Media Manga įorest of Piano was published by Kodansha in Japan, who serialized the series in Young Magazine Uppers 1998 to 2004, and in Weekly Morning from 2004 to 2005. Makoto Isshiki was inspired to write Forest of Piano when she watched a documentary showing Stanislav Bunin winning the International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition in 1985. Sophie Ormesson ( ソフィ・オルメッソン, Soffi Orumeson) Voiced by: Mariya Ise (Japanese) Erika Harlacher (English) Karol Adamski ( カロル・アダムスキ, Karoru Adamusuki) Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi (Japanese) Doug Erholtz (English) Namie Amamiya ( 雨宮奈美恵, Amamiya Namie) Voiced by: Marie Miyake (Japanese) Julie Ann Taylor (English) Namie is Shuhei's mother. She was inspired by Kai to become a better pianist. Takako Maruyama ( 丸山誉子, Maruyama Takako) Voiced by: Aoi Yūki, Mayuko Fukuda (Japanese) Cristina Vee (English) Takako appears as one of the participants at the regional piano competition. He is often called the "New Star of Poland". Lech Szymanowski ( レフシマノフキ, Ref Shimanofuki) Voiced by: Kenn (Japanese) Tristan Wright (English) A Polish pianist and one of the participants in the International Chopin Piano Competition. His piano style sounds eerily similar to Ajino's before his accident. He is one of the participants in the International Chopin Piano Competition and is favored to win. Wei Pang ( パン・ウェイ, Pan Uey) Voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura (Japanese) Griffin Puatu (English) A Chinese pianist studying abroad in Poland. Shūhei Amamiya ( 雨宮修平, Amamiya Shūhei) Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae, Yō Taichi (young) (Japanese) Griffin Burns (English) Shuhei is a transfer student from Tokyo who makes quick friends with Kai following their love for the piano. After discovering Kai's affinity for the piano, he becomes his coach.
In his youth he was a famous pianist who won several awards for his playing, however his career was abruptly ended after an accident injured his left hand and killed his fiance. Sōsuke Ajino ( 阿字野壮介, Ajino Sōsuke) Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe (Japanese) Kyle McCarley (English) Sosuke is the music teacher at Kai and Shuhei's school. He has the ability to instantly remember any piano piece he hears and play it back perfectly. He is an elementary school student who often plays the mysterious piano in the forest. However, after hearing Sosuke play a Chopin piece he just can't seem to play himself, he relents.Ĭharacters Kai Ichinose ( 一ノ瀬 海, Ichinose Kai) Voiced by: Soma Saito, Ryoko Shiraishi (young) (Japanese) Johnny Yong Bosch (English) Kai is the son of a prostitute. Both Shuhei and Ajino try to get Kai to take proper piano lessons, but Kai is at first resistant to refining his piano-playing technique. Kai's ability earns him the respect of Shuhei and his music teacher, former master pianist Sosuke Ajino. But it doesn't take long before Shuhei is picked on by the class bullies, and gets involved in a dare to play the mysterious piano in the forest, leading to his meeting with Kai, who seems to be the only one capable of getting sound out of the thought-to-be broken piano.
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Shuhei Amamiya, the grade-school son of a professional pianist, transfers to Moriwaki Elementary, Kai's elementary school. An anime television series adaptation produced by Gaina premiered from April 8, 2018, to April 14, 2019, on NHK.įorest of Piano is a story that follows Kai Ichinose, a boy who lives in the red light district but escapes at night to play the piano in the forest.
The film featured performances by the renowned pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy. The series was adapted into a 2007 Japanese animated feature film by director Masayuki Kojima and production company Madhouse. Serialization is irregular, and went on hiatus in 2002 before resuming in 2006. It was serialized by Kodansha from 1998 to 2015, initially in Young Magazine Uppers before transferring to Weekly Morning. Cover of the first volume of Forest of Piano as published by Kodanshaįorest of Piano, known in Japan as Piano no Mori: The Perfect World of Kai ( ピアノの森 –The perfect world of KAI–), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Isshiki.
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