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"Dream Boy" or "Dream Boys" is a Japanese musical production. It features many talents belonging to the Johnny & Associates and was first performed in January 2004 as "Magical Musical "Dream Boy" starring Hideaki Takizawa, and has been performed again with repeated cast and content changes since then. It is a story of "boys' dreams, setbacks, and friendship," interwoven with boxing, flying direction, comedy, and improvisation . Written, composed, and directed by Johnny Kitagawa; from 2019, Koichi Domoto will direct the show, which will also depict the hearts of the performers . The abbreviated name is "Doribo".

Dream Boy (Jan. 2004)
The first performance was given at Imperial Theatre (Japan) by 21-year-old Hideaki Takizawa, who was the youngest chairperson at the theater along with Koichi Domoto. The theme was "Dream Maker". The music was composed by Koichi Domoto, who also wrote the theme song. Takizawa plays the role of a world boxing champion in the film, which depicts his mishap and escape. His bungee jumping from a height of 15 meters became the talk of the town.

The original plan was for a total of 36 performances from January 8 to 31, 2004, attracting 66,000 people, but due to many requests for tickets, the theater held its first morning performance & 3 performances a day (additional performances were held for 5 days), and attracted about 75,000 people for 41 performances. Some people asked why it was not performed in Kansai since it featured Kanjani Eight, and it was announced at the The final performance of that stage that the show would be performed again in May of the same year.


 * Cast.
 * Hideaki Takizawa: Actor
 * Yasuei Yakushiji : Champ
 * Tsubasa Makoto
 * KAT-TUN
 * Kazuya Kamenashi, Jin Akanishi, Junnosuke Taguchi, Koki Tanaka, Tatsuya Ueda, Yuichi Nakamaru
 * Kanjani Eight
 * You Yokoyama, Subaru Shibutani, Shingo Murakami, Ryuhei Maruyama, Shota Yasuda, Tadayoshi Okura
 * Kota Yabu
 * A.B.C.
 * Kei Inoo : Boy in wheelchair
 * Yuta Tamamori : Boy in wheelchair Hiromitsu Kitayama, Wataru Yokoo , Taisuke Fujigaya , Toshiya Miyata , Takashi Nikaido , Kento Senga , Daiki Arioka , Yuya Takaki , Kohei Matsumoto.

Dream Boy "KAT-TUN & Kanjani-Eight" version and "Tacky" version (Apr.-May 2004)
As a revival of the play that took place in January 2004, it was performed at the Umeda Koma Theatre from April 30 to May 23, 2004 for a total of 36 performances. Takizawa became the theater's youngest chairperson. The first half, April 30-May 7 (14 performances), in which Takizawa was not participating due to a concert, was a "KAT-TUN & Kanjani Eight version" starring KAT-TUN and Kanjani Eight, and the second half, May 8-May 23 (22 performances), was a "Tacky version" starring Takizawa. A total of 75,000 people were expected to attend, and the final total of 76,200 people attended the first 16 performances and the 24 performances in the second half.


 *  Cast.  DREAM BOY "KAT-TUN & Kanjani Eight∞ version"
 * KAT-TUN
 * Kazuya Kamenashi, Jin Akanishi , Koki Tanaka , Tatsuya Ueda , Yuichi Nakamaru
 * Kanjani Eight.
 * Subaru Shibutani, You Yokoyama , Shingo Murakami , Shota Yasuda , Ryuhei Maruyama , Tadayoshi Okura
 * Yasuei Yakushiji.
 * Honoka Suzuki.
 * Yuya Takaki, Kota Yabu, Akito Kiriyama , Junta Nakama , Tomohiro Kamiyama DREAM BOY "Tacky version"
 * Hideaki Takizawa.
 * KAT-TUN.
 * Kazuya Kamenashi, Jin Akanishi , Koki Tanaka , Tatsuya Ueda , Yuichi Nakamaru
 * Kanjani Eight
 * Subaru Shibutani, Ryuhei Maruyama , Shota Yasuda , Shingo Murakami , You Yokoyama , Tadayoshi Okura
 * Yasuei Yakushiji
 * Honoka Suzuki
 * Yuya Takaki, Akito Kiriyama , Junta Nakama , Tomohiro Kamiyama , Kota Yabu
 * A.B.C.

Hey! Say! Dream Boy (2005)
Performed at Umeda Arts Theatre from April 27 to May 15, 2005. 37 performances with 70,000 people in attendance. Starring KAT-TUN and Kanjani Eight. It is a story about the world of boxing, a renewal of the previous year's musical in which Takizawa had starred. The show was flown over the audience.

