Boys Over Flowers 花より男子 (or はなよりだんご Hana Yori Dango) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kamio Yōko 神尾葉子 which was serialised from 1992 until 2004. The second season of the manga series, Sunshine After Flowers – Flower Boys Next Season 花のち晴れ〜花男 Next Season〜, was serialised from 2015 until 2019. There have been many adaptations of the original manga series into films and TV series over the years especially the 2001 TV series from Taiwan which became internationally known. The Taiwanese series became so popular that it is now regarded as the originator of “Idol Drama” in Taiwan and also the Chinese entertainment industry. Subsequently other TV and film adaptations were made by Japan (2005, 2007 & 2008), South Korea (2009), China (2018) and most recently Thailand (2021). There were also three unlicensed TV series adaptation from China (2009), India (2014) and Indonesia (2017). However even before 2001, there were a film (1995) and anime (1996, 1997) adaptations from Japan. In 2018, Japan also adapted the second season of the manga into a TV series. In this post, I’m going to do a list of as much of the OST I could find from all of these adaptations…
1995 Japanese film adaptation, Hana Yori Dango 花より男子
Opening theme song: Baby’s Growing Up – Uchida Yuki 内田有紀
Closing theme song: Overnight Sensation 時代はあなたに委ねてる – TRF
2001 Taiwanese TV adaptation, Meteor Garden 流星花園
Opening theme song: Can’t Help Falling for You 情非得已 – Harlem Yu 庾澄慶
Closing theme song: The Love You Want 你要的愛 – Penny Tai 戴佩妮
2001 Taiwanese 3-episode supplementary TV series, Meteor Rain 流星雨
Theme song: Meteor Rain 流星雨 – F4
2002 Taiwanese TV series, Meteor Garden II 流星花園II
Sequel to 2001’s Meteor Garden 流星花園, it was not an adaptation of the manga, but based on a new original script
Opening theme song: Can’t Lose You 絕不能失去你 – F4
Closing theme song: Season of Fireworks 煙火的季節 – F4
2005 Japanese TV adaptation, Hana Yori Dango 花より男子
Opening theme song: Wish – Arashi 嵐
Insert song: Planetarium プラネタリウム – Otsuka Ai 大塚愛
2007 Japanese TV adaptation, Hana Yori Dango Returns 花より男子 ~リターンズ~
Sequel to 2005’s Hana Yori Dango 花より男子
Opening theme song: Love So Sweet – Arashi 嵐
Insert song: Flavor Of Life (Ballad Version) – Utada Hikaru 宇多田ヒカル
2008 Japanese film adaptation, Hana Yori Dango Final 花より男子F ~ファイナル~
Sequel to 2005’s & 2007’s Hana Yori Dango 花より男子
Opening theme song: One Love – Arashi 嵐
Insert song: KissHug – aiko
2009 South Korean TV adaptation, Boys Over Flowers 꽃보다 남자
Opening theme song: Paradise – T-MAX
Closing theme song: Because I’m Stupid – SS501
Closing theme song: Making a Lover 애인만들기 – SS501
Insert song: Stand By Me – SHINee
2018 Chinese TV adaptation, Meteor Garden 流星花園
Opening theme song: For You – New F4 (王鶴棣, 官鴻, 梁靖康, 吳希澤)
Closing theme song: Love, Exist愛，存在 – Kiki Wei 魏奇奇
Insert song: The Love You Want – midnight version 你要的愛 深夜版 – Penny Tai 戴佩妮
2021 Thai TV adaptation, F4 Thailand : หัวใจรักสี่ดวงดาว Boys Over Flowers
Thai TV adaptation premiered on December 18, 2021…
Who am I – Bright, Win, Dew, Nani
Shooting Star – Bright, Win, Dew, Nani
Update January 30, 2022: Two more songs from the Thai series…
In the Wind – Dew Jirawat
You Mean the World โลกของฉันคือเธอ – Fluke Gawin
Update March 4, 2022: Another 2 songs from the Thai OST…
One Last Cry – Violette Wautier
Nighttime – Bright Vachirawit
Update June 30, 2022: Final two songs from the Thai series…
Best life – Nani Hirunkit
Silhouette แสงที่ปลายฟ้า – Win Metawin
Corner Café 
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