Dragon Zakura (2005) | Komatsunagi Park — Sakuragi Meets Yajima

Episode 1 of TBS’s 2005 ドラゴン桜 (Dragon Zakura), broadcast on 8 July 2005, uses 駒繋公園 (Komatsunagi Park) in Shimouma, Setagaya for the scene where Kenji Sakuragi meets student Yusuke Yajima. It is an early off-campus encounter that helps establish Yajima’s resistance to Sakuragi before the special class begins to take shape. Komatsunagi Park is still an active Setagaya municipal park at 4-28-3 Shimouma. Setagaya City says the sloped neighborhood park has been renewed with new play equipment, so present-day details should not be assumed to match the 2005 frame exactly. The coordinate used here is a park-level reference pin near the public facilities rather than a claim about the actors’ exact standing positions. Verification: 全国ロケ地ガイド identifies Komatsunagi Park as the episode-1 meeting place for Sakuragi and Yajima. Setagaya City’s current park page confirms the same park, address, public facilities and recent renewal.