He is a friend from Ichitaka's class. He is first introduced in Volume 4, during a school trip to Kyoto, when he is paired with Iori. At first he appears to be a threat to Ichitaka, for he seems to be in love with Iori, but eventually, it turns out that he is a homosexual and is in love with Higemi-sensei, their teacher. Because Higemi-sensei is paired with Ichitaka, Koshinae requests for a trade, bringing the happy Ichitaka back to his crush. From that point on, Jun becomes one of Ichitaka's best friends, and an important listener when he isn't comforted with the advices he got from Teratani. Though he hates physical aggression, he is a very adept martial artist when need be.

Aiming to become a molding artist, Itsuki, a childhood friend of Ichitaka who went to America come back to Japan. Iori who refused the idol path and started to pursue her ambition to become an actress instead. Ichitaka, wandering on his bicycle alone, tries to decide his choice between the two persons. 
(Source: AnimeNfo)

Awards: 
- Most popular voice actor in the Animage Anime Grand Prix (2004)
- Best Supporting Actor at the 1st Seiyuu Awards (2007)

**Non anime roles:**

- Kamisato Ayato - Genshin Impact (Video Game)
- Otto Apocalypse - Honkai Impact 3rd (Video Game)
- Clotted Cream Cookie - Cookie Run: Kingdom (Video Game)
- Phantom - Arknights (Video Game)
- Tatsulot - Kamen Rider Kiva (Tokusatsu series)
- Luocha - Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)

1997 Daegyo Broadcasting Voice actor in Korea

Son of the actor [Gil Baroni](https://anilist.co/staff/235514) and brother of the dubber [Emanuela Baroni](https://anilist.co/staff/234175). Since 2004 he's president of ANAD - National Dubbing Actors Association

__Place of Birth:__ Los Angeles, California, USA

An American voice director, script writer, voice actor, and former child actor. He is known for directing and writing many English language anime titles for New Generation Pictures, most notably R.O.D the TV and Hellsing. He is also co-directing BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad with Christopher Bevins for FUNimation. Jaffe has also written many articles and spoken as a guest lecturer at universities and libraries. 

(Source: Wikipedia)

Shy Ichitaka has a crush on his high-school classmate Iori, but ever since she posed for semi-provocative swimsuit photos in a magazine, she's had a lot of sleazy guys hitting on her. Ichitaka's afraid to make his feelings known for fear Iori will think he's just another creep.
 
(Source: Viz Media)

Jun Koshinae