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HanaKimi Drama in Full Bloom at 54th TV Drama Academy Awards
Hanazakari no Kimitachi, a popular shoujo manga by Nakajo Hisaya was adapted to a live action drama by Fuji TV and aired starting last July 03, 2007. It ran for 12 episodes and stars Horikita Maki, Oguri Shun, and Ikuta Toma. It won Best Drama and two other awards in the 54th Television Drama Academy Awards held last October 24, 2007.
Horikita Maki won Best Actress in her role as gender-bending Ashiya Mizuki, a Japanese living in America who goes to Osaka Gakuen, disguised as a boy, to meet her idol, Sano Izumi played by Oguri Shun. While crowd favorite, Ikuta Toma, bagged the Best Supporting Actor award with his comical and entertaining portrayal of Nakatsu Shuichi, a soccer player who is slightly confused of his sexual preference because of his supposedly homosexual attraction to, supposedly boy, Ashiya Mizuki.
A complete list of winners can be found at Television Drama Academy Awards page at DramaWiki. The drama was also covered here at Scrumptious, check it out here for some episode summaries and a whole lot of screenshots, character introductions, the last episode, and some other juicy tidbits.
Ikuta Toma’s win is well-deserved. I loved his character portrayal the best and every time he was onscreen, he stole the audience’s attention. His role in HanaKimi was pretty light compared to Junpei in his short stint with Hana Yori Dango. However, it proves his range and versatility as an actor. With his upcoming role as Takemoto Yuuta in the live action adaptation of Honey and Clover 「ハチミツとクローバー」, I believe it is the most difficult role he has taken on so far. Hopefully, he can rise above the challenge and deliver a solid and memorable performance.
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Whether it will be very cheesy, or very good… I guess
Seems no announcement on who’s going to be Mayama, Yamada and Rika.. and of course, who’s gonna be Morita??
I think the most difficult role would fall to Morita, pulling crazy antics while at the same time carrying emotional baggage
I’m a BIG fan of Ikuta Toma. He is soo funny, and cheerful, and he sings the best out of all the Johnny’s Jr of his generation.
And he has such a beautiful, happy smile.
*swoons*
Congrats to him for the very deserving prize winning!
I really love this drama…..full of happiness, friendships, love,and so on……really cool…I enjoy to watch every single episodes
I really really loved Hanazakari no Kimitachi e..
It’s awesome!!!
Ikuta Toma is the best..
He’s very cute and cool…I love his smile..
..I love Mangaseryes (JDorama)..love it..
Like Hanayori Dango 1 & 2,Gokusen & GTO..
Ikuta was so cool playing the role of Oribe Junpei in Hana Yori Dango 2..
aNd..I like Oguri Shun acting as Rui Hanazawa..but I also loved him when he played as Sano Izumi..
and for me..Horikita Maki is a great actress..
I salute JDoramas(japanese drama)..hehehe
I felt sad everytime a japanese drama came to its end..honestly,I even cry for it..
Go JDoramas!….more power..