He is one of the most popular and mischievous students at the school. He is described as 'a pervert', who takes delight in flipping the skirts of all the girls around the school and touching their breasts, much to the annoyance of his girl classmates. Kame Kame is the best friend of Kenta, who usually accompanies Kenta in his pranks. He is usually a shy and calm personality, but can get a little out-of-control sometimes. He is usually shown as various swirling glasses. Kinzo Kinzo is also one of the best friends of Kenta. He has a fat body and appears as part of the trio of Kenta, Kame, and himself. He likes wrestling and would like to become a pro wrestler some day. Media Manga The manga was created by Takeshi Ebihara, and consists of 8 volumes that were published between 1980 and 1985 in Japan, and serialized in the Gakken magazine Shōnen Challenge. As with the anime television series, the manga series was known for its overt sexual humor. The individual chapters were collected and published in eight tankōbon volumes by Gakken. Anime Studio Pierrot, with assistance from Studio Gallop, adapted the manga into an anime television series which premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo on October 8, 1981, where it ran for 95 episodes until its conclusion on October 6, 1983. The episodes were written by Shiori Adachi and directed by the manga's author, Ebihara. Rihoko Yoshida provided the voice of Miss Machiko. Cast (Japanese Dub) Machiko Mai: Rihoko Yoshida Kenta Ikegami: Masako Nozawa Tamao Kameyama: Noriko Tsukase Kinzo Yuki: Naoki Tatsuta Kunio Yamagata: Shigeru Chiba Principal: Hiroshi Ohtake Vice-principal: Yoneko Matsukane Mr. Fukuoka, Mr. Kagoshima: Kaneto Shiozawa Mr. Fukuoka flew to another country in episode 52, then another character, Mr. Kagoshima, was introduced in episode 56 Mr. Aomori: Mahito Tsujimura Madoka: Kumiko Takizawa Tenko: Sanae Takagi Hiromi: Shinobu Adachi, Chihoko Shigeta Shigeta is understudy due to maternity leave of Adachi Maruko: Mie Suzuki Hiroshi: Tomiko Suzuki Machiko's Uncle: Masaru Ikeda → Yasuo Muramatsu Machiko's Aunt: Miyoko Aso Live-action Total Media Corporation adapted the series into seven full-length live-action films and King Records also produced a film version of the series. In the first two films, both released in 2003, Machiko is played by Kaori Nakata, and in the third, released in 2004, she is played by Haruka Nanami. These three films are directed by Minoru Kawasaki.