Line #5 Theatre/ThePrinceOfTennis


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5	The Prince of Tennis Musical (ミュージカル・テニスの王子様 Myūjikaru Tenisu no Ōji-sama), also known as "[=TeniPuri=] Musical," "Tenimyu," or "[=GekiPuri=]" (Stage Prince), is a series of live action stage musicals directed by Yukio Ueshima based on manga series ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'' created by Takeshi Konomi and serialized by Shueisha in ''Weekly Magazine/ShonenJump''.
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7	What ''Theatre/SeraMyu'' is for the ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' franchise, ''Tenimyu'' is for ''Tenipri''. These musicals have become a veritable cash cow in of themselves since their origins in 2003, and have been one of the major places aspiring male idols or young male stage actors get to shine. With a run of seventeen years and counting, ''Tenimyu'' shows no signs of stopping.
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9	In 2020, the musical franchise began adapting ''Shin Prince of Tennis'', starting in December.
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11	[[AC:The Musicals, in order of performance are as follows:]]
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14	[[folder:Musical: The Prince of Tennis]]
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16	! Season 1 (2003 - 2010)
17	* Musical The Prince of Tennis. 30 April – 5 May 2003
18	* Musical The Prince of Tennis: The Remarkble 1st Match Fudomine. 31 December 2003 – 5 January 2004
19	* Musical The Prince of Tennis: More than Limit St. Rudolph. 29 July – 15 August 2004
20	* Musical The Prince of Tennis: Side Fudomine. 29 December 2004 – 2 January 2005
21	* Musical The Prince of Tennis: Side Yamabuki. 8–23 January 2005
22	* Musical The Prince of Tennis: Imperial Match Hyoutei in Summer. 8–20 August 2005
23	* Musical The Prince of Tennis: The Imperial Match Hyoutei in Winter. 19 December 2005 – 2 January 2006
24	* Musical The Prince of Tennis: Advancement Match Rokkaku. 3–25 August 2006
25	* Musical The Prince of Tennis: Absolute King Rikkaidai ~1st Service. 13 December 2006 – 27 January 2007
26	* Musical The Prince of Tennis: Absolute King Rikkaidai ~2nd Service. 2 August – 9 September 2007
27	* Musical The Prince of Tennis: The Progressive Match Higa. 12 December 2007 – 11 February 2008
28	* Musical The Prince of Tennis: The Imperial Presence Hyoutei. 29 July 2008 – 3 November 2008
29	* Musical The Prince of Tennis: The Treasure Match Shitenhouji. 13 December 2008 – 31 March 2009
30	* Musical The Prince of Tennis: The Final Match Rikkaidai First. 30 July 2009 – 4 October 2009
31	* Musical The Prince of Tennis: The Final Match Rikkaidai Second. 17 December 2009 – 14 March 2010
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34	! Season 2 (2011 - 2014)
35	* Seigaku VS Fudomine. 5 January 2011 – 11 February 2011
36	* Seigaku VS St. Rudolph/Yamabuki. 31 March 2011 – 15 May 2011
37	* Seigaku VS Hyoutei. 15 July 2011 – 24 September 2011
38	* Dream Live 2011. 5–13 November 2011
39	* Seigaku VS Rokkaku. 17 December 2011 – 12 February 2012
40	* Spring Undoukai 2012. 13 May 2012
41	* Seigaku VS Rikkai. 13 July 2012 – 23 September 2012
42	* Seigaku Farewell Party. 11 October 2012 – 14 October 2012
43	* Seigaku VS Higa. 20 December 2012 – 17 February 2013
44	* National Tournament Seigaku VS Hyoutei. 11 July 2013 - 29 September 2013
45	* Seigaku VS Shitenhouji. 19 December 2013 – 2 March 2014
46	* Spring Undoukai 2014. 26 April 2014
47	* National Tournament Seigaku VS Rikkai. 12 July 2014 - 28 September 2014
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50	! Season 3 (2015 - 2020)
51	* Seigaku VS Fudomine. 13 February 2015 - 17 May 2015
52	* Seigaku VS St. Rudolph. 5 September 2015 - 3 November 2015
53	* Seigaku VS Yamabuki. 24 December 2015 - 21 February 2016
54	* Seigaku VS Hyoutei. 14 July 2016 - 25 September 2016
55	* Seigaku VS Rokkaku. 22 December 2016 - 12 February 2017
56	* Seigaku VS Rikkai. 14 July 2017 - 1 October 2017
57	* Seigaku VS Higa. 21 December 2017 - 18 February 2018
58	* National Tournament Seigaku VS Hyoutei. 12 July 2018 - 22 July 2018
59	* Seigaku VS Shitenhoji. 20 December 2018 - 17 February 2019
60	* Seigaku VS Rikkai First Half. 11 July 2019 - 29 September 2019
61	* Seigaku VS Rikkai Second Half. 19 December 2019 - 16 February 2020
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65	[[folder:Musical: New Prince of Tennis]]
66	* The First Stage (15 Dec 2020 - )
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70	[[folder:Concerts]]
71	! Dream Lives
72	* Musical The Prince of Tennis: Dream Live 1st. 13 June 2004
73	* Musical The Prince of Tennis: Dream Live 2nd. 4 May 2005
74	* Musical The Prince of Tennis: Dream Live 3rd. 28–29 March 2006
75	* Musical The Prince of Tennis: Dream Live 4th. 30–31 March 2007, 17–20 May 2007
76	* Musical The Prince of Tennis: Dream Live 5th. 17–18 May 2008, 24–25 May 2008
77	* Musical The Prince of Tennis: Dream Live 6th. 2–3 May 2009, 9–10 May 2009
78	* Musical The Prince of Tennis: Dream Live 7th. 7–9 May 2010, 20–23 May 2010
79	* Dream Live 2013. 27 April 2013 - 5 May 2013
80	* Dream Live 2014. 15 November 2014 - 24 November 2014
81	* Dream Live 2016. 13 May 2016 - 22 May 2016
82	* Dream Live 2017. 26 May 2017 - 28 May 2017
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84	! Team Parties
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87	* Team Live Seigaku. 10 June 2015 - 28 June 2015
88	* Team Live Fudomine. 29 July 2015 - 9 August 2015
89	* Team Live St. Rudolph and Yamabuki. 17 March 2016 - 3 April 2016
90	* Team Live Hyoutei. 12 April 2016 - 16 April 2016
91	* Team Party Seigaku and Rokkaku. 26 October 2017 - 5 November 2017
92	* Team Party Rikkai. 5 April 2018 - 8 April 2018
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96	!!This show provides examples of:
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98	* AdaptationDistillation: Each installment of Tenimyu does a great job of condensing an entire arc of the manga into a two-hour musical. For the Rikkai arcs in the 1st Season, it took two musicals for each.
99	** Even the Dream Lives represent some of the gag fillers from the manga. Dream Live 1st showcases the Bowling Tournament, Dream Live 4rd has the Seigaku-Rokkaku Beach Volley match and Dream Live 6th shows the Yakiniku Tournament between Seigaku, Higa, Shitenhouji, and Hyotei.
100	** AdaptationDyeJob: While some of the wigs resemble the original manga coloring (Saeki's honey brown hair instead of silver-black, Yagyuu's brown hair instead of purple, etc), there are also looks taken from the Anime version (Atobe's lavender hair, Ohtori's white hair, Jiroh being a redhead in the 2nd season, Kenya's dirty blond-light brown instead of his original lighter blond, etc.)
101	** AdaptedOut: All the female characters are not included in the Musicals. Partially Averted in the Shitenhouji Musical, where Sakuno does appear... ''played by one of the actors in drag''.
102	*** Even though Seigaku has a brief match against Midoriyama, the Musicals skip directly from Hyotei to Rokkaku, alluding to it in a recap song.
103	* AllMusicalsAreAdaptations
104	* AscendedExtra: Compared to the manga, the Freshmen Trio has larger roles and musical numbers.
105	** In 2nd Season, some minor characters are added, like Uchimura and Mori from Fudomine and Taki from Hyotei.
106	* BreatherEpisode: The Dream Live Concerts can be considered this since they're random events that don't count as canon in the musicals, but serve as "variety shows" for both the cast and the fans.
107	* {{Bowdlerise}}: In the 4th Dream Live, the beach-volley mini-arc is staged, including the accidental de-pant of Inui. Right when they pull Inui's pants down, Inui covers his butt with his notebook (Nakayama Masei was wearing an illusion net, anyway).
108	* ButNotTooForeign: The cast had half-Japanese actors during the 1st Season run.
109	** Shirota Yuu (Segaku 2 Tezuka) is half-Spanish.
110	** Irei Kanata (Rokkaku 1 Saeki) is half-Chilean.
111	** Shiozaki Airu (Rokkaku 1 Davide) is half-Irish.
112	** Luke Crawford (Higa 1 Kite) is half-American.
113	** Yuki Jutta (Rikkai 1 Jackal) is half-brazilian.
114	* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: True to the nature of the original series, all the actors are young idols.
115	* TheCastShowOff: All teams have at least one professional singer, the most famous being Kimeru (who played Fuji Shusuke, and did themes for the anime) and Kato Kazuki (Atobe).
116	** During the curtain calls, some of the boys might do a flip to impress the crowd.
117	* CelebrityParadox, ActorAllusion: Discussed and Played with in the Dream Live 1st, where Tenimyu!Ibu meets Momoshiro (played by Moriyama Eiji), who is also Ibu Shinji's voice in the anime. And also [[ActorAllusion Fuji sings the 1st ending and 3rd Opening]].
118	* CounterpointDuet: Most notably "Ikkiuchi" (only featured for ''"The Imperial Match Hyotei in Winter"''), which has Atobe singing the tune of "Koori no Emperor", while Tezuka sings "Yuudan Sezu ni Ikou" during their dramatic match.
119	* CreatorCameo: Yukio Ueshima (the director and choreographer) plays both Nanjiro Echizen and coach Tarou Sakaki during the first season.
120	* DanceBattler: Since it's a musical, expect some of the matches to become this.
121	** Since many of the actors are professional dancers, Dream Live concerts always have a Dance Battle between each team, represented by the best.
122	*** Dream Live 2 has one with Aiba Hiroki vs. Endou Yuuya.
123	*** Dream Live 3 features one with Aoyagi Ruito and Yabuki Takuya vs. Aiba Hiroki and Adachi Osamu.
124	* TheDeterminator: Yanagi Kotarou, the first actor for Echizen Ryoma, suffered a car accident close to the premiere of Remarkable 1st Match Fudomine. Doctors predicted he would never be able to walk again. Not only did he prove them wrong, but he [[HesBack came back to perform as Echizen in the second generation cast]], despite his abilities being much more limited due to his injuries. The directors and choreographers even specifically tailored the performance so that it wouldn't overstep his limitations, even though they could've easily just hired someone who was completely physically fit.
125	* EyesAlwaysShut: Since Yanagi Renji is supposed to have his eyes closed, it's averted for practical effects by Ono Kento (the first Yanagi). Played straight with Yamaoki Yuuki, who had his eyes closed every time he could.
126	* IAmSong: While every team has one (Seigaku has one for every musical), an Individual example is Yuuta's song ''"Ore wa Ore no Namae de Yobaretai"''
127	* InkSuitActor:
128	** Kamakari Kenta (the first Shishido) had A LOT in common with Shishido, which is also mentioned during a backstage interview (both are 172 cm height, B+ bloodtypes, play billiards, etc.)
129	** Date Koji (the first Ohtori) also was a National Ranked Tennis player when he was in high school, and, like Ohtori, is very good at instruments (Date, however, is more rocker while Ohtori is more classically inclined).
130	** Yuki Jutta (Rikkai 1 Jackal) is also half-brazilian.
131	* LargeHam: While covering the manga storyline, the actors always find a way to be goofy and over the top. This is especially played during the Dream Live Concerts, where ''everything'' is allowed.
132	* {{Leitmotif}}: All teams have one representative tune.
133	** Hyotei's themes. They have at least ''6'' for the whole franchise, not counting individual songs (Atobe alone has at least 4 themes for himself).
134	** Rikkaidai also has as many themes as Hyotei or Seigaku.
135	* LimitedWardrobe: Played straight for the regular musicals with a few exceptions during the play, since the most common outfits will be tennis uniforms or regular school uniforms.
136	** Averted for the Dream Live concerts, where the characters have special outfits (casual clothes or themed costumes for special songs).
137	* MinorCharacterMajorSong: Every notable secondary character has one, but a more accurate example are The Freshmen Trio (Horio, Kachiro, and Katsuo), who have a song in every musical.
138	* TheMusical: A big stage case for a series about pretty boys playing tennis.
139	* PassingTheTorch: The graduations serve to give a send-off to the current actors and give the role to newer talents.
140	** TheBusCameBack: In some cases past actors returned to reprise their roles:
141	*** After his recovery from the accident, Yanagi Kotaroh returned as Ryoma right for Dream Live 2nd, until he properly graduated with the rest of the 2nd cast.
142	*** After already graduating from their roles, Kousuke Kujirai returned as Kaidoh for ''Advancement Match Rokkaku'' when the original actor dropped out. Hiroki Aiba also returned as Fuji Shusuke for ''The Imperial Presence Hyoutei'' to replace the actor for the Seigaku Cast B.
143	*** ''The Imperial Presence Hyoutei'' had a special show exclusively for Tokyo that gathered the original Hyotei cast [[note]](except for Date Koji as Ohtori, who had to be recasted)[[/note]].
144	*** The Original Seigaku First Cast returned for the ''Dream Live 7th'', which was also the last production of the 1st Season.
145	*** In New Prince of Tennis, actors from the first season return [[YouLookFamiliar in different roles]].
146	*** Kento Ono (the first Renji) plays Kazuya Tokugawa.
147	*** Hiroki Aiba returns once again, but this time playing Kanata Irie (who he also voices in the anime) along with Kazuaki Yasue as a double cast.
148	*** Eiji Moriyama (the first Momoshiro) returns but plays Nanjiro.
149	*** Luke Yosuke Crawford (the first Kite) plays Ralph Rhinehart (USA Team)
150	* PreviouslyOn: In both 2nd parts of the Rikkaidai tournaments of the 1st season.
151	** Right at the beginning of ''Absolute King Rikkai feat. Rokkaku ~ Second Service'', "Omaera...Gakeppuchi Giri Giri" recaps the two doubles match from the previous play, performed by Rikkaidai.
152	** In ''The Final Match Rikkai Second feat. The Rivals'', the song "Highlight" resumes all the important games between Rikkaidai and Seigaku, right before Ryoma's final match against Yukimura.
153	* RegionalRiff: Most notably Higa's ''"Minami no Shima kara kita Shikaku"'' and ''"Dark Horse"'', both songs based on Okinawa folk tunes.
154	* SetSwitchSong: Usually present before the 2nd act, where the tournaments take place.
155	* ScreenToStageAdaptation: The first installment of Tenimyu back in 2003 was the first of a ridiculously popular series of [[TheMusical musical adaptations]] of the manga. Each consecutive musical focuses on the matches against each of the rival teams that Seigaku faces, and is [[AdaptationDistillation surprisingly faithful]] to the original story. To date, Tenimyu has had over a dozen different installments, several ''Dream Lives'' (concerts that are outside the sequence of the story), and has helped launch the careers of a plethora of Japanese pop-culture idols.
156	* SpecialGuest:
157	** Every once in a while, Takeshi Konomi, the author of the manga, is invited to stage during the curtain call.
158	** The Original Seigaku 1st cast starred in the Dream Live 7th. Yoshitsugu Abe (Kawamura 1st A) was unable, so Eiki Kitamura (Kawamura 1st B) replaced him. Many of the past actors were also invited on stage AsHimself in different days.
159	** Dream Live 2013 had special guests in different dates: Sasaki Yoshihide (Shiraishi B), Wada Takuma (Tezuka 6th), Furukawa Yuuta (Fuji 4th), Kimeru (Fuji 1st), Creator/MamoruMiyano (Ishida Tetsu A), Nakagauchi Masataka (Niou A), Yanagi Koratoh (Ryoma 1st), Moriyama Eiji (Momoshiro 1st), Tsuchiya Yuichi (Oishi 1st), Takahashi Ryuki (Ryoma 5th), Irei Kanata (Saeki A) and Kato Kazuki (Atobe A).
160	* SpontaneousChoreography: Often there would be a musical number with a choreography in the middle of a game.
161	* TheyveComeSoFarSong: Fudomine's Song ''"Shinken Shoubu to wa Sou Iu Koto"'' ''("This is what We Call an Earnest Fight")''.
162	* ToBeContinued: Absolute King Rikkaidai ~1st Service ends in a cliffhanger after the doubles matches, with the song "Next", which teases the upcoming singles games in ~2nd Service.
163	** There's another one for The Final Match Rikkaidai First, which ends before the Ryoma vs. Yukimura game.
164	* TokenMinority: 1st Season featured as alternates taiwanese actor Li Yong En (Hyotei B's Ohtori) for the Taiwan Overseas show, while korean actor Kon Teyu (Seigaku 4's Kawamura) for the Korea Overseas show.
165	* TriumphantReprise: All the musicals end in one.
166	* VillainSong:
167	** Akutsu's song ''"Ore ni Sashizu Suru na!"'', while he beats up anyone on his path.
168	** Higa's ''"Minami no Shima kara kita Shikaku"'' and ''"Dark Horse"''

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