This feature asked all the current members of the 86th class as of 2011 to rate each other according to various questions. There were 2 other sections that were basically just charts that I may translate at a later date, but for now I have just done the questions portion with everyone’s comments on each other.
Continue readingThis interview with Asami Jun about her then-upcoming Bow Hall was published by Sports Hochi on March 14. The original article can be found here. (Archive link here.)
Continue readingMana Haruto’s GRAPH column on the 92nd class members ran through 2013. The first installment, featuring Ayanagi Shou, was published in the February issue.
(Mana’s writing style is a little quirky, but I reproduced it the best I could)
Continue readingThis article about the COMPANY shinjin kouen was published by Hoshi News on February 27th. The original article with photos can be found here. (Archive link here.)
Continue readingThis director talk for Hokushou Kairi’s first Cosmos Troupe lead was published in the November 2007 Kageki.
Please note it was translated from her memorial book, so, while as far as I can tell it seems complete, it may have been slightly abridged.
Continue readingSeo Yuria’s 95th classmate interview series was published in GRAPH through 2016. Her talk with Asami Jun was published in the October issue.
(Yes, she does use that many exclamation points in the original)
Continue readingThis short article on the opening of Red River/Citrus Breeze: Sunrise was published in Nikkan Sports on March 16th. The original article can be found here, with some photos. (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.
This interview with Misaki Rion was published in the December 2016 issue, a few months before her retirement.
Continue readingTalk DX is a GRAPH talk feature with the otokoyaku leads of a recent Grand Theatre show. This one, which was recorded towards the end of the Takarazuka run of Elisabeth, was published in the October 2016 issue, when the show was being performed in Tokyo.
Continue readingThis reader survey was published in GRAPH in April 1999, midway through Zunko’s run as Top Star of Cosmos Troupe.
The questions included which of her roles was the favorite, which of her characters people would want to be in a romantic or friendly relationship with, and others.
Continue reading