Baki Spin-off Stage Play Reveals Key Visual and Main Cast
Riku Noma plays Retsu Kaioh in the stage adaptation, which runs at Tokyo's OWLSPOT theater from March 19 to 22, 2027.
The official website for the stage play BAKI THE GRAPPLER STAGE Gaiden: Retsu Kaioh wa Isekai Tensei Shitemo Ikko ni Kamawan has posted a key visual showing the production's main cast, the site announced on November 9, 2026.
Riku Noma plays Retsu Kaioh. The cast also includes Reiji Sakagaki as Dullahan and Yuya Arai as Robert Howard. Daisuke Tanaka handles both direction and screenplay.
The play is scheduled to run at the OWLSPOT theater in Tokyo from March 19 to 22, 2027. Ticket pre-sales open on November 9 and run through December 13, with general sales starting January 6, 2027.
The production adapts the spin-off manga written by Sai Ihara and drawn by Eiji Mutsui, which has been serialized in Akita Shoten's Monthly Shonen Champion since November 2020 and has 17 collected volumes released in Japan to date. A TV anime adaptation of the spin-off has been in production.
Noma previously played Retsu Kaioh in the stage play adaptations of the original BAKI THE GRAPPLER STAGE series in 2024 and 2026, with Tanaka directing and writing those productions.
Quick answers
When does the Baki Gaiden stage play run?
It is scheduled at the OWLSPOT theater in Tokyo from March 19 to 22, 2027.
Who plays Retsu Kaioh in the stage play?
Riku Noma plays Retsu Kaioh, with Daisuke Tanaka directing and writing the screenplay.
When do tickets go on sale?
Pre-sales run from November 9 to December 13, 2026, with general sales starting January 6, 2027.