Rina Ikoma Plays Original Character Saki in KochiKame Stage Play

This year’s 28th issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine announced on Monday that Nogizaka46 member and former AKB48 member Rina Ikoma (live-action Corpse Party, Corpse Party: Book of Shadows) will play an original character named Saki in the stage play adaptation of Osamu Akimoto’s Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo (“Kochikame”) police comedy manga.

The play will run from September 9-19 at Tokyo’s AiiA 2.5 Theater Tokyo, and from September 23-25 at Osaka’s Sankei Hall Breeze.

Ishii also played the role of Kankichi Ryōtsu in earlier stage play adaptations.