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New Rurouni Kenshin Stage Play's Cast Shown in Costume
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The press conference for the new Comic Natalie's website by clicking the below image.).
The cast includes (with historical names written with family names first):
Moka Kamishiraishi as Kamiya Kaoru 
Mitsuru Matsuoka as Kanō Sōzaburō
Yūsuke Hirose as Saitō Hajime
Ryōsuke Miura as Shinomori Aoshi 
Ryūji Kamiyama as Takeda Kanryū
The character of Kanō Sōzaburō was not present in the original manga, but was Takarazuka Revue as a romantic rival to Kenshin. The character is based on the historical Shinsengumi character of the same name, in the same way that Saitō Hajime is based on the historical Shinsengumi captain. Shūichirō Koike wrote and directed the Takarazuka play before doing the same for the new play.
Miura previously played the character Sawagejō Chō in Rurouni Kenshin Part II: Kyoto Inferno, the second live-action film adaptation of the manga.
Watsuki first launched his 28-volume Rurouni Kenshin manga in reported last year that a new live-action film in the works.
Watsuki was recently resume publishing the series in English when it returned in Japan.
Source: Comic Natalie
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