Death Note: The Musical

Death Note: The Musical (2026)

『デスノート THE MUSICAL』

A high school student who comes across a supernatural notebook, realizing it holds within it a great power; if the owner inscribes someone's name into it while picturing their face, he or she will die.

Date of release
2026-02-19
Runtime
2h 35m
Genres
Mystery, Crime, Drama
Director
Tamiya Kuriyama

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Death Note

Death Note: The Musical is a musical based on the 2003–06 manga series Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. The score is by Frank Wildhorn, with lyrics by Jack Murphy and book by Ivan Menchell.

Productions

Wildhorn was approached to write the musical back in 2013, and prior to this, he had not heard about the series until his son convinced him to accept. The musical received a New York workshop in April 2014 in anticipation of the Tokyo premiere. The New York workshop cast included Andy Kelso, Robert Cuccioli and Adrienne Warren.

The musical premiered on April 6, 2015, and ran until April 29, 2015, at the Nissay Theatre in Tokyo, Japan, with Kenji Urai and Hayato Kakizawa sharing the role of Light, Teppei Koike as L, Kotaro Yoshida as Ryuk, Fuka Yuduki as Misa, Megumi Hamada as Rem, Takeshi Kaga as Soichiro, and Ami Maeshima as Sayu.

A Korean-language production ran in Seoul from July 11, 2015, to August 11, 2015. The cast featured Hong Kwang-ho as Light and Kim Junsu as L.

Another Korean production opened again at the Opera Theater of the Seoul Arts Center, running from January 3 to January 26, 2017. The majority of the actors from the 2015 production reprised their roles, save for the roles of Light and Misa; which were taken over by musical actor Han Ji-Sang, and pop singer, BEN.

Another Japanese tour, which will act as a potential springboard for future international productions, premiered on January 20, 2020, at the Toshima Ward Arts & Culture Theater in Tokyo. This production features Ryouta Murai and Shouma Kai as Light, Fu Takahashi as L, Sakura Kiryu as Misa, Eiji Yokota as Ryuk, Park Hye-na, reprising her role from the Korean productions, as Rem, Kiyotaka Imai as Soichiro, and Hirari Nishida as Sayu, and is directe…

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