He has distinctive blue hair and eyes, making Yukari humorously question if he is an alien. His appearance is loosely based on Brian Slade of Velvet Goldmine, and several references to the film are made by him in the manga. He wants Yukari to become an independent woman, as well as a girl that will take responsibility for her own mistakes. Despite his cold demeanor, he has extravagant ideas on everything, most of which are not accepted by the general public. Voiced by: Yu Yamada (Japanese), Julie Ann Taylor (English) Jōji "George" Koizumi ( 小泉譲二 Koizumi Jōji ?) George is an eccentric, handsome, and extremely charismatic student of Yazagaku who has extraordinary talent with a gift for fashion design, haute couture in particular. When she meets the ParaKiss crew, she begins to discover new depth to her personality and life.
Yukari begins the series as a pretty faced, yet rather unattractive in personality, high school senior that studies dutifully for university entrance exams. She is often referred to, inexplicably, as "Caroline" by Miwako. She eventually models for Paradise Kiss after being "kidnapped" by Isabella and whisked away to Paradise Kiss' "atelier". The English version is published by Tokyopop.Ĭharacters Yukari "Caroline" Hayasaka ( 早坂紫 Hayasaka Yukari ?) Yukari is the heroine of the story, a high school student who is tired of the meaningless and repetitive life that has been forced upon her by her uptight mother. The Paradise Kiss manga has been translated from Japanese to at least ten different languages, Vietnamese, Chinese ( Taiwan and Hong Kong), Korean, French, Italian, Polish, Thai, German, Spanish, Portuguese and English. This comic is widely read not only in Japan, but in many countries around the world. Paradise Kiss is the semi-sequel to her previous work, Gokinjo Monogatari, as several characters from that series are given cameos. The series has also been adapted into a 12 episode anime series, produced by Aniplex and Studio Madhouse, and which was aired in Japan on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block and on the anime television network, Animax, who have broadcast the series across its respective networks worldwide, including Japan, Southeast Asia and East Asia. Shodensha collected the chapters into five volumes.
It appeared as a serial in the Japanese manga magazine Zipper. Paradise Kiss ( パラダイス・キス Paradaisu Kisu ?), abbreviated to "ParaKiss", is a manga series written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa. Please help improve the article with a good introductory style. The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject.