hana kimi was the first asian drama I saw !
Great Teacher Onizuka
Hana Yori Dango and Love Shuffle if I remember correctly. Can't really say which one was first.
Mine was Buzzer Beat :)
my first drama was "Water Boys" XD
I found GTO live action by accident through a site that uploads anime and jdramas lol. xD Being curious of what a live action is like, I watched it and couldn't believe how moving it is though the realism versus anime format. So I decided to look for more impressive series like it.
Hana Yori Dango O.o
Mine was Kimi wa Petto!! ^~^ <3
It was either the three following: Princess Princess D, Here is Greenwood or Gokusen. I watched them in the same month methinks. XD
GTO - Live Action (1998)... they posted the series on a forum about manga & animes where I often go to watch animes' episodes (subtitled in my mother tongue: Italian) and, at the time, it was the only drama (well, even now there aren't other dramas, just a couple of movie-live action)... ^^ But the drama who had me hooked to dramaland it's my second watched jdrama: Hana Yori Dango (I watched it some months later) ^^
Hana Kimi! It was on the top of the list in mysoju.