Sena Jun – Words for the Day: Chapter 8

Posted on August 13, 2021 by kittychan

This photo and essay book was written by Moon Troupe Top Star Sena Jun and published during promotions for the 2008 show ME AND MY GIRL, where Top Musumeyaku Ayano Kanami retired. It’s very charming and occasionally emotional.

Some chapters are very short, or contain only pictures, and thus are combined.

The book also featured dual Japanese and English chapter titles, which were not always the same. Where these differ, both are included, with the translation of the Japanese title following in brackets. (For example, Chapter 8 is That time [The era of Asa and Osako])

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Sena Jun – Words for the Day: Chapter 7

Posted on August 6, 2021 by kittychan

Some chapters are very short, or contain only pictures, and thus are combined.

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Sena Jun – Words for the Day: Chapter 6

Posted on July 30, 2021 by kittychan

Some chapters are very short, or contain only pictures, and thus are combined.

Content note: This chapter contains discussions of dieting.

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Mori Keaki singing out famous songs in tribute – concert for 20th anniversary of Terada Takio’s passing

Posted on July 12, 2021 by kittychan

This 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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Aran Kei – Aran: Chapter 13 – “Looking at my foundations in Korea”

Posted on May 14, 2021 by kittychan

This 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. I have also collected many archival images from various sources to illustrate the book.

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Takarazuka Revue – Torodoki Yuu’s retirement press conference: as herself to the end

Posted on March 19, 2021 by kittychan

This article covering Todoroki Yuu’s retirement press conference was published by Kobe News Next. The original article was written by Kataoka Tatsumi [estimated reading] and was originally published here on March 18. (Archive link here.)

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Backstage Journal – Takumi Hibiki (The Rose of Versailles: Fersen 1990)

Posted on March 8, 2021 by kittychan

Backstage 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 good way to get to know the newest actresses in each troupe or see what your favorite performers got up to in their younger days.

This one is by Flower Troupe member Takumi Hibiki (of the 73rd Class), and was published in the August 1990 issue.

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Aran Kei – Aran: Chapter 6 – What I finally realized – “Letting things happen to me is what I should be doing”

Posted on March 5, 2021 by kittychan

Some paragraph breaks have been added for ease of reading in English. I have also collected many archival images from various sources to illustrate the book.

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