Boys Over Flowers

:anime voices|Keiko Imamura|Nicole Oliver:"Drama actor": Mayumi Sada

:Shizuka is a rich heiress and childhood friend of the F4. She and Rui particularly are very close; she was the first person who was able to get him to come out of his shell, and the two were inseparable for much of their childhood. She began a modeling career during her high school years, but shocks everyone at her twentieth birthday party by announcing that she plans to give up her career as a model as well as her position as the Todo heiress to move to Paris and become a human rights lawyer. In the drama, Shizuka was the inspiration that convinced Makino to attend Eitoku, and later to pursue a legal career.

:Rui initially accompanies Shizuka to Paris at Tsukushi's request, but their relationship suffers as Shizuka spends more and more time at work. Eventually, Rui returns to Japan in frustration. Shizuka remains in Paris and eventually marries to a lawyer there, giving her bouquet to Tsukushi.

;nihongo|Makiko Endo|遠藤真紀子|Endō Makiko:anime voices|Fuuko Misaki|Nicole Bouma

:Makiko is one of Tsukushi's only friends at Eitoku in the beginning of the series. Tsukushi rescues her from inevitable torment after she collides with Domyoji on the stairs. Although she's forced to break off their friendship to prevent becoming a target of abuse, Makiko finds ways to help Tsukushi, sending her secret messages of encouragement or to warn her of impending danger. She disappears without comment as the manga goes on.

;nihongo|Sakurako Sanjo|三条 桜子|Sanjō Sakurako:anime voice|Mikako Sakurada:"Drama actor": Megumi Sato

:Born a very ugly child, Sakurako was the object of torment of the children she went to school with. When she confessed her love to Domyoji, he traumatized her by making fun of her looks.

:Sakurako undergoes plastic surgery and returns to Eitoku, determined to use her new beauty to take her revenge on Domyoji by making him fall in love with her. She acts sweet and innocent, but lets her true colors show when she thinks no one is watching. When she hears of his growing attraction to Tsukushi, she conspires with her friend Thomas to destroy her. She has Thomas drug Tsukushi at a club and then distributes photos of the two of them in bed together around the school, causing the student body to turn on her for betraying Domyoji.

:When Domyoji eventually refuses Sakurako's advances and sees through her plans, Sakurako becomes remorseful and she and Tsukushi become friends.

;nihongo|Tsubaki Domyoji|道明寺 椿|Dōmyōji Tsubaki:anime voice|Chiho Ohkawa:"Drama actor": Nanako Matsushima

:Tsubaki is Tsukasa's sister. She is one of the few people who is not afraid to stand up to him, a trait that Domyoji secretly admires in her. She marries the wealthy heir to a hotel company and moved to Los Angeles with him. Although she has obtained a degree of happiness in her marriage, she did not choose her husband and was manipulated by her mother Kaede into breaking off her relationship with an ordinary boy she loved and marrying to suit the family interests. She begs Domyoji not to make the same mistake. It's hinted that she may have had a secret relationship with Eitoku's school nurse Urara-sensei.

;nihongo|Kaede Domyoji|道明寺 楓|Dōmyōji Kaede:anime voice|Mika Doi:"Drama actor": Mariko Kaga

:Tsukasa's controlling mother. She is the chairwoman of Domyoji Enterprises. She is very clever and devious and hatches many schemes to break apart her son and Tsukushi, who she sees as an "insect" that must be squashed for the sake of the family.

;nihongo|Haruo Makino|牧野 晴男|Makino Haruo:"Voiced by": :"Drama actor": Susumu Kobayashi

:Tsukushi's father. He often cannot hold a job and this puts pressure on Tsukushi to earn the family income. He often states that he will work harder and stay devoted so that Tsukushi will not work as hard, but he never does. He, along with his wife, respect Domyoji and treat him like a god. He also wants Tsukushi to marry someone wealthy so that they will not have to live in poverty.

:In the manga and the drama, he, and the rest of the family, excluding Tsukushi, end up moving to a fishing village to make a living.

;nihongo|Chieko Makino|牧野 千恵子|Makino Chieko:anime voice|Rumi Watabe:"Drama actor": Mako Ishino

:Tsukushi's mother. She is very comical and while sometimes she seems to care very little for Tsukushi's feelings, it is later revealed that she will not allow her daughter to be insulted. She dreams of having Tsukushi marry someone wealthy and constantly tries to get Tsukushi together with Domyoji.

