Stage ROAD59

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**Stage ROAD59** is a stage play held through December 24 to December 27, 2020 at the Nakano ZERO Large Hall. A blu-ray of the performance was released on April 14, 2021.

A delayed viewing of the performances was later streamed online through the eplus streaming platform. It was available from January 23 to January 29, 2021.

## Cast

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* Kimisawa Yuki as Yanagi Bakuto
* Kyomoto Masaki as Yutsuma Kiyonobu (special appearance)
* Maeda Seiji as Naruyama Seigo
* Shiramata Atsushi as Oimachi Takahisa
* Ayukawa Taiyo as Kirimiya Yuto
* Yamamoto Kohei as Toudou Shigure

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* Sunagawa Shuya as Himuro Sho
* Aiba Aina as Himuro Shizuka
* Minami Wakana as Himuro Suzuka
* Nanami Hiroki as Hyuuga Shion

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* Inoue Masahiro as Sumeragi Kensei
* Kudo Haruka as Hiiragi Renge
* Okada Mei as Hiiragi Sara
* Sueno Takuma as Kurogane Kazuomi

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* Aoi Shouta as Benedict Lorenzo Vasari (video appearance)
* Watanabe Kazuki as Anthony Cello
* Kato Rihona as Irina Spessivtseva

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* Sakai Kana as Okino Inaba
* Kawauchi Misato as Kaya

## Peformance Dates

*Note that these dates align with Japan's time zones*.

* December 24th, 2020
* December 25th, 2020 (2 performances)
* December 26, 2020 (2 performances)
* December 27, 2020 (2 performances)

## Synopsis

The Tenkai Ward is a futuristic floating city near Tokyo Bay.

While it appears glamorous, its shadows bear chivalrous figures who set their beliefs and gamble upon the yakuza's way of life.

From parent to child, from older brother to younger brother...
These figures have rituals using what is known as the "Jingi's Cup".
The "power" hidden among the blood of the cup has continuously been shared and inherited.

After hearing the news of his father's death, Yanagi Bakuto returns to the Tenkai Ward, his hometown which he had been away from for a long time.

Of course, he originally didn't plan to stay there too long──

But then he meets the Hakurou-gumi and was told that his father had a connection with the underworld.

On the other hand, the Kurojou-gumi is constantly chasing after a young girl── Kaya.

She doesn't know why she is being targeted by the other Jingi, but as she runs away in the Tenkai Ward, she is then saved by the Shinonome-gumi.

At the same time, a fourth threat emerges.

PHOENIX── An organization attempting to steal the concession of the Tenkai Ward.

At last, the plot in the Tenkai Ward begins to thicken.

The Shinonome-gumi is a group that lives freely without being burdened by the times.

The Hakurou-gumi is a group that has family-like bonds and values tradition.

The Kurojou-gumi is a group that has risen with with money and authority, yet is on the verge of collapsing.

And lastly PHOENIX, a coalition of overseas mafias with global ties.

While it takes place in a skyscraper swirling with desire, the goals of the four organizations entangle, and the entire situation accelerates──

## Summary

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After hearing the news of his father's death, the main character Bakuto returns to the Tenkai Ward, his hometown which he had been away from for a long time. He meets Yutsuma Kiyonobu when he first steps in, who warns him of its dangers and that he should leave if he's an outsider. Ignoring this warning, Bakuto continues further into the city until he randomly walks into a street fight between yakuza gangsters. In that fight, he meets Okino Inaba, a resident of the Tenkai Ward who begs for his help from being detained by a group of Hakurou gangsters as she couldn't pay for her *shoba-dai* (a stall fee, but in this case, protection money from the yakuza). Hyuuga Shion, also involved in the fight, witnesses Bakuto fight off his lackeys, making him convinced to scout Bakuto into the Hakurou-gumi to become a member, but he refuses the offer due to his hatred of the yakuza. But when Shion tells Bakuto that his father had a connection to the underworld, he is convinced to follow him into the Hakurou's office for more clarification.

