Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (2011 TV series) explained

Alt Name:	Hanazakari no Kimitachi e: Ikemen Paradise 2011
Director:	Hidetomo Matsuda
Executive Producer:	Hiroyuki Goto, Aya Moriyasu
Starring:	Atsuko Maeda
Theme Music Composer:	Yasushi Akimoto
Endtheme:	"Flying Get" by AKB48
Composer:	Yū Takami, Shin Kōno
Country:	Japan
Company:	Fuji TV, Kyodo TV
Language:	Japanese
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	11
Runtime:	54 minutes
Network:	Fuji TV

is a 2011 Japanese television series. It is a remake of the 2007 drama series of the same Japanese title which is also based on the manga Hana-Kimi, but it features an entirely new cast.^[1]

Cast

Second dormitory students

• Atsuko Maeda as Mizuki Ashiya
• Aoi Nakamura as Izumi Sano
• Shohei Miura as Shuichi Nakatsu
• Renn Kiriyama as Minami Nanba
• Tomo Yanagishita as Taiki Kayashima
• Shintaro Yamada as Kyogo Sekime
• Yukito Nishii as Nakao Senri
• Katsuhiro Suzuki as Shinji Noe
• Yuki Kashiwagi as Juri Kishinosato
• Shota Matsushima as Masafumi Katsura
• Shotaro Mamiya as Keisuke Awaji
• Goro Kurihara as Kota Hanaten
• Yuki Sato as Makoto Kagurazaka

First dormitory students

• Shinnosuke Mitsushima as Megumi Tennoji
• Goki Maeda as Kohei Kitahanada
• Arata Horii as Kumatori Jin
• Ryosuke Yamamoto as Kiyoshikojin Akira
• Ryu Ando as Mukonoso Andrew
• Koudai Asaka as Subaru Takatsuki
• Sonde Kanai as Kazuki Obitoke
• Shotaro Kotani as Hiroto Moriguchi
• Tomoki Okayama as Kadoma Shotaro

Third dormitory students

• Hidenori Tokuyama as Oscar M. Himejima / Himejima Masao
• Miyajima Kusuto as Yaenosato Nobuhiro
• Takami Ozora as Kyobate Sansui
• Taiko Katono as Kawachimori Hisashi
• Kasai Shige as Mozu Yasushi
• Kawahara Kazuma as Narayama Sakon
• Okazaki Kazuhiro as Izumigaoka Hideharu
• Kettaro as Minamikata Shin

Others

• Saito Takumi as Umeda Hokuto
• Ikkei Watanabe as the chef
• Mirai Yamamoto as Io Nanba

Tokyo Gakuen students

• Sato Yuki as Kagurazaka Makoto
• Endo Kaname as Otemachi Ryo
• Nagakura Masaaki as Takebashi Yutaka
• Okubo Naoki as Tsukishima Jun
• Kaminaga Keisuke as Kasai Go
• Tozuka Junki as Kudanshita Takeshi
• Okayama Amane as Ochiai Nobuyuki

St. Blossom's Academy students

• Mayuko Iwasa as Hanayashiki Hibari
• Yuki Kashiwagi as Kishinosato Juri
• Miori Ichikawa as Amagasaki Kanna
• Mina Oba as Abeno Erika
• Mariya Nagao as Kanbe Yumemi
• Matsumoto Misaki
• Wakaki Moe
• Terayama Aoi
• Hotta Risa
• Kurisaki Hiroko
• Kuno Kanako
• Takahashi Miho
• Yanagawa Miho
• Tsuchiya Haruhi
• Shimomiya Rihoko
• Kasai Yukina

Guest roles

• Mana Ashida as Sasakura Kaoru (ep1, cameo)
• Fuku Suzuki as Sasakura Tomoki (ep1, cameo)
• Sayuri Iwata as Yamashina Rika (ep2)
• as aka Oscar (Japanese: オスカー) (ep6, cameo)

Theme Song

The theme song for this series is AKB48's 22nd single title track Flying Get.

International broadcast

• Asia - WakuWaku Japan

Notes and References

1. Web site: AKB48's Maeda Atsuko stars in new Hana Kimi drama series (Updated) . 2011-05-15 . Tokyograph . May 12, 2011.