In the 2013 Top Star feature for Kageki, the Tops of each troupe took turns submitting questions that they would all answer, as well as predicting the question writer’s own answers.
The questions from June (submitted by Sou Kazuho):
1) Do you like rainy days?
2) What is your favorite color for umbrellas?
Let’s Ask 2 Questions!
1) Do you like rainy days?
2) What is your favorite color for umbrellas?
(Submitted by Sou Kazuho)
Ranju Tomu, Flower Troupe
Answer to Q1 – No
I hate rainy days. I love the sunlight first thing in the morning, so it really raises my spirits when I wake up and it’s sunny. Rainy days make me gloomy so I don’t like them. Actually, don’t you hate them too, Sou-san? (laughs)
Answer to Q2 – Sky blue
Even though the one I’m using right now is gray, my favorite is sky blue. I feel like even when it’s raining, having a bright color gives me more energy. For an umbrella, of course I like one that opens with one button, and that’s a fairly large size. I bring a collapsible umbrella with me when I go out, but I’m a ‘sun woman’ so it doesn’t see much use (laughs). I feel like Sou-san would pick blue.
Ryuu Masaki, Moon Troupe
Answer to Q1 – Yes
I feel like I have more power on rainy days. I think it’s probably leftover from when I was little, since I had rain boots and an umbrella that I loved (laughs). I don’t think Sou-san hates rain. I feel like she’d be like ‘Oh okay, it’s raining’ and accept it as divine providence.
Answer to Q2 – Vinyl umbrella
I don’t know if I can call it a color, but I like clear vinyl umbrellas. Recently I found a huge vinyl umbrella and I was so thrilled! There are vinyl umbrellas with really cute designs too. Maybe I’ll collect them this year. I feel like Sou-san would only feel like going out when it’s clear, so I don’t picture her as having an umbrella.
Yuzuki Reon, Star Troupe
Answer to Q1 – I like it recently
Since at my core I’m a ‘sun otokoyaku’, I don’t run into rain that much, but it often rains when I’m at home on a day off. I really like when it rains at a time like that. It feels like I’m being told ‘Go ahead and rest!’… Maybe it doesn’t suit my image (laughs), but I like lazing around and listening to bossa nova music. I think Sou-san hates rain. Since she likes barbecues and other outdoor stuff.
Answer to Q2 – If I had to choose, black or brown
Since generally I’m a ‘sun otokoyaku’… I forgot I was supposed to have any preferences in umbrellas. Sou-san would start by picturing rain, so sky blue. I feel like she’d have a sky blue one.
Ouki Kaname, Cosmos Troupe
Answer to Q1 – No preference
I’m a proper ‘sun woman’ so I hardly ever get rained on. I’ve only been rained on when it’s really pouring. Usually, even if it’s raining, it will mysteriously stop, so I only rarely use an umbrella. Sou-san is a bright person, so I think she likes sunny days better.
Answer to Q2 – Black
I don’t know if it’s that I like it, but I only have black ones (laughs). No designs, just plain black. I suppose I don’t really have much preference. I feel like Sou-san liked sky blue… But in any case, I think sky blue, or deep ocean blue, thats what I picture for her.
Sou Kazuho, Snow Troupe
Answer to Q1 – No
If I have a day off I can’t go out, and if I’m working on choreography in rehearsal, it makes my hair so frizzy I can’t control it at all and it’s just awful! A while back I went to Arima, and it was pouring down buckets. My car’s wipers were flying so fast, ‘ba-ba-ba-ba’, working so hard the whole time, and it was so funny! (laughs) ‘You’re doing amazing, you can do it,’ I was thinking (laughs).
Answer to Q2 – Green
My favorite umbrella is green on a white base and has a design of forest scenery on it. Even on grey rainy days, the umbrella color cheers me up.