Ya Boy Kongming! Live-Action Movie 2nd Teaser Trailer Reveals &TEAM's Appearance

The official website for the upcoming live-action film adaptation of Yuto Yotsuba (story) and Ryo Ogawa's (art) comedy manga Ya Boy Kongming! (known as Paripi Koumei in Japan) released a second teaser trailer today. The clip reveals that &TEAM , a nine-member global boy group, will appear in the film. The film's story centers on Music Battle Awards 2025, a music festival where Japan's three major music labels compete for the top spot, and &TEAM perform at the festival as themselves. Additionally, three members of the unit — EJ , NICHOLAS , and HARUA — also try their hand at acting. Ya Boy Kongming! THE MOVIE 2nd Teaser Trailer &TEAM has posted a following message on the film's official website: It is a great honor for us to be cast in the movie "Ya Boy Kongming!," which has been loved by many people for both the original manga and the drama. We were nervous to be cast in a key roles in the film, even though it was our first time to appear in a movie, but we were welcomed warmly on the set and by all the cast members and were able to perform. We look forward to showing our performance scenes on the screen. Additionally, the movie's official accounts released a second teaser visual featuring Osamu Mukai as Zhuge Kongming. 2nd teaser visual Mukai also provided the following comments to the site about working with &TEAM: It was one of the most exciting events of 2024 to be able to perform with &TEAM, whose activities and popularity are expanding at a tremendous pace! When they appeared as secret guests, the voltage of the 6,000 people in the audience was at its highest and their performance was outstanding. But I was also struck by their polite and serious genuine attitude when they got off the stage and the cameras were off. The scenes in the film are wonderful, and I look forward to seeing more activities of &TEAM in the future! RELATED : Ya Boy Kongming! Live-Action Movie Slated for April 25, 2025 The manga was first serialized in Kodansha's Comic Days website from December 2019 to November 2021, then transferring to Weekly Young Magazine, with 19 tankobon volumes released in Japan to date. The story centers on Zhuge Kongming, the legendary Chinese strategist who is reincarnated in a young body in modern Shibuya. He brings ingenious innovation to the Japanese music scene to fulfill the dream of Eiko Tsukimi, a fledgling singer he met there. The manga's live-action TV drama adaptation aired for 10 episodes on Fuji TV from September to November 2023. As a direct sequel to the TV drama, Ya Boy Kongming! THE MOVIE is set to release in Japan on April 25, 2025 . All four main cast members of the TV series will return — Osamu Mukai as Zhuge Kongming, Moka Kamishiraishi as Eiko Tsukimi, Mirai Moriyama as Owner Kobayashi, and Dean Fujioka as Liu Bei. Additionally, Fuju Kamio will newly join as Jun Shiba, a descendant of Kongming's greatest rival Sima Yi. Utaha (Wednesday Campanella vocalist) plays his sister, Shin, who is also a singer. The TV drama's Shuhei Shibuya also returns to serve as the director. The synopsis of Ya Boy Kongming! THE MOVIE is as follows: Zhuge Kongming, the genius military strategist of the Three Kingdoms, is somehow reincarnated in present-day Shibuya. Stunned by the singing voice of amateur singer Eiko Tsukimi, Kongming aims for “Peace reigns in the land” with Eiko through the power of music. Meanwhile, the three major Japanese music labels, KEY TIME, SSS Music, and V-EX, compete for the top spot in the largest music battle festival in history. While various strong artists from each label gather, Kongming and Eiko also decide to participate. However, they are confronted by Jun Shiba, a descendant of Sima Yi, the greatest rival of Kongming during the Three Kingdoms period, and his sister shin. What will be the fate of Kongming and Eiko? Source : "Ya Boy Kongming! THE MOVIE" official website / X (formerly Twitter)

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