Bandai Super Musical: Saint Seiya (partially found footage of stage play by a Japanese idol group; 1991)

Logo and visuals of members dressed as main characters

Status: Partially found

Bandai Super Musical: Saint Seiya (バンダイスーパーミュージカル聖闘士星矢) is a musical based on the popular manga Saint Seiya by Masami Kurumada, serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1986.

The performance was sponsored by Bandai and TV Asahi and ran from August 15 to September 1, 1991. The main characters were played by the current Japanese national idol group SMAP, which had only been in existence for about three years at the time. The role of the Gold Saints was played by the Japanese pop band Tokio.

The stage play was staged at the Aoyama Theater in Shibuya, Tokyo, and was reportedly a huge success, drawing a total of 32,700 spectators^[1], but the Internet has described this stage play as one of the most embarrassing events in SMAP's history.

Cast

Masahiro Nakai as Pegasus Seiya
Shingo Katori as Andromeda Shun
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi as Dragon Shiryū
Katsuyuki Mori as Cygnus Hyōga
Gorō Inagaki as Phoenix Ikki
Takuya Kimura as Sea King Poseidon/Julian Solo
Shigeru Jōshiima as Aries Mu
Tatsuya Yamaguchi as Taurus Aldebaran
Hiromu Kojima as Leo Aiolia
Taichi Kokubun as Virgo Shaka
Masahiro Matsuoka as Scorpio Milo
Shinobu Nakayama as Saori Kido/Athena
Takeshi Maya as Gemini Kanon/Seadragon Kanon
Yū Daiki as Siren Sorrento
Yūji Mitsuya as Old Master
Taiki Matsuno as Kiki
Minako Okada as Shunrei
Tsuyoshi Takashina as Tokumaru Tatsumi

Availability

After the performance, no VHS, DVD, or other physical release documenting the show was made.
The performance was introduced in a special variety program, SMAP☆Ganbarimasu!! (SMAP☆がんばりますっ!!) a special variety show aired on April 2, 2011, and it is known that a videotape of the performance exists, some of which has been made public.
There is testimony that the stage show was once broadcast via satellite^[2]^[3], but details on which network and when it was broadcast are not available, and no video recordings of the show have surfaced online.