Hana Yori Dango

* 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
* 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

* Inoue Mao as Makino Tsukushi
* Matsumoto Jun as Doumyouji Tsukasa
* Oguri Shun as Hanazawa Rui
* Matsuda Shota as Nishikado Soujiroh
* Abe Tsuyoshi as Mimasaka Akira
* Sato Megumi as Sanjou Sakurako
* Nishihara Aki as Matsuoka Yuki
* Seto Saki as Asai Yuriko
* Fukada Aki as Ayuhara Erika
* Matsuoka Emiko as Yamano Minako
* Sada Mayumi as Toudou Shizuka
* Kato Takako as Sengoku Sachiyo
* Kobayashi Susumu as Makino Haruo (father of Tsukushi)
* Tomiura Satoshi as Makino Susumu (brother of Tsukushi)
* Ishino Mako as Makino Chieko (mother of Tsukushi)
* Kaga Mariko as Domyoji Kaede (mother of Tsukasa)
* Matsushima Nanako as Domyoji Tsubaki (sister of Tsukasa)
* David Ito as Nishida
* Oshinari Shugo as Nakatsuka
* Sakai Ayana as Kurimaki Ayano
* Handa Kento
* Kaku Tomohiro
* Sano Kazuma
* Igarashi Shunji (ep1)
* Takuma Takayuki (ep4-9)
* Suzuki Sotaro (ep10)

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Nobuta wo Produce

* Title: 野ブタ。をプロデュース
* Title (romaji): Nobuta wo Produce
* English Title : Makeover
* Format: Renzoku
* Genre: School drama
* Episodes: 10
* Viewership rating: 16.89
* Broadcast network: NTV
* Broadcast period: 2005-Oct-15 to 2005-Dec-17
* Air time: Saturday 21:00
* Theme song: Seishun Amigo by Shuuji to Akira (Kamenashi Kazuya and Yamashita Tomohisa)


Synopsis

Kiritani Shuji is the popular guy who gets along with everyone, from the jerks to the nerds to the just plain weird. The one person Shuji cannot stand is Kusano Akira. To Shuji, Akira is just plain annoying. He laughs, talks and acts funny. Things heat up when a new student comes to school. Her name is Kotani Nobuko, a girl who has no self confidence at all and is content at being made fun of and bullied in school. Shuji and Akira come to an accord that in order to make use of their "youth" they will "produce" Nobuko as the next popular girl. One of the conditions, however, is that nobody should find out that they are working together as a team to make this concept possible. Unveiled here is the story of true friendship between three unlikely candidates who would not have been friends if not given the special circumstances.

Cast

* Kamenashi Kazuya as Kiritani Shuji
* Yamashita Tomohisa as Kusano Akira
* Horikita Maki as Kotani Nobuko
* Toda Erika as Uehara Mariko
* Ukaji Takashi as Kiritani Satoru
* Fukaura Kanako as Kiritani Nobuko
* Nakajima Yuto as Kiritani Koji
* Okada Yoshinori as Yokoyama Takeshi
* Kimura Yuichi as Sebastian
* Fuwa Mansaku as Iehara Yasuo
* Takuma Seiko (たくませいこ) as Kuroki Hiroko
* Imawano Kiyoshiro as owner of the Gooyoku diner
* Takahashi Katsumi as Hirayama Ippei
* Natsuki Mari as Catherine
* Yanagita Erika

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