Hana-Kimi (Japanese: 花ざかりの君たちへ〜イケメン♂パラダイス〜, Hepburn: Hanazakari no Kimitachi e: Ikemen Paradaisu, lit. 'For You in Full Blossom: Ikemen Paradise', stylized as HANA-KIMI),[2][1][3] also known by the abbreviation IkePara, is a teen romantic-comedy Japanese television drama planned by Hiroyuki Gotō for Fuji TV and Kyodo TV, based on the shōjo manga series of the same titlebyHisaya Nakajo. Filming locations include Ryutsu Keizai University. It premiered on Fuji TV on July 3, 2007, and concluded with its twelfth episode on September 18 the same year.
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| Kanji | 花ざかりの君たちへ〜イケメン♂パラダイス〜 | ||||
| Literal meaning | For You in Full Blossom: Ikemen Paradise | ||||
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| Genre | Teen drama, romantic comedy[1] | ||||
| Based on | Hana-Kimi byHisaya Nakajo | ||||
| Developed by | Hiroyuki Gotō | ||||
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| Opening theme | "Ikenai Taiyō" by Orange Range | ||||
| Ending theme | "Peach" by Ai Otsuka | ||||
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| Country of origin | Japan | ||||
| Original language | Japanese | ||||
| No. of seasons | 1 | ||||
| No. of episodes | 13 | ||||
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| Producer | Aya Moriyasu | ||||
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| Network | Fuji TV | ||||
| Release | July 3, 2007 (2007-07-03) – October 12, 2008 (2008-10-12) | ||||
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In addition, a television special with the regular cast reprising their roles was subsequently produced, and was broadcast on October 12, 2008.
Aremake of this drama with an entirely different cast was broadcast on Fuji TV during the 2011 summer season.[4]
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| Second Dormitory | Maki Horikita | Mizuki Ashiya (芦屋 瑞稀, Ashiya Mizuki) |
| Shun Oguri | Izumi Sano (佐野 泉, Sano Izumi) | |
| Toma Ikuta | Shūichi Nakatsu (中津 秀一, Nakatsu Shūichi) | |
| Hiro Mizushima | Minami Nanba (難波 南, Nanba Minami) | |
| Yūsuke Yamamoto | Taiki Kayashima (萱島 大樹, Kayashima Taiki) | |
| Masaki Okada | Kyōgo Sekime (関目 京悟, Sekime Kyōgo) | |
| Ryō Kimura | Senri Nakao (中央 千里, Nakao Senri) | |
| Junpei Mizobata | Kazuma Saga (嵯峨 和真, Saga Kazuma) | |
| Shunji Igarashi | Shinji Noe (野江 伸二, Noe Shinji) | |
| Hiromi Sakimoto | Arata Kyōbashi (京橋 新, Kyōbashi Arata) | |
| Shōta Chiyo | Taichi Yodoyabashi (淀屋橋 太壱, Yodoyabashi Taichi) | |
| Ryō Tajima | Jō Arashiyama (嵐山 譲, Arashiyama Jō) | |
| Enoku Shimegi | Kyōichi Tannowa | |
| Hikaru Okada | Riku Takaida | |
| Jun Ikeda | Kamishinjō Itsuki | |
| Kōta Suzuki | Kanata Uenoshiba | |
| Keisuke Shibasaki | Manato Minase | |
| Shota Matsushima | Masashi Katsura | |
| Shotaro Mamiya | Keisuke Awaji | |
| Goro Kurihara | Kota Hanaten | |
| First Dormitory | Yuma Ishigaki | Tennōji Megumi |
| Mitsuomi Takahashi | Mitsuomi Daikokuchō | |
| Kouhei Takeda | Kōhei Kitahanada | |
| Ryōhei Suzuki | Sōichirō Akashi | |
| Yūichi Sato | Shōta Tezukayama | |
| Sōsuke Nishiyama | Sōma Shichidō | |
| Ryō Hayakawa | Sakyō Gotenyama | |
| Tatsuya Hagiwara | Hiroto Ishikiri | |
| Kōji Matsushita | Ren Shōjaku | |
| Kohei Takeda | Kohei Kitahanada | |
| Arata Horii | Jin Kumatori | |
| Ryosuke Yamamoto | Akira Kiyoshikojin | |
| Ryu Ando | Andrew Mukonoso | |
| Kodai Asaka | Subaru Takatsuki | |
| Sonde Kanai | Kazuki Obitoke | |
| Shotaro Kotani | Hiroto Moriguchi | |
| Tomoki Okayama | Shotaro Kadoma | |
| Third Dormitory | Nobuo Kyo | Masao Himejima/Oscar |
| Keisuke Katō | Hikaru Yao | |
| Toshihiko Watanabe | Shō Imamiya | |
| Yūta Takahashi | Haruki Shijō | |
| Shōichi Matsuda | Junnosuke Kuzuha | |
| Naoki Miyata | Tsukasa Saiin | |
| Yasuhisa Furuhara | Taiyō Ōgimachi | |
