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.