The official website of theatrical company ‘Gekidan Haikyu‘ revealed the complete details regarding the inaugural performance of the new Haikyuu!! stage play, including its main cast members, and schedule on June 12, 2023.
A new key visual was also revealed by the company to commemorate the announcements.
Cast members include:
- Kenshiro Kato as Shoyo Hinata
- Seiya Wakabayashi as Kageyama Tobio
- Soushi Haitsuka as Kei Tsukishima
- Toshiya Yoshino as Tadashi Yamaguchi
- Manabu Kumazawa as Ryunosuke Tanaka
- Tomoya Nakanishi as Yu Nishinoya
- Kazuhisa Masukawa as Chikara Ennoshita
- Haruhiko Nakamura as Hisashi Kinoshita
- Shuuto as Kazuhito Narita
- Toru Isono as Daichi Sawamura
- Daiki Nojima as Takashi Sugawara
- Ryota Kono as Asahi Azumane
- Yasunari Fujibayashi as Toru Oikawa
- Ren Suzuki as Iwaizumi Hajime
- Terumi Tokuda as Yutaro Kindaichi
- Hiromu Sakata as Akira Kunimi
- Hiroki Nakahara as Takahiro Hanamaki
- Kohei Kamiyama as Issei Matsukawa
- Motohisa Harashima as Ittetsu Takeda
- Masato Saki as Keishin Ukai
New Haikyuu!! stage play will be performed at Shinagawa Prince Hotel Stellar Ball in Tokyo from August 19 to 27, 2023.
Kenta Suga, the actor who played Shoyo Hinata in Hyper Projection Engeki: Haikyu!!, will be directing the new play, with Masami in charge of the screenplay. Shunsuke Wada will compose the music for the play.
Haikyu!! is created by Haruichi Furudate and was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from February 2012 to July 2020. The series has over 55 million copies in circulation. It has 45 volumes containing 405 chapters.
The first season of the TV anime aired from April 2014 to September 2014. The second season aired from October 2015 to March 2016. The third season aired from October 2016 to December 2016.
The season 4 of the series aired in two cours, the first cour aired in January 2020 whereas the second cour aired from October to December 2020.
Viz Media licensed it in English and describes the plot as:
After losing his first and last volleyball match against Tobio Kageyama, “the King of the Court,” Shoyo Hinata swears to become his rival after graduating middle school. But what happens when the guy he wants to defeat ends up being his teammate?!
Source: Official Website
