Racket Boys
Title: 라켓소년단 / Racket Boys
Genre: Youth, Sport
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2021-May-31 to 2021-Aug-09
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 22:00 (3 episodes back-to-back)
Synopsis
The series is about a middle school badminton club at Haenam Seo Middle School, which is in bad shape. It relates the story of how it faces challenges to develop sixteen young boys and girls into national level badminton players. And how they grow as they participate in a junior athletic championship. Ra Yeong Ja (Oh Na Ra), a legendary badminton player, now coaches those 16 boys and girls, who dream of becoming badminton idols.
Cast
Main Cast
Kim Sang Kyung as Yoon Hyeon Jong
– Lee Seung Woo as Hyun Jong (young)
Tang Joon Sang as Yoon Hae Gang
– Kim Tae Yool as Hae Kang (Child)
Son Sang Yeon as Bang Yun Dam
Choi Hyun Wook as Na Woo Chan
– Oh Ja Hoon (오자훈) as Woo Chan (child)
Kim Kang Hoon as Lee Yong Tae
Shin Jung Geun as Coach Bae
Kim Min Ki as Jeong In Sol
Kim Ki Cheon as middle school principal
Haenam Jeil Women Middle School
Oh Na Ra as Ra Yeong Ja
Lee Jae In as Han Se Yoon
– Shin Rin Ah as Se Yoon (child)
Lee Ji Won as Lee Han Sol
Yoon Hae Kang’s family
Ahn Se Bin as Yoon Hae In (Hae Kang’s younger sister)
The Villagers
Woo Hyun as Village Head Hong
Shin Chul Jin as Grandpa Noh
Cha Mi Kyung (차미경) as Grandma Noh
Jung Min Sung as city husband
Park Hyo Joo as Shin Pil Ja (city wife)
Baek Ji Won as Madame Shin Song Hee
Lee Soon Bok (이순복) as Madame Shin’s mother
Others
Kim Tae Hyang (김태향) as Yoon Dam’s father
Park Ok Chool (박옥출) as Yoon Dam’s mother
Son Sang Bin (손상빈) as boxer
Kim Dan Yool as Kim Dong Hyun
Kim Kun (김건) as Kil Sun Kyun
Choi Dae Hoon as Reporter Kim
Im Chul Hyung (임철형) as Woo Chan’s father
Jo Ryun as Woo Chan’s mother
Ki Eun Se as Lee Yoo Ri (coach of Seoul Jeil Girls’ Middle School badminton team)
Ahn Nae Sang as Fang (head coach of National Youth Team)
Jung Hyun suk (정현석) as Coach Oh
Hwang Dong Ha (황동하) as coach of National Youth Team
Jo Ah Young (조아영) as coach of National Youth Team
Ha Min (하민)
Jung Taek Hyun (정택현) as Oh Jae Suk
Yoon Hyun Soo (윤현수) as Park Chan
Hong Seo Joon as Councilman Jung Byung Hwi
Park Yoon Young (박윤영) as Lee Na Ra
Kang Seung Yoon as Kang Tae Sun
Production Credits
Production Company: Pan Entertainment
Director: Jo Young Gwang
Scriptwriter: Jung Bo Hoon
Episode Ratings
| Date | Ep | TNmS | TNmS | AGB | AGB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | Seoul | Nationwide | Seoul | ||
| 2021-05-31 | 1-1 | - | - | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| 2021-05-31 | 1-2 | 6.0 | 5.7 (13th) | 5.9 (12th) | |
| 2021-05-31 | 1-3 | 5.4 | 5.2 (19th) | 5.2 (17th) | |
| 2021-06-01 | 2-1 | - | - | 4.0 | - |
| 2021-06-01 | 2-2 | 6.0 | - | 5.4 (15th) | 5.5 (12th) |
