So, I was late on the Tumbling train when the drama aired but I've been on a Daito Shunsuke and Yanagishita Tomo high. It brought me to try and find the Tumbling stageplay, which wasn't an easy task for me, haha. I finally got the 1st Volume stageplay and while it wasn't much like the drama to me, it was still fun to watch. I couldn't understand some of what was going on but still fun. I love the boys in it too.
Daito Shunsuke
Hosogai Kei
Joey Beni (Joey Tee)
Nakagauchi Masataka
Suda Masaki
Tamoto Soran
Rachi Shinji
Sohma Keisuke
Araki Kentaro
Mikami Shun
TETSU
Honey L Days
Daito's character, Kiyama, is a high school teacher and teaches his own group of misfit and strange boys tumbling. Kaneko returns
to reprise his role as coach to the Karasumori High school. At first I thought it was a musical but there was only like 2-3 scenes with them singing, oh well. I thought Suda Masaki would have a big role in tumbling but his character breaks his leg anyway. I hoped to see Daito tumble again but I guess it wasn't to happen since he had his motorcycle accident. I've only really skimmed through the play and stopped onto to watch parts that looked interesting. I also didn't try to understand too many scenes... so my bad! X3
Now for some bias-centric screencaps of boys and moments that I like.
First of all, Hosogai Kei is pretty much the whole play for me, haha. His character is loud, eccentric, and annoying. Usually I would totally dislike that character but Kei made him cute and funny.
Kei's character, Izumi, like to make various kinds of faces and noises. I love him XD
Daito always looks good in a suit even though his hair is crazy.
Karasumori tumbling team can fly~
And do sexy floor dance
So like, in order for their high school to get a tumbling team, they needed more people. Up there is Joey Tee, who plays George, an American exchange student and is running away. Yeah.
Izumi and George are adorable together.
I think George will fit right in. Even though Daito has his doubts.
Completely in English, George is explaining he's in Japan cause of his dad's work and all the places in America he's lived in. Oh and that he's a quarter American.
George showed some of his awesome dancing moves to the team and coach. Daito is just confused.
Daito is worried for George cause none of them speak English, which is where Izumi comes in.
"Hey George~"
"...show us what you got!" Yeah, Hosogai Kei grew up in Washinton state and is fluent in English just as much as Joey Tee is.
I just like Daito's expression in this cap.
I don't remember what's going on but I just like them together. Izumi x George
And I like their expressions.
After a session of training the boys are in pain.
"Nice hip!" Daito's checking dat ass out too.
Oh yeah, TETSU plays like... the custodian, who encourages the boys and helps them train too.
George can fly.
Izumi is also like the groups' mama~
And by mama, he proclaims himself the team's manager. I also think it's so he can avoid tumbling. XD
Kuuuu Kei and Masa~
Izumi realizes something about Daito.
I don't quite know what it was but I like the effect it had on Daito.
He's not used to being manhandled when he's not involved in a fight.
But Izumi likes it anyway~
Izumi did this crazy little spaz dance with this ending pose that got the crowd clapping. XD
I like the pink scrunchie that Izumi always wears on his wrist.
Even though he looks mad.
Kei!glomp at Daito with a monkeyface!Tetsu.
Ha.
It's nice to see even some of the old cast together.
Even though Kaneko is awkward.
One of the high lights to me was when Honey L Days appeared and performed Manazashi, the drama's theme song. They even explained where their group name Honey L Days came about. It's a long and somewhat thinky explanation though. XD Mitsu's name can be related to hachiMITSU which means HONEY. And Kyouhei's name is related to KYOU which means toDAY. And on the alphabet, between Mitsu's M and Kyouhei's K is L. Honey L Days. XD
I feel bad that Masataka is too much of a bias for me but he was such an awesome Niou in TeniMyu I had to.
I don't know much about Suda Masaki either, but I know a lot of people like him. His character was rather depressing though. x3
Sometimes I have a hard time seeing how he's attractive but sometimes I just tilt my head instead. XD
Daito got into a fight and as a teacher that's a no no~
Kaneko and Kiyama drinkytimes.
Da end.
WHUT
If anyone is interested in checking out the Tumbling stageplay I uploaded it for ya'lls viewing pleasure. No subs though.
Mediafire:
Tumbling Vol 1 stageplay (PW: izumigeorge)
Minus:
Tumbling Vol 1 stageplay