English translation of lyrics from the Takarazuka production based on the Bollywood musical film.
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Sparkling Time: Hozuki An and Ayanagi Shou
Sparkling TIME is a long-running photo/talk feature from Kageki. An and Shou’s was published in the September 2016 issue. They are classmates from the 92nd class; at the time, Houzuki was in Flower Troupe and Ayanagi in Snow Troupe.
Continue readingTo the Future: Kazama Yuno, Moon Troupe
To the Future is a small GRAPH interview of junior actresses. This one was published in the April 2017 issue.
Continue readingLyrics: Rose-Colored Life (Om Shanti Om)
English translation of lyrics from the Takarazuka production based on the Bollywood musical film.
Continue readingBackstage Journal: Amairo Mineri (Die Fledermaus/THE ENTERTAINER!)
Backstage Journal is a short Kageki feature where very young cast members write anecdotes about what’s going on behind the scenes of the productions. They’re not very deep, being full of emojis and more like blog entries than articles, but they are a good way to get to know the newest actresses in each troupe.
This one is by Star Troupe member Amairo Mineri, and was published in the May 2016 issue.
Continue readingLyrics: My Shining Star (Om Shanti Om)
English translation of lyrics from the Takarazuka production based on the Bollywood musical film.
Continue readingTime to soar! #3 – Ashizawa Jin interview with Nanami Hiroki
Ashizawa Jin is an illustrator/columnist who seems to have worked for GRAPH since the 1960s (yes, you read that right). His interview column generally gets a new title every year but has been fairly consistent format-wise in recent years. I’m giving him his own tag in the Staff category since he is one of the few interview conductors to be credited by name in the publications.
This interview with Nanami Hiroki was published in the April 2017 issue of GRAPH, but was recorded ahead of the opening of The Scarlet Pimpernel.
Continue readingGRAPH Special Investigation: 86th Class Questionnaire
This feature asked all the current members of the 86th class as of 2011 to rate each other according to various questions. There were 2 other sections that were basically just charts that I may translate at a later date, but for now I have just done the questions portion with everyone’s comments on each other.
Continue readingLyrics: Deewangi Deewangi (Om Shanti Om)
English translation of lyrics from the Takarazuka production based on the Bollywood musical film.
Continue readingThe challenge of Asami Jun’s 10th year: ‘Yoshitsune and the Fox Spirit – Cherry Blossom Fantasy’
This interview with Asami Jun about her then-upcoming Bow Hall was published by Sports Hochi on March 14. The original article can be found here. (Archive link here.)
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