In recent years, the Japanese entertainment industry has struggled to nurture domestically produced musicals and elevate them to bigger and better platforms.
"It has been believed that Japanese musicals created by Japanese people are low quality and simply boring," says Yoshitaka Hori, CEO and chairman of talent agency and production company HoriPro Inc.
First founded in 1960 by Takeo Hori, Yoshitaka's father, and marking its 60th anniversary this year, HoriPro has been a pioneer of Japanese entertainment ever since, representing some of the most eminent celebrities and household names in the industry and producing countless films and television programs.