Yuyuko Tanaka's Classical Rakugo Theater is a readers theater that took place at HIKOSEN Theater in Tokyo on June 5th, 2022. It is the first readers theater in the Shōjo☆Kageki Revue Starlight -Re LIVE- Reading Theatre series, and is directed and written by Ohine Ezaki.[1]
The event was streamed live online through eplus for domestic and international viewers, with an archive available until June 12.[2] English subtitles were added during the archive period.[3]
Cast[]
 Seisho Music Academy | |
 Maho Tomita Maya Tendo |
 Aina Aiba Claudine Saijo |
 Rinmeikan Girls School | ||
 Reo Kurachi Fumi Yumeoji |
 Risa Tsumugi Rui Akikaze |
 Iori Saeki Yuyuko Tanaka |
Synopsis[]
Fumi, Rui and Yuyuko make their way to the newly built HIKOSEN THEATER in Ueno.
Having previously watched Yuyuko and Nana's performance of SHIBAHAMA, the staff of the theater has requested a play with rakugo as the motif.
Yuyuko couldn't be happier.
And so she has worked overnight on the script and enlisted the help of Seisho's own Maya and Claudine too.
Rakugo Girl Yuyuko Tanaka's Classical Rakugo Theater opens its curtain in Ueno—the holy ground of rakugo![4]
Summary[]
The rakugo programs Kouya Takao and Hamano Noriyuki are adapted in this performance.
Kouya Takao[]
Cast[]
- Maya Tendo as Kyūzō, a worker for Kichibē
- Claudine Saijo as Tayu Takao, the highest ranking oiran of Yoshiwara
- Fumi Yumeoji as Kichibē, a dye shop owner
- Rui Akikaze as Takeuchi Ranseki, a doctor familiar with oiran
- Yuyuko Tanaka as the narrator and Hatsune, an oiran
Hamano Noriyuki[]
Cast[]
- Yuyuko Tanaka as Hamano Noriyuki, the son of master carver Hamano Noriyasu
- Rui Akikaze as Wakasaya Jinbei, a secondhand goods shop owner
- Claudine Saijo as Noriyuki's mother
- Fumi Yumeoji as Sadakichi, a servant for Wakasaya Jinbei
- Maya Tendo as the narrator
Trivia[]
- Yuria Sato acted as an understudy during rehearsals, likely filling in for Maho Tomita.[5]
- This performance was held on the same day as Yuyuko Tanaka's birthday (June 5).