This interview with Rei Makoto ahead of the opening of Romeo et Juliette was published by Kobe News on January 21, 2021. The original article, written by Kataoka Satomi [estimated reading] can be found here. (Archive link here.)
Continue readingThis book is a memoir of Aran Kei’s time as a member of Takarazuka, as well as her post-Takarazuka career and memories of her childhood. It was published in 2010 to commemorate the 20th year of her stage career. It also features messages from Takarazuka classmates and other colleagues and theatre artists she has worked with.
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Continue readingThis book is a memoir of Aran Kei’s time as a member of Takarazuka, as well as her post-Takarazuka career and memories of her childhood. It was published in 2010 to commemorate the 20th year of her stage career. It also features messages from Takarazuka classmates and other colleagues and theatre artists she has worked with.
Some paragraph breaks are added for ease of reading in English.
Continue readingThis book is a memoir of Aran Kei’s time as a member of Takarazuka, as well as her post-Takarazuka career and memories of her childhood. It was published in 2010 to commemorate the 20th year of her stage career. It also features messages from Takarazuka classmates and other colleagues and theatre artists she has worked with.
Some paragraph breaks have been added for ease of reading in English.
Continue readingThis book is a memoir of Aran Kei’s time as a member of Takarazuka, as well as her post-Takarazuka career and memories of her childhood. It was published in 2010 to commemorate the 20th year of her stage career. It also features messages from Takarazuka classmates and other colleagues and theatre artists she has worked with.
I have collected many archival images from various sources to illustrate the book.
Continue readingThis cute talk feature between classmates Hanafusa Mari and Aran Kei was published in the February 1997 issue of GRAPH. At the time, Hanafusa Mari was Top Musumeyaku of Snow Troupe, and Aran Kei was still an up-and-coming otokoyaku (her first Bow Hall lead show, ICARUS, took place almost exactly a year after this was published).
Continue readingThis article about the promotional press conference for the 2021 Romeo et Juliette production was published by Fuji TV View on December 11, 2020. (Archive link here.) Click through for many photos.
Continue readingThis fun interview about OG Nanami Hiroki’s favorite fruit was published for Japan’s ‘Mandarin Orange’ day (one of two, even!) on December 3, 2020. The original article was written by Ayaji Nobuko [approximate reading] for Domani—click through for many photos of Nanami! (Archive link here.)
Continue readingThis article about the opening of Rei Makoto’s El Halcon revival was published by Sankei News West on November 11. The original article can be found here (click through for photos). (Archive link here.)
Continue readingThis interview with Hanagata Hikaru discussing her upcoming retirement was first published in April. It was recorded before the originally intended Tokyo opening of the show, so it does not reference the further delays and closures.
The interview was written by Murakami Kumiko and published in Nikkan Sports’ column ‘Melodious Takarazuka’. (Archive link here.) Click through for pictures!
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