The play will run at Theater 1010 in Tokyo from June 14-20, and at Mielparque Hall in Osaka from June 23-26.
Yanagi published the original Joker Game novel in 2008.
The play will star returning actor Masashi Taniguchi as Lieutenant Colonel Yūki.
Yanagi followed up the original novel with three sequel novels — titled Double Joker, Paradise Lost, and Last Waltz — in 2009, 2012, and 2015, respectively.