Gaku Kuze's Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan comedy manga will receive a stage play adaptation in July 2026. The play's official website and X (formerly Twitter) opened with a key visual featuring the main cast members. Key Visual The original manga author Gaku Kuze posted the following comment with an announcement illustration on their official X (formerly Twitter) account : The stage adaptation of Uramichi Oniisan has been confirmed! Given the nature of the work, I have a strong feeling it will be a highly compatible and enjoyable production, and I'm looking forward to it myself. I would be delighted if you could come to the theater this summer to meet Uramichi Oniisan and other characters! The stage play Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan is scheduled to perform at Theater Sun Mall in Tokyo from July 8 to 12, 2026. Go Mikai serves as director on a script by Vivi. The main cast members include: Omota Uramichi played by Ryuto Nishiumi Iketeru Daga played by Shin Nikaido Tobikichi Usahara played by Ryota Nakata Mitsuo Kumatani played by Shoichiro Oomi Utano Tadano played by Maria Sawada Tekito Derekita played by Koki Taguchi Eddy Edei played by Guren Shimada Hanbee Kikaku played by Ryosuke Ogura Sairo Uebu played by Riki Nakajima Matahiko Nekota played by Shito Washio RELATED: Children's Entertainment is Hell in Uramichi Oniisan TV Anime Trailer Gaku Kuze's Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan manga has been serialized online via Ichijinsha's Comic Pool digital manga magazine since May 2017, releasing 11 collected volumes in Japan to date. The manga's TV anime adaptation aired for 13 episodes from July to September 2021. Crunchyroll streams the TV anime, describing the synopsis as such: Being an adult is hard. For 31-year-old Uramichi Omota, that depressing truth weighs on him. While on TV, he’s an upbeat exercise instructor for a children’s show, but sometimes he can’t keep his sardonic comments to himself. Even his coworkers, a pair of mascots and a singing duo, keep revealing the plight of adulthood on air. Regardless, they’re working through it one a day at a time. Source: Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan stage play official website / X (formerly Twitter) , Gaku Kuze official X
