This 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.
Continue readingThis 2010 Kageki feature introduces young performers and has them talk about recent events in their lives. The May issue features Seto Kazuya, Shimon Yuriya, Sumireno Rei, and Ayakaze Sakina.
Continue readingTalk DX is a long-running GRAPH talk feature where Top Stars and their main otokoyaku co-stars discuss their current Grand Theatre performance before the shift to Tokyo. The City Hunter/FIRE FEVER! talk was published in the November 2021 issue.
Continue readingAshizawa Jin is an illustrator/columnist who seems to have worked for GRAPH since the 1960s (yes, you read that right). His interview column generally gets a new title every year but has been fairly consistent format-wise in recent years. I’m giving him his own tag in the Staff category since he is one of the few interview conductors to be credited by name in the publications.
This interview with Ayakaze Sakina was published in the August 2017 issue of GRAPH.
Continue readingI haven’t been posting much lately, but since there is actual news I figured I should make sure you’re updated.
This article was originally published on August 29 in Nikkan Sports (there is no author credit, but I think it was probably Murakami Kumiko). Please click through to see photos. (Archive link here.)
Note: I am sure there are different opinions on how Takarazuka has been handling the coronavirus situation. If you have criticisms please reserve them for the company, and not any of the performers.
Continue readingThis interview with Tani Masazumi, director of Captain Nemo, and star Ayakaze Sakina, was published in the August 2017 issue of Kageki.
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