Blue Lock 5th Stage Reveals Key Visual and 23 Character Visuals for Neo Egoist League Arc, Featuring Michael Kaiser, Alexis Ness, and More

The stage adaptation Blue Lock 5th STAGE: Neo Egoist League Begins has revealed a new key visual and 23 individual character visuals ahead of its October 2026 performances in Japan.

The key visual has Yoichi Isagi in the center alongside new characters including Michael Kaiser and Alexis Ness, as well as returning like Seishiro Nagi and Rensuke Kunigami.

Ryohei Takenaka returns as Yoichi Isagi, with Hiroki Nakada as Michael Kaiser and Noa Fukuzawa as Alexis Ness. The cast also includes Norihiro Oribe as Rensuke Kunigami, Kosuke Yuma as Kenyu Yukimiya, Naoya Kitagawa as Ranze Kurona, Kairi Miura as Yo Hiori, Nobunaga Sato as Meguru Bachira, Takamichi Sato as Seishiro Nagi, Shuji Kikuchi as Reo Mikage, Ryo Saeki as Hyoma Chigiri, Aris Imari as Shoei Baro and Taro Nakamura as Don Lorenzo.

• Ryohei Takenaka as Yoichi Isagi, returning
• Yoshinari Oribe as Rensuke Kunigami, new
• Noa Fukuzawa as Alexis Ness, new
• Kosuke Asuma as Kenyu Yukimiya, returning
• Naoya Kitagawa as Ranze Kurona, new
• Kairi Miura as Yo Hiori, returning
• Koki Muramatsu as Gin Gagamaru, returning
• Nobunaga Sato as Meguru Bachira, returning
• Kento as Eita Otoya, returning
• Takamichi Sato as Seishiro Nagi, returning
• Shuji Kikuchi as Reo Mikage, returning
• Ryo Saeki as Hyoma Chigiri, returning
• Yusei Hiraga as Agi, new
• Yu Imari as Shoei Baro, returning
• Taro Nakamura as Don Lorenzo, new
• Yo Maejima as Ikki Niko, returning
• Gaku Matsumoto as Akito Sendo, returning
• Shojiro Yokoi as Jinpachi Ego, returning
• Koji Saikawa as Lavinho, new
• Yuki Kimisawa as Chris Prince, new
• Masato Saki as Marc Snuffy, new
• Tomoki Hirose as Noel Noa, new
• Hiroki Nakada as Michael Kaiser, new

The production will run at The Galaxy Theatre in Tokyo from October 1 to 11, followed by performances at Tokyo Tatemono Brillia HALL Minoh in Osaka from October 16 to 18 and Aiplaza Toyohashi in Aichi on October 23 and 24.

Naohiro Ise is handling both the script and direction.

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The first BLUE LOCK stage play ran in May 2023 in Osaka and Tokyo; the second in January 2024 in Kyoto and Tokyo, the 3rd one in February 2025 in Osaka and Tokyo, and the 4th one finished showing in Tokyo and Osaka in May 2025. The new installment will go into the Neo Egoist Arc, which is also set to begin in the TV anime with Season 3.

BLUE LOCK is a Japanese manga written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura. Studio 8bit animated the first TV anime season that premiered in October 2022 and ran for 24 episodes. In addition to the Nagi movie which premiered in April, the 2nd TV anime season premiered on October 5 and ran until December 28.

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Kodansha licensed the manga in English, while Crunchyroll streams the anime. They describe the story:
Japan’s desire for World Cup glory leads the Japanese Football Association to launch a new rigorous training program to find the national team’s next striker. Three hundred high school players are pitted against each other for the position, but only one will come out on top. Who among them will be the striker to usher in a new era of Japanese soccer?

©Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yusuke Nomura, Kodansha / Blue Lock 5th STAGE Production Committee