Salut! was a 2019 GRAPH feature interviewing young performers. Ren’s was published in March.
Continue readingSalut! – Ren Tsukasa (March 2019)
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To the Future: Hana Yuuki, Flower Troupe
To the Future is a small GRAPH interview of junior actresses. This one was published in the August 2017 issue.
Continue readingPRxPRince Roundtable talk (March 2019 Kageki)
This talk for the production of Towaki Sea’s first Bow Hall lead show, PRxPRince, was published in the March 2019 issue of Kageki, and features Towaki Sea, Jun Hana, and director Machida Nanoka.
Continue readingThe Costume: Sagiri Seina and Sakihi Miyu (Greatest HITS!)
The Costume is a GRAPH feature where Top Stars give a detailed photoshoot of certain costumes and explain their key details. These two feature Snow Troupe Top Stars of the time Sagiri Seina and Sakihi Miyu introducing costumes from their holiday revue Greatest HITS! and were originally published in the January 2017 issue.
Continue readingWe Are EXCITER! – Farewell Talk (Matobu Sei and Fujii Daisuke)
This talk between then-Flower Troupe Top Star Matobu Sei and Takarazuka Revue director Fujii Daisuke was published for Matobu’s retirement in the April 2011 issue of Kageki.
Continue readingSnow Troupe Troupe Report, April 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.
Snow Troupe’s Troupe Report has been written by Sahana Mako since 2012. The April 2017 edition focuses on Snow Troupe’s performance of One Night of Stars/Greatest Hits! in Nagoya’s now-closed Chunichi Theatre.
Continue readingRomeo et Juliette Backstage Journal – Hanabuki Noa
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.
This one is by Snow Troupe member Hanabuki Noa (of the 93rd Class), and was published in the April 2011 issue.
Continue readingPick Up Interview – Kiraha Reo
This brief interview with Snow Troupe otokoyaku Kiraha Reo was published in the May 2017 issue of GRAPH.
Continue readingFormer Takarazuka Top Star Sagiri Seina reveals her struggles 2 years post-retirement
This interview with Sagiri Seina, former Top Star of Snow Troupe, was published by Oricon on October 5th. (Archive link here.) The original article was written by Uehara Kahori, and there are many pictures on the original website, so please click through!
Continue reading88th Class Ties
This round-robin style talk with all the 88th class members was published in the May 2017 issue of GRAPH, as part of a series on the more senior classes (those who have been in the company 10 years of more).
The participants are: Kouzuki Ruu, Asaka Manato, Kagetsu Miyako, Sahana Mako, Kurenai Yuzuru, Hoshou Dai, Yugiri Rai
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