Welcome to the stage play "Nintama Rantaro" ~Bright, Fun, Joyful!~ This is a new Nintama stage production. There's no spectacle like in "Nintama Rantaro the Musical." The play depicts the everyday lives of the Nintama. Laughing, fighting... Behind the constant major incidents that occur, there lies a heartwarming everyday life like this. Even their arch enemies, the Dokutake Ninja, aren't fighting all the time. With a relaxed attitude, the Nintama enjoy school life at Ninjutsu Academy, a ninja school that is, in a sense, a paradise in the midst of the Sengoku period. A "bright, fun, and happy!" world, just as the title suggests, unfolds. If you can feel warm and fuzzy as you peek into their slightly laid-back daily lives, both the Nintama and the Dokutake Ninja will be just a little happy.
Yutaka Kainuma
Director
岸野譲
Rantaro Inadera
Haruto Shima
Kirimaru Settsuno
福田龍世
Shinbei Fukutomi
Kenichi Yumoto
Senzou Tachibana
Kazuki Watanabe
Monjirou Shioe
Yuya Arai
Chouji Nakazaike
Reiji Sakagaki
Koheita Nanamatsu
Yuta Suzuki
Tomesaburou Kema
Ryuto Nishiumi
Takiyashamaru Tairano
Makoto Ohtani
Kihachirou Ayabe
Junpei Mitsui
Mikiemon Tamura
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