STAGEism was a Kageki feature where 4 siennes answer several different questions about their techniques and goals onstage. This issue featured Tenma Michiru, Matsukaze Akira, Satsuki Aina, and Shirotae Natsu.
Continue readingTRIPLE 4 is a Kageki feature where siennes list their top 3 favorites in 4 different Takarazuka-related categories. Ootori Mayu’s was published in the July 2016 issue, along with Tenju Mitsuki’s.
Again, a lot of these shows I haven’t seen so I have to go by her descriptions.
Continue readingTRIPLE 4 is a Kageki feature where siennes list their top 3 favorites in 4 different Takarazuka-related categories. Tenju Mitsuki’s was published in the July 2016 issue.
Please note I haven’t seen all the shows she’s referring to here so I was going from her descriptions.
Continue readingIn That’s RanKING!, a multi-year Kageki Top Star Q&A feature, the Top Stars rank each other based on various questions. The 2016 version of the column has questions sent in by readers.
This month’s question: Who would be the first to make it out of a giant maze?
Continue readingIn this feature from Kageki, several siennes talk about skills they have that they don’t get to show off on stage. This issue features Kijou Mitsuru, Ouji Kaoru, Hiroka Yuu, and Ayaki Hikari.
Continue readingIn That’s RanKING!, a multi-year Kageki Top Star Q&A feature, the Top Stars rank each other based on various questions. The 2017 version of the column has questions sent in by readers.
This month’s question: Who would be best able to deal with aliens if they appeared?
Continue readingThis article about one of the new 105th class entrants was published by Nikkan Sports on March 30, 2017. (Archive link here.)
Continue readingThe source for this was provided by tumblr user yoz0ra. The issue of TCA press it is from is unidentified.
In That’s RanKING!, a multi-year Kageki Top Star Q&A feature, the Top Stars rank each other based on various questions. The 2016 version of the column has questions sent in by readers.
This month’s question: Who knows the most about bugs?
That’s RanKING! – Who’s in first place?
For 2016’s monthly corner, we use questions sent in from readers and ask each Top Star to rank who most matches each month’s theme by sharing their impressions and anecdotes. The votes are calculated with First Place as 10 points, Second Place as 5 points, and Third Place as 3 points. Please enjoy the 5 Top Stars’ variety of answers and stories!
This month: Who knows the most about bugs? (Question from ‘Elmer’)
Snow Troupe – Sagiri Seina
First place is Maa-kun [Asaka]. That’s because she’s from Saga! [Laughs] There are bugs in Saga, right? They’re in Nagasaki too! …I guess I wouldn’t want to have someone say that to me [laughs]. Michiko-san [Hokushou] seems to have a lot of knowledge about stuff, so even though she says she doesn’t like bugs I feel like she knows about them, so she’s in second. I’m fine with bugs but I don’t know that much about them, so guess I might be third. Fourth place is Masao [Ryuu], and fifth place is Mirio-chan [Asumi]. Masao doesn’t mind bugs but I don’t think she’s interested in them either, and I feel like Mirio-chan hates bugs.
Star Troupe – Hokushou Kairi
First place is Ryuu-san, because she seems she’d know a lot about colorful insects. Second place is Chigi [Sagiri], since I think she would have caught bugs when she was little. I see Asaka-san as being in third place. To tell the truth, I actually detest bugs, and I don’t know much about them so I’m last place. I didn’t hate them so much when I was little, but when I was in the Takarazuka Music School I was cleaning a balcony once, and from a cherry tree, a fuzzy caterpillar—… Of course I couldn’t scream, and I twisted to try and shake it off, but I had to keep going… I kept cleaning while I was practically fainting, so after that I was really traumatized [laughs].
Cosmos Troupe – Asaka Manato
Hokushou-san! If you flipped through the pages of her memory, I feel like she would have a whole page full of memories about bugs, all ‘Oh, so bugs…’ kind of things. Chigi-san is from Kyuushu, which has a lot of nature, and I think she definitely caught bugs when she was little! I’m also from Kyuushu so I’ll be third for the same reasons. A long time ago I used to catch cicadas, but now I can’t stand them. I feel like Mirio would be like ‘Mr. Bug, stay away~’ [laughs]. And I see Masao as having very little interest in bugs. ‘Oh, there’s a bug, huh,’ that kind of image.