Jin Akanishi did not participate due to his appearance in the drama, but made a surprise appearance at the park scene only at the Chikyuu performance, playing the senior role of Kazuya, played by Kamenashi.


 *  Cast. 
 * KAT-TUN
 * Kazuya - Kazuya Kamenashi : martial arts fighter . Junnosuke Taguchi, Koki Tanaka , Tatsuya Ueda , Yuichi Nakamaru
 * Kanjani Eight.
 * Subaru - Subaru Shibutani : former street fighter
 * Ryo Nishikido, Ryuhei Maruyama, Shota Yasuda , Tadayoshi Okura , You Yokoyama , Hiroki Uchi
 * Tomohiro Kamiyama : Subaru's younger brother. Akito Kiriyama, Junta Nakama , Takahiro Hamada.

Dream Boys（2006）
Starring KAT-TUN and Kanjani Eight, it was performed at  Imperial Theatre from January 3 to 29, 2006, for a total of 38 performances, drawing 70,72 audiences. In addition to the traditional boxing storyline, a new heart transplant storyline was added, and the storyline was inspired by "West Side Story" with KAT-TUN, led by Kazuya Kamenashi, and Kanjani Eight, led by Subaru Shibutani, depicting a conflict between the East and West.

In the circus scene in the first act, there is a tightrope walker suspended in midair, Kamenashi's flying 15 meters in the air, Junnosuke Taguchi's lat technique, and A.B.C.'s aerial performance. In addition, Tanaka and Nakamaru will dress up as clowns and bring the audience up to the stage, and J.J. Express and other trainee's tap dancers will tap dance. The "small but BIG 4," a four-member group formed by Yuto Nakajima (acting), Joey Tee (dancing), Yasumasa Gotoh (violin), and Mao Tommy (baton), each with specialized skills, appeared as a group of specialists in the play. In the second act, Kazuya used a 16.2m x 7.2m vision, the largest in the theater's history, to perform spider flying, running around the wall with his body tilted to the side, suspended in the middle of the screen.

The play featured an arrangement of "Challenger" by Johnny & Associates's star Masahiko Kondo, and songs by KAT-TUN and Kanjani Eight were sung during the showtime after the performance. Also, during the press conference held after the noon performance on January 8, it was announced that the play would be performed again the following year, which the performers had not been informed of.


 *  Story 
 * Yokoyama, a movie producer, plans to make a movie about the life of legendary champ Subaru. He chooses Kazuya, Subaru's former rival who now lives in show business, to star in the film. However, Subaru and his friends are dissatisfied with Kazuya and his friends and rebel against him. Amidst the various problems that arise around them, Subaru challenges Kazuya to a serious boxing match.
 *  Cast. 
 * KAT-TUN Kazuya : Kazuya Kamenashi : Childhood friend of Jin and Ryo. He is becoming blind due to the aftereffects of the disease. Kouki : koki Tanaka : He owes money to a movie company to protect the team.  Jin Akanishi : Jin Akanishi : Childhood friend of Kazuya and Ryo  Junnosuke Taguchi, Tatsuya Ueda , Yuichi Nakamaru
 *  Cast. 
 * KAT-TUN Kazuya : Kazuya Kamenashi : Childhood friend of Jin and Ryo. He is becoming blind due to the aftereffects of the disease. Kouki : koki Tanaka : He owes money to a movie company to protect the team.  Jin Akanishi : Jin Akanishi : Childhood friend of Kazuya and Ryo  Junnosuke Taguchi, Tatsuya Ueda , Yuichi Nakamaru


 * Kanjani Eight Subaru : Subaru Shibutani : Legendary champ and Yuta's older brother. He is suffering from aftereffects of the injury he received in a match.  Yokoyama  : You Yokoyama : Film producer  Ryo - Ryo Nishikido : Childhood friend of Kazuya and Jin  Shingo Murakami, Ryuhei Maruyama, Shota Yasuda, Tadayoshi Okura  A.B.C.   Shota Totsuka, Fumito Kawai, Koichi Goseki, Ryouichi Tsukada  small but BIG 4  Yuta - Yuto Nakajima : A boy with a serious illness  Joey T.  Tommy Mao  Yasukan Goto  Hiromitsu Kitayama, Kyohei Iida, Kento Senga, Toshiya Miyata, Wataru Yokoo, Taisuke Fujigaya, Yuta Tamamori, Takashi Nikaido, Daiki Arioka, Kei Inoo, Ryosuke Yamada, Yuya Takaki, Ryosuke Hashimoto, Ryutaro Morimoto

Dream Boys（2007）
The main cast consisted of Kazuya Kamenashi, Koki Tanaka, and Tomoyuki Yara, and was performed at Imperial Theatre from September 5 to September 30, 2007. A total of 70,000 people attended the 38 performances. It was decided at the beginning of the run that the show would be repeated in March of the following year.

