PLAYZONE

PLAYZONE is an annual musical produced by Johnny H. Kitagawa performed by the talents of Johnny & Associates. It is performed yearly with a different storyline each.

At the beginning it was acctually a musical performed by Shonentai with other Johnny's talents as support. But then in 2008 they decided to make it their last appereance in PLAYZONE. The next year they let their juniors take over the show.

PLAYZONE "Mystery" Bassui

• Date: July 5-27, 1986 (30 shows)
• Cast: Shonentai
• Album release: October 30, 1986
• VHS/LD release: September 5, 1986

PLAYZONE'87 「TIME-19」 Musical Bassui

• Date: July 3-26 (30 shows)
• Cast: Shonentai
• Album release: October 28, 1987
• VHS/LD release: September 7, 1987

PLAYZONE'88 Capriccio -Tenshi to Akuma no Kyuusoukyoku-

• Date: July 4-August 31 (51 shows)
• Cast: Shonentai
• Album release: June 10, 1988
• VHS/LD release: August 21, 1988
• Trivia:

- They celebrated its 100th show during this period.

PLAYZONE'89 MUSICAL Again

• Date: July-August (53 shows)
• Cast: Shonentai
• Album release: September 21 2989
• VHS/LD release: September 21, 1989

PLAYZONE'90 MASK

• Date: July 7-August 19 (42 shows)
• Cast: Shonentai
• Album release: June 30, 1990
• VHS/LD release: September 12, 1990
• Trivia:

- They celebrated its 200th show during this period.

PLAYZONE'91 SHOCK

• Date: July 4-August 18 (41 shows)
• Cast: Shonentai, TOKIO
• VHS release: September 26, 1991

PLAYZONE'92 Saraba Diary

• Date: July 11-August 16 (39 shows)
• Cast: Shonentai, TOKIO, J-Eleven, Johnny's Jr.
• DVD release: October 7, 1992

PLAYZONE'93 WINDOW

• Date: July 8-August 19 (41 shows)
• Cast: Shonentai
• VHS release: October 6, 1993
• Trivia:

- They celebrated its 300th show during this period.

PLAYZONE'94 MOON

• Date: July 5-August 12 (45 shows)
• Cast: Shonentai, Sakamoto Masayuki, Nagano Hiroshi
• Album release: June 17, 1994
• VHS release: October 7, 1994
• Trivia:

- They passed 500.000 audience for PLAYZONE during this period.

PLAYZONE'95 KING & JOKER

• Date: July 7-August 14 (40 shows)
• Cast: Shonentai, Sakamoto Masayuki, Nagano Hiroshi, Inohara Yoshihiko
• VHS release: October 4, 1995
• Trivia:

- They celebrated its 400th show during this period.

PLAYZONE'96 RHYTHM

• Date: July-August (38 shows)
• Cast: Shonentai, 20th Century
• Album release: July 10, 1997
• VHS release: November 22, 1997

PLAYZONE'97 RHYTHM II

• Date: July 12-August 11 (35 shows)
• Cast: Shonentai, V6
• Album release: July 21, 1997
• VHS/LD release: October 22, 1997

PLAYZONE'98 5night's

• Date: July 12-August 17 (40 shows)
• Cast: Shonentai, 20th Century
• Album release: August 5, 1998
• VHS/LD release: October 28, 1998
• Trivia:

- They celebrated its 500th show during this period.

PLAYZONE 1999 "Goodbye & Hello"

• Date: July 11-August 15 (41 shows)
• Cast: Shonentai, 20th Century, Musical Academy
• Album release: July 7, 1999
• VHS/LD release: October 27, 1999

PLAYZONE 2000 "THEME PARK"

• Date: July 16-August 20 (40 shows)
• Cast: Shonentai, 20th Century, Musical Academy, Nishikido Ryo, Hasegawa Jun
• Album release: August 2, 2000
• VHS release: October 25, 2000
• Trivia:

- They celebrated its 600th show during this period.

PLAYZONE 2001 Shinseiki~EMOTION~

• Date: July 14-August 17 (44 shows)
• Cast: Shonentai, Matsuoka Masahiro, Inohara Yoshihiko, Ohno Satoshi, Musical Academy, Nishikido Ryo
• Album release: August 1, 2001
• DVD/VHS release: October 24, 2001

PLAYZONE 2002 Ai Shi

• Date: July 13-August 15 (42 shows)
• Cast: Shonentai, Sato Atsuhiro, Kazama Shunsuke, Musical Academy, Yabu Kota
• Album release: July 31, 2002
• DVD/VHS release: October 23, 2002
• Trivia:

- They passed 1 million audience for PLAYZONE during this period.

PLAYZONE 2003 Vacation

• Date: July 14-August 17 (40 shows)
• Cast: Shonentai, Kazama Shunsuke, Ikuta Toma, Hasegawa Jun, Musical Academy
• Album release: August 6, 2003
• DVD/VHS release: October 22, 2003
• Trivia:

- They celebrated its 700th show during this period.

