Pikanchi: Life is Hard Dakara Happy

ピカ☆☆ンチ LIFE IS HARDだからHAPPY (Life is Hard Therefore Happy)

Shun (Aiba Masaki), who failed to get into Aoyama University and wants to retake the exam; Chu (Sakurai Sho), who was expelled from high school and continues to be a member of a local minor motorcycle gang; Bon (Matsumoto Jun), who has decided to train as a chef; Haru (Ohno Satoshi), who has secured a job at a supermarket; and Takuma (Ninomiya Kazunari), who left for California in the previous film. The five of them embarked on new paths, but they drifted apart. However, Takuma suddenly returns to Japan, and the four, excluding Bon, reunite. However, when Takuma returns to the Yashio housing complex, a fierce battle is unfolding between the local government, which is planning to demolish part of the complex and build a building called "Yashio Hills," and the opposing residents' group, "Yashio Peace." The 5 members must work together to uncover the real purpose of the housing complex gentrification.

The film is based on the youth of Yoshihiko Inohara (20th Century), chronicling the romantic, family, and school experiences of high school students living in Yashio Danchi, Tokyo's last mammoth housing complex. Inohara's hometown, Yashio, served as both the model for the setting and the film's location.

Shun Okano - Masaki Aiba
He took the entrance exam for Aoyama Gakuen University but failed.
However, because he attended a craft class run by Aoigaku, he discovered handicrafts and even made his own brand (SHUNMEN).

Rentaro Futaba (Bon) - Jun Matsumoto
He is currently training to be a chef. After a falling out with Haru and Shun due to disagreement about the Yashio Complex reform, he says he is going on a trip and is now training to be a chef in Hachijojima.

Haruhiko Takada (Haru) - Satoshi Ohno
His main job is clerk in the prepared food section of Gauss Yashio store, but he also works for a local television station at the community center.
A gullible adolescent boy. A bit of a pervert. He loses a girl (Kimie's daughter, Yuka) who falls in love with Takuma, but he is also Kimie's mother's lover.

Takuma Onda (Takuma) - Kazunari Ninomiya
He returned to Japan from California. He formed a band with Harry Ranmaru, who he met while visiting Harajuku, with whom he competed in skateboarding. He plays guitar.

Chu Kamogawa (Chu) - Sho Sakurai
He used to be the head of a motorcycle gang (Samezu Ikka), but after the incident in the previous film, the gang was on the verge of disbanding and he was operating quietly. During a one-on-one match with the "Samezu Otome Juku" gang, he fell in love at first sight with Yayoi, the gang's leader. They is married, had a child, and he now works at an electronics retail store to support his family.

Kamogawa Kagome - Yoshihiko Inohara ( 20th Century )
The former head of Chu's motorcycle gang and Chu's older brother.

Katsuyuki Okano - Hajime Yamazaki
Shun's father. His main job is working in the family registry department of Shinagawa Ward Office, but he also works as a DJ on local radio.

Masumi Tsujikaze - Junko Sakurai
An executive of "Yashio Peace." Her real name is Anki Maki.

Kimie Takano - Natsuko Akiyama
Although he has a family, he is having an affair with Haru and was a rival of Tsujikaze when they were in the high school drama club.

Yayoi Kamogawa - Asami Mizukawa
Chu's wife. Her maiden name was Fukurokoji. She came from Kawasaki and was the head of the Ladies' (Samezu Otome Juku) team, but fell in love with Chu during a one-on-one match. After that, they lived together, became pregnant, got married, gave birth, and are now a mother of one. She understands Chuu better than anyone, and knows that he can't just leave his friends alone.

Amamiya Mikari - Miyaji Mao
She is the daughter of the owner of the restaurant where Bon trained as a chef.

Tenmyou Sanroku -Den Den
The owner of the restaurant where Bon trained as a chef.

Chikage Shigemori - Takeshi Obayashi
A businessman who plans to build "Yashio Hills."

Ikeda - Toshifumi Muramatsu
Chu's boss.