Hana yori Dango ~ Boys over Flowers

Hana yori Dango ~ Boys over Flowers

Season 1: (Oct. 21~Dec. 16, 2005)
Viwership rating: 19.8%

Makino Tsukushi is the only poor student at Eitoku Gakuen, the school of the ridiculously rich and privileged that is ruled by Flower 4 or F4, a group of four boys who come from extremely powerful families: Domyoji Tsukasa, the leader and heir of the Domyoji World Finance Group; Hanazawa Rui, the introverted son of a large company; Nishikado Sojiro, a player who is the heir of a tea ceremony school; and Mimasaka Akira, a madam killer with ties to the underground. If a student gets on the F4s bad side, he/she gets a red notice and is bullied and driven out of school. Makino hopes to pass her days quietly-- without drawing any attention to herself-- but one day, she stands up to Domyoji in defense of her friend. The next day, Makino gets the dreaded red notice. Even though she is harassed, Makino decides to keep going to school because she is a tough weed. She declares war right back on the F4. Her resolve gets the attention of her crush Hanazawa Rui and oddly enough, rouses romantic feelings in her worst enemy, Domyoji Tsukasa.



Theme song:
Wish by 嵐 Arashi

Arashi's album "Arashic" includes "Wish"


Insert song:
プラネタリウム Planetarium by 大塚愛 Ai Ootsuka

"Ai Am Best" by 大塚愛 Ai Ootsuka includes "Planetarium"

Season 2: （January 5, 2007~March 16, 2007)
Viewership rating: 21.7 %

This second season of Hana Yori Dango picks up right after Domyoji leaves for New York. After confessing to Domyoji, Makino has not spoken to him for a year. Rui and the other members of F4 try and help Makino meet Domyoji again by going to New York for the christmas holidays. Though F4 and Makino meet Domyoji again, he has become a completely different person, and so they leave for Japan. Some time later, Domyoji's mother annouces that they will be returning to Japan. There, they hold a giant super-rich and classy birthday party for Domyoji and annouce something very important. Domyoji, like in the first season, is engaged to a rich girl and heir. The only difference is that they are to be wed soon. What will Makino do? On the side, Rui begins to fall in love with Makino... will this become a love... square?

井上真央 Inoue Mao as 牧野つくし Makino Tsukushi
松本潤 Matsumoto Jun as 道明寺司 Doumyouji Tsukasa
小栗旬 Oguri Shun as 花澤類 Hanazawa Rui
松田翔太 Matsuda Shota as 西門総二郎 Nishikado Soujiroh
阿部力 Abe Tsuyoshi as 美作あきら Mimasaka Akira
佐藤めぐみ Sato Megumi as 三条桜子 Sanjou Sakurako
西原亜紀 Nishihara Aki as 松岡優紀 Matsuoka Yuki

Theme song: Love So Sweet by 嵐 Arashi

Arashi's album "Time" includes "Love so Sweet"

Insert song: Flavor of Life by 宇多田ヒカル Utada Hikaru

"Heart Station" album includes "Flavor of Life"

Live-action Japanese TV drama version

Season 1 + Season 2 DVD

with English subtitles