Editing Boys Be... (section)

===Supporting and guest characters===
;{{visible anchor|Sayaka Kanzaki}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Fumiko Orikasa]]<ref name="MediaArts"/>|[[Megan Hollingshead|Karen Thompson]]<ref name="EP1-EN"/>}}
:She is Kyoichi's smart-alecky sister who loves to tease him. She takes over the Kanzaki household when their parents are not around.
;{{visible anchor|Mizuki Takano}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Junko Noda]]<ref name="MediaArts"/>|[[Tara Platt]]<ref>Credits from {{cite episode|title=Memorial Essence|series=Boys Be...|number=2|publisher=[[Right Stuf|The Right Stuf International]]|type=DVD 1|publication-date=February 28, 2006|isbn=1-57032-817-X}}</ref>}}
:When Makoto broke his leg due to a scooter accident, he was confined to the hospital where Mizuki was an intern, and she became his nurse. At first, Makoto's crush on her causes trouble as she makes embarrassing mistakes in front of her superiors. Eventually she warms up to him.
;{{visible anchor|Aya Kurihara}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Misato Fukuen]]<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:第3話 天然恋愛ノススメ AFTER KISS|url=http://boysbe.lycos.co.jp/story_03.html|website=Boys Be.. Official Site|access-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010223212218/http://boysbe.lycos.co.jp/story_03.html|archive-date=February 23, 2001|language=ja}}</ref>|[[Rachael Lillis]]<ref>Credits from {{cite episode|title=After the Kiss|series=Boys Be...|number=3|publisher=[[Right Stuf|The Right Stuf International]]|type=DVD 1|publication-date=February 28, 2006|isbn=1-57032-817-X}}</ref>}}
:A female student who had a run-in with Yoshihiko when he looked for a ball that went through the library's window. When he crawled to look for it, he knocked the stool where she was standing while putting a book back into its proper shelf. He caught her and unintentionally got a feel of her "lumpy" side, but she was grateful for the rescue, and rewarded him with a kiss on the lips. The potential romance was cut short when she transferred back to France, as she was just an exchange student, and Yoshihiko learned the kissing is just a European custom, although it turns out Aya has a different view on the romance.
;{{visible anchor|Tsuyoshi Ueno}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Yūji Ueda]]<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:第4話 世界中の微笑みを集めてもかなわない BITTER SWEET RAIN|url=http://boysbe.lycos.co.jp/story_04.html|website=Boys Be.. Official Site|access-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010223212327/http://boysbe.lycos.co.jp/story_04.html|archive-date=February 23, 2001|language=ja}}</ref>|[[Johnny Yong Bosch|Kevin Hatcher]]<ref>Credits from {{cite episode|title=Bittersweet Rain|series=Boys Be...|number=4|publisher=[[Right Stuf|The Right Stuf International]]|type=DVD 2|publication-date=April 25, 2006|isbn=1-57032-818-8}}</ref>}}
:Tsuyoshi was a classmate of Aki from their third year of junior high. He has a passion for photography, and often spends long hours for the perfect shot, bringing Aki along. But in high school, he lost his passion for photography, until he meets Aki again and she puts some sense into him. They form a long-distance relationship, and he is now working in [[Hokkaido]]. His inspiration is none other than Aki herself.
;{{visible anchor|Daisuke Nitta}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Yasunori Matsumoto]]<ref name="EP5-JP">{{cite web|script-title=ja:第5話 太陽がまた輝くとき FEELING BLUE|url=http://boysbe.lycos.co.jp/story_05.html|website=Boys Be.. Official Site|access-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010223214122/http://boysbe.lycos.co.jp/story_05.html|archive-date=February 23, 2001|language=ja}}</ref>|[[David Vincent (actor)|David Earnest]]<ref name="EP5-EN">Credits from {{cite episode|title=Feeling Blue|series=Boys Be...|number=5|publisher=[[Right Stuf|The Right Stuf International]]|type=DVD 2|publication-date=April 25, 2006|isbn=1-57032-818-8}}</ref>}}
:He is Chiharu's cousin and Nao's overprotective brother, and is Kyoichi's and Makoto's boss at the summer resort. He is so overprotective (because of her frail health) that he did not see his beloved sister grow up. Mostly he is in conflict with the fresh Makoto.
;{{visible anchor|Nao Nitta}}
:{{Voiced by|Chie Sawaguchi<ref name="EP5-JP"/>|[[Carrie Savage]]<ref name="EP5-EN"/>}}
:She is Chiharu's cute but frail cousin (prone to [[sunstroke]]) with an overprotective brother who lives by the sea. Makoto tried courting her, but her brother is always a step ahead of him.
;{{visible anchor|Natsue Horikawa}}
:{{Voiced by|Manabi Mizuno<ref name="MediaArts"/>|Sonia Scrancia<ref>Credits from {{cite episode|title=Baseball Lovers|series=Boys Be...|number=6|publisher=[[Right Stuf|The Right Stuf International]]|type=DVD 2|publication-date=April 25, 2006|isbn=1-57032-818-8}}</ref>}}
:She dreams of standing at the pitchers' mound during the annual [[Japanese High School Baseball Championship|Koushien]] (Japanese High School Baseball Championship). Trouble is, she is a girl, and girls are not allowed to participate in the tournament. This girl with immature emotional swings did guide Yoshihiko out of his disinterest in the sport, and they become a couple.
