This edition of Tokyo Shinbun’s column on Takarazuka features musumeyaku Uta Chizuru, talking about her current performance in A Second Fortuitous Meeting NEXT GENERATION/Gran Cantate!!. The original column was written by Yamagishi Toshiyuki (estimated name reading) and was published here on July 14, 2022. (Archive link here.)
Continue readingMake a choice! was the 2021 Top Star feature in Kageki, where each Top Star answered a question with two choices, created by one of the other Top Stars. This one was published in November, with Rei Makoto asking ‘You’re lost! What do you do?’
Continue readingTo the Future is a small GRAPH interview of junior actresses. This one was published in the December 2012 issue.
Continue readingRANDOM was a Q&A/variety feature for young otokoyaku that ran in GRAPH in 2021. Amahana’s was published in the August issue.
Continue readingThis Kageki feature brings brief updates on the lives of Takarasiennes. This issue features Yumena Rune, Asazuki Kiwa, Hiryuu Tsukasa, and Kazeiro Hyuuga.
Continue readingZUKA LIVE was an ‘advice show’ style column in GRAPH where readers could write in with questions for stars. Houzuki’s was published in the December 2021 issue.
(As with all reader features, there is the possibility that I missed some reference in the pen names.)
Continue readingThis edition of Tokyo Shinbun’s column on Takarazuka features Shidou Ryuu, talking about her current performance in Sherlock Holmes/Delicieux!. The original column was written by Yamagishi Toshiyuki (estimated name reading) and was published here on August 26, 2021. (Archive link here.)
Continue readingThis GRAPH feature gave stars a chance to talk about their current activities and interests, as well as share personal photos. The December issue included Serika Toa, Seino Asuka, Agata Sen, and Kiyora Haryuu.
Continue readingThis interview was published in GRAPH in the December 2021 issue.
Continue readingThis in-depth otokoyaku feature, which includes discussion of their onstage work, their offstage interests, and a QA with troupe members, was published in GRAPH during 2021. Snow Troupe Top Star Ayakaze’s was published in the December issue.
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