Image via Twitter account for the musical Yona of the Dawn
© 草凪みずほ・白泉社/ミュージカル『暁のヨナ』製作委員会
The official website for the new stage musical based on Mizuho Kusanagi's Yona of the Dawn (Akatsuki no Yona) manga announced on Thursday that the musical will be performed at Theater H in Tokyo from September 20. July 28. The website also revealed the cast.
Music stars:
Mirei Hoshina/Aya Akane as Yona Keisuke Kaminaga/Ryо̄no Kusachi as Haku Rui Kihara as Kija Shion Yoshitaka as Sinha Shō Katō as Jae-ha DION as Jeno Tsukasa Hiryū as Yun Hisanori Satо̄ as Tae-Jun Daisuke Yanase as Keum-ji Shinji Rachi as Su-Won Miyuki Tsurugi as Gi-Gan
Aoto Tani will write the script and Tsuneyasu Motoyoshi will direct the musical. Masato Kamata will serve as music director and composer. Shinji Uchi will take on the role of choreographer.
The final stage play took place in November 2018 at EX Theater Roppongi in Tokyo, starring Nogizaka46 member Rina Ikoma as Yona and DISH//band member Masaki Yabe as Hak.
A previous stage play aired in March 2016. Risa Niigaki and Yūya Matsushita played Yona and Hak, respectively.
Kusanagi — author of Mugen Spiral, Game X Rush and NG Life — launched the Yona of the Dawn manga in 2009. The 43rd compiled book volume was published in Japan on February 20.
Viz Media licensed the manga and describes the story: “A red-haired princess loses her family and her kingdom—now she must rise up and fight for her throne!”
The series has also inspired a 24-episode anime and several original anime DVDs.
Source: website, Comic Natalie