Meanwhile, the "key", Kaya, is being pursued by the Kurojou until she is rescued by Shigure. Though she was initially wary that he could be a potential threat to her as a yakuza member, she eventually finds him trustworthy and follows him to the Shinonome's office. She then meets the other members, Naruyama Seigo, Oimachi Takahisa and Kirimiya Yuto, who were tasked to protect her. Not wanting to burden them for her protection, Kaya instead asks them to cooperate with her. In the meanwhile, Benedict contacts his subordinate Anthony via video call, sending him an assassination combatant to assist him in his mission in the Tenkai Ward. Though Anthony is distraught from receiving another unusual job from Benedict, in the end he becomes motivated to work with Irina.

At the Hakurou's office, Bakuto meets its leader, Himuro Sho. Sho informs Bakuto about the ongoing struggle over the **Yamata-no-Orochi-no-Kubi**, and a young girl who is the key to unlocking its power that could even change the world. In the middle of their conversation however, Sho's sisters interrupt, preventing Bakuto from getting any more information. Suzuka and Bakuto begin to have an incomprehensible quarrel with Sho until Shizuka shuts them up. Irritated, Shizuka severely scolds Sho when she hears from Shion that the "key" was with the Shinonome and commands him to prepare a raid on their territory. Though Shion offers to accompany him, Sho insists that he stay behind, much to Shion's disappointment. Before he leaves, Shion advises Bakuto to follow after Sho, mentioning that the last person who contacted his father was the Shinonome's leader. Bakuto then looks over at his father's suicide note that read, "Give this to Yutsuma Kaya, don't give it to anyone else. I'm relying on you, Bakuto.", which convinces him to go along with Sho.

While Bakuto accompanies the Hakurou on their raid on the Shinonome, he witnesses the power of a Jingi for the first time when Yuto uses his abilites to fend them off. Sho allows Bakuto to go ahead into their headquarters, and from there, he takes Kaya away from the Shinonome. They retreat to an abandoned area, and Bakuto gives her his father's suicide note. Despite having an awkward introduction, the two eventually then acquaint with one another until they are suddenly ambushed by Kazuomi and the Hiiragi sisters. Though Bakuto tries to fight them off on his own, he ends up fainting from an attack by Kazuomi, and they rob Kaya away from him. Promptly, Seigo discovers Bakuto collapsed on the ground and takes him to recover at the Shinonome's headquarters.

Bakuto later awakens at the office of the Shinonome, and gives an unfriendly greeting to its members. He also meets Kiyonobu again, and finds out that he's actually the leader of the Shinonome. From Kiyonobu, Bakuto learns that Kaya is actually his daughter and that his father's suicide note was actually fabricated by him as a way to get closer to Kaya, much to his notable dismay. Kiyonobu then informs him about the legend of Jingis as well as the history of the **Yamata no Orochi no Kubi** which ends up convincing Bakuto to become a Jingi himself. Therefore, he performs a ritual with Kiyonobu by exchanging a cup of his blood, and as soon as he drinks it, he gains the initial stages of its power. With this, Bakuto then heads to battle with his new companions of the Shinonome in order to rescue Kaya.

On the other hand, Kaya is brought to the leader of the Kurojou, Kensei. Having obtained the key to the **Yamata-no-Orochi-no-Kubi**, he informs her on his plan to use its power to rule the Tenkai Ward, yet she bluntly disapproves of this. He then has his personnel relocate her outside, where he attempts to make Renge kill Inaba right in front of Kaya so she can follow his orders, but they are prevented by Sho, Shion and Suzuka, forcing the Kurojou to get into battle against them. Kaya manages to run away with Inaba, while Kensei and Suzuka follow after her. Kazuomi arrives to withdraw the Hiiragi sisters, and stands off against Sho and Shion, much to their resentment. Then Shizuka appears, followed by a passing by Shigure and Takahisa, but Shizuka manages to attack the duo while they're distracted. She gives Kazuomi a chance to escape from battle and then flees as well, leaving the rest to Sho.

