थेdrama 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.

Horikita Maki as Ashiya Mizuki
Oguri Shun as Sano Izumi
Ikuta Toma as Nakatsu Shuichi
Konno Mahiru as Hara Akiha
Kamikawa Takaya as Umeda Hokuto
Matsuda Seiko as Tsubaki, the School Principal
Ukaji Takashi as Sawatari
Kobayashi Susumu as Yoshioka
Okada Yoshinori as Ashiya Shizuki
Daito Shunsuke as Sano Shin
Shirota Yuu as Kagurazaka Makoto
Moriguchi Yoko as Nanba Io
Harada Natsuki as Tanabe Kanako
Yamazaki Hajime as Ashiya Takumi
Tsutsui Mariko as Ashiya Eiko
Inagaki Goro as Kitahama Noburo
Sugimoto Tetta as Sano Takehiko

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Hana Kimi was my last finished jdorama. This series is on my lists of favorite jdoramas. I’m really anticipating for the part-two and hope it would be possible in 2008. Though the ending is not so very satisfying, I better like it rather than the ending of the taiwanese version. I was so sicked before becoz I anticipated too much in the ending of the taiwanese version and made me feel so disappointed after watching it. I was like wasted my time completing the 24 episodes. The finale made realized that the series was so ridiculous for making that very inexcusable cliffhanger ending. And learning to that lesson, I don’t expected too much of how the japanese version will going to end. And somehow, its not bad at all coz it makes me feel a bit satisfied and definitely no feeling of disappointments. The flow of story is more consistent and I like its simplicity. Though the story is not that so unique, I definitely love it. I like almost majority in the cast..hahaha…Oguri Shun always meet my expectations on him. I always love him in playing cool characters. He’s the coolest guy in the drama. I almost fell off my chair in majority of Nakatsu’s scenes. He’s the reason why I always laughed hard in each episode. He’s the funniest. His character as Nakatsu has a very unique personality and I love his expressions esp. when talking to himself. He obviously outshined than Sano but unfortunately lose the heart of Mizuki. And of course, Maki Horikita done her part as female lead in the drama. She deserve to be called as an actress becoz she’s very versatile in portraying perplexing role. After watching Hana Kimi, I decided to watch more of her dramas. And now, I started to like Nobuta wo Produce where she got the award for best supporting actress. Oh, How could I forgot those 3 dormheads..hahaha..I personally like Nanba-senpai among the 3 of them. The cast are great all through out. I was deeply moved becoz it not just centers about love but the friendships built in all of them. Indeed, HK’s japanese version is way BETTER compared to the taiwanese version and I think one of funniest and best series I’ve ever watched. Believe it or not! I hate comparisons but I can’t help it!