Debut Roundtable Talk – 103d class, marching onward!

This talk, featuring several members of the 103d class and Snow Troupe Top Star Sagiri Seina, was published in the June 2017 issue of Kageki.

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Dual Road – Masaki Ryuu vs. Sagiri Seina

This talk between classmates Masaki Ryuu and Sagiri Seina was published in the September 2009 issue of GRAPH. I was working from the version reprinted in Sagiri’s memorial book so there is a possibility it may have been edited in some fashion.

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That’s RanKING! December 2016

In the 2016 version of That’s RanKING!, the Kageki Top Star Q&A feature, the Top Stars rank each other based on questions from readers. This month’s question: On a drive, who seems like they would be best at navigating for you?  

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Backstage Journal: Ayanagi Shou (Romeo et Juliette)

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, or to see what senior actresses got up to in their early days.

This one was written by Snow Troupe member Ayanagi Shou (of the 92nd class) during Otozuki Kei’s prodution of Romeo et Juliette, and published in the April 2011 issue.

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That’s RanKING! – May 2017

In That’s RanKING!, a multi-year Kageki Top Star Q&A feature, the Top Stars rank each other based on various questions. The 2017 version of the column has questions sent in by readers.

This month’s question: Who would be best at leading a boy or girl scout troop?

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THE Otokoyaku – Snow Troupe (Sagiri Seina and Tsukishiro Kanato)

THE Otokoyaku was a Kageki feature from 2016 where Top Stars talked in-depth with up-and-coming otokoyaku stars about their acting styles and behind-the-scenes history. The Snow Troupe edition, published in the May 2016 issue, featured Sagiri Seina and Tsukishiro Kanato (prior to her transfer to Moon Troupe).

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That’s RanKING! (October 2016)

In That’s RanKING!, a multi-year Kageki Top Star Q&A feature, the Top Stars rank each other based on various questions. The 2016 version of the column has questions sent in by readers.

This month’s question: Who would be the first to make it out of a giant maze?

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