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{{short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name            = Boyfriend
| image           = Boyfriend(manga) vol01 Cover.jpg
| image_size      = 230px
| caption         = Cover of the first ''tankōbon'' volume
| ja_kanji        = ボーイフレンド
| ja_romaji       = Bōifurendo
| genre           = [[Romance novel|Romance]]
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| author          = [[Fuyumi Soryo]]
| publisher       = [[Shogakukan]]
| demographic     = ''[[Shōjo manga|Shōjo]]''
| magazine        = [[Sho-Comi|Shōjo Comic]]
| first           = November 26, 1985
| last            = April 23, 1988
| volumes         = 10
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type            = tv film
| director        = [[Satoshi Dezaki]]
| producer        = 
| writer          = Kazumi Koide
| music           = 
| studio          = [[Magic Bus (studio)|Magic Bus]]
| licensee        = 
| network         = [[TV Tokyo]]
| network_en      = 
| released        = February 11, 1992
| runtime         = 114 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}

{{Nihongo|'''''Boyfriend'''''|ボーイフレンド|Bōifurendo|lead=yes}} is a Japanese [[manga]] series written and illustrated by [[Fuyumi Soryo]]. The story focuses on the developing relationship between Masaki, a delinquent and former basketball star, and Kanako, a girl with a heart condition that forces her to repeat two years of school.

In 1987, ''Boyfriend'' received the 33rd [[Shogakukan Manga Award]] for [[shōjo manga|''shōjo'' manga]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html |script-title=ja:小学館漫画賞：歴代受賞者 |website=[[Shogakukan]] |language=ja |access-date=January 30, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217065029/http://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/mangasho/rist.html |archive-date=December 17, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> On February 11, 1992, an [[anime]] adaptation produced by [[Magic Bus (studio)|Magic Bus]] aired on [[TV Tokyo]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=235534 |script-title=ja:TVアニメ ボ～イ フレンド |website=AllCinema Movie & DVD Database |access-date=December 1, 2014 |language=ja}}</ref> In 2008, the manga was posted on [[Yahoo! Japan|Yahoo! Comic Japan]]'s website for free browsing, in order to celebrate ''[[Shōjo Comic]]'' magazine's 40th anniversary.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-28/sho-comi-mag-marks-40th-anniversary-with-free-manga |last=Loo |first=Egan |title=''Sho-Comi'' Mag Marks 40th Anniversary with Free Manga |date=March 28, 2008 |website=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=January 30, 2009}}</ref>

==Plot==
Masaki Takatō is the second youngest of four sons, and seemingly a delinquent by nature. His hot temper has put a wedge between himself and his strict father, gotten him kicked out of one school, and tossed in another school which is notoriously horrible for the one thing he's truly good at—basketball. A chance encounter with the willful Kanako Yūki may serve as a catalyst for change, as the indefinable connection she feels with Masaki draws them together...

==Characters==
* {{Nihongo|'''Masaki Takatō'''|高刀 柾|''Takatō Masaki''}}
* {{Nihongo|'''Kanako Yūki'''|結城 可奈子|''Yūki Kanako''}}
* {{Nihongo|'''Sō Nakatsugawa'''|仲津川 荘|''Nakatsugawa Sō}}
* {{Nihongo|'''Akira Sofue'''|曽笛 亜樹良|''Sofue Akira''}}
* {{Nihongo|'''Tadashi Takatō'''|高刀 正|''Takatō Tadashi''}}
* {{Nihongo|'''Masao Takatō'''|高刀 正雄|''Takatō Masao''}}
* {{Nihongo|'''Masahiko Takatō'''|高刀 正彦|''Takatō Masahiko''}}
* {{Nihongo|'''Miwako Takatō'''|高刀 美和子|''Takatō Miwako''}}
* {{Nihongo|'''Misako Tanaka'''|田中 美智子|''Tanaka Misako''}}
* {{Nihongo|'''Koga'''|古賀}}
* {{Nihongo|'''Aki Togawa'''|戸川 亜季|''Togawa Aki''}}
* {{Nihongo|'''Megumi Hanyū'''|羽生 恵|''Hanyū Megumi''}}
* {{Nihongo|'''Mami Hayashino'''|林野 まみ|''Hayashino Mami''}}
* {{Nihongo|'''Tōru Ogi'''|尾木 透|''Ogi Tōru''}}
* {{Nihongo|'''Ōba'''|大場}}
* {{Nihongo|'''Saeko Sofue'''|曽笛 冴子|''Sofue Saeko''}}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{ann|manga|5958|Boyfriend}}

{{Fuyumi Soryo}}
{{Satoshi Dezaki}}
{{Sho-Comi}}
{{Shogakukan Manga Award - Shōjo}}
{{Magic Bus}}

[[Category:1988 comics endings]]
[[Category:1992 television films]]
[[Category:1992 films]]
[[Category:Animated films based on manga]]
[[Category:Fuyumi Soryo]]
[[Category:Manga adapted into films]]
[[Category:Romance anime and manga]]
[[Category:Shogakukan manga]]
[[Category:Shōjo manga]]
[[Category:TV Tokyo original programming]]
[[Category:Winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga]]
[[Category:Magic Bus (studio)]]


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