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 more turnover.)
Top Musumeyaku Maaya Kiho was the Snow Troupe writer for the first quarter of 2018. In March, her final column, she talks about her personal favorite things about the production of Passage Through the Light/SUPER VOYAGER!
Continue readingIn the Kageki Top Star feature for 2008, all 5 Tops were asked to pick a side on 2 different questions.
For the May issue, the questions the Top Stars were asked were…
Question 1: If you were going to challenge yourself, would you try…
A – Skydiving
B – Scuba diving
Question 2: If you could be reborn, would you rather be…
A – A man
B – A woman
In the 2012 Top Star feature, the Top Stars are asked to pick answers to questions based on their current mood.
March questions: ‘What movie genre would you be interested in right now?’ and ‘If you were buying a new wallet right now, what color would you buy?’
Continue readingThis is Misaki Rion’s farewell invitation talk in Kageki, which was published in the April 2017 issue. She invited Senka member Yuuma Rin, who she had also performed with when they were both members of Flower Troupe.
Continue readingMonthly Question!! was the new Kageki Top Star feature for 2018, taking over from That’s RanKING! It’s somewhat similar to That’s RanKING! in that it asks the Top Stars what they think the others would do in a particular situation, but without the points competition element.
An outtake from the back of the magazine is included.
This month’s question: If you were 10cm tall for a day, what would you do?
Continue readingThis Kageki feature from the mid-2000s had directors Fujii Daisuke and Ueda Keiko trading off hosting a ‘bar’ where they would conduct talk features with young otokoyaku stars. The interview between Fujii and Ranju Tomu was published in the February 2006 issue.
Continue readingThe Kageki Top Star feature for 2009 was a spinoff of the 2008 feature, where Top Stars were asked to pick a side on a question. Unlike the 2008 edition, which had 2 questions, the 2009 version only has 1 question, and the stars are then asked to predict everyone else’s answers.
The May question: Do you prefer…
A – Traditional sweets?
B – Western sweets?
Exciting Stage Talk was a Kageki feature from 2018 where each of the Top Musumeyaku talked about performing. Manaki’s was published in the July issue.
Continue readingEvery year, the Top Star of the show in which the new class of Takarasiennes debuts will hold a roundtable talk with the 5 students who graduated with the highest grades. In 2018, the 104th class debuted during the Star Troupe production Another World/KILLER ROUGE, and Kurenai Yuzuru hosted the talk which was published in the June 2018 issue of Kageki.
(Please note that 2 of the students in the talk have very similar last names, Mashiro/Mahiro, so keep that in mind while reading)
Some outtakes from the back of the magazine are also included.
Continue readingSparkling TIME is a Kageki talk feature which includes a photoshoot (designed by the participants) and talk between performers, often classmates. Asami’s and Sakuragi’s was published in the March 2017 issue.
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