This Kageki feature from 2011 has the results of a survey of all the troupe members of the time, asking their impression of their Top Star through various questionnaires.
Otozuki’s was published in the November issue, and the survey seems to have been done during the performance or rehearsals for The Man in the Iron Mask/Royal Straight Flush!.
Continue readingTroupe Report is a Kageki feature where an appointed reporter will write about current events in the troupe or ask troupe members for questions to answers sent in by readers. Reporters are generally only replaced on retirement, unlike other backstage features that rotate monthly or quarterly.
This edition was written by Sahana Mako, and talks about events backstage of The Rose of Versailles: Fersen.
(Sahana consistently refers to otokoyaku with male pronouns and honorifics; this is not a translation error but her personal writing style, as is the various bold text, strikethroughs, etc.)
Continue readingIn this feature from Kageki, stars look back at their career and pick out roles that had an effect on their growth as a performer. This one was originally published in the June 2015 issue.
Posting outside the usual scheduling in commemoration of Ayakaze’s first retirement ceremony tomorrow.
Continue readingThis 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 readingBackstage 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 cute and fun way to get to know actresses and hear more about behind-the-scenes goings-on from a different point of view than the main stars.
This one is by then-Snow Troupe member Arisa Hitomi (of the 98th Class) and was published in the April 2015 issue.
Continue readingCARNIVAL was longtime Takarazuka interviewer Ashizawa Jin’s 2015 GRAPH column. This talk with then-Moon Troupe member Asami Jun was published in April.
Continue readingThis 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 readingFormer 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 readingFor her retirement issue of GRAPH in September 2010, Mizu Natsuki held a roundtable talk with every single otokoyaku who had performed one of her roles in a junior lead production.
The 5 otokoyaku participating are Saou Kurama, Daigo Seshiru (pre musumeyaku switch), Renjou Makoto, Karyou Shizuru, and Ayakaze Sakina.
One outtake photo from the back of the magazine is also included.
Continue readingVoyage 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. Ayakaze and Asazuki picked 1950s Italy for their feature, which was published in the February issue.
An outtake from the back of the magazine is included.
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