ZAUNTED Co., Ltd. (CEO: Michaelty Yamaguchi; headquarters: Tokyo), which has made it its mission to contribute to society through horror and is attracting attention from major companies for turning all kinds of spaces in Japan and abroad into haunted houses, has developed its latest horror attraction. It is now permanently open at a ninja theme park, inviting visitors into a terrifying yet beautiful world.
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Shiki Rukawa and Nao Usami Star in YONINJYUBAKUGO, a Spine-Chilling Auditory Horror Attraction
ZAUNTED unveils a permanent binaural-sound horror attraction at the Koka-ryu Real Ninja Museum.
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“YONINJYUBAKUGO” ©MICHAELTY YAMAGUCHI
A short movie for “YONINJYUBAKUGO,” featuring Nao Usami’s bewitching voice and Shiki Rukawa’s theme song, has been released.
The mysterious box
A mysterious box has recently been unearthed on the facility grounds.
However, as strange phenomena have continued to occur around it, its public display has been suspended. It will be kept in a warehouse until analysis of its contents is complete and its safety is confirmed. The attraction is now recruiting “general investigators.”
The mission is simple: 1. Sit in a chair. 2. Put on headphones.
In front of that box, experience either of two selectable chapters and the mystery will be solved!? “What is inside the box…?”
The Chapter of Ayaka
Fear level 1. For those who are easily frightened, as well as children and families.
The Chapter of Shinobu
Fear level 4. For people who enjoy being scared, as well as adults and couples.
Cast
Shinobu, the Purple Centipede
Wielder of a kusarigama.
Shiki Rukawa
Official X: https://x.com/Shiki_Rukawa
In addition to being a singer-songwriter, Rukawa has worked as an actor and voice actor in many of Michaelty’s attractions, stage productions, and dramas. Rukawa has also drawn attention for appearing in Ju-on THE LIVE: Rekindling and in Dareka no Shinrei Shashin, a horror game born from a Nogizaka46 program.
For YONINJYUBAKUGO, Rukawa wrote, composed, and performs the theme song, “Shizumu Aka, Koboretsugu.”
The song is now available worldwide on music platforms: https://linkco.re/ZAy8rTGv?lang=ja
Rukawa’s latest song, “Koro Giga,” is also now available: https://linkco.re/epupg2H4
Ayaka, the Crimson Scorpion
Wielder of kunai.
Nao Usami
Official X: https://x.com/usm_no2525-
Although she is a gravure queen known for releasing her first photo book and serving as a K-1 Girl, Usami has attracted unusual attention as a horror enthusiast. She has also been active as an actor, including appearances in Ju-on THE LIVE: Rekindling and globally distributed dramas.
She has drawn further attention after being selected as Tokyo’s representative for a 2026 beauty contest.
Occult-focused “Usami’s Late-Night” YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG2aiAr-csSyXvKYpMSx0Jg
Producer and Executive Producer
Michaelty Yamaguchi
Official X: https://x.com/MTYamaz
Yamaguchi is the CEO of ZAUNTED and a haunted-house producer who has made it his mission to contribute to society through horror, elevating fear into mindfulness and regional revitalization.
He is a pioneer who has turned all kinds of urban spaces into devices for drawing visitors, going beyond the confines of amusement parks and theme parks.
He produces the horror idol group Akushukai, creates music, and works on the latest production Ju-on THE LIVE: Rekindling as a horror supervisor and special-effects makeup artist.
In a career spanning more than 30 years, he has worked on more than 666 projects in Japan and abroad across film, stage, attractions, and games.
His work includes horror direction and acting in Japanese films such as Shibuya Kaidan and The Chasing World, as well as premiere direction and red-carpet appearances for prominent Hollywood productions including Resident Evil, The Walking Dead, and The Conjuring.
He has also developed a distinctive activity that gives haunted houses a social dimension, collaborating with the Tokyu and Keio groups on attractions based on Cool Share, advocated by Japan’s Ministry of the Environment, and the Sustainable Development Goals.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, he became the first Japanese person to produce a permanent haunted house in Hawaii, building a global record that included tourism support.
He continues to receive media offers, including domestic and international television appearances, zombie transformations for celebrities, and the creation of attractions exclusively for idols. At Makuhari Messe’s CR FES 2026, he produced one of the Kanto region’s largest haunted houses, which drew an overwhelming number of visitors.
More details: http://obake.red/corp/profile/history/
Script
MI2ME
Horror short story, “Gankyuu Tori”: https://kakuyomu.jp/users/mi2me
Attraction details
- Attraction name: The spine-chilling auditory horror attraction “YONINJYUBAKUGO” (Younin Jubakugou), “YONINJYUBAKUGO” ©MICHAELTY YAMAGUCHI
- Available hours: 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
- Venue: Koka-ryu Real Ninja Museum Studio Room
- Price: ¥500 per chapter
- Duration: Approximately 10 minutes per chapter
- Binaural sound plus sensory gimmicks
About the Koka-ryu Real Ninja Museum
At the Koka-ryu Real Ninja Museum, visitors can learn about the history of the Koka ninja, which has been recognized as Japan Heritage, and approach the real image of the ninja through displays of old documents and other materials. Based on old documents and historical materials, visitors can also learn about real Koka ninja practices, including the Gotton no Jutsu technique for hiding from enemies.
