__Class__: 1st Year Highschool Student  
__Height__: 193 cm (6'3")  

Sentaro is a wild 1st-year high school student who meets incoming student Kaoru at Higashi High School. Sentaro is mistakenly thought of as a thug by his peers, who fear him. Though tall and gifted with prodigious physical strength, Sentaro is also straightforward and bighearted. He's the exact opposite of Kaoru, yet somehow they hit it off when Sentaro starts to share his boundless love for jazz. The drums are Sentaro's instrument of choice.

The beginning of summer, 1966. 
Because of his father's job situation, freshman high school student Kaoru Nishimi moves by himself from Yokosuka to Kyushu to live with relatives. Until then, Kaoru was an honor roll student who tended to keep to himself, but meeting notorious bad boy Sentaro Kawabuchi starts to change him. Through his devil-may-care classmate, Kaoru learns the attractions of jazz and finds the first person he can call a "friend". He also discovers how much fun it is to play music with a pal. 
Other characters include Sentaro's kind childhood chum, Ritsuko, who is the daughter of a record shop owner; the mysterious upperclassman, Yurika; and Brother Jun, the much-admired leader among their peers. Set against the backdrop of a seaside town with a scent of American culture, this series is a drama about young people coming into their own, crossing each other's paths, and finding friendship, love, and music! 
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Married to fellow anime voice actor [Emily Neves](https://anilist.co/staff/105073/Emily-Neves).

__Skills & Abilities:__ shooting a firearm

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A Japanese voice actor, singer and narrator. He graduated from Tokyo Announce Gakuin Performing Arts College, then joined Mausu Promotion Actor Training Center in 2002, and signed on with Mausu Promotion in 2006. He is currently a freelancer.

__Awards:__
- 8th Seiyuu Awards - Best Supporting Voice Actor for his role as [Yuusuke Asahina](https://anilist.co/character/47223/)
- 10th Seiyuu Awards - Best Supporting Voice Actor for his roles as [Orga Itsuka](https://anilist.co/character/89235/) and [Ginti](https://anilist.co/character/88683/)

__Non-Anime Roles:__
- Welt in "Honkai Star Rail" (VG)
- Gaius Worzel in "The Legend of Heroes" series (VG)
- Basilio Lupus Magnus in "Metaphor: ReFantazio" (VG)

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Heitor Assali is a Brazilian actor, voice actor and dubbing director.

__Non-Anime Roles:__
~!- Sova (Valorant)
- Taylor Zakhar Perez (The Kissing Booth 2 & 3 and Red, White & Royal Blue)
- Miles Teller (Whiplash, Bleed for This, Only the Brave and The Offer)
- Jesse (Masculine Version; Minecraft: Story Mode)
- Ron (Ron's Gone Wrong)
- Harry Hook (Descendants franchise)
- Benedict Bridgerton (Bridgerton)
- Brett Hand (Inside Job)
- Dani Rojas (Far Cry 6)
- Guillermo "Dixon" Álvarez (Rebelde 2022)
- Rain (Mortal Kombat 11 and Mortal Kombat 1)
- Jaime Reyes / Blue Bettle (Injustice 2)
- Naoufel (J'ai perdu mon corps)
- Jared (The Walking Dead)
- Holger (Assassin's Creed Valhalla)
- Preston Tien / Ninja Steel Blue (1st voice; Power Rangers: Ninja Steel)
- Kawakami Bansai (Gintama 2: Rules are Made to be Broken)
- Ricardo (The Politician)
- Spider-Man (Marvel's Avengers)
- Fabian and Hanout (Grand Chase Mobile)
!~

Nishimi Kaoru has moved from city to city and school to school because of his father&rsquo;s job. So the first day at his new school was just routine for him. Being intellectual and the new transfer student, he has always been seen as an outcast and all Kaoru had to do was bear it until the next time he moved. But things were slightly different this time. First, he started to get close to the class president, Mukae Ritsuko, and, secondly, unlikely as it seemed, grew closer to Kawabuchi Sentaro. Sentaro was infamous for getting into fights, skipping class and was an overall bad boy. Strangely enough, the three of them find common ground in music, namely jazz, and Kaoru finds himself actually enjoying the new town. 
Notes: 
Includes 8 extra chapters. 
Won the 57th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga.

Once again, we join Sentarou, Kaoru and their friends in a short jam session of friendship, music and love. 

1. Junichi and Yurika, after Junichi's move to Tokyo 
2. A short story about Kouta, Ritsuko and the guy who answered the phone when Kaoru called Ritsuko 
3. Tsutomu Murae (Ritsuko's dad) and how he finds his way into Jazz 
4. Sentarou Kawabuchi and how he discovers his new resolve 
5. After story...