Fresh Questionnaire: Sorahane Riku, Cosmos Troupe

‘Fresh Questionnaire’ is a Kageki feature from 2012 about up-and-coming young stars. Riku’s was published in the March issue.


Fresh Questionnaire: Sorahane Riku, Cosmos Troupe

  • Debut – March 2007, Secret Hunter
  • Birthday – October 13
  • Hometown – Fuchi City, Tokyo metropolis
  • Height – 173 cm
  • Bloodtype – O
  • Nickname – Riku

Recommendations from your hometown (places, local goods, etc):
Ookumitama shrine, ‘Musashinonisshi’ sweets1.

Favorite school subject:
In TMS it was Modern Dance.

The first Takarazuka show you saw:
Star Troupe’s Rose of Versailles: Oscar and Andre (2001).

Reason for taking the TMS entrance exam:
I liked being on stage, and I wanted to be able to try all sorts of dance styles.

How you felt when you first put on the TMS uniform:
I was so emotional, I was like ‘Wahh~’

Strongest memories from TMS:
Rehearsing with my classmates for events like the Western Dance Recital and the Culture Festival.

Essential things for the stage:
Drinks, feelings.

Method for escaping nervousness on stage:
I take a deep breath and trust in my rehearsals!!

How you spend the night before a show opens:
I run a mental simulation of opening day and try to go to bed with a good mental image.

What you focus on as an otokoyaku:
I work hard to be always seen as a male, or rather an otokoyaku, on stage.

A role you’d like to pay in the future:
There are a lot of roles I’d like to try challenging myself with, but I really want to play a character who has an epic romance.

Someone you’d like to meet:
Figure skater Takahashi Daisuke. (I was so moved by him at the end of last year.2)

Qualifications:
I have a driver’s license.

The shampoo you use currently:
KERASTASE.

Favorite OOO (insert 3 categories instead of OOO):
Favorite film – Pirates of the Caribbean, favorite food – (my mother’s) harumaki, favorite pattern – leopard print.

Do you have a pet?
I hope to have one someday.

Something you always make sure to do for your health:
Stretching, I suppose…

When do you have the most fun?
When I’m laughing from the bottom of my heart.

Your signature color:
Sky blue.

If you were an animal, what would you be?
A horse or maybe…a pegasus!? (Kind of…since I had the role of YAMATO in NICE GUY!!3)

Your ‘charm point’:
I’m not really sure myself…

An instrument you can play:
Tenor horn.

1 – Musashinonisshi sweets are cream-filled mini baumkuchens

2 – In late 2011 Takahashi achieved many medals and made the Japanese Winter Olympics team.

3 – YAMATO is a sort of pegasus/unicorn creature that appears throughout the NICE GUY!! revue, which was produced in 2011.