Words and Pictures is an update on backstage events from each troupe, with the writers rotating quarterly.
Ootori Mayu was the Flower Troupe writer for the first quarter of 2013. This column features Ootori’s experience watching Ranju Tomu’s ‘Streak of Light’ concert, Ocean’s 11 rehearsals, and Ranju’s guest appearance in The Rose of Versailles.
Continue readingIn 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 readingIn the 2013 Top Star feature for Kageki, the Tops of each troupe took turns submitting questions that they would all answer, as well as predicting the question writer’s own answers.
The questions from June (submitted by Sou Kazuho):
1) Do you like rainy days?
2) What is your favorite color for umbrellas?
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 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 readingThis photoshoot and talk feature with Flower Troup Tops Ranju Tomu and Ranno Hana was published in the November 2011 issue of GRAPH, and was recorded during the run of their official Top Combi debut show, Phantom.
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