Star Troupe Troupe Report, July 2023

Troupe Report is a Kageki feature where an appointed reporter will write about current events in the troupe or ask troupe members for questions to answers sent in by readers. Reporters rotate more slowly and in many troupes are only replaced on retirement or transfer, unlike other backstage features that rotate monthly or quarterly.

The July 2023 column for Star Troupe was Otosaki Itsuki and features backstage commentary from 1789: Les Amants de la Bastille.

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Outfit Check! – July 2016

This offstage fashion overview published in the July 2016 issue of Kageki features Kurenai Yuzuru, Miya Rurika, Nozomi Fuuto, Shimon Yuriya, Ayakaze Sakina, Yuzuka Rei, Seo Yuria, and Urara Reimi.

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#InstaGRAPH – January 2019

#InstaGRAPH was a social media-themed photo feature that ran in GRAPH (shocking) in 2019. The January issue featured photos presented by Sumiki Sayato, Seo Yuria, Hana Yuuki, and Agata Sen.

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SEWATCH!! #1 – Manaki Reika, Moon Troupe

Seo Yuria’s 95th class interview series was published in GRAPH through 2016. Her talk with Moon Troupe Top Star Manaki Reika was published in the January issue.

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

Some outtake shots from the back of the magazine are included.

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Sewatch!! #11 – Hoshino Anri, Snow Troupe

Seo Yuria’s 95th class interview series was published in GRAPH through 2016. Her talk with Hoshino Anri was published in the November issue.

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

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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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