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.
Continue readingTroupe 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 December 2017 edition focuses on Ichijo Azusa, who retired from Star Troupe with the show closing that month.
Continue readingTalk DX is a GRAPH talk feature with the otokoyaku leads of a recent Grand Theatre show. This one was recorded during the run of Guys and Dolls, and published in the November 2015 issue.
Continue readingBackstage 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.
This one is by Cosmos Troupe member Takato Chiaki (of the 101st class), and was published in the December 2017 issue.
I have only seen this show once, so I do not have much context to go on and relied on Takato’s details.
Continue readingFor her final issue of GRAPH, in November 2016, Hinami Fuu had an invitation talk feature. She chose to do it with Hokushou Kairi and reminisce about their time as Top Stars together.
Warning: Extreme cuteness ahead.
Continue readingAshizawa Jin’s 2015 interview column was called CARNIVAL. This interview with Akatsuki Chisei was published in the October 2015 issue of GRAPH.
Continue readingThis interview with Minami Maito about her then-upcoming Bow Hall show, Senhor CRUZEIRO, was published by Everyday Discoveries (Mainichi ga Hakken), a web magazine which seems to be aimed at older women, on April 29, 2018; however, the page has now been taken down. An archived version (including photos) can be found here.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.
Saotome’s was published in the March 2016 issue.
Continue readingTELL ALL! was a 2016 Kageki feature asking Top Stars and Top Musumeyaku various questions about their personality, their work, and their daily lives. Tamaki’s was published in the November issue.
Continue readingSeo Yuria’s 95th class interview series was published in GRAPH through 2016. Her talk with Minami Maito was published in the June issue.
(Yes, she does use that many exclamation points in the original)
If you have read the Seo Yuria/Minami Maito Sparkling Time, some of the anecdotes they discuss may look familiar. The two features were originally published around a year apart.
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