Boys Over Flowers Wiki:Timeline/Hana Yori Dango and Hana Nochi Hare

Hana Yori Dango (2005), Hana Yori Dango Returns (2007), and Hana Nochi Hare: Hanadan Next Season (2018) take place in real time. Hana Yori Dango Final (2008) is the only exception, being set four years after Returns instead of the year it was released.

Notes

• Hana Yori Dango takes place in 2005 during the exact time that the series originally aired. Likewise, Hana Yori Dango Returns is set during 2007, though the first episode also covers some of 2006.
• Despite being released in 2008, Hana Yori Dango Final is set during early 2011. Tsukushi's birthday is revealed to be December 28, 1988 and her age is 22. She is also slated to graduate college in March.
• Hana Nochi Hare is set in 2018. Haruto's and Tsukasa's meeting in the first episode takes place ten years earlier, being sometime after Returns.

Character ages

• All ages for Hana Yori Dango characters are sourced from the official website or the show itself. Some ages from Returns and Final are guessed based on the first age given.
• For Hana Nochi Hare characters, only Oto's and Megumi's ages are revealed though it can be assumed that the C5 members are also either 16 or 17.

Ages of Hana Yori Dango characters

Character	Age			Notes
	HYD	Returns	Final
Tsukushi Makino	16	17	22
Tsukasa Domyoji	17	18→19	23
Rui Hanazawa	17	18	23
Sojiro Nishikado	17	18	23
Akira Mimasaka	17	18	23
Yuki Matsuoka	16	17	22
Shizuka Todo	23	24	29
Sakurako Sanjo	16	17	22
Susumu Makino	14	15	19

Ages of Hana Nochi Hare characters

Character	Age	Source
Oto Edogawa	16
Megumi Nishidome	16→17

Timeline

Hana Yori Dango and Hana Nochi Hare timeline

Month	Day	Year	Event	Source
January		1988	Tsukasa Domyoji is born.
December	28		Tsukushi Makino is born.
		1999	Tsubaki Domyoji wins the Teen of Japan contest.
		2000	Shizuka Todo graduates from Eitoku Academy.
June	2	2001	Megumi Nishidome is born.
December	15		Oto Edogawa is born.
April		2004	Tsukushi Makino begins attending Eitoku Academy.
October		2005	Tsukushi interacts with the F4 for the first time.
	30		A homecoming party for Shizuka is held at her home.
November			Shizuka returns to France; Rui Hanazawa follows her.
			Tsukushi and Tsukasa go on their first "date."
			Rui returns to Japan; Tsukushi and Tsukasa go on a double date with Yuki Matsuoka and her boyfriend.
December	23		Tsukushi competes in the Teen of Japan competition.
	24		Tsukushi and Tsukasa start dating; Tsukasa leaves to study in New York.
		2006	Tsukasa causes Domyoji Group's stocks to fall as well as massive layoffs.
February	14		Sojiro Nishikado stands up Sara Hinata on Valentine's Day.
March			Rui, Sojiro, and Akira Mimasaka graduate from Eitoku.
April			Tsukushi begins her third year at Eitoku.
December			Tsukushi goes to New York to see Tsukasa around Christmas.
January		2007	Tsukasa's 19th birthday; his mother announces his engagement to Shigeru Okawahara.
			Tsukasa purchases the apartment complex Tsukushi is staying at.
February	14		Tsukushi returns the Saturn necklace to Tsukasa on Valentine's Day.
			Sojiro sees Sara again.
			Tsukasa ends his engagement with Shigeru.
March	3		Domyoji Group's failed merger with Okawahara Corp has a huge impact.
	19		News of Tsukushi and Tsukasa impending marriage are reported.
			Tsukushi graduates from Eitoku; Tsukasa proposes to her at prom.
		2008	Haruto Kaguragi encounters Tsukasa; he later forms the C5.
January	20	2011	Tsukasa announces his upcoming wedding to the world.
Spring			Tsukasa and Tsukushi are married.
October	15	2016	Miyoko Hase passes away from cancer.
April		2017	Oto begins her first year at Eitoku.
October			The Edogawa family goes bankrupt.
April		2018	Oto's second year at Eitoku begins; she interacts with the C5 for the first time.
			Airi Maya exposes Oto as a "commoner."
			Oto and Haruto become friends after a rocky start.
May			Oto gains Airi's respect and the two become friends.
			Megumi transfers to Eitoku; Oto and Tenma begin officially dating.
			The C5 implement "peasant hunts" again, before Haruto officially abolishes it.
June	2		Megumi's seventeenth birthday is held at Eitoku.
	7		Haruto and Tenma's decision to compete against eachother is announced.
	28		The competition begins; Haruto wins two days later on the 30th.