| 2021-06-01 | 2-3 | 4.9 | 4.7 (20th) | 4.8 (19th) | |
| 2021-06-07 | 3-1 | - | - | 3.6 | - |
| 2021-06-07 | 3-2 | 6.0 | - | 5.8 (16th) | 6.1 (10th) |
| 2021-06-08 | 4-1 | - | - | 4.6 | - |
| 2021-06-08 | 4-2 | 5.4 | - | 5.2 (16th) | 5.3 (17th) |
| 2021-06-08 | 4-3 | 5.0 | - | 4.9 | 5.2 (18th) |
| 2021-06-14 | 5-1 | 4.6 | 4.3 | - | |
| 2021-06-14 | 5-2 | 6.0 | - | 6.2 (12th) | 6.2 (11th) |
| 2021-06-15 | 6-1 | 4.5 | - | 4.3 | - |
| 2021-06-15 | 6-2 | 5.0 | - | 5.0 (16th) | 5.3 (14th) |
| 2021-06-15 | 6-3 | 4.9 | - | 4.7 | - |
| 2021-06-21 | 7-1 | - | - | 4.5 | 4.8 (18th) |
| 2021-06-21 | 7-2 | 6.1 | - | 5.9 (13th) | 6.5 (9th) |
| 2021-06-22 | 8-1 | 4.8 | - | 5.1 (17th) | 6.0 (10th) |
| 2021-06-22 | 8-2 | 5.4 | - | 5.5 (13th) | 6.1 (9th) |
| 2021-06-28 | 9-1 | - | - | 3.6 | - |
| 2021-06-28 | 9-2 | 5.6 | - | 5.4 (15th) | 5.8 (12th) |
| 2021-06-29 | 10-1 | 4.5 | - | 4.4 | 4.7 (19th) |
| 2021-06-29 | 10-2 | - | - | 5.1 (15th) | 5.5 (12th) |
| 2021-07-05 | 11 | 4.9 | - | 4.8 (17th) | 4.7 (16th) |
| 2021-07-05 | 12 | 6.1 | - | 5.2 (19th) | 5.4 (17th) |
| 2021-07-12 | 13 | 5.1 | - | 4.9 (18th) | 5.1 (17th) |
| 2021-07-19 | 14 | 5.1 | - | 5.1 (18th) | 5.4 (15th) |
| 2021-07-26 | 15 | 5.0 | - | 5.6 (13th) | 5.7 (10th) |
| 2021-08-09 | 16 | - | - | 4.6 (20th) | 4.3 (20th) |
Sources: TNmS Media Korea & AGB Nielsen Korea
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– Trailer I
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May 23rd, 2021 at 10:57 pm
This series looks like it’s going to be a hit. Definitely adding this to my list.
May 24th, 2021 at 12:51 pm
Unique story, added to the list.
June 2nd, 2021 at 11:17 am
Getting very interesting before finished first episode. Really enjoyable and laughable drama! Very interesting sport drama. Hae Kang is awesome and the rest of his buddies are great mix.
June 17th, 2021 at 12:51 pm
Please take down ep5
June 18th, 2021 at 4:18 pm
very bad drama not recomended
June 19th, 2021 at 11:12 pm
Drama Rasis… not recomended
June 21st, 2021 at 11:59 am
Racket rasis,,,drama not recomended guys,,,,,
June 21st, 2021 at 2:44 pm
rasis
June 23rd, 2021 at 5:25 am
Really enjoying this drama. Big fan of Tang Joon Sang who was excellent in Move to Heaven.
June 26th, 2021 at 3:31 pm
THE WORST DRAMA EVER!!!
July 15th, 2021 at 5:20 am
loving it so far! wonderful acting from each of the cast members, a pleasure to watch!
July 23rd, 2021 at 5:53 pm
I’m a big fan of Tang Joon Sang. Drama series he stars in are, so far, all nice to watch. He performed fantastically well in Move to Heaven.
July 29th, 2021 at 12:34 am
Loving this drama! So far the best among dramas of the same time slot. You should watch this. Congrats to all the cast and crew.
September 18th, 2021 at 7:21 am
I need season 2 🥺