There are also free areas where visitors can try simple shuriken throwing, measure their jumping ability, and experience projection mapping.
Visitors can also enjoy the latest attractions, including the world’s first officially recognized shuriken darts game, NINJA TRAINER ARCADE.
The facility also serves as Koka City’s comprehensive tourist information center, and its original goods are very popular.
Because it is indoors, visitors can enjoy the facility regardless of the weather.
Facility name: Tourist Information Center, Koka-ryu Real Ninja Museum, inside the Shinobi no Sato Purara Konan Information Exchange Center.
- Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- Admission: Free
- Closed: Mondays, except when Monday is a public holiday
- Year-end and New Year holidays: December 29 to January 3
- Parking: 157 spaces, including bus parking by reservation
- Telephone: 0748-70-2790
- Fax: 0748-70-2659
- Official website: https://www.real-ninjakan.com/
- X: https://x.com/koka_real_ninja
- Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/kokaryu.real.ninjakan/
Michaelty Yamaguchi’s major achievements
Film appearances, Hollywood film-premiere direction, and red-carpet appearances: Resident Evil: Death Island, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, The Nun, The Walking Dead, Lights Out, The Conjuring universe, King Kong, BIOHAZARD: Resident Evil, The Nun, The Conjuring, Lights Out, The Walking Dead, and more.
Japanese films, direction, and appearances: Iruka Shoujo Da, Watashi Ha starring Riho Yoshioka, Shinrei Byoto, Shibuya Kaidan, The Chasing World, Shinrei Byoto, and more.
TV appearances and features: NHK’s Dark Side Mystery, 24-Hour Television, World Business Satellite, Live News it!, King’s Brunch, Shuichi, Choumon Quiz 2-Hour Special, Genbabit, AKBINGO!, Nino-san, Moya Moya Summers, Wakeari Red Zone, Otona Yoseijo Banana School, Meii to Tsunagaru! Takeshi no Katei no Igaku 2-Hour Special, NHK’s Tokoro-san! Taihen Desu yo, a Zombie Land Saga special, Johnny’s WEST’s Papa Johnny WEST, Avantis Channel, Sawayan Channel, Gobu Gobu, Nanikore Chin Hyakkei, the stage production Takizawa Enbujo, and more.
ZAUNTED Co., Ltd.
ZAUNTED is one of Japan’s leading professional haunted-house production companies, capable of producing every element in one stop, from planning and design to special modeling, special-effects makeup, art, actors, and zombie dispatch.
It also has extensive experience in Sustainable Development Goals-oriented haunted-house production using real abandoned buildings, houses in town, villages, shopping streets, kindergartens, schools, Western-style houses, vacant buildings, toilets, supermarkets, shopping malls, game centers, racetrack stands, lodging facilities, hot-spring facilities, passenger cars, buses, and every kind of vacant space.
Corporate site: https://obake.red/corp/
Official X: https://twitter.com/ZAUNTEDZ
Since 2013, the company has created haunted houses in residential neighborhoods; since 2017, haunted houses that can be experienced while remaining in a car; and in 2018, the car-shaped haunted house Obake Bus and the theater-style haunted house that can be experienced without walking. In an era when horror VR is at its height, ZAUNTED has pursued real experiences with Negurushi, its bed-style haunted house. Since its launch in 2018, Negurushi has already expanded across Japan, and a video in which a popular idol was restrained to a bed and nearly fainted is still talked about.
The company has operated around Japan at locations including Tokyo Station, Tokyo Tower, Tokyo Dome City, Sunshine 60 Sky Circus, Koshigaya Aeon LakeTown VR CENTER, Nagoya Maker’s Pier, Osaka Namba Walk, and Huis Ten Bosch in Nagasaki.
Attractions: Baburimi, a baby-play haunted house; Kakuremi, a monitoring haunted house; Daiba Kaiki Yashiki; Baba-i no Hazard; Ju-on; Zombie Defense University; Laforet Harajuku’s Zombie House ZDU; Niconico Chokaigi; Magic: The Gathering’s Zombie Village Kosuge; Shibuya VR PARK TOKYO’s Obakeria VR; and more.
- Facebook JAPAN (Meta) haunted house
- The world’s only store for zombies, Burger King(R) SHIBUYA GHOST STORE
- Horror direction supervisor for the free-roam VR horror attraction BIOHAZARD WALKTHROUGH THE FEAR, at Plaza Capcom, Canal City Hakata in Fukuoka, and Harajuku ALTA
- Producer of Hard Call: The Real at Bandai Namco Amusement’s MAZARIA theme park in Ikebukuro Sunshine City
- Pachislot Biohazard 6 horror attraction at Shinagawa Prince Hotel
- Guidance contributions at educational institutions across Japan, including a “world’s youngest haunted house” at a nursery school in Nagasaki, a locker-type haunted house and fear-data experimental research at Fukuoka Institute of Technology Graduate School, and haunted houses at Minato City Aoyama Children’s Center and Azabu High School in Minato City, Tokyo.
Information is current as of July 1, 2025 and may change after this announcement.
Source: PR TIMES
