Tokyo, 3 September, /AJMEDIA/
As the world’s first, and most famous, virtual idol, there’s a futuristic, high-tech aspect to a lot of Hatsune Miku’s endeavors. The Vocaloid has shown she’s adept at collaborating with creators of traditional art forms too, however, as we’ve seen in her hina ningyo doll and ukiyo-e woodblock prints.
So for her next project, Miku is taking to the stage not for an idol dance routine, but to perform a kabuki play.
Miku and Nakamura have been periodically teaming up for limited-time Cho-Kabuki (as their collaborations are called) productions since 2016, most recently in Tokyo in 2023 and Kyoto in 2019. They’ve announced that they’ll be reuniting at the upcoming Expo 2025 world’s fair in Osaka for an updated version of the play, to be titled “Hanakurabe Zenbonzakura Expo 2025 Version.”
