Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Swordsmith Village Arc stage play revealed a new visual and trailer featuring the Upper Rank demons Kokushibo and Doma, among other characters. The play will be performed in Tokyo and Hyogo in April 2025. It previously confirmed the cast for Muzan, Tanjiro and Nezuko.
The new trailer introduces all the cast members for the series’ fifth play, with the latest addition at the end. Check it out below.
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A new visual was revealed, featuring Muzan and his 3 strongest Upper Moons, Akaza (Rank 3), Doma (Rank 2) and Kokushibo (Rank 1).
The cast members for Muzan’s strongest two demons were also revealed. Kazuki Kato will play Kokushibo, with Kenji Urai as Doma. You can also see their character visuals below.
The director will be Tsuneyasu Motoyoshi, who is taking over from the previous director Kenichi Suemitsu. Shunsuke Wada will again be in charge of the music composition. The full cast for the fifth Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: Swordsmith Village Arc stage play includes:
- Shogo Sakamoto as Tanjiro Kamado
- Karen Takahashi as Nezuko Kamado
- Misora Shimomura as Muichiro Tokito
- Akari Kawasaki as Mitsuri Kanroji
- Taichi Utsumi as Genya Shinazugawa
- Yuya Uno as Hotaru Haganezuka
- Takei Damasceno Luka as Kotetsu (Double-casting)
- Haruto Takahashi as Kotetsu (Double-casting)
- Yujiro Kazama as Hantengu
- Yusaku Kawasaki as Gyokko
- Shohei Hashimoto as Zohakuten
- Yoshihide Sasaki as Muzan Kibutsuji
- Kazuki Kato as Kokushibo
- Kenji Urai as Doma
The stage play will adapt the manga’s Swordsmith Village arc from the Demon Slayer manga, which was previously adapted in the 2023 anime. It premiered in theaters as Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village, a special that featured the last two episodes of the previous season and the first one of Swordsmith Village. The regular broadcast begin on April 9, and the season ran for 11 episodes, concluding with a 1-hour finale.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is a manga written and illustrated by Koyoharu Gotouge. It was serialized in the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from February 2016 to May 2020. Studio ufotable is in charge of the anime adaptation, which currently has the Infinity Castle arc movie trilogy in production.
The Swordsmith Village Arc begins with Volume 10 of the manga. VIZ describes the story:
For the first time in over 100 years, the upper ranks of Muzan Kibutsuji’s Twelve Kizuki are not full. Angered, Muzan dispatches the survivors on another mission. Elsewhere, Tanjiro journeys to a village of swordsmiths and has to explain how his sword was so badly damaged to Haganezuka, the smith who made it. While Tanjiro waits for his sword to be repaired, enemies close in…
Source: Demon Slayer Official Website
©Koyoharu Gotouge, Shueisha/Demon Slayer Stage Production Committee
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