Taking another couple weeks off posting because of the Takarazuka tour and a sudden work trip! Apologies, will try to be back on schedule later this month <3
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ON THE RISE – On and Off: Toki Irisu
ON THE RISE was a 2008 Kageki feature for up-and-coming young stars, asking them various questions about their on- and off-stage life. Toki’s was published in the June issue. (This was several years before her transfer to Star Troupe.)
Continue readingthe REVUE THEATRE – July 2022
In this feature, performers recommend shows to fit a particular mood. The October 2022 column featured Serika Toa, Kizuki Yuuma, Suwa Saki, and Oto Kurisu.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the nature of the feature it can contain major spoilers.
Continue readingCARNIVAL #5
CARNIVAL was longtime Takarazuka interviewer Ashizawa Jin’s 2015 GRAPH column. This talk with then-Moon Troupe member Asami Jun was published in April.
Continue readingTo the Future – Saotome Wakaba & Ayanagi Shou
This is a slightly older version of To the Future, so the questions vary a bit from its current form.
This young star introduction feature was published in the September 2010 issue of GRAPH.
Continue readingTodoroki Yuu: Talking to Myself With… (July 2021)
Former Senka Top Star Todoroki Yuu wrote this blog-style column in Kageki for many years until her retirement (first as ‘Talking to Myself’, then ‘Talking to Myself With Photo’ and finally as ‘Talking to Myself With…’).
In her July 2021 page, one of her last columns, she wrote about her earliest days in Snow Troupe with some old photos from Monsieur du Paris, as well as her upcoming final performance.
Continue readingTo the Future, Hayato Natsu, Cosmos Troupe
To the Future is a small GRAPH interview of junior actresses. This one was published in the January 2019 issue.
Continue readingthe REVUE THEATRE – April 2022
(After this posting will revert to once a week on Mondays)
In this feature, performers recommend shows to fit a particular mood. The April 2022 column featured Tenju Mitsuki, Minami Maito, Irodori Michiru, and Reika Haru
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the nature of the feature it can contain major spoilers.
Continue readingZukalations is back…
My apologies for the lengthy absense! Due to my schedule I had trouble finding enough time to translate and organize posts. I was doing twice-weekly posting for a bit before the unintentional hiatus but I am going to drop down to once a week for now. Hopefully I can ramp back up within a few months <3
WINGS – July 2022
WINGS is a Kageki feature (revived from a few years back) where a few young actresses answer questions about themselves and Takarazuka. This issue’s column includes Haruno Sakura, Mihane Ai, Neiro Yui, and Kase Kyou.
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