Buronson and Tetsuo Hara‘s classic post-apocalyptic manga Fist of the North Star is inspiring the stage production Musical Fist of the North Star in Tokyo in December. Dancer and actor Yūsuke Ōnuki (The Millionaire Detective – Balance: UNLIMITED‘s Daisuke Kanbe) stars as Kenshirō.
The stage musical is a co-production of HoriPro, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, and the Shanghai-based theatre performance company Ranspace, in collaboration with Coamix. Frank Wildhorn (Jekyll & Hyde, Whitney Houston’s “Where Do Broken Hearts Go,” Death Note: The Musical) scored the music, and Sachiko Ishimaru is directing. Ako Takahashi wrote the book and lyrics, while Jasmine Chiu handled the choreography.
The rest of the cast includes Kazuki Katō and Ryūnosuke Ono as Kenshirō’s older brother Toki, Tatsuya Kawaguchi as the brothers’ mentor Ryūken, Takuya Uehara and Kantai Ueda as…
