Hana no Asuka-gumi!

• Ja Kanji — 花のあすか組! • Ja Romaji — Hana no Asuka-gumi! • Genre — Drama

• Type — manga • Author — Satosumi Takaguchi • Publisher — Kadokawa Shoten • Magazine — Monthly Asuka • First — 1985 • Last — 1995 • Volumes — 27+6

• Type — ova • Title — Shin Kabukicho Story Hana no Asuka-gumi! • Director — Atsutoshi Umezawa • Producer — Kadokawa Shoten Tohokushinsha Film Toei Video Company • Writer — Kenji Terada • Studio — Toei Animation • Released — June 10, 1987 • Runtime — 48 minutes

• Type — drama • Director — Hideo Tanaka Toshio Ōi Morio Maejima • Producer — Takashi Ishihara Osamu Tezuka • Writer — Junki Takegami Sukehiro Tomita Kazuhiko Gōdo Yūichirō Tatsumi Kenji Kuwata • Music — Toshiaki Tsushima • Studio — Toei Company Fuji TV • Network — Fuji Television • First — April 11, 1988 • Last — September 26, 1988 • Episodes — 23

• Type — live film • Director — Yōichi Sai • Producer — Haruki Kadokawa Kazuyuki Satō Yū Ōkawa Sōgaku Koga • Writer — Yōichi Sai • Music — Masahide Sakuma • Studio — Toho • Released — 1988 08 13 • Runtime — 100 minutes

• Type — ova • Title — Hana no Asuka-gumi! Lonely Cats Battle Royale • Director — Atsutoshi Umezawa • Producer — Noriaki Ikeda Akira Sasaki • Writer — Kenji Terada • Music — Kenji Kawai • Studio — Toei Animation • Released — March 23, 1990 • Runtime — 52 minutes

• Writer — Yōko Sugimoto • First — October 23, 1991 • Last — April 23, 1992 • Episodes — 2

• Title — Hana no Asuka-gumi! Gaiden • Director — Kazuya Torishima • Writer — Kazuya Torishima • Released — March 20, 1997

• Type — manga • Title — Shin Hana no Asuka-gumi! • Author — Satosumi Takaguchi • Publisher — Feel Young (web comic) • First — 2003 • Last — 2009

• Type — manga • Author — Satosumi Takaguchi • First — 2007 • Last — 2008

• Type — live film • Title — Hana no Asuka-gumi! Neo • Director — Yutaka Tsurita • Released — 2009 04 25

• Type — manga • Title — Hana no Asukagumi! BS-hen • Author — Satosumi Takaguchi • Publisher — Feel Comics • Published — August 9, 2018 • Volumes — 2

• Title — Hana no Asukagumi! Infinity • Type — manga • Author — Satosumi Takaguchi • Publisher — Shodensha • Magazine — Manga Jam • First — July 9, 2019 • Last — November 7, 2021 • Volumes — 9 Hana no Asuka-gumi! is a Japanese manga by Satosumi Takaguchi serialized in Monthly Asuka. It was adapted into a television drama series, two live-action films, two OVAs, and two drama CDs. It is one of the series with delinquent girls (sukeban) popular in the 1980s. Two new manga series were published, one from 2003 to 2009 and the other from 2007 to 2008. In July 2019, a new manga series was released called Hana no Asukagumi! Infinity and it ended on November 7, 2021.

There are two OVAs: Shin Kabukicho Story Hana no Asuka-gumi!, released on June 12, 1987 and Hana no Asuka-gumi! Lonely Cats Battle Royale, released in 1990. Lonely Cats Battle Royale was thought to be lost until an anonymous individual mailed a tape of the OVA to anime enthusiast and YouTuber Kenny Lauderdale in 2019.

• Starring — Megumi Odaka Natsuki Ozawa Hikari Ishida • Narrator — Ryou Nakanishi • End Theme — "Get a Chance" sung by BaBe "BLUE WIND" sung by Megumi Odaka "Kanashige Dane" sung by ASUKA-GUMI • Composer — Toshiaki Tsushima • Country — Japan • Language — Japanese • Num Episodes — 23 • Company — Toei Company • Network — Fuji Television • First Aired — 1988 4 11 • Last Aired — 1988 9 26 A television drama series was broadcast on Fuji Television from April 11 to September 26, 1988.

• Megumi Odaka as Asuka Kuraku • Natsuki Ozawa as Miko Dōmoto • Hikari Ishida as Harumi Kōzuki • Shiori Sakura as Hibari • Risa Honda as Kasuga • Masami Hayami as Kaze • Mika Chiba as Hayashi • Emi Wakui as Hi • Kyōko Ninagawa as Yama • Megumi Ishii as Kyōko Kuraku

Hana no Asuka-gumi!