
One of the main couple of I Shall Never Return, along with Ken Amafuji. Intended hero of the story, with a reserved personality. According to the mangaka, this personality was easy for a lot of people to relate to. Not into fashion, he usually wore only the most conservative clothing.

Amafuji Ken longs to tell his best friend Youshinari Ritsurou how he really feels. In the way of that admission is Ritsurou's girlfriend, Moeko. After dropping out of high school, Ken gets Ritsurou to live with him.The angst begins when Ken sleeps with Moeko to get to Ritsurou.

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Upbeat Ritsuro and downbeat Ken have been longtime friends. Although Ken leads a dark life of prostitution after dropping out of high school, Ritsuro still cares about him. When Ritsuro realizes that what Ken wants is something more than friendship he vacillates between Ken and his girlfriend Moeko, setting the stage for a bizarre love triangle.

Ritsuro Yoshinari