These days, many popular anime and games get live action-stage play adaptations—including Tokyo Ghoul. And let me say, the cast doesn’t look half-bad in costume.
Yuki Ogoe — Ken Kaneki
Aya Tabata — Touka Kirishima
Shogo Suzuki — Nishiki Nishio
Shuto Miyazaki — Hideyoshi Nagachika
Yuri Hamada — Rize Kamishiro
Mitsu Murata — Uta
Tomokazu Yoshida — Renji Yomo
Yoshitaka Yamagami — Yamori
Masaaki Okuno — Asaki Fueguchi
Yuki Kimisawa — Kotaro Amon
Jiyu Arima — Kureo Mado
Tadayoshi Kato — Yoshimura
The play will run in at AiiA 2.5 Theater Tokyo July 2-8 and at the Kyoto Gekijo July 18-20. Tickets can be purchased through the official website [Japanese].
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