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Naruto Stage Musical Teased in Digest Video

posted on by Egan Loo
Now playing in Japan before going to Macau, Malaysia, Singapore

The official website for the Live Spectacle Naruto stage musical began streaming a high-definition digest video on Wednesday. The 30-second video features the image song "Hikari Oikakete" (Chasing the Light) by the band Flow.

Theaters throughout Japan will screen a live stream of the musical on May 10. A DVD of the stage musical will then go on sale on August 26.

The previously unveiled cast members include:

Kōdai Matsuoka as Naruto

Ryūji Satō as Sasuke

Yui Itō as Sakura

Kenta Suga as Gaara

Kimisawa Yūki as Kakashi Hatake

Asahi Uchida as Zabuza Momochi

Miho Imamura as Haku

Hidekazu Ichinose as Iruka Umino

Kazuhiro Hirakawa as The Third Hokage

Hiro Yūmi as Orochimaru

Yoshiaki Umegaki as Jiraiya

Tatsunari Kimura as Kabuto Yakushi
Anju Inami as Ino Yamanaka
Tsubasa Hattori as Shikamaru Nara
Ryō Katō as Chōji Akimichi
Yūta Iiyama as Kiba Inuzuka
Saki Takahashi as Hinata Hyūga
Shinichirō Ueda as Shino Aburame

The musical covers the manga's story from the first to 27th volume. The production includes drama, songs, dance, and acrobatics.


The musical is running from March 21 to April 5 in the AiiA Theater Tokyo, followed by performances in Fukuoka (April 10-12), Osaka (April 17-19), Miyagi (April 23-25), and then Tokyo again (April 29-May 10). The musical then opens in Macau's Venetian Theatre from May 22 to 24, in Malaysia's Malaysia International Exhibition & Convention Centre from May 30 to 31, and in Singapore's Resort World Theater from June 6 to 7. Tickets are now on sale at LAWSON Ticket, e+, Ticket Pia, and other play guide venues.

The musical is part of the ongoing Naruto Shin Jidai Kaimaku Project" (Naruto's New Era Opening Project) that continues after the ending of the original manga in November.

Images © Masashi Kishimoto, Scott / Shueisha
© Live Spectacle Naruto Production Committee 2015


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