This article about the junior performance of Cosmos Troupe’s Sherlock Holmes was published on July 20 by Daily Sports Online. The original article can be found here (archived version here).

Takarazuka Revue Cosmos Troupe – Anon Yuusei in first junior performance lead “I was moved by the audience’s applause”

The junior performance for the Takarazuka Revue Cosmos Troupe Production Sherlock Holmes: The Game is Afoot! Took place on the 20th in the Takarazuka Grand Theatre, Hyogo Prefecture. The lead, Anon Yuusei, is a member of the 103rd class, and the heroine, Yamabuki Hibari, is a member of the 105th class. They are the first members of their classes to have an [otokoyaku] lead and heroine role, respectively.

Anon is tall at 173 cm, and her figure shone onstage. She seemed comfortable onstage playing Sherlock Holmes, yet looking back on the performance she said “I was actually super-duper nervous (laughs). I was worrying about how I had to lead everyone from the center and such.” However, the main cast Top Star Makaze Suzuho advised her “You should just live as the character.” She also revealed that at times when she was thinking about how she wanted to be more like Makaze, she kindly suggested “You should be Anon’s Holmes.”

It was Anon’s first time acting in center stage, and she said “I was moved by the audience’s applause.” But on the other hand, “As I was acting and moving, I’d end up going back to my non-otokoyaku self. I want to develop a big-hearted aura that can envelop Yamabuki even more,” she reflected.

Yamabuki, who played the heroine Irene, also received encouragement from main cast Top Musumeyaku Jun Hana. “Irene is a strong woman. If you can live as the character, Irene will help you.”

“The Irene inside me is still so small. I want her to be a life-sized Irene by the Tokyo [junior] performance,” Yamabuki said, expressing her ambitions.

The junior performance in the Tokyo Takarazuka Theatre takes place on September 2.