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More Yakuza Stage Play Cast Photographed in Costume

posted on by Sarah Nelkin
Photos of Yumi, Haruka, the Florist of Sai, Majima, more unveiled for stage play of Sega franchise premiering later this month

The staff of the stage play adaptation of Sega's Ryū ga Gotoku (Yakuza) video game unveiled more photographs of the cast on Tuesday:


Ayane Sakurano as Yumi Sawamura


Ran Sakai as Haruka Sawamura


Yūma Ishigaki as Makoto Date


Kei Hosogai as Shinji Tanaka


Kazumasa Kōra as the Florist of Sai


Shōhei Nanba as Kazuki


Kazuki Watanabe as Yuya


Usaburō Ōshima as Futoshi shimano


Yōji Akiba as Yukio Terada


Misato Hirata as Akemi


Mihoko Kamo as Reina


Takashi Itō as Rau Karon


Yukikazu Kanō as Kyōhei Jingū


Shō Jinnai as Ryūji Gōda


Shunsuke Kubozuka as Gorō Majima


Tatsuo Nadaka as Shintarō Kazama

The cast will also star:


Eiji Takigawa as Kazuma Kiryu


Gaku Sano as Akira Nishikiyama

Theater troupe Raynet is producing the play, and Sega is sponsoring it. Takahiro Tamura is directing, and is also penning the scripts with assistance from Takashi Itō. The play will premiere on April 24 at the Akasaka ACT Theater, and will run until the 29. S seats will cost 9,500 yen (about US$90), while A seats will cost 8,000 yen (about US$75).

The original Ryū ga Gotoku (lit. Like a Dragon) game shipped in Japan in 2005, and Sega released the game in North America under the title Yakuza the next year. The latest game, Ryū ga Gotoku 0: Chikai no Basho (Yakuza 0: The Place of Oath), will ship in Japan on March 12. Sega confirmed a North American release of Yakuza 5 in December. The game originally released in Japan in 2012.

Source: Famitsu

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