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K: Return of Kings Stage Play Adds Sion Yoshitaka to Cast
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The official website for the stage play adaptation of GoRA and GoHands' K the Stage: Return of Kings anime revealed on Tuesday that Sion Yoshitaka (pictured in costume below) will join the cast as Nagare Hisui.
The site also revealed the visuals for the cast in costume. The cast includes:
Yūta Kishimoto as Kurō Yatogami
Konona Shiba as Neko
Sakina Kuwae as Anna Kushina
Juri as Izumo Kusanagi
Taizō Shiina as Misaki Yata
Makoto Takada as Rikio Kamamoto
Kento Ono as Reishi Munakata
Kaoru Marimura as Seri Awashima
Yūya Kido as Saruhiko Fushimi
Yoshihide Sasaki as Yukari Mishakuji
Shūhei Izumi as Tenkei Iwafune
Toman as Sukuna Gojō
The play will run in Tokyo from March 1-10, and then in Osaka from March 15-17. Kenichi Suemitsu is directing and writing the play.
The first stage play, titled K the Stage, ran in Tokyo in August 2014. The second play, titled K the Stage II: Arousal of King, ran in Tokyo and Osaka in August 2015. The third play, K the Stage: Lost Small World, ran in Tokyo and Kyoto in July 2016. The fourth play, K the Stage: Missing Kings, ran in October 2017 in Tokyo and Kyoto.
The original 13-episode K television anime series aired in Japan starting in October 2012. The anime inspired the K: Missing Kings sequel film in July 2014, and then the 13-episode K: Return of Kings television anime series premiered in October 2015. A six-part film project titled K: Seven Stories screened one film per month from July through December.
Viz Media licensed the original K anime series, K: Missing Kings, and K: Return of Kings. Hulu and Neon Alley streamed the first K anime series and the K: Return of Kings sequel series. Viz Media has also licensed K: Seven Stories.
Sources: K stage play's website, Comic Natalie
