Moon Troupe Troupe Report, May 2015

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. (Moon Troupe sometimes rotates faster.)

Moon Troupe’s Troupe Report was written by Shimon Yuriya in 2015. The May edition focuses on the rehearsals for 1789: Les Amants de la Bastille.

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Roundtable Talk – 1789: Les Amants de la Bastille

This rehearsal roundtable talk was recorded for the May 2015 issue of Kageki.

Besides Director Koike Shuuichiro, 15 performers from Senka and Moon Troupe participated.

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Manaki Reika & Tamaki Ryou farewell talk

This talk feature ahead of Moon Troupe Top Musumeyaku Manaki Reika’s retirement from Takarazuka was published in the November 2018 issue of GRAPH. The farewell talk is an invitation feature, and Manaki chose her partner, Moon Troupe Top Star Tamaki Ryou.

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All For One – Tamaki Ryou interview

The mainstream musical theater magazine MUSICAL features various interviews with Takarasiennes in every issue. This interview with Tamaki Ryou comes from a feature discussing the then-upcoming production All for One.

Please note: All for One apparently went through major revisions after the press conference performance. Thus, what Tamaki discusses in this interview may not entirely match up with the show as finally performed.

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Monthly Question!! June 2018

Monthly Question!! was the new Kageki Top Star feature for 2018, taking over from That’s RanKING! It’s somewhat similar to That’s RanKING! in that it asks the Top Stars what they think the others would do in a particular situation, but without the points competition element.

An outtake from the back of the magazine is included.

This month’s question: If you were 10cm tall for a day, what would you do?

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Tamaki Ryou ‘Anything’ (Part 2)

This feature was published in the September 2017 GRAPH.

The previous part, which contained Tamaki Ryou’s likes and dislikes, is in the last post (found here). This post includes the Q&A sections, which features questions from readers as well as questions themed around her Grand Theatre show ALL FOR ONE.

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Tamaki Ryou ‘Anything’ (Part 1)

This feature was published in the September 2017 GRAPH

It is being posted in two parts due to length. Part 1 contains Tamaki Ryou’s description of her likes and dislikes. The Q&A section, including questions from readers and questions themed around her Grand Theatre show ALL FOR ONE, will follow in Part 2 (posted here).

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Monthly Question!! – April 2018

Monthly Question!! was the new Kageki Top Star feature for 2018, taking over from That’s RanKING! It’s somewhat similar to That’s RanKING! in that it asks the Top Stars what they think the others would do in a particular situation, but without the points competition element.

This month’s scenario: You are Momotaro. You are headed to Demon Island. The dog, the monkey, and the pheasant tell you ‘If you give me a millet dumpling we’ll join you’. However, if you only had one millet dumpling…

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