Classic Manga and Anime Cyborg 009 to Become a Stage Play Starring Hiroki Nanami

Shotaro Ishinomori’s classic manga Cyborg 009 has received many adaptations and crossovers over the decades. This spring, it will be moving to a new realm: the stage.

Announced today, Cyborg 009 the Stage will adapt Ishinomori’s tale of nine cyborgs fighting for world peace. Go Ueki, who oversaw the stage play adaptations of both HYPNOSISMIC -Division Rap Battle- and Attack on Titan, directs. Shinjirou Kameda, who wrote the aforementioned HYPNOSISMIC -Division Rap Battle- Rule the Stage, pens the script.

Starring as 009, a.k.a. Joe Shimamura, will be singer and actress Hiroki Nanami, who can currently be heard as Abyss Razor in MASHLE: MAGIC AND MUSCLES. Joining her will be:

• 002/Jet Link: Shunichi Takahashi
• 003/Françoise Arnoul: Minori Otoha
• 004/Albert Heinrich: Masamichi Satonaka
• 005/Geronimo Jr.: Haruto Sakuraba
• 006/Chang Changku: Toshiya Sakai
• 007/Great Britain: Kazuma Kawahara
• 008/Pyunma: Toyotaka
• 0010 Plus, Shiki: Ryo Takizawa
• 0010 Minus, Riku: Rita Aizawa
• Dr. Isaac Gilmore: Hiroo Ohtaka