A stage play adaptation of Yoshihiro Togashi’s action fantasy shonen manga in the 1990s, Yu Yu Hakusho, is set to be performed in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and Aichi this summer.
29-year-old Tsubasa Sakiyama, best known as Ishikirimaru in the Touken Ranbu musical series, is cast as the protagonist Yusuke Urameshi.
38-year-old Chuji Mikasano, the series composition writer for the Tokyo Ghoul TV anime (2014) and the director for the Touken Ranbu musical series (2015-2018), serves as writer/director.