26-year-old Yoshihiko Aramaki, best known as Yujiro Kai in The Prince of Tennis Musical and Ryu Zaou in the Cute High Earth Defense Club Love! stage play, is confirmed to play the fifth grader protagonist Kanade Takahashi in the upcoming stage play adaptation of Akira Hiyoshimaru’s love comedy manga series Hatsukoi Monster/First Love Monster.
The stage play is written/directed by Keita Kawajiri (Aoharu Tetsudo musical) and is scheduled to be performed at Shinagawa Prince Hotel Club eX in Tokyo in spring of 2017.
In addition, 12-year-old Kokoro Okuda, who recently starred in the Kodomo no Omocha stage play as the protagonist Sana Kurata, is cast as the 15-year-old main heroine Kaho Nikaido.