The visuals for the stage adaptation of " The Quintessential Quintuplets , " a popular romantic comedy manga by Negi Haruba that is also popular as an anime, have been released.
It has also been a hot topic that 11 fourth-generation members of the idol group Hinatazaka46 will be double- or triple-cast to play the heroines of the Nakano quintuplets, with Konishi Kanami and Takeuchi Kirari playing the role of Nakano Ichika, Ishizuka Yoko and Shimizu Rio playing the role of Nakano Nino, Miyaji Sumire and Watanabe Rina playing the role of Nakano Miku, Shogenji Yoko, Hirao Honoka and Fujishima Kaho playing the role of Nakano Yotsuba, and Hiraoka Kurage and Yamashita Haruka playing the role of Nakano Satsuki.
The play is written and directed by Akira Yamazaki, with Takuya Kusunoki as music director and Yuki Noda in charge of choreography and staging. Yuki Sasamori as Uesugi Fuutarou, Yuune Sakurai as Uesugi Raiha, and Mitsuaki Shinoda as Uesugi Yuya will also appear. The play will be performed at Shinagawa Prince Hotel Stella Ball (Minato Ward, Tokyo) from March 8 to 23, 2025.
" The Quintessential Quintuplets" is a story about a high school student, Futaro Uesugi, who lives in poverty and becomes a tutor to five quintuplets with unique personalities who are on the verge of failing their classes, and his struggle to lead them to graduation. It was serialized in "Weekly Shonen Magazine" (Kodansha) from August 2017 to February 2020.
