Hana Yori Dango: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Makino Tsukushi, a girl who comes from a poor family, just wants to get through her two last years at Eitoku Gakuen quietly. But once she makes herself known by standing up for her friend to the F4, the four most popular, powerful, and rich boys at the school, she gets the red card: F4's way of a "Declaration of War". But when she doesn't let herself be beaten by them and is starting to fall for one of the F4, Hanazawa Rui, she starts to see that there is more than meets the eye...

Based on the manga called Hana Yori Dango or Boys Over Flowers, this show is the Japanese anime adaptation.

Series details

• Title: Hana Yori Dango
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Anime, Romance
• Premiere date: 1996-09-08
• Final broadcast date listed: 1997-08-31
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 11740
• TVDB ID: 73670

Cast and credited roles

• Maki Mochida — Tsukushi Makino
• Naoki Miyashita — Tsukasa Domyouji
• Yamamoto Koji — Rui Hanazawa
• Yuuta Mochizuki — Akira Mimasaka
• Yoshihiko Akaida — Soujirou Nishikado

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1996-09-08; final listed air date 1997-08-31; episode order: 51.

Source and licence

Adapted from Hana Yori Dango on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.