;{{visible anchor|Yuki Okazaki}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Shinichiro Miki]]<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:第7話 夏の終わり SUMMER BELL|url=http://boysbe.lycos.co.jp/story_07.html|website=Boys Be.. Official Site|access-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010622183305/http://boysbe.lycos.co.jp/story_07.html|archive-date=June 22, 2001|language=ja}}</ref>|[[Jason C. Miller|Jason Miller]]<ref>Credits from {{cite episode|title=Wind-chime|series=Boys Be...|number=7|publisher=[[Right Stuf|The Right Stuf International]]|type=DVD 2|publication-date=April 25, 2006|isbn=1-57032-818-8}}</ref>}}
:He is the charming young man Chiharu Nitta met during summer training camp. He is a city slicker with a beat for nature and many hobbies such as collecting beetles and fishing. At first Chiharu shrugged him off, but because she was lonely, and she is in a fight with Kyoichi, she nearly gave in. Though he had a girlfriend waiting in the city, he continued his advances and managed to make Chiharu fall for him, though, during a date at a spot overlooking the city, Chiharu says nothing happened between them.
;{{visible anchor|Shoko Sayama}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Yuka Imai]]<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:第8話 輪舞～十六夜 SWALLOW|url=http://boysbe.lycos.co.jp/story_08.html|website=Boys Be.. Official Site|access-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010407063832/http://boysbe.lycos.co.jp/story_08.html|archive-date=April 7, 2001|language=ja}}</ref>|Zarah Little<ref>Credits from {{cite episode|title=Swallow|series=Boys Be...|number=8|publisher=[[Right Stuf|The Right Stuf International]]|type=DVD 3|publication-date=May 30, 2006|isbn=1-57032-819-6}}</ref>}}
:She is a renegade student hoping to make it big in the music business. She and Kyoichi get involved after she recruits him to retrieve her confiscated minidisc player. During the time with Kyoichi, she was planning to audition for lead singer in a [[J-pop]] band, but loses confidence when she sees a younger rival. She asks Kyoichi out one night, but he does notcome, and she wanders the street soul searching. At the end of the series, she is on the radio with her latest single called "[[Hatsukoi (Kōzō Murashita album)|Hatsukoi]]" (First Love).
;{{visible anchor|Erika Kawai}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Michiko Neya]]<ref name="EP10-JP">{{cite web|script-title=ja:第10話 幸せのカテゴリー LEAVES|url=http://boysbe.lycos.co.jp/story_09.html|website=Boys Be.. Official Site|access-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010622184734/http://boysbe.lycos.co.jp/story_09.html|archive-date=June 22, 2001|language=ja}}</ref>|Jennifer Rau-Ramirez<ref name="EP10-EN">Credits from {{cite episode|title=Leaves|series=Boys Be...|number=10|publisher=[[Right Stuf|The Right Stuf International]]|type=DVD 3|publication-date=May 30, 2006|isbn=1-57032-819-6}}</ref>}}
:Erika is a good friend of Yumi's and the girl that Makoto's latest matchmaking software selected. Erika comes from a fairly wealthy family and supposedly has refined tastes according to Yumi. Erika and Makoto go on a date, but she notices Makoto has a lot of notes from "training" with Yumi, and that Yumi really does like Makoto, so she quickly dumps him.
;{{visible anchor|Takuya Yokota}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Takehito Koyasu]]<ref name="EP10-JP"/>|[[Yuri Lowenthal]]<ref name="EP10-EN"/>}}
:Takuya is a schoolmate of Kyoichi, and they work together part-time at the video shop. He wears a cross-shaped earring, which Kyoichi notices after he has been hounded by the same dream involving windmills and downed airplanes. Though soft-spoken and one of the most handsome men at his school, Takuya does nothave a girlfriend, though he was interested in someone. He is so shy he drowns in loneliness, but found the courage to express what he feels for that someone. Makoto thought Kyoichi is getting desperate when he notices he was spending too much time with him.
;{{visible anchor|Jyunna Morio}}
:{{Voiced by|[[Rika Komatsu]]<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:第11話 冬が来る前に FIRST SNOWFALL|url=http://boysbe.lycos.co.jp/story_11.html|website=Boys Be.. Official Site|access-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010304011345/http://boysbe.lycos.co.jp/story_11.html|archive-date=March 4, 2001|language=ja}}</ref>|[[Wendee Lee]]<ref>Credits from {{cite episode|title=First Snowfall|series=Boys Be...|number=11|publisher=[[Right Stuf|The Right Stuf International]]|type=DVD 4|publication-date=June 27, 2006|isbn=1-57032-820-X}}</ref>}}
:She is a famous pop idol. Her image is plastered on everything from TV commercials selling bottled water to magazine covers. Yoshihiko mistakes her for a generic girl in a Santa suit distributing flyers. For the rest of the day, Yoshihiko became her unwitting "reindeer" . Earlier in the series, Yoshihiko and his girlfriend Natsue went to one of her concerts.
;{{visible anchor|Chiharu Reicha}} / Biker Girl
:{{Voiced by|[[Megumi Hayashibara]]<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ja:第13話 奇跡の果て LET IT BE|url=http://boysbe.lycos.co.jp/story_13.html|website=Boys Be.. Official Site|access-date=March 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010304010152/http://boysbe.lycos.co.jp/story_13.html|archive-date=March 4, 2001|language=ja}}</ref>|Kirsten Potter<ref>Credits from {{cite episode|title=Let it Be|series=Boys Be...|number=13|publisher=[[Right Stuf|The Right Stuf International]]|type=DVD 4|publication-date=June 27, 2006|isbn=1-57032-820-X}}</ref>}}
:She is a Japanese-Finnish girl that Kyoichi met when he travel to Hokkaido, acting as his impromptu tourist guide that "charge one kiss per transaction." She is more flirtatious, more daring, and freer than the Chiharu he knows, and rides a [[Harley-Davidson]] Softail motorcycle.