the REVUE THEATRE – April 2022

(After this posting will revert to once a week on Mondays)

In this feature, performers recommend shows to fit a particular mood. The April 2022 column featured Tenju Mitsuki, Minami Maito, Irodori Michiru, and Reika Haru

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the nature of the feature it can contain major spoilers.

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With Sienne, March 2016

This photo feature, which ran in GRAPH through 2016, had subjects selecting photos they had taken with other Takarasiennes. The March installment features Miya Rurika, Sumiki Sayato, Minami Maito, and Kisaki Airi.

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Rhythm – Minami Maito, Flower Troupe

Rhythm was a Q&A feature for young otokoyaku stars published through 2016, with fun questions about the performers’ on and offstage lives as well as some drawings. The specific questions and number of questions vary between features.

Minami’s was published in the November issue.

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Blossoming Takarazuka: Sincerity as an actor – Minami Maito (Flower Troupe)

This edition of Tokyo Shinbun’s column on Takarazuka features Minami Maito, talking about her current performance in Here Comes Miss Modern. The original column was written by Yamagishi Toshiyuki (estimated name reading) and was published here on October 22, 2020. (Archive link here.)

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Interview with Flower Troupe Otokoyaku Star, Minami Maito: ‘Right now I’m training fiercely at Argentine Tango’

This interview with Minami Maito about her then-upcoming Bow Hall show, Senhor CRUZEIRO, was published by Everyday Discoveries (Mainichi ga Hakken), a web magazine which seems to be aimed at older women, on April 29, 2018; however, the page has now been taken down. An archived version (including photos) can be found here.

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Sewatch!! #5 – Minami Maito

Seo Yuria’s 95th class interview series was published in GRAPH through 2016. Her talk with Minami Maito was published in the June issue.

(Yes, she does use that many exclamation points in the original)

If you have read the Seo Yuria/Minami Maito Sparkling Time, some of the anecdotes they discuss may look familiar. The two features were originally published around a year apart.

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Flower Troupe Report – February 2017

In each Kageki, there is a ‘Troupe Report’ where someone from each troupe collects funny or interesting anecdotes or does Q&A with other members.

The February 2017 Flower Troupe Report was written by Nana Kurara, and has some winter seasonal questions as well as discussion of Golden Desert and the 2016 Takarazuka Special.

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