Which side are you on 2: Hyper! (May 2009)

The Kageki Top Star feature for 2009 was a spinoff of the 2008 feature, where Top Stars were asked to pick a side on a question. Unlike the 2008 edition, which had 2 questions, the 2009 version only has 1 question, and the stars are then asked to predict everyone else’s answers.

The May question: Do you prefer…
A – Traditional sweets?
B – Western sweets?

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To The Future: Self Introduction @ GRAPH (Renjou Makoto, Aihara Mika, Miya Rurika, Hanazuki Yuma)

This is an older iteration of To The Future in GRAPH, so some of the questions being answered are different. This feature was published in the September 2006 GRAPH.

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Dual Road – Masaki Ryuu vs. Sagiri Seina

This talk between classmates Masaki Ryuu and Sagiri Seina was published in the September 2009 issue of GRAPH. I was working from the version reprinted in Sagiri’s memorial book so there is a possibility it may have been edited in some fashion.

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“Ever since I was 15, my heart has been in Takarazuka” – Asumi Rio Interview

This interview with Flower Troupe Top Star Asumi Rio was published in the June print edition of Marisol magazine and then posted to their website on August 17, 2018. (Archive link here.) There’s a very pretty photo as well.

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Sparkling Time: Tenju Mitsuki and Sumiki Sayato

Sparkling TIME is a long-running Kageki talk feature which includes a photoshoot (designed by the participants) and talk between performers. Tenju’s and Sumiki’s was published in the October 2017 issue.

Some outtakes from the back of the magazine are also included.

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ESPECIAL TIME: As you like it – Ayanagi Shou and Miya Rurika

ESPECIAL TIME is a long-running invitation talk feature in GRAPH, where one sienne is given the opportunity to invite someone else.

Ayanagi Shou’s feature, where she invited Miya Rurika, was published in the February 2018 issue.

There is also an outtake from the feature that was printed in the back of the magazine.

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Sparkling Time: Hozuki An and Ayanagi Shou

Sparkling TIME is a long-running photo/talk feature from Kageki. An and Shou’s was published in the September 2016 issue. They are classmates from the 92nd class; at the time, Houzuki was in Flower Troupe and Ayanagi in Snow Troupe.

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