This article about Applause, TAKARAZUKA LIVE NEXT’s first show and Ayanagi Shou’s first OG performance, was published in Hochi News on September 9, 2021. The original article can be found here (archive link here).
Continue readingThis photo feature, which ran in GRAPH through 2016, had subjects selecting photos they had taken with other Takarasiennes. This edition features Seto Kazuya, Saotome Wakaba, Mao Yuuki, and Tsukishiro Kanato.
(By this point, the photos had captions naming their subjects, which some previous issues did not.)
Continue readingThis article about Neiro Yui in the junior performance of CITY HUNTER was published by Nikkan Sports on August 31, 2021. The original article can be found here (archive link here).
Continue readingThis article about the CITY HUNTER junior performance was published by Sports Hochi on August 31, 2021. The original article can be found here (archive link here).
Continue readingThis interview with Asazuki Kiwa was posted by Sports Hochi on August 12, 2021, just before the opening of CITY HUNTER/Fire Fever!. The original article was written by Tsuitsui Masaya [estimated name reading] and can be found here (archived link here).
Continue readingThis photo feature, which ran in GRAPH through 2016, had subjects selecting photos they had taken with other Takarasiennes. This edition features Uzuki Hayate, Ootori Mayu, Aizuki Hikaru, and Towaki Sea.
Continue readingThis GRAPH feature from 2016 had stars watching video recordings of productions they appeared in and giving their thoughts on the show, as well as talking about some personal effects they were using backstage. Nozomi’s was published in the February issue.
Please note that scene titles are reproduced with permission from this translation of the script.
Continue readingAshizawa Jin is an illustrator/columnist who seems to have worked for GRAPH since the 1960s (yes, you read that right). His interview column generally gets a new title every year but has been fairly consistent format-wise in recent years. I’m giving him his own tag in the Staff category since he is one of the few interview conductors to be credited by name in the publications.
This interview with Ayakaze Sakina was published in the August 2017 issue of GRAPH.
Continue readingIn 2004, Graph published a series of Q&A features for the 90th anniversary of Takarazuka. January’s was with Mizu Natsuki, who then was a member of Cosmos Troupe (though this was never specified in the article itself).
Continue readingThis interview with Mori Keaki to promote the upcoming Terada Takio memorial concert All His Dreams – “Love” was published in Murakami Kumiko’s column Melodious Takarazuka for Nikkan Sports on June 10, 2021.
Somewhat rarely for Takarazuka/OG content, the interview took place remotely. The original article can be found here (archive link here).
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