by The stage play ” Theater [Oshi no Ko] 2.5-Dimensional Stage Edition” “Theater [Oshi no Ko] ” will open on December 13, 2024. This time, dress rehearsal stage photos and cast comments have been released.
“Theater [Oshi no Ko]” is a manga serialized in “Weekly Young Jump” and other magazines since April 2020. The TV anime started broadcasting in April 2023. In addition to the broadcast of the second season of the TV anime in 2024, it has become popular as a media mix, with a live-action drama series and a live-action movie being released in theaters.
The stage play “Theater [Oshi no Ko] 2.5-Dimensional Stage Edition” develops a story focusing on the fifth chapter of the original work, “2.5-Dimensional Stage Edition”. Although the performance tickets are sold out, live streaming, catch-up, and archive streaming will be available. Dress rehearsal stage photos and cast comments have been released with the opening performance on December 13. In the stage photos, Aqua can be seen reading the script with one hand, as well as a scene from the play within the play, “Tokyo Blade.”
In the cast comments, Komiya Rio, who plays Aqua; Anzai Shintaro, who plays Himekawa Daiki; Kujirai Kosuke, who plays Raita Sumiaki; and Baba Ryoma, who plays GOA, talk about their enthusiasm for the opening day. [Komiya Rio, who plays Aqua] I feel that Aqua, the character I play, is often described as cool due to his good looks and clear mind.
In addition to his complicated upbringing as the son of Ai, who was his “favorite,” he also has a dark side, swearing to find his father and take revenge. In this “2.5-dimensional stage version,” the highlight is seeing Aqua working behind the scenes to make the play successful, with the ambition of becoming the entertainment industry’s top and getting closer to the real culprit. Even if you usually go to the theater often, there are few opportunities to understand the production process properly.
This performance should give you a deeper understanding of 2.5-dimensional theater, so everyone who takes this opportunity to come and see the show will be kind to the actors. [Himekawa Daiki: Anzai Shintaro] The play “Oshi no Ko” finally opens. For the past month, everyone in the company has been thinking about it.
The young actors stayed up late every day to train themselves, and the veterans always sprinkled in what was needed at each moment. Nakayashiki, who took the helm, observed “Oshi no Ko” with a more passionate gaze than anyone else and created guidelines for it as a stage play. Above all, the management and staff supported us so that we could run to the end without a single person missing, which is why we have come this far. We are ready.
All that remains is to do it. We have reached a point where we can materialize the characters the teacher has drawn and give them a sense of reality. Please look forward to it.[Role of Raita Sumiaki: Kujirai Kosuke] I am Kujirai Kosuke, and I play Raita Sumiaki’s role. I will be playing the role of a stage producer. He has two-tone hair and sunglasses. He has gloves on his hands. He looks very eccentric. And yet, he is strangely carefree and easygoing. He is a man with a lot of room for speculation. I realized again from being involved in this work that the drama of making a play does not only happen on the stage.
Before the actor receives the script for the play, there are various challenges and drama for the people who face them. And the characters in that drama have a love for theater that is no less than that of the performers. I was reminded of that once again. The clash of passion for each job is a significant highlight of this work.
“Theater [Oshi no Ko]” is a work that I hope many people will see. I hope that the charm of the original work “Oshi no Ko” and the theater’s charm will be conveyed! [Role of GOA: Baba Ryoma] I am Baba Ryoma, and I will be playing the role of GOA. This “Oshi no Ko” is a 2.5-dimensional stage version, which means that it is a stage adaptation of the manga “Tokyo Blade” in the play, but it also depicts the behind-the-scenes of the production.
The screenwriter I play, GOA, is a character who is tossed around between the original manga and the production side in the stage adaptation of the manga. Still, to borrow Nakayashi’s words from rehearsals, I felt that the clash of “love” due to the difference in each position led to the distortion this time. “Love for the original work,” “love for the manga,” “love for the characters,” “love for the stage,” “love for theater,” etc. … Various “forms of love” of the unique characters.
