Chainsaw Man Stage Play Cast Includes Aya Hirano

The cast for the live-action Chainsaw Man stage play is out, as well as pictures of the actors in their costumes. The show will run from September 16, 2023 to October 1, 2023 in Tokyo. Then, it will be in Kyoto from October 6-9, 2023. Tickets cost 11,000 JPY, which is around $77.70, and the general public can start purchasing them from August 19, 2023. Notably, Aya Hirano will appear as Makima in this Chainsaw Man show.

Here’s an initial teaser trailer showing off the cast in-character.

スポット映像も公開！pic.twitter.com/u17c1hLB2G

— チェンソーマン情報局 (@chainsawmanjoho) July 10, 2023

Here are the actors and actresses who will be in the Chainsaw Man stage play:

• Aki Hayakawa: Mizuki Umetsu
• Chainsaw Man: Masahide Tada, Yutaka Nakasone
• Denji: Naotake Tsuchiya
• Himeno: Minami Tsukui
• Hirokazu Arai: Kou Kanegae
• Kishibe: Masashi Taniguchi
• Kobeni Higashiyama: Haruki Iwata
• Makima: Aya Hirano
• Pochita: Shiori Izawa (Voice performance)
• Power: Mahiru Kaida
• Samurai Sword: Shoma Yoshioka
• Sideburns Man: Ore no Graffiti

キャスト
デンジ：土屋直武
早川アキ：梅津瑞樹
パワー：甲田まひる
姫野：佃井皆美
東山コベニ：岩田陽葵
荒井ヒロカズ：鐘ヶ江 洸
岸辺：谷口賢志
チェンソーマン：夛⽥将秀、仲宗根 豊
モミアゲマン：オレノグラフィティ
サムライソード：吉岡将真
マキマ：平野 綾
ポチタ（声）：井澤詩織 pic.twitter.com/ImaWIzZy5Y

— チェンソーマン情報局 (@chainsawmanjoho) July 10, 2023

The Aya Hirano playing Makima is the same Aya Hirano as the voice actress. Aside from her breakout role as Haruhi in The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi, Hirano is also known for portraying Lucy in Fairy Tail, Dende in Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero, and Misa in Death Note. She started pivoting to live-action performances around 2010 due to death threats for her past controversies whenever she appears in an anime. Some of her live performances include Eponine in Les Miserables and Madoka Chishiro in Wave, Listen to Me!.

The Chainsaw Man stage play looks like it will end where the anime did based on the cast list. The anime mostly covered up to the end of the Katana Man Arc and will pick up again from the Bomb Girl Arc.

Tickets for the Chainsaw Man stage play will be available from August 19, 2023. It will air in Tokyo and Kyoto.