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5th Touken Ranbu Stage Play Reveals More Cast in Costume
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Marvelous' official website for the Touken Ranbu series of stage plays revealed more visuals of the fifth play's cast in costume on Wednesday.
Ryō Mitsuya as Honebami Toushirou
Masanari Wada as Heshikiri Hasebe
Kento as Tsurumaru Kuninaga
Keisuke Higashi as Shokudaikiri Mitsutada
Yūki Tamaki as Kogarasumaru
Additional cast members include:
Takuma Wada as Kasen Kanesada
Taizō Shiina as Fudou Yukimitsu
Shōta Kawakami as Daihanya Nagamitsu
Takahisa Maeyama as Uguisumaru
Shō Katō as Ookanehira
The venues and tour dates are as follows:
- Meijiza special performance in Tokyo: June 2 - 6
- Kyoto Gekijo performance in Kyoto: June 14 - July 1
- Kyushu Soleil Hall performance in Fukuoka: July 4 - 6
- Nippon Seinenkan Hall performance in Tokyo: July 19 - 22
- Tennouzu Galaxy Theatre encore performance in Tokyo: July 25 - 29
Kenichi Suemitsu is again directing the play and writing the script. Teruji Yoshizawa and manzo are composing the music.
The fourth play, Tōken Ranbu: Jo-den Mitsura Boshi Katanagatari, ran from December 15-29 in Tokyo, Osaka, and Fukuoka. The fourth play focused on Yamanbagiri Kunihiro and Heshikiri Hasebe, set in the time before Mikazuki Munechika appeared and around when the Honmaru was completed.
Touken Ranbu Giden - Akatsuki no Dokuganryū, the franchise's third stage play, ran from June to July 2017. The second stage play, Touken Ranbu Kyoden - Moeyuru Honnōji ~ Saien, ran from December 2016 to January 2017. The first stage play, Touken Ranbu Kyoden - Moeyuru Honnōji, ran in May 2016.
The franchise also has a separate series of stage musicals, the first of which ran from May to June 2016. The fifth and most recent musical, Touken Ranbu - Musubi no Hibiki, Hajimari no Ne (Touken Ranbu - The Resonance of Endings, The Sound of Beginnings), is running in Tokyo until May 6 after having previous runs in Tokyo and Osaka starting in March.
[Via Nijimen]
