Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura will be just a few rows of seats away from their adoring public, as the Naruto stage play is set to open this spring, and producers have just announced the cast and released the first shot in-costume photo of the star of the show.
Playing Naruto himself is Kodai Matsuoka, whose biggest role to date has been as Ryuji Iwasaki in tokusatsu TV series Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters.
This won’t be the 17-year-old actor’s first time bringing an anime character to life, as he also played Kintaro Toyama in the musical stage version of long-running sports/pretty boy saga The Prince of Tennis. Naruto’s rival and antagonist, Sasuke, will be portrayed by Ryuji Sato, another Prince of Tennis musical veteran who was cast as Hikaru Zaizen. Sato also has a bit of tokusatsu experience from his days as Teruhiko Satake in the Kamen Rider Fourze TV series and movie. Rounding out Naruto’s central trio is Yui Ito as Sakura. The 20-year-old model and actress had a stint as the sultry Black Lady in last summer’s Sailor Moon Petite Étrangère musical, and also appeared in the role of Miyu Ishino in the 2010 live-action thriller Kokuhaku.
Live Spectacle Naruto is due to hit theatres this March, and with just one month to go, the promotional character images have all finally been released. The images of all 18 lead characters have been combined into two stunning posters one showing just the characters’ faces and the other showing their special fighting movies. It’s no surprise the stage play has been gathering attention here in Japan – the characters really look like they’ve come straight out of the anime or manga. The stage production looks set to be a real visual treat for fans of the series! The stage play will run in 4 halls in Japan, as well as 3 abroad, and will tell the tale of the first 27 volumes of the Naruto manga.
This won’t be the 17-year-old actor’s first time bringing an anime character to life, as he also played Kintaro Toyama in the musical stage version of long-running sports/pretty boy saga The Prince of Tennis. Naruto’s rival and antagonist, Sasuke, will be portrayed by Ryuji Sato, another Prince of Tennis musical veteran who was cast as Hikaru Zaizen. Sato also has a bit of tokusatsu experience from his days as Teruhiko Satake in the Kamen Rider Fourze TV series and movie. Rounding out Naruto’s central trio is Yui Ito as Sakura. The 20-year-old model and actress had a stint as the sultry Black Lady in last summer’s Sailor Moon Petite Étrangère musical, and also appeared in the role of Miyu Ishino in the 2010 live-action thriller Kokuhaku.
Live Spectacle Naruto is due to hit theatres this March, and with just one month to go, the promotional character images have all finally been released. The images of all 18 lead characters have been combined into two stunning posters one showing just the characters’ faces and the other showing their special fighting movies. It’s no surprise the stage play has been gathering attention here in Japan – the characters really look like they’ve come straight out of the anime or manga. The stage production looks set to be a real visual treat for fans of the series! The stage play will run in 4 halls in Japan, as well as 3 abroad, and will tell the tale of the first 27 volumes of the Naruto manga.
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