Subsequently, Kensei and the Hiiragi sisters catch up to Kaya and Inaba. Before Kensei can coerce Kaya to his side, Suzuka halts them and fends off the Hiiragi sisters on her own, bringing Kaya to safety. Bakuto and Yuto rush in to Kaya's rescue until Renge catches her at knifepoint. Suddenly, the members of PHOENIX arrive, revealing that Renge was acting as a spy for PHOENIX and had betrayed the Kurojou. She turns the tables on the Kurojou by taking Kaya away with her, and Irina sets off a bomb on them that destroys Inaba's city in the process.

In the next scene, Sara frets over her sister's betrayal and Kensei orders her to kill Renge. Despite her conflicting thoughts, she is convinced to follow his orders when he promises to give her his Jingi if she does his deed. When the sisters finally confront, Renge reveals that her intentions for turning over to PHOENIX was to rescue Sara from Kensei's dictatorship, therefore she planned for them to escape and live an ordinary life overseas. Though Sara is initially baffled by this, she does not let this fully perturb her and discards Renge's pleas. She delightfully exclaims that she doesn't need to live a ordinary life, only wanting to live by Kensei's side, much to Renge's horror. Clearly having contrasting views, the sisters battle each other until a bullet by Kensei kills Renge, who was attempting to protect Sara from it. Unable to handle the loss of her sister, Sara asks Kensei to kill her too, because while she pledges loyalty to Kensei, she states that she "doesn't want to live in a world without her sister". Without further question, he accepts her wishes and shoots her. Right before the scene ends, Kensei apologizes to the already deceased Sara, saying that he was not in fact a Jingi, immediately shooting her corpse proudly once again.

Later, Bakuto, accompanied by Takahisa, catches up to PHOENIX and Kaya. Still not familiar with his Jingi abilities, Bakuto struggles to fight against Anthony and Irina, but near the end of the crisis, his Jingi finally awakens with Kaya's, allowing them to successfully fend off the PHOENIX reinforcements. Anthony, realizing that the situation was at a disadvantage, orders a withdrawal, but Irina refuses to stop the fight. Irina interludes to disclose her ulterior motives of achieving world equality, and it is revealed that she had been the one responsible for killing Bakuto's father after he disagreed with her methods of gaining world equality. Infuriated, Bakuto retaliates against her until she becomes too worn out to continue. Though he has the upper hand, Bakuto refuses to kill her for revenge and gives back her knife. As a result of her loss, Irina commits suicide with her knife right in front of him and Kaya.

Immediately after the tragedy, Bakuto and Kaya are surrounded by the other yakuza factions. To prevent any more bloodshed, Kaya awakens her Jingi powers, which was too strong for everyone to withstand and forces the factions to retreat. Bakuto and the Shinonome remain with Kaya, and they fondly watch over her reunite with her father Kiyonobu. They all head back home and run into Inaba, who was planning to leave the Tenkai Ward after her store got destroyed by PHOENIX and thanks Bakuto for his help. From here on out, Bakuto and Kaya start their new life together with the Shinonome.

For now, the conflict ends.

## Gallery

*All images are taken from media reports of the stage play.*

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## Trivia

* A DVD featuring video recordings of the cast is distributed to those that attended the performances.
	+ Contents 1 shows a symposium featuring: *Kimisawa Yuki, Sunagawa Shuuya, Inoue Masahiro* (males) and *Aiba Aina, Kudo Haruka, Kato Rihona and Kawauchi Misato* (females).
	+ Contents 2 shows individual comments featuring: *Maeda Seiji, Kyomoto Masaki, Shiramata Atsushi, Ayukawa Taiyou, Yamamoto Kouhei, Minami Wakana, Nanami Hiroki, Okada Mei, Sueno Takuma, Aoi Shota, Watanabe Kazuki and Sakai Kana*.

## References

* Stage Play Details
* Blu-Ray Details

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