Last week, a stage play adaptation of manga and anime series Hikaru no Go was announced, with the lead cast and crew already in place. Today, more cast members have been introduced to the summer production.Joining the previously announced cast will be:
Takumi Mano as Tetsuo Kaga
Ryusei Kitade as Yuki Mitani
Yuki Iwasa as Kimihiro Tsutsui
Arihiro Matsunaga as Kaoru Kishimoto
Mashu Ishiwatari as Yoshitaka Waya
Takumi Masunaga as Yun
Kento Kitamura as Seiji Ogata
Titled Utaemaki ‘Hikaru no Go’ Jyo no Itte, (“Picture Scroll of Songs ‘Hikaru no Go’ The First Move”), the stage play adaptation is set to perform at the Sunshine Theater in Tokyo from July 5 to 14, 2024. Nobuhiro Mouri, known for his directorial works for the Black Butler musicals and the Durarara! stage plays, serves as writer and director, and provides lyrics. Choreography and staging will be done by Shinnosuke Motoyama, who also participated in the Black Butler, Touken Ranbu, and The Prince of Tennis musicals. Shunsuke Wada, who worked on the Hyper Projection Engeki Haikyu!! stage plays, will provide music, and Mitsuhiro Akiyama, who worked on the stage art for the Touken Ranbu and Yowamushi Pedal stage plays, will also participate.
The original Hikaru no Go manga was written by Yumi Hotta and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. The manga ran in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump from 1998 to 2003, releasing 23 tankobon volumes. Its English edition’s publisher, VIZ Media, describes the series:
After stumbling across a haunted go board, Hikaru Shindo discovers that the spirit of a master player named Fujiwara-no-Sai has taken up residence in his consciousness. Sai awakens in Hikaru an untapped genius for the game, and soon the schoolboy is chasing his own dream—defeating the famed go prodigy Akira Toya!
Source: Comic Natalie