From this time on, the story has been rearranged by Johnny Kitagawa and the main characters have been narrowed down to three. Kamenashi plays the main character, Tanaka plays his rival, and Yara plays the main character's friend. The story centers on the main character who has killed a boxing champion and the champion's sick brother. Kamenashi showed aerial performances such as trapeze, wall flying, and a high-speed 20-turn.


 *  Cast. 
 * Kazuya - Kazuya Kamenashi (KAT-TUN) : Protagonist Kouki - Koki Tanaka (KAT-TUN) : The champ. Legendary boxer and rival of the main character. Yara - Tomoyuki Yara (M.A.) : Friend of the main character  A.B.C.  Koichi Goseki, Shota Totsuka, Fumito Kawai, Ryouichi Tsukada  Kis-My-Ft2  Hiromitsu Kitayama, Wataru Yokoo, Taisuke Fujigaya, Toshiya Miyata, Yuta Tamamori, Takashi Nikaido, Kento Senga  Producer : Tsubasa Makoto   Madame : MAEDA Bibari  Yuki - Shintaro Morimoto, Ryutaro Morimoto, Taiga Kyomoto (triple cast)

Dream Boys（2008）
Starring Kazuya Kamenashi, it was performed at the Imperial Theatre from March 4 to March 30, 2008, and at the Umeda Arts Theatre Main Hall from April 4 to April 16, 2008. 200 performances in total were achieved at the evening performance on March 8. The main cast for the Teikoku Theatre performance was Sei Tanaka and Kota Yabu, and Daichi Nakata joined the cast for the Osaka performance. Kamenashi played the role of a boxer following his role in the TV drama "The Gospel of One Pound" at the same time. He had to remake all 23 of his costumes because his body had grown one size too large.

The traditional tightrope walking, trapeze, and flying performances were greatly increased to 20 minutes in the air, and a video projector with the brightness of two in the world was introduced.


 * Cast.
 * Kazuya : Kazuya Kamenashi: Protagonist. Boxer Kouki : Koki Tanaka (Tokyo Performance)  Yabu :Kota Yabu  A.B.C.  Goseki Koichi, Totsuka Shota, Kawai Ikuto, Tsukada Ryouichi  Kis-My-Ft2  Hiromitsu Kitayama, Wataru Yokoo, Taisuke Fujigaya, Toshiya Miyata, Yuta Tamamori, Takashi Nikaido, Kento Senga  Yuki - Shintaro Morimoto, Taiga Kyomoto, Miyuto Morita (daily)[citation needed]  Teru Iwamoto, Tatsuya Fukazawa, Shota Watanabe, Ryohei Abe, Ryota Miyadate, Daisuke Sakuma  Ran Ohtori  Tsubasa Makoto
 * (Osaka Performance)
 * Yabu - Kota Yabu *Special guest (April 8 - April 12 only): Kazuya and Koki's childhood friend Daichi - Daichi Nakata (B.O.Y.S): Kazuya and Koki's childhood friend Yuki - Miyuto Morita, Joichiro Fujiwara (alternating): Champ's younger brother  Kis-My-Ft2  Yuta Tamamori, Toshiya Miyata, Takashi Nikaido, Kento Senga, Wataru Yokoo  A.B.C.  Ryouichi Tsukada, Koichi Goseki  Ran Ohtori  Naoka Iori  BOYS  Ryuta Muro, Kota Yamazaki, Takahiro Hamada  Tomohiro Kamiyama, Ryota Senzaki
 * Yabu - Kota Yabu *Special guest (April 8 - April 12 only): Kazuya and Koki's childhood friend Daichi - Daichi Nakata (B.O.Y.S): Kazuya and Koki's childhood friend Yuki - Miyuto Morita, Joichiro Fujiwara (alternating): Champ's younger brother  Kis-My-Ft2  Yuta Tamamori, Toshiya Miyata, Takashi Nikaido, Kento Senga, Wataru Yokoo  A.B.C.  Ryouichi Tsukada, Koichi Goseki  Ran Ohtori  Naoka Iori  BOYS  Ryuta Muro, Kota Yamazaki, Takahiro Hamada  Tomohiro Kamiyama, Ryota Senzaki

Dream Boys（2009）
Starring Kazuya Kamenashi. The main cast includes Yuya Tegoshi and Subaru Shibuya. 38 performances were held at the Imperial Theatre from September 4 to September 29, 2009, and 21 performances were held at the Umeda Arts Theatre Main Hall from October 13 to October 25, 2009.

