In That’s RanKING!, the Kageki Top Star Q&A feature that ran from 2015-2017 with some variation, the Top Stars rank each other based on various questions. This month’s question: Who is the most outdoorsy?
I’ve also included an outtake that were printed in the back of the magazine.
Continue readingThis interview feature for Haruha Rara’s retirement was published in the September 2021 issue of GRAPH.
Some outtake photos from the back of the magazine are included.
Continue readingESPECIAL TIME was a long-running invitation talk feature in GRAPH, where one sienne is given the opportunity to invite someone else.
Aine Harei’s feature, where she invited Koto Marie, was published in the February 2010 issue.
Some of the outtake photos from the back of the magazine are also included.
Continue readingTo the Future is a small GRAPH interview of junior actresses. This one was published in the December 2012 issue.
Continue readingSPOTLIGHT was a 2018 feature where Top Stars talked about roles that were major turning points for them, as well as their routines behind the scenes. Kurenai’s was published in the December issue.
Some outtake shots from the back of the magazine are included.
Continue readingAshizawa Jin is an illustrator/columnist who seems to have worked for GRAPH since the 1960s (yes, you read that right). His interview column generally gets a new title every year but has been fairly consistent format-wise in recent years. I’m giving him his own tag in the Staff category since he is one of the few interview conductors to be credited by name in the publications.
This interview with Kisaki Airi was published in the July 2017 issue of GRAPH and seems to have been recorded during the production of The Scarlet Pimpernel.
Continue readingThis photo feature, which ran in GRAPH through 2016, had subjects selecting photos they had taken with other Takarasiennes. The March installment features Miya Rurika, Sumiki Sayato, Minami Maito, and Kisaki Airi.
Continue readingTo the Future is a GRAPH interview feature for up-and-coming young performers that has gone through various versions over the years. This was published in the February 2010 issue and features Star Troupe performers Toa Reiya and Kitori Mariya.
Continue readingThis interview was published in GRAPH in the December 2021 issue.
Continue readingTo the Future is a small GRAPH interview of junior actresses. This one was published in the October 2018 issue.
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