Musical directed by Johnny Kitagawa 6:23 on Oct. 8th

The performance of the musical “Johnny's Legend”, which was directed by Johnny Kitagawa who died in July, began on the night of the 7th, and a new song made in favor of Johnny was performed.

"Johnny's Legend" is a musical that depicts the challenge of Johnny Kitagawa's first idol group, Johnny's first, featuring five members of the popular group "ABC-Z".

The first performance after Johnny, who has worked on composition and production, died in July, started in Tokyo on the 7th night, and many fans gathered.

The stage of this stage is the same as before, but the production has been devised to convey Johnny's thoughts more.

One of them was a new song called “You ...” created in honor of Mr. Johnny, and all the performers sang in the light of Johnny ’s thought and concluded the performance.

A female college student who saw the stage said, “I was worried about what happened to Johnny's death, but I was impressed again. The last song came to me and my tears spilled.” It was.

This musical will be performed at Nissei Theater in Tokyo until 29th of this month.

Thoughts in "You ..."

The song “You ...” that was first shown this time is A. B. Takeshi Domoto from KinKi Kids wrote and composed a song at the request of C-Z.

Messages such as “Don't be afraid” or “We can come true” were lined up and sung at the end of the performance to connect Johnny's thoughts to the future.

A. B. Mr. Ryosuke Hashimoto of CZ said, “When Go-kun taught me,“ I drew my thoughts on Johnny with all of the lyrics, ”when I sang together, I felt like Johnny could be seen in the light. "

In the stage practice held on the 6th, A. B. Some members of the C-Z gave advice on acting.

One member, Hayato Kawai, said, “Some children have never met Johnny, so I have a sense of responsibility and I want to keep myself in a nice work.”

What is "Johnny's Legend"

In the musical, although the first “Johnnys”, who was active more than half a century from now, recorded a song called “Never My Love” across the United States, there were many episodes at that time, such as the nationwide debut becoming an illusion It is included.

A member of A. Teruhiko Aoi served as a member. B. In the scene where Mr. Ryosuke Hashimoto of C-Z sings this song, Aoi's video was projected on the stage, and there was also an effect of singing together.

Also, in the previous performances, there was the role of Johnny Kitagawa, who was played by Shota Totsuka, but this time it will change to the directing that explains the thoughts of Johnny who was devoted to the back of his life, devoted to the explanation of the story It has a shape.