| Naoya Ojima | Kōhei Kaizuka | |
| Yuya Nakata | Ken Katabiranotsuji | |
| Yū Kawakami | Genji Kōrien | |
| Kusuto Miyajima | Nobuhiro Yaenosato | |
| Takami Ozora | Sansui Kyobate | |
| Taiko Katono | Hisashi Kawachimori | |
| Shige Kasai | Yasushi Mozu | |
| Kazuma Kawahara | Sakon Narayama | |
| Kazuhiro Okazaki | Hideharu Izumigaoka | |
| Kettaro | Minamikata Shin | |
| Tōkyō High School | Yū Shirota | Kagurazaka Makoto |
| Shunsuke Daito | Sano Shin | |
St. Blossom's High School
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Mayuko Iwasa | Hanayashiki Hibari |
| Mirei Kiritani | Amagasaki Kanna | |
| Airi Taira | Abeno Erica | |
| Madoka Matsuda | Kishinosato Juri | |
| Manami Kurose | Imaike Komari | |
| Teachers | Seiko Matsuda | Principal Tsubaki |
| Takashi Ukaji | Head teacher Sawatari | |
| Susumu Kobayashi | Yoshioka | |
| Takaya Kamikawa | Umeda Hokuto | |
| Others | Mahiru Konno | Hara Akiha |
| Yoshinori Okada | Ashiya Shizuki | |
| Hajime Yamazaki | Ashiya Takumi | |
| Mariko Tsutsui | Ashiya Eiko | |
| Yoko Moriguchi | Nanba Io | |
| Natsuki Harada | Tanabe Kanao | |
| Tetta Sugimoto | Sano Takehiko |
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| 1 | "Getting into the Forbidden Boys' Dormitory" Transliteration: "Kindan no danshi ryō totsunyū" (Japanese: 禁断の男子寮突入) | July 3, 2007 (2007-07-03) | |
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Ashiya Mizuki arrives at Ohsaka High, a school that accepts students based on appearance rather than merit. Almost immediately she has several awkward and embarrassing encounters with classmate Sano Izumi. Sano, a high jump athlete, is the reason Mizuki disguised herself and entered an all-boys school. Mizuki is introduced to the school's three dormitories that compete in school-wide events: Dorm 1, captained by Tennouji Megumi, contains the martial arts department; Dorm 2, led by Nanba Minami, specializes in sports; and Dorm 3, headed by Oscar M. Himejima, hosts the performing arts. Mizuki joins Dorm 2 to be close to Sano, and even becomes his roommate, but learns that he quit high jumping because of a torn ligament. For the sake of winning a marathon competition between the dorms, some students injure Mizuki's foot, but she is determined to keep running. Sano hears of the incident and comes to watch, and when Mizuki collapses before the finish, he carries her to the nurse's office. The school's doctor Umeda discovers that she is a girl.
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| 2 | "Wrong Kiss" Transliteration: "Ikenai Kiss" (Japanese: イケナイkiss) | July 10, 2007 (2007-07-10) | |
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Mizuki runs from Umeda's office without responding. Back at the dorms, the three dorm heads declare they will win fair and square in the next event, the Mr. Ohsaka contest, which will be a joint event with the girls of St. Blossoms, Ohsaka's sister academy. St. Blossoms' Hanayashiki Hibari, supported by the Hibari 4, is determined to win. During the decorating, Sano gets drunk and kisses Mizuki, which the members of dorm 2 inform her happens whenever he has even a small amount of alcohol. Meanwhile, Nakatsu Shūichi struggles with being inexplicably attracted to the "boy" Mizuki. Umeda informs Mizuki that Sano has decided to drop out of track and field. With Nakatsu trailing after her, Mizuki finds Sano arguing with rival Kagurazaka. Sano tells her later that he is afraid to return to the field; she says he should go at his own pace, as long as he doesn't give up. Mizuki confides to Umeda that in America, she was the reason Sano's leg was injured, so he decides not to expel her yet. Both Sano and Mizuki make appearances in the contest, with Mizuki in a dress. The dog Yuujiro is named King, and Mizuki is Queen.
