3nin no Principal

3nin no Principal (promotional poster)

3nin no Principal (3人のプリンシパル) was a musical performed by Nogizaka46's 3rd generation. The performances were held in AiiA 2.5 Theater Tokyo from the 2nd to 11th of February, 2017. It was the 4th season of Nogizaka46's 16nin no Principal musicals, and the first season since June 2014.

Description

Act One

Act one was the audition. The members announced their candidacy for the role they wanted to fill for the second act and the audience were the judges. The members then appealed to the audience in four ways: dance inspection, self introduction, practised performance ("etude"), and acting. In addition all members performed three Nogizaka songs.

Setlist

• Kimi no Na wa Kibou
• Hidari Mune no Yuuki
• Hane no Kioku

Act Two

Act two was the musical. The theme for this season was on the Galactic Railroad. Members chose one of three parts to audition for: Giovanni, Campanella or the Scorpion, and the audience voted for one member for each part. The second act mostly only featured the three selected members.

Setlist

• Hane no Kioku (Giovanni and Campanella)
• Boku ga Iru Basho (Giovanni, Campanella, and the Scorpion)
• Inochi wa Utsukushii (Giovanni, Campanella, the Scorpion, and the other 9 members as back dancers)

Act Three

The final act was a mini concert. This was a new segment for the Principal musical series. All 12 members performed for this part.

Setlist

• Guru Guru Curtain
• Oide, Shampoo
• Hashire! Bicycle

Cast and Crew

• Nogizaka46 3rd Generation
• Toshiya Sakai
• Otaka Hiroo
• Kakimaru Michie

Director and script writer: Tokuo Kouji (Writer from Tokuyama Daigoro wo Dare ga Koroshita ka?)

Performances

This section lists the candidate for each role at each performance. The selected member is bolded.

• February 2nd 18:00 (Thursday)
  • Giovanni: Ito Riria, Umezawa Minami, Yamashita Mizuki, Yoda Yuki.
  • Campanella: Iwamoto Renka, Ozono Momoko, Kubo Shiori, Sato Kaede, Nakamura Reno, Mukai Hazuki, Yoshida Ayano Christie.
  • The Scorpion: Sakaguchi Tamami.

• February 3rd 18:00 (Friday)
  • Giovanni: Ito Riria, Iwamoto Renka, Ozono Momoko, Umezawa Minami, Kubo Shiori, Yoda Yuki.
  • Campanella: Sakaguchi Tamami, Sato Kaede, Mukai Hazuki, Yoshida Ayano Christie.
  • The Scorpion: Nakamura Reno, Yamashita Mizuki.

• February 4th 12:00 (Saturday)
  • Giovanni: Ito Riria, Iwamoto Renka, Umezawa Minami, Nakamura Reno, Yoda Yuki
  • Campanella: Ozono Momoko, Sakaguchi Tamami, Sato Kaede, Yoshida Ayano Christie
  • The Scorpion: Kubo Shiori, Mukai Hazuki, Yamashita Mizuki

• February 4th 17:00 (Saturday)
  • Giovanni: Iwamoto Renka, Umezawa Minami, Ozono Momoko, Nakamura Reno, Yoda Yuki
  • Campanella: Sakaguchi Tamami, Sato Kaede, Yamashita Mizuki, Yoshida Ayano Christie
  • The Scorpion: Ito Riria, Kubo Shiori, Mukai Hazuki

• February 5th 12:00 (Sunday)
  • Giovanni: Iwamoto Renka, Umezawa Minami, Nakamura Reno, Yamashita Mizuki
  • Campanella: Kubo Shiori, Sato Kaede, Yoshida Ayano Christie
  • The Scorpion: Ito Riria, Ozono Momoko, Sakaguchi Tamami, Mukai Hazuki, Yoda Yuki

Nakamura Reno left early due to health reasons.

