Archive for Hana Yori Dango

Boys Before Flowers Heading To New York for Overseas Filming

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The main cast and production team of KBS2TV Boys Before Flowers will head to America next week for overseas filming lasting for around 10 days.

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Character Chart (Manga HYD, Korean HYD, Japanese HDY, Taiwanese HYD)

Korean Hana Yori Dango Cast Confirmed

The main cast of the Korean version of the hit manga Hana Yori Dango (Boys Over Flowers) has been announced!

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Korean version Hana Yori Dango Set to Charm in 2008

Following the mega popularity of Meteor Garden first in Taiwan back in 2001 and then subsequently Hana Yori Dango in Japan in recent years, Korea is also set to have its very own version of Meteor Garden in 2008.

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The Pretty Boy Factory

So, where do all the pretty Japanese boys come from?

Well, Japan of course. How are they annointed? One very serious contender for the source of manufacturing these pretty images is Johnny’s Entertainment otherwise known as Johnny’s Jimusho.

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Jun Matsumoto(松本 潤)

Name: 松本 潤 (まつもと じゅん)
Name (romaji): Jun Matsumoto
Nickname: MatsuJun, Jun-kun, and King Jun (by all of Arashi), Jun-chan (by his mom), Devil Jun (in his JR days), Do-S (DoS) Banchou
Birthdate: August 30, 1983
Birthplace: Toshima-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Height: 173cm
Blood Type: A
Height: 173cm
Interests: Music, DVDs, Photography, and Reading
Preferred Sport: Baseball
Favorite Food: Soba, Dried Plums, and Mango
Favorite Colors: White, Black, & Blue

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Hana Yori Dango(花より男子) Boys Over Flowers

Makino Tsukushi (Inoue Mao) 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 (Matsumoto Jun), the leader and heir of the Domyoji World Finance Group; Hanazawa Rui (Oguri Shun), the introverted son of a large company; Nishikado Sojiro (Matsuda Shota), a player who is the heir of a tea ceremony school; and Mimasaka Akira (Abe Tsuyoshi), 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.

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