 shock (stylized as shock) is a japanese musical series. the producer of the show is johnny kitagawa, head of the talent agency johnny & associates. in charge of the production is koichi domoto, a member of the japanese duo kinki kids. starting out in 2000, shock has been performed annually ever since. as of march 2009, it has been on stage for ten years in a row. due to the enormous success, in 2010 the number of shows was stocked up. on august 1, 2010, kitagawa announced that there are plans to bring shock to the united states as early as 2012. shock has been adapted and re-scripted several times since it started out. name and cast variations never did anything to lessen the popularity of the show. while the basic story is always the same, the character storylines change with the cast. all versions have been performed at the imperial garden theater in tokyo. ==central story== a small, unknown group of actors who work together in order to produce their own show. however, in addition to being virtually unknown, they are also rather poor so they have to perform in the small âoff-broadwayâ theater. one day, they receive the chance to produce a show for the big âon-broadwayâ theater. ==cast== ===2000: millennium shock=== *performances: november 2â26, 2000 *number of performances: 38 *number of visitors: 70,072 main cast: *koichi domoto *noriyuki higashiyama *tsubasa imai *musical academy **jun akiyama **tsuyoshi yonahana **shingo machida **tomoyuki yara *honoka suzuki *eisuke sasai ===2001â2002: shock=== *performances: december 11, 2001 â january 27, 2002 *number of performances: 76 *number of visitors: 140,144 main cast: *koichi domoto *tsubasa imai *musical academy **jun akiyama **tsuyoshi yonehana **shingo machida **tomoyuki yara *kat-tun **kazuya kamenashi **jin akanishi **koki tanaka **junnosuke taguchi **tatsuya ueda **yuichi nakamaru *sakiho juri *takuya kon ===2002: shock=== *performances: june 4â28, 2002 *number of performances: 38 *number of visitors: 70,072 main cast: *koichi domoto *tsubasa imai *shunsuke kazama *kat-tun **kazuya kamenashi **jin akanishi **koki tanaka **junnosuke taguchi **tatsuya ueda **yuichi nakamaru *sakiho juri *kon takuya ===2003: shock is real shock=== *performances: january 8â25, 2003 *number of performances: 76 *number of visitors: 140,144 main cast: *koichi domoto *toma ikuta *shunsuke kazama *kat-tun **kazuya kamenashi **jin akanishi **koki tanaka **junnosuke taguchi **tatsuya ueda **yuichi nakamaru *a.b.c. **koichi goseki **shota totsuka **ryoichi tsukada **fumito ka
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