In this feature from Kageki, siennes look back at their career and pick out roles that had an effect on their growth as a performer. This one was originally published in the April 2015 issue.
Continue readingTroupe 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.
This edition was written by Nanami Hiroki, and talks about Legend of the Galactic Heroes @ Hakata as well as Ace Attorney 3: Miles Edgeworth.
Continue reading‘My Treasure’ is a 2023 Kageki feature where stars describe their personal ‘treasures’ and play a Q&A game about a treasure hunt. Towaki’s was published in the November issue.
Continue readingThis book was written by Takagi Shiro, who was at the time Director General of the Takarazuka Revue, and who was known as one of the great creators of the early Takarazuka era, together with Shirai Tetsuzo and Utsumi Shigenori.
This book was meant as an ‘explainer’ kind of guide for new fans at the time (the cover is Oscar and Andre, making the intended audience pretty obvious). It was published through Kosaido Books, not the Takarazuka publishing house.
The first chapter features the founding history of Takarazuka (going back to the settlements of ancient times) as well as the stories behind many of the signature songs such as ‘Takarazuka, Our Takarazuka’ (the company theme song) and ‘When the Violet Flowers Bloom’.
As the Takarazuka Grand Theatre complex was completely rebuilt in the early 1990s, much of the information describing specific buildings, et cetera, in the ‘present day’ is now out of date, but of great historical interest.
Continue readingON THE RISE was a 2008 Kageki feature for up-and-coming young stars, asking them various questions about their on- and off-stage life. Yumesaki’s was published in the June issue.
Continue readingTroupe Report is a Kageki feature where an appointed reporter will write about current events in the troupe, often via Q&A content with questions solicited from readers. Reporters are generally only replaced on retirement, unlike other backstage features that rotate monthly or quarterly.
This edition was written by Harumi Yuu, and talks about Tsukishiro Kanato’s birthday festivities around the GOAT rehearsals.
Continue readingTalk DX is a long-running GRAPH talk feature where Top Stars and their main otokoyaku co-stars discuss their current Grand Theatre performance before the shift to Tokyo. Lilac Dreamroad/Jewel de Paris!! talk was published in the July 2023 issue and probably recorded mid-May in real time.
This feature involves detailed plot discussion/spoilers.
Continue readingTsubo (which I’ve translated as ‘Thoughtpot’ since it can mean both ‘pottery’ or ‘the essence of a topic/discussion’) is Sahana Mako’s monthly solo column for Kageki, which she has been publishing since the May 2021 issue.
This column is about her experiences entering Major League Baseball fandom.
Continue readingIn 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 February (submitted by Yuzuki Reon):
1) Which of these things would make you surprisingly or unsurprisingly the most happy to receive on Valentine’s Day?
2) Have you ever nearly fallen off the Silver Bridge?
To the Future is a small GRAPH interview of junior actresses. This one was published in the September 2024 issue.
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