Ryuu Masaki’s talk with the top students of the 101st class (who debuted in the 2015 performance of 1789 – Les Amants de la Bastille) was published in the June 2015 issue of Kageki.
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Chinatsu Sensor (Houzuki An, Moon Troupe) – February 2025
Sensor is a Kageki feature with commentary themed around the 5 senses and a Q&A section. Houzuki’s was published in the February issue.
Continue readingMoon Troupe Troupe Report, February 2023
Troupe 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 readingMoon Troupe Report – June 2015
Troupe 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 Shimon Yuriya and mainly features an interview-style Q&A with Ryuu Masaki.
Continue readingThe Costume: Kiriya Hiromu and Aono Yuuki (THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL, July 2010)
The Costume is a GRAPH feature where Top Stars and Top Musumeyaku give a detailed photoshoot of costumes from their latest performance and explain their key details. In July 2010 Kiriya and Aono presented costumes from their Grand Theatre debut production, THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL.
Continue readingMaikaze Rira GRAPH Farewell Talk
This talk feature between Maikaze Rira and Sena Jun, who she had been in Flower Troupe with, was published for Maikaze’s retirement in the December 2006 issue of GRAPH.
Continue readingMoon Troupe – 1789: Les Amants de la Bastille review; “Another Revolutionary new musical from Takarazuka”
This review of 1789, by freelance theatre and film reviewer Kotooda Chieko (d. 2018), was published in the June 2015 issue of Kageki.
Continue readingVoyage with You – Moon Troupe (Tsukishiro Kanato and Umino Mitsuki)
Voyage With You was a Kageki photoshoot and interview feature where the Top Combi picked a destination and time period for a photoshoot, as well as having a talk about the location and related Takarazuka shows. Tsukishiro and Umino picked ‘Nostalgic Morocco’ as the setting for their feature, which was published in October of 2022.
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.
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