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Yowamushi Pedal Stage Play Cast is Ready to Race

A stage play based on Wataru Watanabe's bicycling manga Yowamushi Pedal is set to premiere on March 13 at Tokyo's Galaxy Theatre. Yowamushi Pedal Interhigh Chapter: The Second Order will have this cast:

RYOUTA MURAI as Sakamichi Onoda

MASASHI OYAMA as Jin Tadokoro

TOMOKI HIROSE as Yūsuke Makishima

MOTOHIRO OTA as Shunsuke Imaizumi

YUKI TORIGOE as Shōkichi Naruko

NAOYA GOMOTO as Shingo Kinjō

EIJI TAKIGAWA as Juichi Fukutomi

HIROKI SUZUKI as Yasutomo Arakita

RYOU KITAMURA as Jinpachi Tōdō

SHUUTO MIYAZAKI as Hayato Shinkai

TAKUYA KAWAHARADA as Tōichirō Izumida

KEISUKE UEDA as Sangaku Manami

TOSHIYUKI SOMEYA as Kotaro Ishigaki

KENTO MASUI as Nobuyuki Mizuta

MITSU MURATA as Akira Midousuji

Interhigh Chapter: The Second Order is the fourth in a series of plays based off of Watanabe's manga; the first installment premiered in 2012. It is written and directed by Shatner Nishida and will include music from manzo (Genshiken, Is This a Zombie?). The theme song "Koi-no Himehime ☆ Pettanko" is written by Watanabe himself and will be sung by otaku favorite Halko Momoi.

[Via Yowamushi Pedal Interhigh Chapter: The Second Order official site; Image from Shibui Ocha-demo Nonde Itte Kudasai]

Update: A new key visual for the Inter-High arc of the anime debuted on Monday. Giant posters of the visuals are going on display at the Seibu Ikubukuro train line's Ikebukuro Station in Tokyo. Source: Oricon