:She, along with her husband and son, end up moving to a fishing village in hopes of getting a better life there.

;nihongo|Susumu Makino|牧野 進|Makino Susumi:anime voice|Takayuki Inoue:"Drama actor": Satoshi Tomiura

:Tsukushi's younger brother, he is determined to go to the cheapest high school and get a part time job so that Tsukushi can continue to attend Eitoku. He eventually ends up moving to a fishing village with his parents. He plays a larger role in the live-action version and the manga than in the anime.

;nihongo|Yasukichi Makino|牧野安吉|:anime voice|Nobuaki Suzuki

;nihongo|Yuriko Asai|浅井 百合子|Asai Yuriko:anime voice|Yoshiko Shimizu:"Drama actor": Saki Seto

:One of the three girls that bullies Tsukushi throughout their high school years, she believes that Domyoji only has a passing interest in Tsukushi and resolves to make her life horrible. She often sucks up to the rest of the F4 more than the other students.

;nihongo|Minako Yamano|山野 美奈子|Yamano Minako:anime voice|Nami Sato

;nihongo|Erika Ayuhara|鮎原 えりか|Ayuhara Erika:"Voiced by":

;nihongo|Sachiyo Sengoku (Okami-San)|千石 幸代|Sengoku Sachiyo:"Voiced by"::"Drama actor": Takako KatoA woman who owns the dango shop in which Tsukushi and Yuki work in. She has a habit of listening in on their conversations and usually popping out from nowhere. She always relates an issue dramatically to men she had dated in the past, all of which had unusual situations for their breakups. These stories tend to cause confusion and weariness to the girls as time goes by, making them wonder about Okami-san's real age.

Relationships

Makino and Domyoji

Their relationship has varied from the start. In the beginning it was one of hatred and physical violence, due to the fact he wages war against her all the time. However as Domyoji gets to know her, he slowly falls in love with her though he has always held a cold heart. Due to this, he attempts to make advances on Makino, but always ends up fighting with her. In the manga they go through many hardships to be together. His stubborn mother, Makino's friendship with Rui, Makino's constantly changing feelings, and also Domyoji's frequent anger outbursts (as wells as many other problems) are always keeping them apart. In the end, their love wins out. Towards the end Domyoji makes an announcement to the media to go to New York for 4 years in order to take over his father's company. During this announcement period, Makino is troubled but later says that she will not go with him and that when he comes back she'll be waiting for him and will make him a happy man. The story ends with Domyoji going to New York and Makino watch his plane leave in the sky.

In the short story published after the series had concluded, Domyoji and company goes to Paris along with Makino to go to Shizuka's wedding with a French lawyer. Domyoji told Makino that he already paid for her four years of university to keep an eye on her. They agree to wait until Domyoji was done in three more years.

During the countless times that they break up, Domyoji goes crazy and returns to his "evil" and violent ways. However when he is with Makino he is tamed and kind. Due to this, everyone around them is always saying that he is no good without Makino.

It is also hinted that at the end of the 4 years spent apart, they will get married.

References

External links

Official sites

* [http://www.hanadan-final.jp/ Official Movie Website] language icon|JP|Japanese
* [http://www.tbs.co.jp/hanayoridango/ Official TV Drama Website] from TBS language icon|JP|Japanese
* [http://www.tbs.co.jp/hanadan2/ Official TV Drama 2 Website] from TBS language icon|JP|Japanese
* [http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/tv/hanadan/ Toei's Hana Yori Dango website] language icon|JP|Japanese
* [http://www.viz.com/downloads/manga/bof.php Official Viz site] here you can sample the manga online language icon|EN|English

Fansites

HanaYoriDango.Ning.com [http://hanayoridango.ning.com]
LiveJournal HanaYoriDango [http://community.livejournal.com/hanayoridango]

Other sources

* [http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Hana_Yori_Dango Boys Over Flowers on DramaWiki]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0489597/ Boys Over Flowers on IMDB]
* [http://loca.ash.jp/info/2005/d200510_hanayori.htm Filming Locations] for Boys Over Flowers language icon|JP|Japanese
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