PLAYZONE'04 WEST SIDE STORY

• Date: July 2-August 5 (Aoyama Theatre), August 9-16 (Osaka) (51 shows)
• Cast: Shonentai, Sato Atsuhiro, Akasaka Akira, Ikuta Toma, Toshin Yoshikazu

PLAYZONE'05 ~20th Anniversary~ Twenty Years

• Date: July 6-August 4 (Aoyama Theatre), August 13-17 (Osaka) ((44 shows)
• Cast: Shonentai, Sato Atsuhiro, Akasaka Akira, Musical Academy, Kis-My-Ft, A.B.C.
• Album release: August 10, 2005
• DVD/VHS release: October 28, 2005
• Trivia:

- They celebrated its 800th show during this period.

Shonentai PLAYZONE 2006 ~Change~

• Date: July 9-August 5 (40 shows)
• Cast: Shonentai, Sato Atsuhiro, Akasaka Akira, Hasegawa Jun, A.B.C., M.A.D.
• Album release: July 26, 2006
• DVD/VHS release: October 24, 2006

Shonentai PLAYZONE 2007 『Change2Chance』

• Date: July 7-August 14 (Aoyama Theatre), September 1-7 (Osaka) (40 shows)
• Cast: Shonentai, Sato Atsuhiro, Akasaka Akira, Uchi Hiroki, Question?, M.A.D., Chinen Yuuri, Johnny's Jr.
• Album release: September 5, 2007
• Trivia:

- They celebrated its 900th show during this period.

- The DVD release was cancelled because of Sato Atsuhiro's drug scandal.

Shonentai PLAYZONE FINAL 1986~2008 SHOW TIME Hit Series Change

• Date: July 6-August 8, 2008 (Aoyama Theatre), August 26-31, 2008 (Osaka) (45 shows)
• Cast: Shonentai, Yara Tomoyuki, Johnny's Jr.
• DVD release: March 4, 2009
• Trivia:

- This marks the last PLAYZONE lead by Shounentai.

PLAYZONE 2009 ~Taiyo kara no Tegami~

• Date: July 11-August 9 (Aoyama Theatre, Tokyo), August 21-26 (Osaka) (48 shows)
• Cast: Kis-My-Ft2, Yara Tomoyuki, Uchi Hiroki, Question?, They Budou, M.A.D., Johnny's Jr.
• Director : Nishikiori Kazukiyo
• Stroy:

They are all togehter to creat a show. But Fujigaya and Uchi have different opinions on what kind of show they want to create. This causes discord in the group. Among them Yara is the most calm and experienced as he tries his best to unite all of them. In the end they were able to deliver a wonderful show.

• Soundtrack Album release: August 26, 2009
• DVD release: December 2, 2009

PLAYZONE 2010 ~ROAD TO PLAYZONE~

• Date: July 9-August 1 (Aoyama Theatre, Tokyo), August 14-22 (Osaka) (44shows)
• Cast: Imai Tsubasa, Yara Tomoyuki, Nakayama Yuma, A.B.C-Z, Morimoto Shintaro, They Budou, M.A.D., Johnny's Jr.
• Director : Travis Payne
• Stroy:

Yuma is a young boy, dreaming to find his mother. Togehter with 4 friends he lives on the street. One day they found an unconscious person and tried to help. But when they heard the police siren, they became afraid to be accused and immediately went hiding. There they overheard about an audition for a musical. They all went and tried to pass togehter to fulfill their dream. Shintaro is another boy who passed the audition. After passing, they went for a training camp together with Yara and A.B.C-Z members. There the police came and arrested a friend of Yuma because the found a handkerchief of his at the crime scene. Ofcourse the others wanted to help, but htey got warned by the seniors because the show will soon start.

On the day of their performance, they got a letter from their friend in jail. This caused them to decide to go and help him out even though it means they won't be allowed to perform on the show. After saving their friend they decided to try to go back and beg for a chance togehter.

• Soundtrack Album release: July 28, 2010
• Single ROAD TO PLAYZONE release: August 18, 2010
• DVD release: November 10, 2010
• Trivia:

- Some Johnny's who came to watch this show also came on stage to pretend to be taking the audition by performing. Some of them are: Uekusa Katsuhide, Takizawa Hideaki, some M.A.D. members

PLAYZONE '11 ~SONG & DANC'N~

• Date: July 8-August 7 (Aoyama Theatre, Tokyo), August 19-21 (Chunichi Theatre, Aichi), August 28-31 (Osaka)
• Cast: Imai Tsubasa, Yara Tomoyuki, Nakayama Yuma, A.B.C-Z, They Budou, "MAD", 4U, Jr.A, Johnny's Jr.
• Story:
• Soundtrack Album release: July 28, 2010
• DVD release: November 2, 2011
• Trivia:

- Kawai Fumito from A.B.C-Z fractured his foot after he jumped off stage on July 23rd, causing him not to be able to continue performing for the rest of the shows.

Other Musicals

• SHOCK
• DREAM BOYS
• Takizawa Enbujou
• Shinshun Takizawa Kakumei
• Takizawa Kabuki

External Links

• Japanese Wikipedia