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Touken Ranbu Kabuki Stage Play Reveals Main Visual

The official Nitroplus' Touken Ranbu game, revealed the play's main visual on Monday.

The play will run from July 2-27 at the Shinbashi Enbujo theater in Tokyo. General selling of tickets started on Monday.

Kabuki actor Onoe Matsuya II, who will star in the play, is also co-directing the play with Onoe Kikunojō. Ryō Matsuoka is penning the script.

The play's cast includes:

Onoe Matsuya II as Mikazuki Munechika

Ukon Onoe II as Kogitsunemaru

Ichikawa Shun'en II as Kogarasumaru

Nakamura Takanosuke as Doudanuki Masakuni

Kichitarō Kamimura as Hizamaru

Nakamura Kangyoku as Higekiri

Nakamura Baigyoku IV as Matsunaga Danjō

The Touken Ranbu "sword personification training game" takes famous swords from Japanese history and interprets them as bishōnen. Nitroplus designed the characters and scenario. The game launched in Japan in January 2015.

The trilogy, and a compilation anime film. The franchise has also inspired two live-action films, a series of stage musicals and a series of stage plays, as well as various manga.

Johren released the smartphone version of the game in August 2021.

Sources: Touken Ranbu: Tsuki no Tsurugi Enishi no Kiri no wa kabuki stage play's Twitter , Famitsu.com