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Boyfriend (manga)
Cover of Boyfriend volume 1 as published by Shogakukan
ボーイフレンド
Genre	Romance
Manga
Author	Fuyumi Soryo
Publisher	Shogakukan
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	Shōjo Comics
Original run	November 26, 1985 – April 23, 1988
Volumes	10
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Boyfriend (ボーイフレンド, Bōifurendo ^?) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fuyumi Soryo. Boyfriend manga received the 1988 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga.^[1] In 2008, the manga was posted on the Yahoo! Comic Japan website, for free browsing, to celebrate Shogakukan's Shōjo Comic's 40th anniversary.^[2] The manga focuses on Masaki, a delinquent and former basketball star, and Kanako, a girl with an heart condition that forces her to repeat two years of school, as they develop a relationship.

Characters

• Masaki Takatō (高刀 柾, Takatō Masaki ^?)
• Kanako Yūki (結城 可奈子, Yūki Kanako ^?)
• Sō Nakatsugawa (仲津川 荘, Nakatsugawa Sō ^?)
• Akira Sofue (曽笛 亜樹良, Sofue Akira ^?)
• Tadashi Takatō (高刀 正, Takatō Tadashi ^?)
• Masao Takatō (高刀 正雄, Takatō Masao ^?)
• Masahiko Takatō (高刀 正彦, Takatō Masahiko ^?)
• Miwako Takatō (高刀 美和子, Takatō Miwako ^?)
• Misako Tanaka (田中 美智子, Tanaka Misako ^?)
• Koga (古賀 ^?)
• Aki Togawa (戸川 亜季, Togawa Aki ^?)
• Megumi Hanyū (羽生 恵, Hanyū Megumi ^?)
• Mami Hayashino (林野 まみ, Hayashino Mami ^?)
• Tōru Ogi (尾木 透, Ogi Tōru ^?)
• Ōba (大場 ^?)
• Saeko Sofue (曽笛 冴子, Sofue Saeko ^?)

References

1. ^ "小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html. Retrieved 2009-01-30.  
2. ^ "Sho-Comi Mag Marks 40th Anniversary with Free Manga". Anime News Network. 2008-03-28. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-28/sho-comi-mag-marks-40th-anniversary-with-free-manga. Retrieved 2009-01-30.  

External links

• Boyfriend (manga) (manga) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia