Directed by Yukio Ueshima Lyrics by Yuuji Mitsuya Adapted from The Prince of Tennis | Music by Toshihiko Sahashi Date premiered 2003 | |
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Written by Takeshi Konomi (original)
Yuuji Mitsuya and Hideki Mitsui (screenplay) Choreography Yukio Ueshima
Shinnosuke Motoyama Playwrights Yūji Mitsuya, Hideki Mitsui | ||
Tenimyu backstage part 1
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," or "Tenimyu," , is a series of live action stage musicals directed by Yukio Ueshima based on manga series The Prince of Tennis created by Takeshi Konomi and serialized by Shueisha in Weekly Shōnen Jump.
Contents
- Tenimyu backstage part 1
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- Story
- Seigaku
- Fudomine
- StRudolph
- Yamabuki
- Hyoutei
- Rokkaku
- Rikkai
- Higa Chuu
- Shitenhoji
- Extra
- Performances
- Graduation Show
- Discography
- References
The first musical premièred in the Golden Week of 2003, and the unexpected popularity, especially among girls, and requests for merchandise of the show encouraged Marvelous Entertainment to follow through with the series. Each new show covers an arc of the manga storyline, though adaptations to the original story were made to fit the format. Female characters were removed, and irrelevant scenes or minor arcs were cut to move the plot forward.
At the start of the production, tickets did not sell out and the type of production was merely an experiment. Manga-based musicals were not frequently seen, if at all. But, within 5 years the musical became popular enough to demand for double casting of characters to handle the amount of performances and to allow for overseas performances in Korea and Taiwan. In addition multiple shows were live streamed into theatres all around the country to make up for the lack of enough seats in the actual venue. Eventually the musical production launched the careers of many of the "hottest" idols in Japan, like Kimeru, Saito Takumi, Kazuki Kato, and Yuu Shirota. Even Europe got a taste of the production, when three of the actors (namely Ryousuke Katou, Shintarou Akiyama and Yuuichirou Hirata) hit Paris to attend the 10th edition of the Japan Expo in 2009
In May 2010, after 7 years, 22 musicals, 5 main casts and about 150 different actors had passed, the "first season" came to an end with the last performance of Dream Live 7th on the 23rd. Not too long after the end of the first season the start of a “second season” was announced. The upcoming shows feature a completely new cast and a new script, but cover the same arcs as the first season.
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Story
Ryoma Echizen is a 12-year-old tennis talent. After winning the American Junior Tournament for four times in a row, he goes back to Japan to live with his Father (a former pro-tennis player). He attends Seishun Gakuen(青春学園), or Seigaku(青学) for short, a school famous for his strong tennis club and talented players, where he joins the tennis club. Soon he beats almost all his upperclassmen and secures himself a spot among the regulars, the team members that get to play during the tournaments between various schools in the country. The ultimate goal from their team is to reach the National Middle School Tennis Tournament and eventually become NO.1 of the country. On their road to glory they meet plenty of hardships, but also meet a lot of new friends and master complex tennis techniques. But who'll become the NO.1 of Japan?
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Performances
The First season that started in 2003 and ended after 7 years in 2010, has a total of 22 different shows.
The Second season started in the beginning of 2011 and ended after 3 and a half years in 2014, has a total of 11 different shows.
The Third season started in 2015 and so far has had 7 shows and another one announced.
- Plot musicals : these musicals follow the story line of the manga series. There have been twenty eight plot musicals in total.
- Live concerts (also-called Dream Lives): these are alternative performances featuring songs from previous musicals and parody-skits. There have been eleven live concerts, so far, in total.
- Live Team concerts (also-called TEAM Lives): these are alternative performances featuring songs from previous musicals and parody-skits. However what distinguishes this from Dream Lives is that it only features one, or in St.Rudolph and Yamabuki's case, two teams. There have been three, so far, in total.
In addition to those three types, some musicals are also classified as "re-run" (a re-run of a previous musical) or as a "graduation show" (see below). The first season had three re-runs (the first musical, the Fudomine arc and the first Hyoutei arc) and eight graduation shows. The second season had two graduation shows. So far the third season has had one.
Graduation Show
The aim of the musical production is to provide young talents with a chance to develop themselves and make themselves known by the people. This doesn't mean though that each and every actor is forced to leave the series during such a show. Due to personal circumstances and different contracts, it's possible to stay longer or return later in the production.※ Compared to the normal performances, the graduation show leaves space for all graduating actors to give their final greetings to the audience, before they leave the production. During the first season, these graduations shows were held about every 1.5 years (after 4-5 musicals).
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Discography
Each musical, excluding the winter performance of "The Imperial Match Hyoutei" and the summer performance of "Musical The Prince of Tennis" had a CD released, featuring all songs sung during the musical. Besides that 4 singles and 13 "Best of Actor Series" have been released. The singles feature multiple versions of the same song, already performed in the musicals. The "Best of Actor Series" CDs feature multiple song sung by one or two actors of the production. Some of the songs on these CDs are new, but some of them have already been performed during the musicals (by the same or other actors). For both the Musical CDs and the "Best of Actor Series" CDs box sets have been released.
Due to double casts, multiple versions of "The Imperial Presence Hyoutei" CD, "The Treasure Match Shitenhouji" CD and the "Complete Box 3" have been released.
CDs of "The Imperial Match Hyoutei in Winter" and "The Best of Actor Series 013" are only available through buying the box sets.