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Tōken Ranbu Stage Play's Cast Visuals Revealed
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The staff of Butai Tōken Ranbu Kyoden Moeyuru Honnōji, the stage play adaptation of DMM's Tōken Ranbu online browser game, revealed the character visuals on October 6 for the stage play's second run. The cast includes:
Yoshihiro Aramaki as Yamanbagiri Kunihiro
Yoshihide Sasaki as Sōza Samonji
Yūsuke Seto as Kōsetsu Samonji
Takeru Naya as Sayo Samonji
Ryō Kitamura as Yagen Tōshirō
Masanari Wada as Heshikiri Hasebe
Taizō Shiina as Fudō Yukimitsu
Daisuke Hirose as Ichigo Hitofuri
Taishi Sugie as Namazuo Tōshirō
Keisuke Higashi as Shokudaikiri Mitsutada
Kento as Tsurumaru Kuninaga
Kiyohito Marume as Mori Ranmaru
Akira Kubodera as Akechi Mitsuhide
The play's second run will begin with performances at The Galaxy Theatre in Tokyo from December 15 to 30, before moving to the Harmonie Cinq Kitakyushu Soleil Hall in Fukuoka on January 7 and 8, and then to the Osaka Mielparque Hall in Osaka from January 12 to 17.
The play's first run opened at Tokyo's Theater 1010 on May 3, with an additional performance on May 14, before moving on to Osaka's Mielparque on May 17. Every performance of the play's original run was sold out. The play held live viewing events of its concluding festivities in 60 theaters across Japan as well as in theaters in Taiwan and Hong Kong on May 20. Although the performance was on a weekday, more than 40,000 people attended the live viewing events.
The franchise also had a musical adaptation that debuted on May 27 in Tokyo and in Kyoto on June 23. Marvelous (Yowamushi Pedal stage play) adapted the game into a "straight play," while Nelke Planning (The Prince of Tennis, Vampire Knight musicals) adapted it into a stage musical.
The Tōken Ranbu "sword personification training game" takes famous swords from Japanese history and interprets them as bishōnen. Nitroplus designed the characters and scenario. The game launched in Japan last year, and it has more than 1 million users. The game has acquired a large female fanbase and inspired a wide range of merchandise, as well as several manga. Two anime adaptations have been green-lit, with the Tōken Ranbu: Hanamaru television anime currently airing.
Source: Animate Times
