A second year high school student. He's an average student but a talented musician. Very comfortable around people and usually speaks his mind. 

Sajou is an honor student with perfect scores in every subject on his high school entrance exam. Kusakabe plays guitar in his band that performs at live events and is popular among the girls. These boys would have never crossed paths. But one day Kusakabe offers to help Sajou prepare for their upcoming chorus festival and the two begin to talk. As the two meet after school, they bond through songs and begin to harmonize as their hearts beat together. 
 
It starts out slowly but soon their feelings for one another grow and suddenly they both realize that they are in love. Kusakabe's emotions are frivolous, pure and direct causing Sajou to hesitate at first, but he gradually opens his heart. The boys learn about each other, as well as themselves, as they support one another during this difficult time in their youth. 
 
As the time to start thinking about their futures approaches, what do these young men find as they try to move forward... 
 
(Source: Aniplex of America)

**Height:** 167 cm (5'6") 
**Other:** Named his cat "Nyanko-Sensei" 
**Agency:** Aoni

[Profile](https://www.aoni.co.jp/search/kamiya-hiroshi.html)

On January 1st 2025 it was announced that he had gotten married to actress and gravure model Rina Aizawa.

**Awards:**
- 2008-03: Best Supporting Actor, 2nd Annual Seiyuu Awards
- 2009-03: Best Lead Actor and Best Personality, 3rd Annual Seiyuu Awards
- 2012-03: Most Votes Award, 6th Annual Seiyuu Awards
- 2013-03: Most Votes Award, 7th Annual Seiyuu Awards  

Hosts several radio talk shows, including Dear Girl ~Stories~ with Ono Daisuke. In May 2010, he and Miyu Irino formed a Kiramune unit called KAmiYU, and sang the theme song for Mokei Senshi Gunpla Builders Beginning G.  Their first mini-album "link-up" was released on August 3, 2011.

__Non-Anime Roles:__
- Neuvillette in Genshin Impact
- Shou Ronpo in Uchu Sentai Kyuranger
- Madrex in Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger

Hikaru always thought his classmate Rihito was kind of a snob, until he stumbles across Rihito secretly practicing a song in an empty classroom. Hikaru agrees to become Rihito’s music tutor, and with each lesson the two boys grow closer. But when Hikaru realizes that he’s fallen in love with Rihito, will they stay classmates or become something more? (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

In this emotional continuation of classmates, Rihito Sajou and Hikaru “Beyan” Kusakabe deepen their relationship and mature along with it. As could be imagined, Kusakabe’s free-spirit ways clashes with Sajou’s dedication to propriety. Their relationship’s in for a bumpy ride as graduation grows near and the boys come face to face with reality; what happens to them after graduation?
 (Source: DMG)

Hara Manabu is a gay man who feels somewhat adrift in the world. He spends his days teaching at an all-boys school, his nights out on the town. While at a gay bar, he meets a young man named Sorano and makes an instant connection. But things become complicated when he sees Sorano again–as a new student at school! Hara immediately shuts down the possibility of a relationship, although the situation is unearthing issues from Hara’s youth, when he himself had complicated sexual feelings in his teens…and the current emotional baggage that still lingers with his now-graduated student, Rihito. In this darkly comedic drama about love and aging, a seen-it-all teacher has more learning of his own to do.
 
(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Sequel to Doukyuusei and Sotsugyousei.
 
Hikaru and Rihito may have graduated high school, but their life beyond is just beginning! Can these two boys keep their relationship strong while they grow into adults together? Meanwhile, many of their friends, including their former teacher Hara, are dealing with their own relationship drama.
 
(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Sajou and Kusakabe keep their promise of getting married by buying each other rings.

Rocker Hikaru and studious Rihito met and fell in love when they were high school classmates. Now, three years after graduation, Hikaru is still in their hometown trying to get his music career going while Rihito is studying in Kyoto. The two are desperate to make their long-distance relationship work, but can young love overcome adult hardships?
 
(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

This story follows the simple and domestic day-to-day lives of Rihito and Hikaru, who have recently begun their newlywed life together.



After years of battling the stubborn odds against them, Hikaru Kusakabe and Rihito Sajou are at last living together. Inside their modest apartment, there is now plenty to experience for the first time.
 Notes: 
- This is the officially serialized version that was released in the magazine "Opera", it contains a different story and format than the web-version. 
- Contains one extra chapter.