The general framework of the story remains the same, with Kamenashi as the main character, Shibuya as the champ, and Tekoshi, in his first attempt at a musical, playing the role of a musician. Kamenashi also participated in the casting meeting, and Shibuya and Togoshi were cast in order to emphasize the musical aspect of this production. 8 songs in the play, including Kamenashi's solo song "I Love You," were newly written. Shibuya and Togoshi were involved in the musical side of the production, and while the content and chords for "Come Into My World" were decided, the rest was left up to the audience to sing freely according to their feelings at the time, so the detailed lyrics were sung differently for each performance. In terms of the production, Kamenashi broke his own record by flying for 24 minutes in the air. Also, the "Frame Flying," in which the dancers walked on the inner frame of a picture frame measuring 6.7 m (length) x 8.4 m (width), made its first appearance. .


 *  Cast. 
 * Kazuya - Kazuya Kamenashi: The main character. Former member of a popular idol group. Subaru - Shibuya Subaru: The champ. Former member of a popular idol group. Yuya - Yuya Tegoshi: Musician. Former member of a popular idol group.  Makoto Tsubasa  Sasari Mine  A.B.C-Z   Koichi Goseki, Shota Totsuka, Ikuto Kawai, Ryouichi Tsukada, Ryosuke Hashimoto  Mis Snow Man  Teru Iwamoto, Tatsuya Fukasawa, Shota Watanabe, Ryohei Abe, Ryota Miyadate, Daisuke Sakuma  Yasumasa Goto, Daisuke Ishigaki, Takayuki Konno

Dream Boys（2011）
This was one of the Imperial Theatre 100th anniversary performances, and the first performance of this work in two years. Starring Kazuya Kamenashi, it was performed at the Imperial Theatre from September 3 to 25, 2011, and reached a total of 350 performances in its thousand-fall run. The story follows three people after the breakup of their idol group, with Kamenashi playing a young man who has lost his goal, Koki Tanaka as a boxing champ, and Yuichi Nakamaru as a musician, who are each involved in a boxing movie as a lead actor, a model athlete, and the theme song writer.

All three main cast members are members of KAT-TUN, and they called themselves "Katsun(luck at winning)" for this stage only. This name was given by Johnny Kitagawa, and it was a wish for the recovery from Aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami that occurred in March of the same year. Also, in recent years, Kamenashi and other main cast members have attended meetings, and Janney, who directs the show, has been making fewer suggestions and giving less advice.

In this work, various confrontations will take place under the theme of "10 Battles. For example, a boxing match between Kamenashi and Koki Tanaka, a rap and voice percussion match between Tanaka and Nakamaru, a "former Takarazuka showdown" between Ran Ohtori and Tsubasa Makoto, and a "brother showdown" between Koki Tanaka and Juri Tanaka. Kamenashi learned and performed a new flying technique, "Kensho Koshin Mai Kuu Daiten," incorporating bungee jumping, in about 20 days with an invited acrobatic troupe from China. Due to the earthquake and tsunami, flying over the audience was restricted.


 * Cast.
 * Kazuya : Kazuya Kamenashi : Former member of a popular idol group. After the breakup of the group, he loses sight of his goal and lives a freewheeling life. Koki - Koki Tanaka : Former member of a popular idol group. After the breakup of the group, he becomes a boxing champ.  Yuichi Nakamaru : Yuichi Nakamaru : Former member of a popular idol group. After the breakup of the group, he aspires to become a world-famous musician, but his aspirations are futile. He is the key person who brings Kazuya and Champ together.  Makoto : Tsubasa Makoto   Ran : Ran Ohtori  Snow Man  Hikaru Iwamoto, Tatsuya Fukazawa, Shota Watanabe, Ryota Miyadate, Daisuke Sakuma  Juri - Juri Tanaka: Koki's younger brother

Dream Boys（2012）
Starring Kazuya Kamenashi, the show was performed at the Imperial Theatre from September 3 to 29, 2012. 24 minutes of the 150 minutes of the show was spent flying above the audience for the first time in three years since 2009. Kamenashi was called "the most down-to-earth entertainer in Japan.