Honey and Clover TV Drama Announced

The Fuji TV network has announced plans to develop a live action television series adaptation of Umino Chika’s best selling romance manga series Honey & Clover. The series will star 15-year-old Riko Narumi as Hagumi Hanamoto and 23-year-old Toma Ikuta as Yuuta Takemoto. A broadcast premier is scheduled for January 8, 2008.

The Honey & Clover manga has previously been adapted into two anime television series in 2005 & 2006, and a 2006 live action feature film.

Source: Sankei Sports newspaper