Kodocha (1996) is a animation, comedy, drama web series in Japanese. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Kodocha online in HD.
Kodocha — Storyline
Sana Kurata has a charmed life. Not only is her mother is a famous, award-winning writer, but she's the star of the hit TV comedy "Child's Toy" while still in the fifth grade. But Sana's biggest concern is Akito Hayama, a pint-sized hellion who's organized the boys in their grade-school class into a mass of unending noise and violence. With the help of Rei, her manager, chauffeur and "pimp," Sana is determined to win back control of the classroom from her new arch-enemy. But as her crusade continues, Sana moves further into Akito's life, and finds that he might not be entirely bad…or entirely safe.
Cast & Crew
- Created by: Miho Obana
- Starring: Shizue Oda, Ryou Naitou, Tatsuya Nakazaki, Hana Kino, Harumi Ikoma
Kodocha — Series Details
| First Air Date | 1996-04-05 |
| Seasons | 1 |
| Episodes | 102 |
| Genre | Animation, Comedy, Drama |
| Language | Japanese |
| Network | TV Tokyo |
| Status | Ended |
| Rating | 6.9/10 (30 votes) |
Kodocha — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: I'm an Elementary School Student with a Pimp (1996-04-05) — Sana Kurata, the sixth grader with a "pimp," struggles to deal with her class full of troublemakers.
- E2: The Whole Classroom Is a Monkey Mountain (1996-04-12) — Sana continues to confront Akito, and the girls in the class join her.
- E3: Operation Eyeball, Toothball! (1996-04-26) — Sana learns about Akito's weakness.
- E4: Lone Wolf, Awooo! (1996-05-03) — Akito has stopped acting up due to Sana's blackmail, but now another boy vies for the "boss monkey" title.
- E5: Naughty Hayama, Where Are You Going? (1996-05-03) — While Sana get Akito open up, Sana gets a glimpse of a family very different from her own.
- E6: Chicken-and-Egg Dum-Dum, Too Yucky to Eat (1996-05-10) — Sana gets the Hayama family to watch her new TV drama.
- E7: Kurumi and the Wound-Up Love Rivalry (1996-05-17) — Sana learns of Asako and Rei's past together.
- E8: A Juice-Drenched First Kiss (1996-05-24) — Sana takes a field trip to help her forget why Rei has been acting so weird.
- E9: Pinch, Pinch, Sana's Love (1996-05-31) — Sana copes with her surprising first kiss.
- E10: Tweet-Tweet, Love Flies Away (1996-06-07) — Sana meets Aono, Tsuyoshi's younger sister.
- E11: Father, You Are His Father (1996-06-14) — Sana goes back to focusing more on her work, taking on several commercials with her Child's Toy co-star, Zenjiro.
- E12: This Time, Sana Is the Lonely Wolf (1996-06-21) — Rei signs Sana up for too many commercials, and causes her to forget a promise she made to her friends.
- E13: My Name Is Going to Change (1996-06-28) — Tsuyoshi misses school one day, and Akito and Sana get together to help their friend.
- E14: The Summer of My Promise (1) (1996-07-05) — Everyone is excited about a class camping trip. While Sana looks cheerful as usual, Akito notices that she is worried about something.
- E15: The Summer of My Promise (2) (1996-07-12) — Akito does his best to comfort a distraught Sana, who's still fearing the potential aftermath of Misako's book getting published.
- E16: Heart-Pounding Twice Over (1996-07-19) — Sana performs in a play and invites her classmates, teachers, and Naozumi.
- E17: Ah, What a Surprise! Mama's Book (1996-07-26) — Misako's book "My Daughter and I" has been released.
- E18: A Hungry Pair Plays Hide-and-Seek (1996-08-02) — Sana stays the night with the Hayama family.
- E19: The Daughter Cries, and the Mother Cries, Too (1996-08-09) — Sana meets her biological mother and half-sister.
- E20: Feeling Good with a Sana-chan Quiz! (1996-08-16) — A recap episode set up as quiz show hosted by series mascot, Babbit, and "Child's Toy" host, Zenjiro, recapping from the start of the story to the end of the love-triangle arc.