Flower Troupe – Asumi Rio
First place is Chigi-san, since I think a bug catching net would suit her. I think second place might be Masaki-san [Ryuu]. She has a favorite bug: she said ‘rhinoceros beetles are really spirited’ so I think she’d be like that [laughs]. Third place is Hokushou-san. She seems to know a lot about bugs, and would be able to tell you ‘in this area these bugs are likely to appear’. Since I grew up in the countryside, if I see a bug I generally know what it is, and I’m not scared of them…but I’m not an expert.
Moon Troupe – Ryuu Masaki
Somebody who knows a lot about bugs…? Maybe Maa-kun. Well, I say she knows a lot, but I feel like if you asked her about bugs she would get really into it and research all kinds of things. Second place is Chigi-chan, since she definitely seems like she fits the ‘outdoorsy’ image. Micchan is in third place. Even if she personally doesn’t like bugs, she knows about a lot of different things so I think she’d definitely be able to tell you about bugs. I can’t stand bugs at all. I think Mirio doesn’t like them at all either. But if there was a bug on my clothes or something, I think she’d have the courage to get it off for me…
GRAPHOO!, an image feature published in Graph in 2015, had siennes present photos based on a keyword, in a spoof of the Yahoo search engine. The December issue featured Serika Toa, Rinjou Kira, Hoshino Anri, and Asami Jun.
Graphoo! This month’s keyword: “Gorgeous”
Serika Toa: All the musumeyaku livening up the rehearsal room
This is a picture from the independent rehearsals for Melodia. I think the musumeyaku of Flower Troupe are all so lovely and gorgeous. Their rehearsal clothes are always so cute, so I thought it would be a shame not to share! That’s why I wanted to present this [laughs]. Also, Marin-san [Yuuma Rin] said “There’s an up-and-coming musumeyaku fifth from the left” [laughs]. That’s right, if you look closely, Marin’s together with them in this picture since she happened to be passing by. This turned out to be such a gorgeous photo!
Rinjou Kira: Amneris’ costumes are so gorgeous!
I thought Amneris’ [Reimi Urara’s] costumes in A Song For Kingdoms were so beautiful and gorgeous that I had to get a picture together with her. All her costumes are splendid, but I thought this gold costume was especially nice. I have a headdress to wear as well, but it’s really heavy. Amneris really appears as if she possesses all the wealth of Egypt [laughs]. I had the role of a priest, and it was hard to convey my high rank as well as the strength and pride of Egypt since I didn’t move around very much. However, it was fun to have a different viewpoint in the show rather than just being a soldier.
Hoshino Anri: The costumes and the sets and the stars…everything was gorgeous!
This is an old photo I found when I was going through pictures at the time my classmate Ei-chan [Hanae Chiho] was about to retire. In the prologue of Dawn of Solferino 9 members of our class made up the chorus surrounding Chika-san [Mizu Natsuki] and Yumiko-san [Ayabuki Mao], but we were only ken-1 so it was a huge responsibility! Even so, we couldn’t do very well [laughs], so we even asked the two of them to watch us rehearse. In the performance, even the otokoyaku were wearing showy dresses [laughs] and being showered in the light made it a proud moment.
Asami Jun: Having everyone together for the A-EN senshuuraku
For the last performance of A-EN ARI VERSION everyone from ARTHUR VERSION joined us on stage. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to get a picture of everyone, but it made me really happy. Even though this was a Bow Hall performance, it was a double feature with a gorgeous revue show. In the play, Director Noguchi gave names to everyone’s character, and wrote out detailed characterizations for all of them. When I was standing on center stage during the revue, I felt the energy from everyone around me, and I felt like I had to respond to them. I will work hard to use this experience to help me in the next Grand Theatre performance!