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Title: 花より男子 
Title (romaji): Hana Yori Dango 
Also known as: Boys Before Flowers / Boys Over Flowers 
Format: Renzoku, across two seasons 
Genre: Romance 
Broadcast network: TBS 
Air time: Friday 22:00 
Related dramas: Meteor Garden I 2001 Taiwanese version, Boys Before Flowers 

Season 1 
 
Hana Yori Dango
Episodes: 9 
Viewership rating: 19.6 (Kanto) 
Broadcast period: 2005-Oct-21 to 2005-Dec-16 
Theme song: WISH by Arashi 
Insert song: Planetarium by Otsuka Ai 

Synopsis 

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 F4’s 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. 

The series is based on the Japanese shoujo manga "Hana Yori Dango" (Boys Before Flowers) by Kamio Yoko. 

 
Cast 
 
Correlation chart
Inoue Mao as Makino Tsukushi 
Matsumoto Jun as Domyoji Tsukasa 
Oguri Shun as Hanazawa Rui 
Matsuda Shota as Nishikado Sojiro 
Abe Tsuyoshi as Mimasaka Akira 
Sato Megumi as Sanjo Sakurako 
Nishihara Aki as Matsuoka Yuki 
Seto Saki as Asai Yuriko 
Fukada Aki as Ayuhara Erika 
Matsuoka Emiko as Yamano Minako 
David Ito as Nishida 
Sada Mayumi as Todo Shizuka 
Kato Takako as Sengoku Sachiyo 
Tomiura Satoshi as Makino Susumu (brother of Tsukushi) 
Kobayashi Susumu as Makino Haruo (father of Tsukushi) 
Ishino Mako as Makino Chieko (mother of Tsukushi) 
Matsushima Nanako as Domyoji Tsubaki (sister of Tsukasa) 
Kaga Mariko as Domyoji Kaede (mother of Tsukasa)

Season 2 
 
Hana Yori Dango 2
Episodes: 11 
Viewership rating: 21.7 (Kanto) 
Broadcast period: 2007-Jan-05 to 2007-Mar-16 
Theme song: Love So Sweet by Arashi 
Insert song: Flavor of Life by Utada Hikaru 

Synopsis 

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 announce 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? 

Rui --> Makino --> Domyoji --> Shigeru (arranged fiancee of Domyoji) 

Cast 
 
Correlation Chart
Inoue Mao as Makino Tsukushi 
Matsumoto Jun as Domyoji Tsukasa 
Oguri Shun as Hanazawa Rui 
Matsuda Shota as Nishikado Sojiro 
Abe Tsuyoshi as Mimasaka Akira 
Nishihara Aki as Matsuoka Yuuki 
Kato Natsuki as Okawahara Shigeru 
Seto Saki as Asai Yuriko 
Fukada Aki as Ayuhara Erika 
Matsuoka Emiko as Yamano Minako 
Sato Megumi as Sanjou Sakurako 
Sada Mayumi as Toudou Shizuka 
David Ito as Nishida 
Kato Takako as Sengoku Sachiyo 
Tomiura Satoshi as Makino Susumu (brother of Tsukushi) 
Kobayashi Susumu as Makino Haruo (father of Tsukushi) 
Ishino Mako as Makino Chieko (mother of Tsukushi) 
Matsushima Nanako as Domyoji Tsubaki (sister of Tsukasa) 
Kaga Mariko as Domyoji Kaede (mother of Tsukasa) 
Sato Yuuichi