- E21: Could Be a Small-Size Hayama (1996-08-23) — Sana visits Kamura Academy with Naozumi.
- E22: Heart of Karate and Announcement of Retirement (1996-08-30) — Akito begins studying karate, but isn't happy with his first lessons.
- E23: Clear, with Occasional Gone Missing (1996-09-06) — Sana helps find Mariko, who sneaks into the set of "Child's Toy" to find Sana.
- E24: Math Life Drives Me Batty (1996-09-13) — Principal Narunaru goes on a business trip, and Ms. Andoh takes this opportunity to threaten Class 3 of failing them and preventing them from advancing to junior high school.
- E25: A Band-Aid for the Heart? (1996-09-20) — Due to the pond-incident earlier in the school year, where Mami was nearly drowned by Akito and his old goons, Mami is now traumatized and scared of Akito.
- E26: Cock-a-Doodle-Doo, Morning Is Coming (1996-09-27) — Sana's gift to Aono, the little baby chick, has now become a full-grown rooster.
- E27: Give Me Sympathy and Lend Me Money (1996-10-04) — Misako's ex-husband, Ryousuke Kashima asks Sana for a favor, Akito and Tsuyoshi become worried about her and decide to follow them around.
- E28: Love-Love, Father Hayama's Song (1996-10-11) — Sana and Tsuyoshi visit Akito's mother's grave with the Hayama family, which is also Akito's birthday.
- E29: She's Here! Mother's Mother (1996-10-18) — Misako's mother Shizuka visits Misako and Sana in Tokyo.
- E30: My Boyfriend Has to Grin and Bear It (1996-10-25) — Asako stars in a romantic drama with popular performer Takuya Kimochi, and rumors begin.
- E31: The Snake Stomps in with His Shoes Still On (1996-11-01) — A tabloid photographer named Kurosaki is determined to get a scoop on Sana.
- E32: Dad, You've Been Arrested (1996-11-08) — Tsuyoshi's father is thrown in jail, and Tsuyoshi and his sister are picked on by their classmates.
- E33: Love Tastes Like Curry (1996-11-15) — The boys and girls of Class 3 battle it out over after-school cleaning chores and is escalated further once Ms. Mitsuya and Mr. Tanaka argue about their upcoming wedding and their
- E34: A Singing Heart Goes 3, 2, 1 (1996-11-22) — It's Zenjiro's birthday so Sana plans to hold a birthday party for him.
- E35: There Is a Reason for These Presents (1996-11-29) — Tsuyoshi receives an anonymous gift.
- E36: Take Me to Kusatsu (1996-12-06) — Winter vacation brings a trip to the Kurata Hot Springs Inn in Kusatsu.
- E37: Kiss! Fight! Karate and Trumpet (1996-12-13) — Akito stresses about trying to buy a gift for Sana, and Sana stresses about a job.
- E38: A Heart-Pounding Kiss at Christmas (1996-12-20) — Sana hosts her and Akito's middle birthday/Christmas party.
- E39: 100 Haya-Moths and the Scales of Fury (1997-01-03) — Moth versions of Akito, known as Haya-moths, turn everyone into moth versions of themselves.
- E40: Suddenly, One Day, I'm a Homeless Girl (1997-01-10) — The Kurata household copes with a major setback.
- E41: He Got Me Blacklisted (1997-01-17) — Sana can not find work. But it seems to be bigger than everyone expects.
- E42: The Delirious Nick-of-Time Deadline (1997-01-24) — Onda had asked Sana to write a book. Sana then puts off the book until there's only about a week left.
- E43: My Boyfriend Is Like a Father to Me (1997-01-31) — Reporters believe Sana and Takeshi to be father and daughter, but Sana says that it's not true and then declares that they are lovers.
- E44: Gomi-kun, Gomi-kun, Where Are You Going? (1997-02-07) — Gomi does some shoplifting, and then he runs away. But, runs into Akito leaving the stolen loot.
- E45: Mixed Feelings About Valentines (1997-02-14) — Takeshi misses work, leading everyone to believe he drops out.
- E46: Am I Wrong for Running Away? (1997-02-21) — Sana's book hit the store shelves, but Mami wasn't mentioned anywhere in the book.
