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3rd Sailor Moon Musical Reveals Death Busters Cast in Costume
posted on by Karen Ressler
The third new Sailor Moon musical unveiled the roles and costume photos for some of its Death Busters cast on Friday. The cast members were already revealed, and their roles are:
Yuki Kaon and Kei Ōgi, two former Takarazuka Revue members who played male roles, as Professor Tomoe and Kaolinite, respectively.
The members of Witches 5: Ayaka Ida as Mimete, Saya Chinen as Eudial, Yui Hasegawa as Viluy, Momoka Sadachi as Tellu, and Maana as Cyprine.
Other cast members include Ayumi Nakaoka, Rina Tsutsumi, Nozomi Hayashi, and Rio Taniguchi.
The play previously announced the new and returning cast for the Sailor Guardians and Tuxedo Mask.
Satomi Okubo (Sailor Moon), Kanon Nanaki (Sailor Mars), Yu Takahashi (Sailor Jupiter), and Shiori Sakata (Sailor Venus) debuted as their roles in 2013's Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon -La Reconquista- musical. Momoyo Koyama replaced Miyabi Matsuura in 2014's Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon -Petite Étrangère- musical as Sailor Mercury.
Kokoro Kuge and Airi Kanda will return from last year's Petite Étrangère musical to play Chibi-Usa/Sailor Chibi Moon, and Mikako Ishii will also return to play Setsuna Meiō/Sailor Pluto.
Former Takarazuka Revue male role actress Shū Shiotsuki will play Sailor Uranus and former Takarazuka Revue female role actress Sayaka Fujioka will play Sailor Neptune. Prizmmy☆ (Pretty Rhythm) idol group member Karin Takahashi will play Sailor Saturn.
Finally, actress Yūga Yamato will reprise her role as Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask.
The five main actresses will graduate from the cast after Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon -Un Nouveau Voyage- finishes its run.
Bishōjo Senshi Sailor Moon -Un Nouveau Voyage- will run between September 18 and 27 at the AiiA 2.5 Theater Tokyo venue, and then from October 2 to 4 at the Sankei Hall Breeze theater in Osaka.
