To the Future is a small GRAPH interview of junior actresses. This one was published in the February 2018 issue.
Continue readingTo The Future: Hanaki Maia, Cosmos Troupe
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GRAPH PETIT TALK: Ichika Sakura, Hanano Juria, Hatsuhime Saaya, Kayou Kirari
In this talk feature, several Flower Troupe members discuss in detail the philosophy of being a musumeyaku. It was published in the November 2011 issue of GRAPH.
Continue readingStar Troupe Troupe Report – June 2017
Troupe Report is a Kageki feature where an appointed reporter will write about current events in the troupe or ask troupe members for questions to answers sent in by readers. Reporters are generally only replaced on retirement, unlike other backstage features that rotate monthly or quarterly.
Star Troupe’s Troupe Report has been written by Kisaragi Ren since 2015. The June 2017 edition features questions for the leading members of the troupe and backstage anecdotes.
Continue readingTakarazuka Flower Troupe Musumeyaku Top Senna Ayase at retirement press conference – “Being here right now has made me so happy”
This article about Senna Ayase’s retirement press conference was published by Sankei West on October 16th. The original article with pictures can be found here. (Archive link here.)
Continue readingTamaki Ryou ‘Anything’ (Part 2)
This feature was published in the September 2017 GRAPH.
The previous part, which contained Tamaki Ryou’s likes and dislikes, is in the last post (found here). This post includes the Q&A sections, which features questions from readers as well as questions themed around her Grand Theatre show ALL FOR ONE.
Continue readingTamaki Ryou ‘Anything’ (Part 1)
This feature was published in the September 2017 GRAPH.
It is being posted in two parts due to length. Part 1 contains Tamaki Ryou’s description of her likes and dislikes. The Q&A section, including questions from readers and questions themed around her Grand Theatre show ALL FOR ONE, will follow in Part 2 (posted here).
Continue readingABOUT ‘100’ – Ayanagi Shou, Snow Troupe
Since 2018 was the 100th year of Kageki being in publication, there were various commemorative events and features. In this feature, stars answer questions with the number 100 in them, and also describe their own personalities in terms of percentages.
Ayanagi’s was published in the April issue.
Continue readingTakarazuka Police Station appoints Takarazuka Revue member Agata Sen as Traffic Safety Representative for a day
This article was published by Kobe News NEXT on September 20th, 2018; however, the page has since been removed with no archives remaining.
(I omitted one paragraph of the article that was irrelevant to Takarazuka)
Continue readingBIHODOKI/Beauty behind the curtain – Manaki Reika (Moon Troupe)
BIHODOKI is a GRAPH musumeyaku feature about beauty, fashion and lifestyle. Manaki Reika’s was published in the February 2018 issue.
NOTE: I don’t endorse any beauty or health treatments recommended by Takarasiennes. Translation is for information purposes only.
Continue readingSparkling Time: Nanami Hiroki and Junya Chitose
Sparkling TIME is a long-running photo/talk feature from Kageki. Hiroki and Chitose’s was published in the September 2016 issue. They are classmates from the 89th class.
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