- E47: Under the Same Roof with You (1997-02-28) — The apartment that Sana stayed in gets torn down, and for another week, the Kurata family is homeless.
- E48: Father, You Are My Father (1997-03-07) — Misako learns something about Takeshi.
- E49: This Is Our Last Scene Together (1997-03-14) — Takeshi find outs that Sana is actually his daughter.
- E50: Spring Comes In an Avalanche of Tears (1997-03-21) — Depressed by the death of Takeshi, Sana leaves for the mountains and Akito convinces her to come home.
- E51: Up to Today, and as of Tomorrow (1997-04-04) — A clipshow episode where Zenjiro recruits several of Sana's friends to discuss the relationship between Sana and Akito.
- E52: The Best Friend I Met in the Restroom (1997-04-04) — It's the first day of middle school, and Sana meets a new girl, Fuka, in the bathroom. They discover they have much in common.
- E53: My Life Plan Went Kaput All Because of a Kiss (1997-04-11) — Fuka tells Sana why she slapped Akito, and about how Akito ruined her life by stealing her first kiss in kindergarten.
- E54: Sana Wasn't Ready for Love (1997-04-18) — Sana tells Tsuyoshi that she doesn't believe in love anymore because of what happened with Rei.
- E55: The Actress Is Holing Up in the Mountains (1997-04-25) — Sana leaves to film a movie in a secluded mountain area.
- E56: I'm Seriously, Seriously, for Real, Serious (1997-05-02) — Sana and the crew arrive at the movie set location in the mountains.
- E57: A Fakey Boyfriend Lured in by Sushi (1997-05-09) — Fuka asks Akito to be her boyfriend, and bribes him with sushi, so she won't lose face to her old friends.
- E58: Lovey Dovey Times in the Mountains (1997-05-16) — Naozumi confesses his feelings to Sana.
- E59: Getting Over Injuries and Storms (1997-05-23) — Sana gets attacked by Naozumi's fans.
- E60: Somtimes You Realize You're in Love Once You've Been Rejected (1997-05-30) — Upon finding out that Akito is going out with her best friend, Fuka, she comes to realize her true feelings towards him.
- E61: I'm Not Going to Cry Just Because My Heart's Broken (1997-06-06) — Sana's mom visits her on the set and tries to cheer her up.
- E62: This Summer Literally Burned Up (1997-06-13) — Sana faces a dangerous situation while filming a movie scene inside the burning mansion.
- E63: You Can't Believe the Rumors (1997-06-20) — Sana deals with tabloid rumors of her and Nauzomi dating.
- E64: The Truth Has to Be Somewhere (1997-06-27) — Naozumi reveals the true nature of his rationship with Sana on live television broadcast, and also exposes her feelings toward Akito.
- E65: And Now, Those Two Face a Long Goodbye (1997-07-04) — After mutual confessions, Sana and Akito argue, but they are interrupted by a nurse.
- E66: Run Away, Run Away, Across the Sea (1997-07-11) — Sana and Naozumi leave for New York to star in a Broadway musical together.
- E67: New York Is Filled with Suspense (1997-07-18) — Strange incidents keep happening to Sana and Naozumi upon their arrival in New York.
- E68: The World Is Filled with Mysteries (1997-06-25) — Rei goes to Hollywood to find Mr. Hamilton, while Sana and Naozumi begin rehearsals.
- E69: You Also Have Emerald Eyes (1997-08-01) — Sana and Naozumi discover the truth about the mysterious ghost they've been seeing.
- E70: Lunchtime Seems Dangerous (1997-08-08) — Sana, Rei and Naozumi spend their first night at the hotel and Naozumi encounters the strange man from before.
- E71: The Mother Was a Complete Surprise (1997-08-15) — Brad reveals why he is terrorizing Sana and Naozumi.
- E72: You Found Out Too Much About My Secret (1997-08-22) — Brad tells Naozumi the background of his relationship with Secil.
- E73: The Stupid American Parent and Child (1997-08-29) — Secil deals with feeling unwanted and unloved due to her injury.
- E74: The Mother Is Gleefully Plotting Away (1997-09-05) — Yuko has decided to use Naozumi as a tool to get fame.
