Reading Theater “Adrenaline nights” will be performed at Tokyo Tatemono Brillia HALL in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, from Sunday, September 24 to Monday, October 9 (national holiday).
The show is based on a collection of short horror stories by Yasushi Akimoto, which was performed as a reading play by the AKB48 group in 2015.
The performance will be staged with all the characters changed to male characters. The project is planned by Yasushi Akimoto, the author of the original novels. The overall direction will be provided by director/film director Yukihiko Tsutsumi, whose credits include “TRICK,” “SPEC,” and “20th Century Boys.
Four actors, voice actors, comedians, and other genre-crossing performers will appear in each performance, changing each day. The total of 57 performers are as follows.
Hiroki Aiba, Shota Aoi, Jin Aoki, Kenji Akabane, Aran Abe, Koji Abe, Hironori Araki, Ryoga Ishikawa, Yojiro Itokawa, Yusuke Inoue (NON STYLE), Miyu Irino, Mitsuo Iwata, Kohei Ueguchi, Keisuke Ueda, Takuya Uehara, Ryotaro Okiayu, Shohei Osada (Chocolate Planet), Ishin Oda (THE SUPER FRUIT), Kazuki Kato, Daigo Kato, Daisuke Kishio, Ryo Kitamura, Rui Kihara, Yutaka Kyan (Golden Bomber), Takaya Kuroda, Tsubasa Sakiyama, Hiroki Sasamori, Fuma Sadamoto, Nobunaga Sato, Daisuke Shiba (Mogurider), Sho Zinnai, Futoshi Seki (Time Machine #3), Akira Takano, Shinji Takeda, Mario Tashiro, Shinnosuke Tachibana, Ryosei Tanaka, Kenjiro Tsuda, Akinori Nakagawa, Takuma Nagatsuka, Daisuke Namikawa,Kenji Nojima, Yu Hayashi, Shota Hayama, Hikaru “Pharaoh” Hirai (Bakayo Anatawa), Masaaki Hirai (Dansei BUuanko), Yusuke Hirose, Ryouta Hirono, Yu Fukuzawa, Atsuki Masshiko (GENIC), Yunosuke Matsushima, Kouki Mizuta, Shinji Mizuta (Wagyu) , Toshiyuki Morikawa, Hiroki Yasumoto, Kappei Yamaguchi, Rintaro. (EXIT).
Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Saturday, September 9. Check the official website for the timetable of each performer.
