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| Japanese Title | はじまりの巨人 |
| Translation Title | The Start of the Giant |
| Date | Spring 2018 |
| ← Previous Play The Summer of Evolution | Next Play → The Strongest Team |
Hyper Projection Play "Haikyū!!" The Start of the Giant (Japanese: ハイパープロジェクション演劇「ハイキュー!!」"はじまりの巨人" Haipā Purojekushon Engeki "Haikyū!!" "Hajimari no Kyojin") is the fifth stage play adaption of Haruichi Furudate's Haikyū!! series. The play combines manga, live-play, and video to continue to challenge the "top" of theatre and achieve further evolution.
The stage play will focus on Hinata and Kageyama developing their new attack, as well as portraying the stories of other members on the Karasuno team. It will cover Karasuno's matches against Johzenji and Wakutani South during the Spring Interhigh preliminaries.
2018 Performance Schedule 
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The play is scheduled to open on April 6 and will run until June 17. It has a total of 43 showings and will be performed in five cities:
- Tokyo at Nippon Seinen-kan Hall (Apr. 28 - May 6) and Tokyo Dome City Hall (Jun. 8 - 17)
- Hyogo at Amashin Archaic Hall (May 12 - 13)
- Fukuoka at Fukuoka International Congress Center, 3rd Floor Main Hall (May 18 - 20)
- Miyagi at Tagajo Civic Hall, Main Hall (May 25 - 27)
- Osaka at Orix Theater (Jun. 1 - 3)
GalleryEdit
TrailerEdit
CastEdit
Most of the cast of Karasuno, Nekoma, and Fukurōdani from The Summer of Evolution will be returning; though the roles of Sugawara, Akaashi, and Daichi have been recast. In addition, new cast members for Johzenji High and Wakutani South High join the assemble. Originally, Kouki Yoshimoto is set to reprise the role of Bokuto, but a foot injury made him withdraw from the play. Takumi Higashi, previously the actor for Konoha, is brought in as a replacement.
- Kenta Suga as Shōyō Hinata
- Tatsuya Kageyama as Tobio Kageyama
- Ryōtarō Kosaka as Kei Tsukishima
- Kairi Miura as Tadashi Yamaguchi
- Kōhei Shiota as Ryūnosuke Tanaka
- Yuuto Fuchino as Yū Nishinoya
- Kazuma Kawahara as Chikara Ennoshita
- Keita Tanaka as Daichi Sawamura
- Naoki Tanaka as Kōshi Sugawara
- Justin Tomimori as Asahi Azumane
- Shige Uchida as Ittetsu Takeda
- Tsuyoshi Hayashi as Keishin Ukai
- Shizune Nagao as Kiyoko Shimizu
- Ami Saitou as Hitoka Yachi
- Kento Yamaguchi as Makoto Shimada
- Momoko Sadachi as Saeko Tanaka
- Takato Nagata as Kenma Kozume
- Shori Kondo as Tetsurō Kuroo
- Takumi Higashi as Kōtarō Bokuto
- Shungo Takasaki as Keiji Akaashi
- Masahide Funaki as Yūji Terushima
- Ayato Morinaga as Kazuma Bobata
- Yōta Suzuki as Takeharu Futamata
- Shihō Arata as Rintarō Numajiri
- Aiji Yasukawa as Nobuyoshi Īzaka
- Rin Matsubara as Arata Tsuchiyu
- Rin Yanagihara as Takeru Nakashima
- Naohiro Masada as Shunki Kawatabi
- Masataka Kimura as Yūki Shiroishi
- Goku as Kazumasa Hanayama
- Shōta Motokawa as Teppei Naruko
- Yūma Hasui as Kazuteru Akiu
- Kenji Arita as Wakatoshi Ushijima
Staff Edit
- Director & Script: "Worry Kinoshita"
- Music: Syunsuke Wada
- Choreography: 左HIDALI
- Art: Satoko Nakane
- Lighting: Satō Kōho
- Sound: Yūsuke Ōki
- Costume: Kobayashi Natsumi (ダダグラム)
- Hair & Makeup: Hirotaka Hyou / Matsushita Yoshiko (Atelier leopard)
- Assistant Director: Mizobata Rieko
- Stage Director: Suda Tōri (DDR)
- Advertising Artist: Shinjiro Eguchi
- Publicity Photos: Yusuke Miyake
- Ticket Cooperation: Sunrise Promotion Tokyo
- Production: Nelke Planning
- Supervisor: Shueisha Inc. (Weekly Shōnen Jump!)
- Collaboration: Japan 2.5-Dimensional Musical Association / Molten Corporation / Mikasa Sports
- Organizer: Hyper Projection Play ｢Haikyū!!｣ Production Committee (TBS / Nelke Planning / Toho Co. Ltd. / Shueisha Inc. / CUBE)
External LinksEdit
- Engeki-Haikyū: Official website
- Twitter: Engeki-Haikyū!'s official twitter page
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| A View From The Top • Karasuno, Revival! • Winners and Losers • The Summer of Evolution • The Start of the Giant • The Strongest Team • The Battle of Tokyo |
