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9th Yowamushi Pedal Stage Play Reveals 7 More Cast Members
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The staff of the ninth stage play adaptation of Wataru Watanabe's Yowamushi Pedal (Yowapeda) manga, titled Butai Yowamushi Pedal ~Hakone Gakuen Shinsedai, Shidō~ (Yowamushi Pedal Stage Play: Hakone Academy New Generation, Start), revealed seven additional cast members for the play on Thursday, which includes:
Yūgo Satō as Jinpachi Tōdō
Yūta Iiyama as Yūto Shinkai
Tsuyoshi Maeda as Juichi Fukutomi
Kousuke Kujirai as Junta Teshima
Ryō Yashima as Hajime Aoyagi
Shuuto Miyazaki as Hayato Shinkai
Kujirai, Yashima, and Miyazaki are also playing the role of the same characters in the manga's upcoming live-action series adaptation. All three have played their respective characters in previous stage plays.
The following actors will also play "puzzle riders": Yū Ichinose, Ryōta Kakegawa, Chihira Kouno, and Wataru Murakami.
Previously announced cast members include:
Keisuke Higashi as Takuto Ashikiba
Takuya Kawaharada as Tochirō Izumida
Ryūtarō Akimoto as Yukinari Kuroda
Kentarō Kanesaki as Masakiyo Dōbashi
The play's story will focus on Hakone Academy, the rival school of Sohoku High. Shatner Nishida is returning to direct the new play, and he is also penning the script. Musician manzo is once again composing the score. The play will run from September 30 to October 2 at Tokyo Dome City Hall, and then from October 7 to 10 at Osaka's Orix Theater.
The previous installment titled Butai Yowamushi Pedal ~Sōhoku Shinsedai, Shidō~ ran from March 4 to 27.
The manga centers around Sakamichi Onoda, an otaku at Sōhoku High School. He loves anime and games so much, that he would ride his commuter bicycle to and from Tokyo's Akihabara shopping district in a 90-kilometer (about 60-mile) round trip over steep slopes after school. Onoda's life changes when he encounters his school's cycling team, and he ends up joining the competitive sport of bicycle racing.
Wataru Watanabe launched the manga in Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine in 2008, and the story inspired two television anime adaptations, and a spinoff manga, Yowamushi Pedal: Spare Bike. A third TV anime season has also been green-lit and will premiere in January. The Spare Bike spinoff will also receive an anime adaptation with a two-week run in theaters this September. The manga has also inspired two anime compilation films, as well as an anime film with an original story, the latter of which opened in August 2015.
The manga is also getting a live-action series adaptation that contains much of the regular cast for the stage plays, including Ryūtarō Akimoto. The series will premiere on BS SKY PerfecTV! on August 26, and will air on Fridays at 9:00 p.m.
Source: Comic Natalie
