Following the release of the Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo stage play key visual in July, the official website for the upcoming stage play adaptation of Yoshio Sawai’s surreal comedy manga series, titled Cho Hajike Stage Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, released visuals of its eight main cast members.
Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo played by Sho Kato
Beauty played by Haruka Kudo
Heppokomaru played by Yuta Higuchi
Hatenko played by Shunya Osawa (ORβIT)
Tokoro Tennosuke played by Usagi (Longcoat Daddy)
Softon played by Junya Komatsu
Don Patch played by Takuo Inari (Gekidan Karagumi)
Dengakuman (The cast has not been disclosed)
Additionally, Riona Tatemichi, a stage play actress who has appeared in the Sailor Moon musical series (2014-2022) and Attack on Titan – the Musical (2023-2024), will play the role of Torpedo Girl.”I first encountered Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo when I was in the early grades of elementary school,” said Tatemichi. “The manga had an impact on me even at a young age, and I spent my adolescence collecting the volumes of the series. When I heard that the manga was going to be adapted for the stage play, I was determined to go and see it, and I am overjoyed to be able to perform as Torpedo Girl. I can’t stop being excited about what the play will be like. I will do my best to be the strongest Torpedo Girl.”Shinichiro Ota, who was the narrator for the Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo TV anime aired from 2003 to 2005, will also join the stage play as the narrator again.”Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo gets its stage play. The times have finally caught up with Bo-bobo,” said Ota. “That character…that gag…I never thought I would be able to see this work on stage! I’m going to go all out with Bo-bobo and his group!… Japan will be enveloped in the Bo-bobo World this fall…”
Riona Tatemichi
Shinichiro Ota
Stage play key visual
The Cho Hajike Stage Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo stage play is set to open at Theater 1010 in Tokyo from October 23 to 31, 2024. General sales of the tickets began on September 7.The original manga series Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo was serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump from February 2001 to November 2005, then was followed by its sequel Shinsetsu Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo from December 2005 to July 2007. Toei Animation’s TV anime adaptation aired for 76 episodes from November 2003 to May 2005.Toei Animation’s official English website describes the series:
In the year 300X, an emperor rules the world. To prove his authority over the people, the emperor starts a “Hair Hunt”, where he tries to take the hair of all of its citizens. The citizens are left in fear, but one man with a Golden Afro stands up…His name is……”BOBOBO-BO ・ BO-BOBO”!With his fellow partners, he begins his fight against the “Hair Hunt troops” to end the “Hair Hunt” once and for all.
Sources: Kyodo Medias press release, “Cho Hajike Stage Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo” official website©Yoshio Sawai/SHUEISHA, BoboSute Production Committee
