| Ja Kanji: | 花のあすか組! |
| Ja Romaji: | Hana no Asuka-gumi! |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Type: | manga |
| Author: | Satosumi Takaguchi |
| Publisher: | Kadokawa Shoten |
| Demographic: | Shōjo |
| Magazine: | Monthly Asuka |
| First: | 1985 |
| Last: | 1995 |
| Volumes: | 27+6 |
| Type: | ova |
| Shin Kabukicho Story Hana no Asuka-gumi! | |
| Director: | Atsutoshi Umezawa |
| Producer: | Kadokawa Shoten Tohokushinsha Film Toei Video Company |
| Studio: | Toei Animation |
| Released: | June 10, 1987 |
| Runtime: | 48 minutes |
| Type: | drama |
| Director: | Hideo Tanaka Toshio Ōi Morio Maejima |
| Producer: | Takashi Ishihara Osamu Tezuka |
| 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 |
| Music: | Masahide Sakuma |
| Studio: | Toho |
| Released: | August 13, 1988 |
| Runtime: | 100 minutes |
| Type: | ova |
| Hana no Asuka-gumi! Lonely Cats Battle Royale | |
| Director: | Atsutoshi Umezawa |
| Producer: | Noriaki Ikeda Akira Sasaki |
| Music: | Kenji Kawai |
| Studio: | Toei Animation |
| Released: | March 23, 1990 |
| Runtime: | 52 minutes |
| First: | October 23, 1991 |
| Last: | April 23, 1992 |
| Episodes: | 2 |
| Hana no Asuka-gumi! Gaiden | |
| Director: | Kazuya Torishima |
| Released: | March 20, 1997 |
| Type: | manga |
| Author: | Satosumi Takaguchi |
| Publisher: | Feel Young (web comic) |
| First: | 2003 |
| Last: | 2009 |
| Type: | manga |
| Author: | Satosumi Takaguchi |
| First: | 2007 |
| Last: | 2008 |
| Type: | live film |
| Hana no Asuka-gumi! Neo | |
| Director: | Yutaka Tsurita |
| Released: | April 25, 2009 |
| Type: | manga |
| Hana no Asukagumi! BS-hen | |
| Author: | Satosumi Takaguchi |
| Demographic: | Josei |
| Publisher: | Feel Comics |
| Published: | August 9, 2018 |
| Volumes: | 2 |
| Hana no Asukagumi! Infinity | |
| Type: | manga |
| Author: | Satosumi Takaguchi |
| Publisher: | Shodensha |
| Demographic: | Josei |
| Magazine: | Manga Jam |
| First: | July 9, 2019 |
| Last: | November 7, 2021 |
| Volumes: | 9 |
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.[1] Two new manga series were published, one from 2003 to 2009 and the other from 2007 to 2008.
Recently, in July 2019, a new manga series was released called Hana no Asukagumi! Infinity and it ended on November 7, 2021.[2]
More than 10 million copies were sold of the manga by November 2005.[3]
There are two OVAs: Shin Kabukicho Story Hana no Asuka-gumi!, released on June 12, 1987[4] and Hana no Asuka-gumi! Lonely Cats Battle Royale, released in 1990.[5] 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.[6]
| Starring: | Megumi Odaka Natsuki Ozawa Hikari Ishida |
| Narrated: | Ryou Nakanishi |
| Endtheme: | "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 |
A television drama series was broadcast on Fuji Television from April 11 to September 26, 1988.[7]
Two live action films have been produced: the first, directed by Yōichi Sai and released on August 13, 1988[8] and the second, Hana no Asuka-gumi! Neo, directed by Yutaka Tsurita and released on April 25, 2009.[9]