hidden talent of tennis through severe trainings designed by her strict coach. Can she every become an "Ace" tennis player?

Hiromi Oka decides to join the high school tennis club from the moment she saw the star player Reika's (Matsumoto) excellent and smashing play. However, once the tennis lesson began, Hiromi finds herself bored in the succession of simple practice swings. One day, Munakata becomes appointed as the new head coach of the tennis team. His special training was nothing but original, extreme, and severe. In addition, he suddenly chose Hiromi, a tennis beginner, to be the member of the up coming tennis tournament Not only Hiromi, but also her teammates become confused and take the odd situation unfair. Jealousy of her friends and teammates mounted, and they started to talk behind her back. Finally, Hiromi decides to leave the team and run away from the uncomfortable reality, but the coach strongly refused. Instead, he gave her an even more severe and personalized training.  ''--TV Asahi''

===Cast===
[[Image:AcewoNerae-correlationchart.jpg|thumb|275px|Correlation chart]]
*[[Ueto Aya]] as Oka Hiromi
*[[Yoshizawa Hisashi]] as Todo Takayuki
*[[Matsumoto Rio]] as Ryuzaki Reika
*[[Sakai Ayana]] as Midorikawa Ranko
*[[Ishigaki Yuma]] as Ozaki Yu
*[[Kashiwabara Shuji]] as Chiba Takashi
*[[Kaneko Sayaka]] as Otowa Kyoko
*[[Morita Ayaka]] as Aikawa Maki
*[[Uchino Masaaki]] as Munakata Jin
*[[Becky]] as Houriki Saiko
*[[Takahashi Katsumi]]
*[[Takahashi Hitomi]]
*[[Komoto Masahiro]]
*[[Natsuyagi Isao]]

===Production Credits===
*'''Original writing:''' [[Wikipedia:Yamamoto Sumika|Yamamoto Sumika]]
*'''Screenwriters:''' [[Takigawa Akiyo]] (瀧川晃代), [[Takayama Naoya]], [[Kanasugi Hiroko]] (金杉弘子)
*'''Producers:''' [[Miwa Yumiko]] (三輪祐見子), [[Moriyasu Aya]] (森安彩)
*'''Directors:''' [[Matsuda Hidetomo]], [[Muguruma Shunji]] (六車俊治), [[Kobayashi Yoshinori]]
*'''Music:''' [[Sumitomo Norihito]]

==Special==
[[Image:Zacewonerae.jpg|frame|Ace wo Nerae ~ Kiseki e no Chousen ~]]
*'''Tagline:''' 奇跡への挑戦
*'''Tagline (romaji):''' Kiseki e no Chousen
*'''Tagline (English):''' Challenging the Miracle
*'''Viewership rating:''' 8.9
*'''Broadcast date:''' 2004-Sep-23
*'''Air time:''' Thursday 21:00

===Cast===
*[[Ueto Aya]] as Oka Hiromi
*[[Uchino Masaaki]] as Munakata Jin
*[[Morita Ayaka]] as Aikawa Maki
*[[Yoshizawa Hisashi]] as Todo Takayuki
*[[Matsumoto Rio]] as Ryuzaki Reika
*[[Kaneko Sayaka]] as Otowa Kyoko
*[[Ishigaki Yuma]] as Ozaki Yu
*[[Sakai Ayana]] as Midorikawa Ranko
*[[Kashiwabara Shuji]] as Chiba Takashi

===Production Credits===
*'''Original writing:''' [[Wikipedia:Yamamoto Sumika|Yamamoto Sumika]]
*'''Screenwriters:''' [[Takigawa Akiyo]] (瀧川晃代), [[Takayama Naoya]], [[Kanasugi Hiroko]] (金杉弘子)
*'''Producers:''' [[Miwa Yumiko]] (三輪祐見子), [[Moriyasu Aya]] (森安彩)
*'''Directors:''' [[Matsuda Hidetomo]], [[Muguruma Shunji]] (六車俊治), [[Kobayashi Yoshinori]]
*'''Music:''' [[Sumitomo Norihito]]

==External Links==
*[http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/ace1 Official site]
*[http://jdorama.com/drama.849.htm JDorama.com]

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