Words and Pictures – O-Mizu’s Road of Flowers, Part 2 (Feb 2003)

There’s a section in Kageki called ‘Words and Pictures’ where one sienne from each troupe is chosen quarterly to write about behind-the-scenes episodes from their troupe. (It’s slightly similar to Troupe Report, but longer and with a fixed turnover.)

Mizu Natsuki was the writer for Cosmos Troupe in the first quarter of 2003. In this installment, she discusses the Setsubun festival tradition of ehoumaki, as well as behind the scenes of Miracle of the Holy Star and rehearsals for Pierre the Mercenary.

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Rose of Versailles Special Report – Part 2 (Cosmos Troupe)

This survey of the main stars in both Rose of Versailles 2001 casts was published in GRAPH in May of 2001. At the time, Star Troupe was performing Oscar and Andre in Tokyo, and Cosmos Troupe was performing Fersen and Marie Antoinette in Takarazuka. Due to length, the two troupes’ responses will be posted separately.

A few notes on their answers, as well as possibly more familiar Japanese titles for the songs mentioned, are included in [italicized brackets].

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Talk DX – The Rose of Versailles 2001 (Cosmos Troupe – Wao Youka and Ayaki Nao)

Talk DX is a GRAPH talk feature with the otokoyaku leads of a recent Grand Theatre show. This one, which was recorded towards the end of the Takarazuka run of The Rose of Versailles 2001: Fersen and Marie Antoinette, was published in the July 2001 issue, when the show was being performed in Tokyo.

Ayaki was in Senka at the time, and they also spend some time discussing her previous show with Cosmos Troupe, Nostalgia Across the Sea.

An outtake photo from the back of the magazine is also included.

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Cosmos Troupe Top Trio Talk – Soaring into the heavens!

This talk session with the brand-new Top Combi and nibante of Cosmos Troupe was published in the March 1998 issue of Kageki. At the time the talk was recorded, Cosmos Troupe had yet to stage a full performance; they were just about to leave for their inaugural Hong Kong tour, Mugen Houjushou/This is TAKARAZUKA!. It was published after they had returned.

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