Ashizawa Jin is an illustrator/columnist who seems to have worked for GRAPH since the 1960s (yes, you read that right). His interview column gets a new title every year but usually the format is fairly similar. The 1993 column was called HOP STEP ATTACK, and this interview with Takumi Hibiki was published in the February issue.
Continue readingThis edition of Tokyo Shinbun’s column on Takarazuka features Ayaki Hikari, talking about her current performance in Romeo et Juliette. The original column was written by Yamagishi Toshiyuki (estimated name reading) and was published here on March 18, 2021. (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 readingRelaxing Breeze (Fuwari) was a musumeyaku feature published in GRAPH, where an interview would take place at a cafe. It was focused on offstage topics such as how they destress or what they do on days off.
Hinami’s was published in the July 2016 issue.
Continue readingRhythm was a Q&A feature for young otokoyaku stars published through 2016, with fun questions about the performers’ on and offstage lives as well as some drawings. The specific questions and number of questions vary between features.
Minami’s was published in the November issue.
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 article about the pre-opening performance of Nozomi Fuuto’s solo OG concert SPERO was published by Sports Hochi on August 1, 2021. The original article can be found here (archive link here).
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.
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