Shock (musical)

March 2009, Koichi Domoto set a new record for the highest number of solo-starring musical performances at the Imperial Theater.

[3] March 21, 2013, 12 years 5 months after its premiere, Shock reached its 1,000th performance, became the solo-starring musical play to achieve this in the shortest time in Japan.

The play has a diverse combination of famous musical numbers and original songs in various style, from New York Broadway to traditional Japanese.

Aside from difficult choreographies, Shock also includes numerous flashy, dangerous acts such as flying, falling down an 8-metre high staircase... , and is said to be able to “surprise the audience every 5 minutes”.

Under Johnny Kitagawa's production, Shock was originally intended to be a play that can impress the audiences even if they don't understand the speech.

However, as an actor, Koichi Domoto wanted the stage to convey deeper meaning, and asked Kitagawa to make thorough changes, including the plot.

During the noon performance on January 23, 2008, due to electricity failure, the play was cancelled and moved to another date (February 17, 2008) for the first time.

Koichi Domoto deeply regretted this, and wrote on the official site: "It is truly regrettable that the performance couldn't continue like the theme 'Show must go on'.

[10][11] During the noon performance on March 19, 2015, a 650 kilograms (1,430 lb) LED panel used in stage setting collapsed, injured 6 people: trainees Takayoshi Kishi, 2 dancers, 2 acrobat actors, and 1 staff member.

There were mixed opinions about restarting performances so soon after such a serious accident, but the decision was made with support from the cast and staff, even the injured ones, to convey the theme of the play: continue to move forward despite unfavorable circumstances.

[14][15] May 20, 2015, Toho announced that the accident was caused by an inclination due to partial failure of the stage floor, and that reinforcement work was planned to correct this.

[16] On September 17 of the same year, during the Osaka tour, the actress who played the owner role, Bibari Maeda, fell and broke her left shoulder while walking to Umeda Arts Theatre from her hotel.

[18] Uekusa received direct appeal from Johnny Kitagawa and Koichi Domoto on the evening of the 17th, arrived in Osaka around noon on the 18th, and only had 4 hours to practice with all the cast.

However, he faces strong opposition from the company because it was where his brother died, and because he wants to leave behind TSUBASA, whose future as a dancer was abruptly cut off due to an accident when performing.