The upcoming stage production is set to debut at the Higashi Osaka City Cultural Creation Center in Osaka, running from December 22 to 25. Following that, it will grace the Shinagawa Prince Hotel’s Stellar Ball in Tokyo, with performances scheduled from December 29 to January 8.
This new play will ingeniously adapt the cherished Christmas Showdown arc from the series.
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The cast for the upcoming stage adaptation of Ken Wakui’s Tokyo Revengers manga has been unveiled on the official website. The recently disclosed lineup of actors comprises:
- Haruna Iikubo as Yuzuha Shiba
- Ryosei Tanaka as Hakkai Shiba
- Yōjirō Itokawa as Seishū Inui
- Momoka Itо̄ as Emma Sano
- Shо̄ Arai as Taiju Shiba
- Shōhei Hashimoto as Hajime Kokonoi
The cast, which features returning members, includes:
- Keisuke Ueda as Chifuyu Matsuno
- Kotone Hanase as Hinata Tachibana
- Tsubasa Kizu as Takemichi Hanagaki
- Kazuya Yūki as Tetta Kisaki
- Rita Aizawa as Takashi Mitsuya
- Jun Noguchi as Naoto Tachibana (Tokyo performance only)
- Ryo Matsuda as Manjirō Sano
- Shūji Kikuchi as Shūji Hanma
- Daichi Nakashima as Haruki Hayashida
- Shо̄ Jinnai as Ken Ryūgūji
- Tomoru Akazawa as Kazutora Hanemiya
Marking its inception in August 2021, the series’ inaugural stage play was swiftly succeeded by a second installment in March 2022.
The manga, created by Wakui and initially serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in March 2017, concluded its riveting narrative in November 2022. It’s noteworthy that the Tokyo Revengers Extra spinoff manga, recounting the origins of the Tokyo Manji Gang’s founders, continues to grace the pages of Weekly Shōnen Magazine.
The manga’s gripping tale, as aptly described by Kodansha USA Publishing, revolves around Takemichi Hanagaki, who is jolted by the news of his middle school sweetheart Hinata Tachibana’s tragic demise at the hands of the nefarious Tokyo Manji Gang.
Living in a subpar apartment with paper-thin walls and enduring a condescending boss, Takemichi’s life takes a surreal turn when he inexplicably leaps twelve years into the past. Faced with the chance to rewrite his history and rescue Hinata, he embarks on a mission to conquer the formidable Kanto delinquent faction.
In a cinematic translation of the manga’s essence, the inaugural live-action film stormed Japanese theaters in July 2021, reigning as the year’s premier live-action offering. Crunchyroll faithfully brought this experience to its streaming audience.
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Sequels soon followed, with the first of the duo, “Chi no Halloween -Unmei-” (Bloody Halloween -Fate-), making its debut on April 21, and its counterpart, “Chi no Halloween -Kessen-” (Bloody Halloween -Decisive Battle-), gracing screens on June 30.
Sources: Tokyo Revengers stage play’s website, Comic Natalie
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