The entire cast of the stage "Mage Orphen: The Lost Journey" is determined! Shinya Matsumoto will play the lead role of Orphen!

The entire cast of the stage production of "Mage Orphen: The Hagureta Journey" has been announced, and Shinya Matsumoto has been cast as the lead role of Orphen.

Since the first volume was published in 1994, various series have been released, and a total of more than 12 million copies of the light novel "Magician Orphen" by Sadanobu Akita have been sold.
The cast of the stage version of the light novel "Orphen the Magician" by Sadanobu Akita, which has sold more than 12 million copies, has finally been announced.
⇒ The series' 25th anniversary project, "Mage Orphen: The Hagureta Journey," will begin as a TV anime project in 2019! Shotaro Morikubo continues as the main character Orphen!

The stage version of "Mage Orphen" will be performed in August and November, and the cast for the August performance has now been announced.

Shinya Matsumoto of the theater company "Studio Life" has been chosen to play the lead role of Orphen. Matsumoto, who has been active in a variety of productions and boasts outstanding stability, including leading roles in "Studio Life" performances, has been selected and will play the lead role for the first time outside the company. The production will also feature Miho Amane as Creow, Nagato Okui as Majik, Mio Hanana as Azalee, and Justin Tomimori as Child Man, among other gorgeous faces.

Tickets will be available for pre-sale (by lottery) at Confetti from Monday, May 27, 2019, and will go on sale to the general public from Saturday, June 15, 2019, so don't forget to get yours.

The following is a comment from Shinya Matsumoto.

Comments from Shinya Matsumoto
Shinya Matsumoto, starring as Orphen
I am surprised, excited, and overjoyed to be involved in the first stage adaptation of the masterpiece "Orphen the Magician," which has been loved by many people for a quarter of a century, and to be able to play the role of Orphen. As a fan of the original work myself, I will put my love into this production, and together with my co-stars and staff, I will do my best to make it a work that everyone will truly enjoy, valuing the live, passionate, and raw emotion that only the stage can provide! We will do our utmost to make this a production that you will truly enjoy!

Performance Information】 ※Titles omitted
Stage "Mage Orphen: Hagureta Tabi" (The Mage Orphen: The Lost Journey)
Original story: "Magician Orphen: The Hagure Journey" by Teishin Akita (published by TO Books)
Script: Takehiro Yoshida (LIPS*S/ILLUMINUS)
Direction: Matsuta Ittai

Period: August 15 (Thu) - 18 (Sun), 2019
Venue: Shinjuku-mura LIVE (B2F Shinjuku-mura CENTRAL, 2-1-2 Kita-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-0074)

<Synopsis
The "Fang Tower" is the highest mage training institute on the Kiesarhima continent.
Kirilanchero, a 15-year-old boy, has high hopes for his future as a black magician there.
However, the day his sister-in-law Azalee was transformed into a monster in the laboratory, Kiriranshero abandoned his name and future and became an orphan.

Five years later.
In Totokanta, a city in the southwestern part of the continent, Orphen runs a clandestine moneylending business. However, when he visits the Eberlastin family, a famous family, he happens to see an old sword and an oddly shaped monster.

It was the "she" who disappeared on that day five years ago.
Can Orphen find her and restore her to her former form?

<Starring
Orphen: Shinya Matsumoto

Creaou: Miho Amane
Magik: Nagato Okui
Volcan: Raito Nishio
Dotin: Yuuki Nakamura

Kirilanchero: Kanki Kamidochi
Forte: Ryo Oguri
Komikron: Yuzaki Sato
Hartia: Hiroki Sagawa
Letisha: Yuu Chitose
Corgon: Yutaka Kimura
Maria Belle: Mayu Momosaki

Azalee: Mio Hanana

Childman: Justin Tomimori

Ensemble: Hiroki Matsuda, Takuma Higuchi, Shumpei Oda (ASSH-Next), Yu Iihara (ASSH-Next), Miyano Mitomo (ASSH-Next)

＜Timetable for the performance
August 15 (Thursday) 19:00
August 16 (Fri.) 14:30/19:00
August 17 (Sat) 14:30/19:00
August 18 (Sun) 12:30/16:30

<Ticket prices (all seats reserved, tax included)
S seats (front 5 rows) 8,000 yen
A seats 6,500 yen

<Ticketing
Advance Ticket Sales (by lottery)
May 27 (Mon.) 19:00 - June 2 (Sun.) 23:59 Advance sales period
June 5 (Wed.) Announcement of results
～June 9 (Sun.) Payment period
June 15 (Sat.) 10:00 - June 16 (Sun.) 23:59
June 15 (Sat.) 10:00 General sale begins

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Contact: [email protected]

<Staff> Art: Tabiji Terui Lighting: Ryuji Terui
Art Director：Tabuji Terui Lighting：Koichi Ogawa Sound Director：Shinya Tanaka Music：Hironori Sugai (SASA PRO.) Video Production：Hisamitsu Sone (co:jin project) Video Operator：Hironori Sugai (SASA PRO.) Costume Design：Sayuri Nishida Costume Design：Chiharu Oikawa (Towa Zukuri) Hair Make-up：Aya Aoyama Props：Yahana Isaharu (MATE-REAL) Killing choreography: Ryo Oguri Choreography: Miyu Shinki Assistant stage directors: Shumpei Oda, Yuko Otsuka Stage manager: Takao Nakanishi

Advertising Art: Ryuichi Ohana (MONSTERS, INC) Advertising Photographer: Takahiro Toyama (MONSTERS, INC) Voting: Tsubasa Shimazaki
Production: style office, Ryosuke Akiyama (De-LIGHT) Production Cooperation: Yangse Igawa Producers: Motoi Yoneda, Kaoru Komiyama

Organizer: "Mage Orphen" Production Committee (style office/ILLUMINUS/ASSH)
(C) Teishin Akita / TO Books / Stage "Magician Orphen" Production Committee