Troupe Report is a Kageki feature where an appointed reporter will write about current events in the troupe or ask troupe members for questions to answers sent in by readers. Reporters are generally only replaced on retirement, unlike other backstage features that rotate monthly or quarterly.
Star Troupe’s Troupe Report has been written by Kisaragi Ren since 2015. The June 2017 edition features questions for the leading members of the troupe and backstage anecdotes.
Star Troupe Troupe Report – June 2017
⭐️ Spending their day off in Dreamland 💖
Kurenai: It’s Grandpa Pinocchio! Grandpa~!
Kurenai and Kisaki: Grandpa! GRANDPA~!
They were such a beautiful couple you would never think they were having that conversation ✨
Against Expectations level: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Question for Rei Makoto-san
Q: Which one of Kurenai-san’s adlibs made you struggle the hardest not to laugh? (question from Fumika)
Kurenai: ‘Let’s go to Demon Island with Momotarou!’
Rei: ‘Let’s not.’
Kurenai: ‘I’ll be the monkey, and Marguerite will be the dog…’
Aa-chan (Kisaki) was startled to suddenly have her name called, and Makottsan (Rei) ended up focusing on her face. But the finishing blow was…
Kurenai: ‘And you can be the pheasant!!’
…THERE WASN’T ANY MOMOTAROU.
Chauvelin will never forget his frustration at letting his laughter slip out then.
Perseverance level: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Question for Kisaki Airi-san
Q: What is your favorite fruit? (question from Yukari)
A: It’s strawberries 🍓
Girl Power level: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Questions for Kurenai Yuzuru-san
Q: Are there any fortunes or o-mikuji1 that had a deep impact on you? (question from ChaCha)
“When I was ken-1 I bought a 100yen o-mikuji that said ‘you’ll become rich one day’ and I still totally believe that ✨”
And right now Sayumi-san is the mascot figure for the Dream Jumbo Lottery ✨Now all she has to do is win!! (laughs)
This question is for her too 💖
Q. If you won the 7-million-yen lottery, what dream would you like to make come true? (question from Pit)
“I’d like to charter Star Troupe shows for students giving it their all at their jobs, or housewives working part-time, or anybody working hard trying to see Takarazuka even one more time!!”
Kisaragi: “…With all 7 million yen?”
“Darn right!! I’ll be Mother Teresa!!”
I had never expected that kind of amazing response ✨
It made me feel like a loser for wishing I could have even 1/1000 of that to use on just myself.
Hopes and dreams level: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
⭐️ Question for all the ken-3 members
Q. Where would you like to go with another Takarasienne you admire? (question from Kirara)
Aomi Sario: “I’d like to go to an aquarium with Otosaki [Itsuki]-san 💖”
Sayaka Rin: “I’d like to go to America with Hokushou [Kairi]-san ✨”
Yuuhi Maki: “I’d like to tour Japan with Sou [Kazuho]-san and go to Disneyland with Seo [Yuria]-san 🏰”
Amakake Sakura: “I’d like to go to karaoke with Sazanami [Reira]-san 🎵”
Ayazono Hina: “I’d like to go with Ichijou [Azusa]-san on a road trip to Awaji Island.”
Asakura Shizuku: “I’d like to go to the beach with Rei [Makoto]-san 🐠”
Kusanagi Kizuki: “I’d like to have a barbecue with Nagina [Ruumi]-san 🌞”
Seira Hitomi: I’d like to go to Minion Park with Kisaragi-san 🍌 (After she’s through playing Simon2. LOL)”
1 – O-mikuji are fortune papers that can be bought at Japanese temples and shrines. They have various fortunes written on them (ranging from ‘Great Blessing’ to ‘Great Curse’) and are selected at random from a box.
2 – In The Scarlet Pimpernel, Hitomi played the Dauphin Louis-Charles and Kisaragi played his abusive jailer Simon.