New run with different story plays in Tokyo, Osaka in May-August

The official website for the Live Spectacle Naruto series of stage musicals revealed three cast visuals on Saturday for Live Spectacle Naruto: Akatsuki no Shirabe (Live Spectacle Naruto: The Akatsuki Investigation), the new run of the musical that will feature a different story than the previous two musicals.

Kōdai Matsuoka as Naruto Uzumaki



Ryūji Satō as Sasuke Uchiha



Shinji Rachi as Itachi



The site also began streaming a short video for the musical on Saturday featuring the three actors in costume.

The musical will run at the AiiA 2.5 Theater Tokyo from May 19 to June 4. The play will then run at Osaka's Mielparque Hall on June 16-22, and then again at the AiiA 2.5 Theater Tokyo from July 29-August 6.

New and returning cast members include:

Yui Itō as Sakura Haruno

Yūki Kimisawa as Kakashi Hatake

Hiro Yūmi as Orochimaru

Ryōsuke Okada as Kabuto Yakushi (replacing Tatsunari Kimura)

Rei Fujita as Yamato

Ryō Kitamura as Sai

Seshiru Daigo as Tsunade

Keishi Hagio as Suigetsu Hōzuki

Kanon Nanaki as Karin

Tomoya Yamaguchi as Jūgo

Takeshi Hayashino as Kisame Hoshigaki

Ryō Tsuji as Deidara

Hironori Katayama as Tobi

Other confirmed cast members include Seiya Shirasaki, Shōgo Komagawa, Ren Miyagawa, Riku Noma, Atsumi Matsubayashi, and Saya Chinen. Akiko Kodama ( Fairy Tail stage play) is returning from the previous two musicals to direct and write the play. Shunsuke Wada is composing the music.

The first musical held performances from March to May 2015 in Tokyo, Fukuoka, Osaka, and Miyagi. The musical then held international performances in Macau, Malaysia, and Singapore. The second run of the musical ran in Osaka and Tokyo from July-August 2016.

The first two musicals covered the manga's story from the first to 27th volume. The production included drama, songs, dance, and acrobatics.

Source: Comic Natalie