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| 3 | "Bizarre Big Brother" Transliteration: "Ryōki-tekina aniki!" (Japanese: 猟奇的なアニキ！) | July 17, 2007 (2007-07-17) | |
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Mizuki's brother comes to bring her back to America. He sets foot on campus in the middle of the dorm members' search for a panty thief who is terrorizing St. Blossoms and is mistaken for a suspicious person, which doesn't give him the best impression of Mizuki's classmates. Sano overhears them arguing and learns that Mizuki is a girl, as well as her involvement in his injury. When Mizuki tells Umeda about her troubles, the gay doctor decides to tease her uptight brother. Mizuki meets Umeda's ex, a photographer, and learns from her that Sano's younger brother is now a high jump star. After Mizuki's brother confronts Sano, Sano tries to chase Mizuki away. But she bounces back from his harsh words, which makes him think about her determination. He tells her brother that he couldn't take the pressure of being a record holder, but now he wants to show the same spirit Mizuki has. Nakatsu determines that he is not homo, but can't fight his feelings for Mizuki. The search for the panty thief uncovers a bra in Mizuki's luggage, endangering her secret, but Sano reveals that Yuujiro is the real thief.
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| 4 | "Dangerous Three-Person Room" Transliteration: "Abunai 3-ri heya" (Japanese: アブナイ3人部屋) | July 24, 2007 (2007-07-24) | |
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The students learn that Dorm 1 will be temporarily closed for maintenance, and its members will move into Dorm 2 for a few days. Nakatsu takes the place of the third person in Mizuki and Sano's room, causing chaos for them. However, Mizuki is more concerned that Sano appears to be avoiding her. When she goes to Tōkyō High School to observe Sano's brother, Shin, she witnesses a confrontation between the two and learns that Shin is angry that his brother ran away. She asks Nakatsu what might make Sano happy, and Nakatsu convinces her that Sano needs a girlfriend, so Mizuki forces Sano to attend a joint party with St. Blossoms. Sano storms out of the party and blames Mizuki for dragging him there. She is discouraged and is considering returning home to America when Nakatsu pulls her out to the track field, where Sano has been training every night. Sano informs Shin and his rival Kagurazaka that he will compete again.
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| 5 | "Hopeless Coast Story" Transliteration: "Ikenai kaigan monogatari" (Japanese: イケナイ海岸物語) | July 31, 2007 (2007-07-31) | |
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Minami and his dormmates taking Mizuki to the "home of the sea", instead of having fun, they had a couple of showdowns against kagurazaka and his schoolmates of Tokyo high includes the "Beach flag showdown","Gyoza eating showdown", "intro showdown","Sumo wrestling showdown","Balance showdown", and the last, "flirting showdown", Nakatsu's team is nearly lose when Minami supports them and replacing Mizuki during the showdown. winning nakatsu's team on the showdown, and kagurazaka's team had go home naked. this episode also have a short romance of Minami's former girlfriend kanako and Sano's time in a summer training camp, whom his teammates refuse to compete him.
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| 6 | "The Beginning of Stormy Love" Transliteration: "Dai haran no koi hajimaru" (Japanese: 大波乱の恋始まる) | August 7, 2007 (2007-08-07) | |
| 7 | "Suddenly in Bed" Transliteration: "Totsuzen no Beddo-in" (Japanese: 突然のベッドイン) | August 14, 2007 (2007-08-14) | |
| 8 | "I Like Mizuki" Transliteration: "Ore wa Mizuki ga Suki" (Japanese: オレは瑞稀が好き) | August 21, 2007 (2007-08-21) | |
| 9 | "Exposed!" Transliteration: "Bareta!" (Japanese: バレた！) | August 28, 2007 (2007-08-28) | |
| 10 | "Depend on Me!" Transliteration: "Ore ni shi toke yo!" (Japanese: オレにしとけよ！) | September 4, 2007 (2007-09-04) | |
| 11 | "I'll Jump for You" Transliteration: "Omae no Tame ni Tobu" (Japanese: お前のために跳ぶ) | September 11, 2007 (2007-09-11) | |
| 12 | "We'll Protect You!" Transliteration: "Oretachi ga Mamoru!" (Japanese: オレたちが守る！) | September 18, 2007 (2007-09-18) | |
A television special with the regular cast reprising their roles was subsequently produced, and was broadcast on October 12, 2008.
The story starts off half a year after Mizuki's secret of being a girl has revealed. It is near Valentine's Day, and Sano and Nakatsu are talking about the last week of summer vacation. The story then flashes back to the last week of summer holidays, which is between episodes seven and eight.
The shooting started on March 19, 2008.[5] A conference was held on September 18, 2008, announcing the completion of the special, subtitled Sotsugyōshiki and Nana to Hanbunwa Special (卒業式&7と1/2話スペシャル).[6]
There are many differences between the manga and the television drama. Though the concept and characters are the same, the story is described differently. For example, in the comics Sano became injured from saving his friend, while in the drama he became injured from saving Mizuki. Genders are also different in the drama. Akiha is male in the comics, but portrayed as female in the drama. In the comes, Sano found out Mizuki's true gender when he accidentally "felt her up", but in the drama Sano finds out Mizuki is female when he overhears Mizuki talking to her brother. Nakatsu also finds out about Mizuki's gender a lot earlier in the drama, while in the comics he finds out Mizuki's true gender along with everyone else.
