Hanazakari no Kimitachi e: Ikemen Paradise: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The drama is based on the popular manga of the same name by Nakajo Hisaya, which has already been dramatized in Taiwan. Horikita plays the protagonist Ashiya Mizuki, a Japanese girl in the U.S. who one day sees the young athlete Sano Izumi (Oguri) compete in the high jump on television. She begins to idolize him, and decides to move to Japan to attend the same school as him. However, Izumi goes to an all-boys school, so Mizuki disguises herself as a boy to achieve her dream of being with her idol.

Based on the manga called Hana-Kimi or Hanazakari no Kimitachi e, this show is the Japanese drama adaptation.

Series details

• Title: Hanazakari no Kimitachi e: Ikemen Paradise
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance
• Premiere date: 2007-07-03
• Final broadcast date listed: 2008-10-12
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Fuji TV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 57 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.6/10
• TVMaze ID: 6415
• IMDb ID: tt1067118
• TVDB ID: 83104

Cast and credited roles

• Shun Oguri — Izumi Sano
• Toma Ikuta — Shuichi Nakatsu
• Maki Horikita — Mizuki Ashiya

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2007-07-03; final listed air date 2008-10-12; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

Adapted from Hanazakari no Kimitachi e: Ikemen Paradise 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.