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Yowamushi Pedal has become popular in various scenes including manga, anime, and games. Another such scene is stage plays, which are passionately supported due to popular actors bringing characters from 2D to real life.
Because of their high popularity, stage plays for Yowamushi Pedal have become a series, and the newest stage play, titled Yowamushi Pedal Inter-High Chapter: The Winner, will be performed starting in March in Tokyo, Osaka, and Fukuoka. The stage play will depict the intensity of the third day of the interhigh competition that fans have been anxiously awaiting.
This time, a key visual and 18 character visuals have been released. From the visuals, fans can get a sense of the spot-on portrayals of the characters, which has been a consistent aspect of this stage play series. It seems fans will be able to enjoy a performance from an up-and-coming cast this time as well, beginning with Ryouta Murai as main character Sakamichi Onoda. The cast will be performing the third day of the interhigh competition. Up till now, the first two days have been adapted for the stage, and now the story will finally focus on the final day with the championship hanging in the balance, so it’s a definite must-see. And with the TV anime also getting into the third day of the competition, fans will be able to enjoy both together.
The original work to Yowamushi Pedal is a manga by Wataru Watanabe that is currently serialized in Weekly Shonen Champion (Akita Shoten) and currently has 37 volumes published with over 12 million copies in print. The momentum behind the series’ popularity is increasing more and more.
The first stage play came in February 2012, and five have been performed so far, with the last being in November 2014. Just like the previous stage plays, this one as well will attract huge audiences. It is currently one of the toughest stage plays to find tickets for.
Stage Play: Yowamushi Pedal Inter-High Chapter: The Winner
Original Work: Yowamushi Pedal by Wataru Watanabe (serialized in Akita Shoten’s Weekly Shonen Champion)
Director/Writer: Shatner Nishida
Music: manzo
[Performers]
Ryouta Murai, Motohiro Ota, Yuki Torigoe, Tomoki Hirose, Yuki Tomotsune, Naoya Gomoto, Eiji Takikawa, Hiroki Suzuki, Ryo Kitamura, Shuto Miyazaki, Takuya Kawaharada, Ryutaro Akimoto, Keisuke Ueda, Yuhei Yamamoto, Yuichi Matsumura, Ryunosuke Matsumura, Kento Masui, Mitsu Murata.
[Venues]
- Tokyo: Nippon Seinenkan Hall, Friday, March 6 to Sunday, March 15, 2015
- Osaka: Theater Brava!, Thursday, March 19 to Sunday, March 22, 2015
- Fukuoka: Canal City Theater, Thursday, March 26 to Sunday, March 29, 2015
Stage Play Yowamushi Pedal Inter-High Chapter: The Winner
© 2008 Wataru Watanabe (Weekly Shonen Champion) / 2014 Yowamushi Pedal GR Production Committee
© Wataru Watanabe (Weekly Shonen Champion) / Marvelous Entertainment Inc., Toho Co. Ltd., DXL Co. Ltd.
Source: animeanime