- E75: Where in Manhattan Is My Daughter? (1997-09-12) — Secil runs away after overhearing a conversation between Yuko and Naozumi.
- E76: Should I Go Home? Maybe I Should (1997-09-19) — Naozumi and Sana weigh their options after Naozumi learns of his mother's true intentions.
- E77: Papa, This Is Your Fault! (1997-09-26) — Naozumi and Sana reconsider their decision to return to Japan and instead meet with the Hamilton family.
- E78: First and Final Fight Between Parent and Child (1997-10-03) — As Yuko's luck runs out, she and Naozumi fight over her treatment of him.
- E79: There Are Fathers Who Just Can't Be Fathers (1997-10-10) — Gary and Naozumi attempt to adapt to their newfound relationship.
- E80: Sing One More Time, 3, 2, 1 (1997-10-17) — Sana and Naozumi defy a new law prohibiting singing and music.
- E81: Hello, Goodbye, My Love (1997-10-24) — Sana and Naozumi recall to their time in New York on their return to Japan.
- E82: We've Been Getting Along Great Ever Since (1997-10-31) — Naozumi and Sana re-adjust to life in Japan.
- E83: Only the Best Couples (1997-11-07) — Sana's friends welcome her back and pay her a visit where she announces that she and Naozumi are officially a couple.
- E84: The New Manager Is a PYT (1997-11-14) — Naozumi is suspicious of his new manager, Riho.
- E85: There Were Lines That Just Couldn't Be Said (1997-11-21) — Sana objects to script dialogue that requires her to call another character a "devil."
- E86: Everything Is Clearer Now That I Can't See (1997-11-28) — Fuka's temporary blindness allows her to see Sana and Akito's feelings toward each other.
- E87: Fighting, Separation, How Will It End? (1997-12-05) — Fuka and Akito assess their relationship.
- E88: So This Kind of Day Has Come (1997-12-12) — Sand decides to quit acting and return to school.
- E89: Hallelujah on Christmas Eve? My Heart (1997-12-19) — Sana reflects on her feelings toward Akito and Naozumi.
- E90: Mecha Hayama Mama Is Mama Hayama / The Magical Curse Is Uri Uri Urinal (1997-12-30) — In this fantasy episode, Hayama's father builds a mother robot.
- E91: The New Year Came and So Did a Fan (1998-01-09) — Sana's fan club is disappointed by her lack of acting work.
- E92: The Easiest but Not Math Video (1998-01-16) — Sana doesn't understand the subject she's trying to teach for her new job.
- E93: They're Appearing with the Same Name (1998-01-23) — Sana gets a strange letter from someone using her name.
- E94: If You Rock and Roll for a Child's Toy Spring (1998-01-30) — Sana and Zenjiro are reunited in the new series "Kodocha."
- E95: Maybe Things Can Go Back to Normal (1998-02-06) — Takaishi and Fuka are now both single. Can Sana and Zenjiro play Cupid and help these two get together?
- E96: Waiting but Rushing Adults in Love (1998-02-13) — Asako is getting ready to leave for London but Rei is not ready to give up his career for her. Is this the end of their relationship?
- E97: The Happiness Project: Now Lend Me Money (1998-02-27) — Misako's ex-husband is back again to ask for money. But this time, he is serious. At least, he thinks he is…
- E98: Big Sis Seems to Be in Love (1998-02-27) — It's Akito's sister who falls in love with the "perfect" guy. But it seems that the guy is a massive playboy, and is dating many other girls.
- E99: The Karate Club Is Great, Come Check It Out (1998-03-06) — Sana wants to form a karate club for Akito's sake.
- E100: The Blackboard Erasers Disappeared (1998-03-13) — The new karate club member, Nakao, cannot find any meaning in his existence and chooses to rot away in the north wing with the blackboard erasers.
- E101: All Three of Them Disappeared (1998-03-20) — Other kids started talking bad about Akito and Sana and Jinbou Elementary School's 6th grade Class 3.
- E102: Kodocha Continues Always and Forever! (1998-03-27) — Sengoku's evil plot to expel Akito is revealed.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does Kodocha have? 1 season(s) with 102 episodes.
Who created Kodocha? Miho Obana.
Where can I watch Kodocha? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.