In the 2010 GRAPH photo feature (featuring an unreplicable pun on the Japanese word for ‘3’), performers presented photos from their third year in the company. The September issue featured Misuzu Aki, Sakura Ichika, Daigo Seshiru, and Makaze Suzuho.
Continue readingMake a choice! was the 2021 Top Star feature in Kageki, where each Top Star answered a question with two choices, created by one of the other Top Stars. This one was published in November, with Rei Makoto asking ‘You’re lost! What do you do?’
Continue readingThis photo feature, which ran in GRAPH through 2016, had subjects selecting photos they had taken with other Takarasiennes. The March installment features Miya Rurika, Sumiki Sayato, Minami Maito, and Kisaki Airi.
Continue readingThis GRAPH feature gave stars a chance to talk about their current activities and interests, as well as share personal photos. The December issue included Serika Toa, Seino Asuka, Agata Sen, and Kiyora Haryuu.
Continue readingIn this Kageki feature, the follow-up to a feature published in 2002, a group of younger otokoyaku pick topics from a list and write a short reflection or anecdote.
Continue readingThis 2010 Kageki feature introduces young performers and has them talk about recent events in their lives. The May issue features Seto Kazuya, Shimon Yuriya, Sumireno Rei, and Ayakaze Sakina.
Continue readingThis article about Yasuda Zenkichi (estimated reading), the artist published as Ashizawa Jin in GRAPH, was published by Yukan Daily, a news site for his home town of Nobeoka, on January 16, 2014. The original article can be found here (archive link here).
Continue readingThis article about the debut of the 107th class was published in Sponichi Annex on June 26th, 2021. The original article can be found here (archive link here).
Please note that at time of first posting I have not seen the show or the rockette dance, so I do not have full context for what is being described.
Continue readingThis talk featuring Sou Kazuho, who was starring in the 99th Class debut performance, The Rose of Versailles: Fersen, and the top members of the new class, was published in the June 2013 issue of Kageki.
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 June (submitted by Sou Kazuho):
1) Do you like rainy days?
2) What is your favorite color for umbrellas?