named Ryuichi Kobayashi. Live-action: Yosuke Kubozuka Ryuichi is also a newly transferred high school student who enjoys making movies in his free time. Upon meeting Chizuru in the infirmary, he quickly falls in love with her face, wishing for her to be an actress in one of his movies. Ryuichi eventually befriends Azumi as they attempt to join the drama club. As evidenced from chapter 38 he has an enormous penis. , Live-action: Hiroki Okayasu Karasawa, who appears as the main character for several of the opening chapters, is a new teacher at Momoyuri College (high school in the Japanese version), the same school Chizuru and Azumi attend. He quickly falls in love with Chizuru after recognizing her as a model. After a little effort, Karasawa is able to trick Chizuru into admitting she is a model, infuriating her. She then convinces Karasawa to let her sleep at his apartment for the night, where she enacts vengeance through teasing him to some degree or another throughout the night. His name is written with the same kanji as Toshiaki Karasawa. , Live-action: Shinsuke Aoki A young Japanese rock star, living in his parents' mansion (a large Japanese apartment considered to be more like a suite) and on their money, he was yet another fling of the beautiful Chizuru. However, when his new neighbors moved in with their daughter Azumi Yamada, Chizuru quickly claimed him as her boyfriend. Hiroyuki, realizing that Chizuru has a crush on Azumi, but truly believing that she loves him, has formed a plan to seduce and sleep with Azumi, ruining her for Chizuru. Media Manga Written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku, the prototype of Hen was selected as a semi-finalist at the 19th Youth Manga Awards in 1988. The manga started its serialization in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump in 1989. Shueisha collected its chapters in thirteen tankōbon volumes, released from April 25, 1991, to April 24, 1995; a four-volume shinsoban edition was published from October 19, 2000, to January 19, 2001. Another series, also titled Hen (stylized in Latin script), started in the same magazine in 1992. Shueisha collected its chapters in eight tankōbon volumes, released from September 24, 1995, to June 24, 1997. Drama In 1996, Hen was adapted into a Japanese television drama. The first half starred Shinsuke Aoki as Suzuki, actress Aiko Sato as Sato, and Shigaya Kazuma as Hiroya Oku.