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"You F4 boys are really a class apart, aren't you?"
—Hiroko and Noriko are impressed with the F4[src]

Hiroko (浩子 (ひろこ) ) was a student at Yamanote Women's Academy. She was a friend of Noriko. After Sojiro Nishikado approached her in a club, she and her friend went on a trip with the F4. Hiroko stayed in Sojiro's room.

Biography[]

Hiroko's father was a corporate head. Her family owned a vacation home in Karuizawa.[1] She attended Yamanote Women's Academy with Noriko.[2] While nightclubbing, Hiroko and Noriko was picked up by the F4's Sojiro Nishikado. He invited the two of them on a trip to Tsukasa Domyoji's island. There Hiroko stayed in Sojiro's room.[1] The next morning, the F4 played volleyball. She and Noriko declined to play, but cheered on Tsukushi Makino when she joined.[3] On the final day, everyone was left behind on the island when Tsukasa took off in his private jet. They were forced to get back to Tokyo via Kazuya Aoike's boat, which took two days.[4]

Physical appearance[]

She was a pretty girl in her late teens. Hiroko had long, dark hair with bangs pushed to the right side. She usually left her hair down, but put it up once. Unlike Noriko, she wore a lot of make-up though not too much. Her clothing was stylish for the time and was likely expensive and name-brand.

Personality and traits[]

Hiroko was a happy, carefree person, much like her friend Noriko. She was impressed by the ridiculously wealthy F4, though she came from a rich family herself. Hiroko frequented night clubs with friends and was experienced with sex. She was also nice girl though a bit empty-headed.

Etymology[]

Hiroko (浩子; ひろこ) is a common female name in Japan and can be spelled with a variety of kanji.[5] The first kanji in Hiroko's name means "prosperous."[6] The second means "child" and is often used as a suffix in female given names.[7]

Behind the scenes[]

Character notes

Portrayals

Hiroko-and-Noriko

Hiroko (right) in the anime

  • Hiroko is voiced by Naoko Okada in three episodes of the Boys Over Flowers anime (1997). Her personality, appearance and actions are the same as in the manga. She joins the F4 on their trip to Tsukasa's island, where she shared a room with Sojiro. Hiroko and Noriko were impressed with F4's wealth even though their fathers' were both heads of companies.
Hiroko-MG

Hiroko in Meteor Garden

  • She is played by an uncredited actress with dark skin in the 2001 drama, Meteor Garden (2001). Unlike in the source material, she does not talk or interact at all with Shan Cai (Tsukushi). As Xi Men's (Sojiro) date, she spends most of the trip in his company. After the first night, she asks her friend about spending the night with Lei. Her friends reveals that Lei never came to the room, surprising her and their other friend.
  • Kurara Kotomi portrays Hiroko in the 2019 musical, Hana Yori Dango. She also plays Sonoko Maekawa.[8] In this version, they are also picked up by Sojiro.

Appearances[]

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Boys Over Flowers characters
Main characters

Tsukasa Domyoji | Rui Hanazawa | Tsukushi Makino | Akira Mimasaka | Sojiro Nishikado

Supporting characters

Seinosuke Amakusa | Kazuya Aoike | Yuriko Asai | Erika Ayuhara | Kaede Domyoji | Tsubaki Domyoji
Ryusuke Hayama | Sara Hinata | Amon Kunisawa | Ayano Kurimaki | Chieko Makino | Haruo Makino
Susumu Makino | Yuki Matsuoka | Umi Nakajima | Nakatsuka | Kiyonaga Narumiya | Nishida
Shigeru Okawahara | Junpei Oribe | Shingo Oribe | Sakurako Sanjo | Tama | Thomas | Shizuka Todo
Minako Yamano | Matsutaro Yoshimatsu

Minor characters

Aki and Chimura | Akira's girlfriend | Akira's father | Akira's mother | Beautician | Bob | Cindy
Fortuneteller | Kaede's sister | Makiko Endo | Junko Ekuni | Gen | Giuseppe | Jody Grand | Junpei's friend
Junpei's mother | Mike Hall | Harumi and Mako | Hatta | Hirayama | Hiroko | Hiromi | Hiromi | Hiroshi | Mayumi Isoda
Iwatsuki | Kimoto | Kirishima | Kobayashi | Koga | Kazuko Kubo | M | Maekawa | Sonoko Maekawa | Rio Makise
Mako | Makoto | Makoto | Jean P. Mayol | Mayuko | Midori | Miho | Mika | Emu and Memu Mimasaka
Mina | Mikihisa Minami | Misawa | Miya | Eri Miyazawa | Piromichi Nakano | New York enterpriser
Shoichiro Nishikado | Noriko | Hideki Oe | Akira Onagisa | Ozawa | Principal | Proprietress | Rie | Rika | Risako
Rui's father | Rui's mother | Saito | Sakurako's grandmother | Seinosuke's father | Shigeru's father
Shigeru's mother | Shingo's girlfriend | Shiori | Shizuka's parents | Arthur Smith | Sojiro's brother
Sojiro's father | Sojiro's mother | Sugiyama | Tama's husband | Kimiko Tamura | Teacher | Toda | Tome
Tsubaki's ex-boyfriend | Tsubaki's husband | Tsukasa's attacker | Tsukasa's father | Tsukasa's grandfather | Ueno
Umi's friend | Viola | Yatchan | Yoshida | Eisuke Yoshida | Yuki's father | Yuki's mother | Yuki's sister



Meteor Garden (2001-02) characters
Main characters

Dao Ming Si | Dong Shan Cai | Hua Ze Lei | Mei Zuo | Xi Men | Ye Sha

Supporting characters

Ah De | Ah Lun | Ah Mei | Ah Song | Ah Yuan | Aisa | Bai He | Chen Qing He | Da Xin | Dao Ming Feng
Dao Ming Zhuang | He Yuan Zi | Li Zhen | Mi Mi | Sha Ge | Shan Cai's father | Shan Cai's mother | Teng Tang Jing
Qian Hui | Xi Men's father | Xi Men's mother | Xiao Geng | Xiao Shun | Xiao You | Xin Xin | Ya Men | Yi Lin
Yin Xiao Qiao | Ms. Yu | Zhang Xiao Hong

Minor characters

Ah Shu | Ah Xiang | Ah Yan | Aisa's mother | Dao Ming Cheng | Fortuneteller | Gao | Jing's parents | Lei's date
Liu | Liu Shu Hao | Mai | Mei Jia | Mei Zuo's date | Mei Zuo's mother | Principal | Professor | Qing Yong
Shan Cai's boss | Thomas | Wang Xiao Long | Xi Men's date | Xiao Touh | Xiao You's father | Xiao You's mother
Xu Shao Yang | Yu Tian | Yuan Zi's father | Yuan Zi's mother | Zhong Ze

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