Top to Top was the Top Star feature in Kageki for 2010, where one Top Star would pose questions to be answered by all 5.
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That’s ranKING! (May 2015)
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 readingVoyage with You – Cosmos Troupe (Makaze Suzuho and Jun Hana)
Voyage With You was a Kageki photoshoot and interview feature where the Top Combi picked a destination and time period for a photoshoot, as well as having a talk about the location and related Takarazuka shows. Yuzuka and Hoshikaze picked America in the 1970s-80s for their feature, which was published in the August issue.
Continue readingVoyage With You – Flower Troupe (Yuzuka Rei and Hoshikaze Madoka)
Voyage With You was a Kageki photoshoot and interview feature where the Top Combi picks a destination and does a photoshoot inspired by their choice and a famous film set there, as well as having a talk about the location and related Takarazuka shows. Yuzuka and Hoshikaze picked France and did a Beauty and the Beast-themed photoshoot.
Continue readingMake a choice! Which side are you on? – November 2021
Make 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 readingCurrent State of Me – November 2021
This Kageki feature brings brief updates on the lives of Takarasiennes. This issue features Yumena Rune, Asazuki Kiwa, Hiryuu Tsukasa, and Kazeiro Hyuuga.
Continue readingBackstage Journal – Kashiro Kiho (Elisabeth, Flower Troupe 2002-3)
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 Flower Troupe member Kashiro Kiho (of the 87th Class), and was published in the February 2003 issue.
Continue readingMonthly Episode! Hyper – February 2003
In this Kageki feature, the follow-up to a feature published in 2002, a group of younger otokoyaku pick topics from a list and write a short reflection or anecdote.
Continue readingON/OFF – 9×9 Questions: Kurenai Yuzuru
This feature was published in Kageki for the 99th year of the company’s existence in 2013. Kurenai’s was published in the December issue; however, this translation used the reprinting in her memorial book (though it seems to be complete).
Continue readingWords and Pictures – O-Mizu’s Road of Flowers, Part 2 (Feb 2003)
There’s a section in Kageki called ‘Words and Pictures’ where one sienne from each troupe is chosen quarterly to write about behind-the-scenes episodes from their troupe. (It’s slightly similar to Troupe Report, but longer and with a fixed turnover.)
Mizu Natsuki was the writer for Cosmos Troupe in the first quarter of 2003. In this installment, she discusses the Setsubun festival tradition of ehoumaki, as well as behind the scenes of Miracle of the Holy Star and rehearsals for Pierre the Mercenary.
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