Hotman (ホットマン, Hottoman) is a Japanese manga by Sho Kitagawa which was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine from 1997 to 2000. The main character is inspired by Jean Reno and the characters he has played. The manga has 15 volumes and after great success as a manga, has been transferred to a television series which has completed its second season. Hotman was aired 2003 and Hotman 2 was aired 2004 in Japan by TBS.

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Hotman
Hotman manga volume #1
ホットマン (Hottoman)
Manga
Written by	Sho Kitagawa
Published by	Shueisha
Magazine	Weekly Young Jump
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	1997 – 2000
Volumes	15
Television drama
Directed by	Satoru Nakajima
Original network	TBS
Original run	April 3, 2003 – June 19, 2003
Episodes	11
Television drama
Hotman 2
Directed by	Masakazu Eguchi
Original network	TBS
Original run	October 21, 2004 – December 23, 2004
Episodes	12

TV series

Takashi Sorimachi plays a school art teacher Enzo Furiya (降矢円造) who takes care of his 5-year-old daughter Nanami Furiya of whom he has no idea who her mother is. He also lives with his four siblings whose fathers are all different. Enzo's daughter suffers from severe atopic dermatitis, so he throws himself into managing her diet to alleviate her condition. He is so determined to raise the little daughter well, he doesn't appear to have any spare time for a girlfriend. And yet Enzo finds himself drawn to Misuzu Kaneko (played by Akiko Yada), a health teacher at his school. Enzo pursues life passionately for his little girl and his family. This is a story about how desperately Enzo tries to hold his family together in spite of all the hardships.

Cast

• Takashi Sorimachi – Enzo Furiya
• Akiko Yada – Misuzu Kaneko
• Manami Konishi – Shima Furiya
• Yui Ichikawa – Hinata Furiya
• Shota Saito – Haiji Furiya
• Keita Saito – Ryunosuke Furiya
• Nana Yamauchi – Nanami Furiya
• Motoki Fukami – Toki Okuma
• Yoko Kuga – Sonoko Fujita
• Kurotani Tomoka – Sakamoto Yukimi
• Erika Sawajiri – Satsuki Akikawa
• Norihisa Hiranuma – Masato Fujita
• Yuko Yamamoto – Tatsuko Mama
• Raita Ryu – Enzo's Father
• Shinshou Nakamaru (the twins' father)
• Tomohiro Waki
• Jun Natsukawa
• Yusuke Kamiji

Hotman 2

The second season starts with all the family members segregated and then they meet again and begin to make a family. Enzo Furuya returns to help his family once again. Enzo transfers to a primary school in a small seaside town in hopes to improve Nanami's allergies. The eldest sister Shima opened a natural foods store, Hinata took a job as a nurse while Haiji and Ryunosuke set out on their own.

One day, Shima visits Enzo but seems a bit perturbed. Enzo goes back to Tokyo to find out what's wrong only to discover that the house is up for sale and that Shima's food store failed. Enzo decides to help Shima by finding a way for the family to live together again.

Cast

• Takashi Sorimachi – Enzo Furiya
• Misaki Itoh – Shima Furiya
• Miho Shiraishi – Ayame Ootsuki
• Yui Ichikawa – Hinata Furiya
• Shota Saito – Haiji Furiya
• Keita Saito – Ryunosuke Furiya
• Nana Yamauchi – Nanami Furiya
• Hitomi Takahashi – Kimiko Mizusawa
• Asami Abe – Rumiko Chiba
• Nami Ishibashi – Yuko Moriya
• Jiro Sato – Kenta Tsuruta
• Toshiya Tohyama – Junichiro Aonuma
• Makidai – Osamu Ikegami
• Karen Miyama – Ichigo Mizusawa
• Yuko Yamamoto – Mama Tatsuko
• Norihisa Hiranuma – Masato Fujita
• Ryotaro Konishi – Ryoichi Ogura
• Mahiru Konno – Kazue Hidaka
• Satoshi Matsuda – Odagiri
• Motoki Fukami – Touki Okuma
• Tomoka Kurotani -Yukimi Sakamoto
• Momosuke Mizutani

Related links

• Official Website for Hotman the series

See also

• Hotman A Japanese weaving-goods factory in Ome City