The highly praised shounen manga Boku no Hero Academia by Horikoshi Kouhei takes their story further with a stage adaptation entitled The ‘Ultra’ Stage. The play will debut in Japan during Spring 2019 at Tokyo and Osaka.
Motoyoshi Tsuneyasu, formerly known for his works as the production manager for the musical adaptations of “Devil and Realist” and “Owari no Seraph” will now be directing The ‘Ultra’ Stage.
Nishimori Hideyuki will be taking on his role as the screenplay director with Umebo as stage choreographer. Music composition was assigned to Wada Shunsuke who has a similar role in the highly established Haikyuu!! Hyper Projection Stage Play.
The full cast list has also been revealed and can be seen below;
- Tamura Shin as Midoriya Izuku
- Kobayashi Ryōta as Bakugo Katsuki
- Takuchi Yume as Uraraka Ochako
- Ino Hiroki as Iida Tenya
- Kitamura Ryou as Todoroki Shoto
- Noguchi Mao as Asui Tsuyu
- Tanaka Naoki as Kirishima Eijiro
- Satō Yūgo as Kaminari Denki
- Hashimoto Shinichi as Aoyama Yuga
- Yamasaki Saaya as Yaoyorozu Momo
- Akui Nagato as Mineta Minoru
- Matsubara Rin as Tokoyami Fumikage
- Baba Marino as Hatsume Mei
- Matsukawa Daisuke as Shinso Hitoshi
- Raita as Shigaraki Tomura
- Seto Yūsuke as Eraserhead
- Okamoto Yūki as Present Mic
- Ueda Yūsuke as Endeavor
- Hayashi Tsuyoshi as All Might (True Form)
- Iwanaga Hiroaki as All Might (Muscle Form)
- Takehiro Hayato and Endō Makoto as ensemble characters
Watch the stage play trailer here: