To the Beautiful You (Hana Kimi)

To The Beautiful You (Korean: 아름다운 그대에게; Areumdawoon Geodaeege) is a 2012 South Korean television drama series starring Sulli Choi, Choi Min-ho, and Lee Hyun-woo. It will broadcast on August 15, 2012 on SBS.
It is based on the Japanese shōjo manga series, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (花ざかりの君たち For You in Full Blossom^?), written by Hisaya Nakajo. The Korean series is the fourth television adaptation of the manga following the Taiwanese Hanazakarino Kimitachihe, the Japanese Hanazakari no Kimitachi e and its remake Hanazakari no Kimitachi e 2011.

(Trailer’s 1-3 of To the Beautiful You)

Background
On 10 March 2011, SM Entertainment announced that they have acquired the rights to the manga and will film its Korean adaption. Representatives revealed, “The Korean version will have a total of 16 episodes that draw out stories of hopes and dreams. It’s a teenage comedy with a cute, but strong storyline and a slew of handsome cast members. We’re planning to begin airing it this summer.”

Plot
Kang Tae-joon (Minho) is a gold medalist in the high jump, but he has been mired in a slump due to an injury. In order to help her idol Tae-joon, a girl named Goo Jae-hee (Sulli) disguises herself as a boy and transfers to his all-male high school, Genie Athletic High School.

Cast
Main cast

Sulli Choi as Goo Jae-hee (Mizuki Ashiya)
She disguises herself as a male and transfers to Tae-joon’s school to help him recover for a comeback
Choi Min-ho as Kang Tae-joon (Izumi Sano)
He is a high jump gold medalist, who is discouraged after being injured
Lee Hyun-woo as Cha Eun-gyeol (Shuichi Nakatsu)
He is charming soccer player with his talents, good looks, and a positive attitude, he receives a lot of love from the girls. However, in reality, he’s an innocent boy who hasn’t been in love yet.

Extended cast
Seo Jeon-young as Ha Seung-ri (Minami Nanba)
He extremely cool head/leader of Dormitory 2, the Fencing Team, who is loyal, protective, and has lots of masculine charm or charisma. He puts a lot of passion into making Dormitory 2 as the number one dorm.
Hwang Kwang-hee as Song Jong-min (Senri Nakao)
He is a hurdler who tries to annoy Jae-hee but he actually is a warm hearted person.
Kim Ji-won as Seol Han-na
She is a gymnast and daughter from a rich family without any shortcomings. Although she possesses a reckless personality, in front of Tae-joon, she becomes a gentle lady.
Kang Ha-neul as Min Hyeon-jae (Makoto Kagurazaka)
He is a high jump player in the national team and Tae-joon’s rival.
Yoo Min-kyu as Jo Young-man (Megumi Tennoji)
He is the leader of Dormitory 1, the Taekwondo department, and seems rough on the outside, but is actually very passionate about helping his hoboes.
Kim I-an as Na Cheol-soo (Oscar M. Himejima)
He is the leader of Dormitory 3, which is filled with the students who love theater and the arts.
Ki Tae-young as Jang Min-woo (Dr. Hokuto Umeda)
He is a mysterious doctor who first realizes that Jae-hee is actually a girl pretending to be a boy in a boy’s physical education high school. However, Min-woo doesn’t reveal this truth and takes care of Jae-hee like her guardian angel.
Kang Kyung-joon as Byeon Gwang-min
His nickname is ‘Rabies, Simple/Easy, Ignorant, Radish Teacher’. He was a promising athlete in the past, but no one in the school knows about that. He has a one-sided crush on the literature teacher, So-jeong.
Lee Young-eun as Lee So-jeong
She is a teacher in a triangle relationship with Min-woo and Gwang-min
Lee Ah-hyun as Jang Sil-jang
She is a perfectionist manager with a sports management agency with which the Tae-joon is signed. She knows no peace of mind as she deals with the players represented by the agency, yet displays talent and skills that are second to none.
Ahn Hye Kyung as Yang Seo-yoon (Akiha Hara)
She is a sports reporter that knows everything there is to know about Tae-joon. She always follow Tae-joon in order to find anything newsworthy.
Seon-woo Jae-deok as Kang Geun-wook
He’s very cold to his son on the outside, but actually cares a lot for his son. He can’t express his emotions well, so his relationship with his son is not very good.
Lee Han-wi as Hwang Gye-bong
He is a dean of students
Julien Kang as Daniel Goo (Shizuki Claude Ashiya)
He is Jae-hee’s half-brother. After he goes to Korea, he finds out that Jae Hee is pretending to be a boy and has transferred to an all-boy’s school, and he tries to take her back to America.
Honey Lee
She is the school president with gentle charisma
Yu-ra as Lee Eun Yeong
She is student of girl’s school where Han-na also studies and a fan of Tae-joon
Jung Eun-joo as Hwang Bo-hee
She is student of girl’s school where Han-na also studies and a fan of Tae-joon
Song Soo-ji as Sin Myeong-hwa

Casting
Rumors circulated that SHINee’s Minho and f(x)’s Sulli would portray the two leads and on 26 April, 2012 it was confirmed that they had been casted in the lead roles. It was also announced that Jun Ki Sang would be directing and that it would air in the latter half of the year on SBS. On May 24th, 2012 the title was revealed to be “To The Beautiful You” and would be written by Lee Young Chul, screenwriter of the High Kick! series.June 6th, ZE:A’s Kwanghee was confirmed for the drama and that Infinite’s L was reviewing the offer to join, as he would have to juggle overseas schedules with filming.On June 7th Seo Jun Young was confirmed to be part of the cast and that it was set to air August 15th.On June 8th, it was announced that Kang Kyung Joon would be cast as the cool, but comical track coach, Gi Tae Young as the school nurse who discovers Jae-hee’s identity, Lee Young Eun as a teacher caught in a love triangle with the two, Kang Ha Neul as Tae-joon’s rival, and Ahn Hye Kyung and Lee Han Wee were also cast. After previous discussions, Lee Hyun Woo was confirmed as Cha Eun Gyul. June 14th, Kim Ji Won was cast. On July 10th, Yoo Min Kyu was announced to play Young Mahn..
The first script reading took place on June 7th at the SBS Ilsan Production Center. On July 9th, Minho, Sulli, Kwanghee and members of EXO were spotted taking part of a photoshoot for the drama.In preparation for his role as Taejoon, Minho received personal training from coach Kim Tae Young, former national high jump athlete and a member of the Korea Association of Athletics Federations, for a month and a half.His personal record at the moment is 175 cmFilming began at the beginning of July.In an interview with Vogue Girl Korea, Minho confirmed that the drama would broadcast on August 15th, rather than the initially scheduled August 8th.Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies and Mokwon University was used to film for the all-male school, Genie Athletic High School, and Anmyeondo was used to film the summer vacation scenes.

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