• February 5th 17:00 (Sunday)
  • Giovanni: Iwamoto Renka, Ozono Momoko, Kubo Shiori, Yamashita Mizuki
  • Campanella: Ito Riria, Umezawa Minami, Sato Kaede, Yoshida Ayano Christie
  • The Scorpion: Sakaguchi Tamami, Mukai Hazuki, Yoda Yuki

Nakamura Reno stayed absent from this performance due to health reasons.

• February 6th 18:00 (Monday)
  • Giovanni: Ito Riria, Iwamoto Renka, Ozono Momoko, Yamashita Mizuki.
  • Campanella: Umezawa Minami, Sato Kaede, Nakamura Reno, Yoshida Ayano Christie, Yoda Yuki.
  • The Scorpion: Kubo Shiori, Sakaguchi Tamami, Mukai Hazuki.

• February 7th 18:00 (Tuesday)
  • Giovanni: Ito Riria, Iwamoto Renka, Ozono Momoko, Nakamura Reno.
  • Campanella: Umezawa Minami, Kubo Shiori, Sato Kaede, Yoshida Ayano Christie, Yoda Yuki.
  • The Scorpion: Sakaguchi Tamami, Mukai Hazuki, Yamashita Mizuki.

• February 8th 18:00 (Wednesday)
  • Giovanni: Iwamoto Renka, Ozono Momoko, Sato Kaede, Nakamura Reno, Yoda Yuki.
  • Campanella: Umezawa Minami, Kubo Shiori, Yamashita Mizuki, Yoshida Ayano Christie.
  • The Scorpion: Ito Riria, Sakaguchi Tamami, Mukai Hazuki.

• February 9th 18:00 (Thursday)
  • Giovanni: Iwamoto Renka, Ozono Momoko, Sato Kaede, Yamashita Mizuki, Yoda Yuki.
  • Campanella: Umezawa Minami, Kubo Shiori, Mukai Hazuki, Yoshida Ayano Christie.
  • The Scorpion: Ito Riria, Sakaguchi Tamami, Nakamura Reno.

• February 10th 18:00 (Friday)
  • Giovanni: Iwamoto Renka, Ozono Momoko, Kubo Shiori, Mukai Hazuki, Yoda Yuki.
  • Campanella: Umezawa Minami, Sakaguchi Tamami, Sato Kaede, Nakamura Reno, Yamashita Mizuki, Yoshida Ayano Christie.
  • The Scorpion: Ito Riria.

• February 11th 12:00 (Saturday)
  • Giovanni: Iwamoto Renka, Ozono Momoko, Sato Kaede, Mukai Hazuki, Yoda Yuki.
  • Campanella: Ito Riria, Nakamura Reno, Yoshida Ayano Christie.
  • The Scorpion: Kubo Shiori, Sakaguchi Tamami, Yamashita Mizuki.

Umezawa Minami was absent from all performances from this one due to health reasons.

• February 11th 17:00 (Saturday)
  • Giovanni: Ito Riria, Iwamoto Renka, Sakaguchi Tamami, Sato Kaede.
  • Campanella: Kubo Shiori, Ozono Momoko, Nakamura Reno, Mukai Hazuki, Yoshida Ayano Christie.
  • The Scorpion: Yamashita Mizuki, Yoda Yuki.

• February 12th 12:00 (Sunday)
  • Giovanni: Ito Riria, Iwamoto Renka, Mukai Hazuki.
  • Campanella: Ozono Momoko, Kubo Shiori, Nakamura Reno, Yoshida Ayano Christie, Yoda Yuki.
  • The Scorpion: Sakaguchi Tamami, Sato Kaede, Yamashita Mizuki.

• February 12th 17:00 (Sunday)
  • Giovanni: Ito Riria, Iwamoto Renka, Mukai Hazuki, Yamashita Mizuki.
  • Campanella: Ozono Momoko, Kubo Shiori, Yoshida Ayano Christie, Yoda Yuki.
  • The Scorpion: Sakaguchi Tamami, Sato Kaede, Nakamura Reno.