It is confirmed today that Mizuho Kusanagi’s fantasy shoujo manga Akatsuki no Yona/Yona of The Dawn will get its second stage play adaptation titled Akatsuki no Yona ~Hiiro no Shukumei-hen/Yona of The Dawn: The Scarlet Coloured Destiny Chapter in November 2018 and that 22-year-old former Nogizaka46 member Rina Ikoma is cast as its protagonist Yona.
Ikoma left the group in May of this year and recently played the 10-year-old protagonist Negi Springfield in the stage play adaptation of Ken Akamatsu’s comedy fantasy manga Mahou Sensei Negima!/Negima!
Masaki Yabe, a 20-year-old member of Japanese dance rock unit DISH//, is also set to play Yona’s childhood best friend and bodyguard, Son Hak.