{"id":1011,"date":"2019-02-08T00:32:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T07:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/?p=1011"},"modified":"2021-01-09T20:03:15","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T03:03:15","slug":"has-anybody-ever-cried-this-much-kurenai-yuzuru-makes-fun-of-her-own-tearful-outburst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/08\/has-anybody-ever-cried-this-much-kurenai-yuzuru-makes-fun-of-her-own-tearful-outburst\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHas anybody ever cried this much\u2026\u201d Kurenai Yuzuru makes fun of her own tearful outburst"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This article about Star Troupe Top Star Kurenai Yuzuru\u2019s retirement press conference was published by Nikkan Sports on February 6, 2019.\u00a0The original article with photos can be found here.<\/a> (Archive link here.<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cHas anybody ever cried this much\u2026\u201d Kurenai Yuzuru makes fun of her own tearful outburst<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top star of the Takarazuka Revue\u2019s star troupe, Kurenai Yuzuru, who announced that she would be retiring from Takarazuka on October 13th, held a press conference at a hotel in Osaka on the 6th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She wore a pure white suit and a silver necklace at her throat. Her distinctive personality and ability to make tears into laughter were displayed thoroughly. \u201cAnd here I thought I wouldn\u2019t cry\u2026” \u201cOnce I get started crying, it just doesn\u2019t stop, see.\u201d \u201cHas anybody ever cried this much (At their retirement press conference)?\u201d \u2013 she continued to joke about herself despite her tears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kurenai is from Osaka, and joined Takarazuka in 2002. She has a splendid figure at 173 centimetres, and as might be expected of an \u2018Osaka-ite Top\u2019, she is talented at comedy, taking pride in her ability to bring witty performances full of humanity. She wielded these talents explosively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After her ascension to Top Star in November of 2016, she also appeared in things such as the \u201cDream Jumbo Lottery\u201d television commercial, which allowed her to utilize her masterful speaking skills. She was given the responsibly of a \u201cPR Representative\u201d for the company, and last autumn she starred in the Takarazuka Revue\u2019s 3rd Taiwan performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regarding her retirement, she said that she decided \u201cRight after the close of my (Grand Theatre) debut (in March of 2017), The Scarlet Pimpernel<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although many Takarazuka Top Stars have said that \u201ca bell goes off inside you and you know\u201d about when to retire, in Kurenai\u2019s case, \u201cI felt like it might never go off in my whole life.\u201d Even before she passed the Takarazuka entrance exam, she would imagine herself commuting to the school by train \u2013 it was a \u201choly land\u201d she yearned for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf I could join once again after retiring once, I would. I want to wear the Music School uniform again. I wasn\u2019t any good at the morning cleaning sessions, but no matter how tough things where, I was happy just wearing the uniform.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was her expression of her love for Takarazuka. Her feelings of never wanting to leave were too strong, so in order to lay down a limit for herself, \u201cI thought of the number 5. 6 shows (as Top) would be overdoing things a bit. And 4 shows isn\u2019t enough. I would retire after five shows. I decided to put all of my strength into those shows. Ah, and there\u2019s (my singing group) Kurenai 5, too, isn\u2019t there. I only just thought of that, but wasn\u2019t I clever?\u201d she said, laughing as she looked back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kurenai will retire with Top Musumeyaku Kisaki Airi, at the conclusion of the Tokyo performance of GOD OF STARS \u2013 Saints of Cuisine\/\u00c9clair Brilliant<\/em>, which opens in the Takarazuka Grand Theatre in Hyogo on July 12th. It will be her 5th main theatre show since becoming Top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI forgot when I told (Kisaki), so I called her. We ended up spending like an hour chatting about pointless stuff,\u201d she laughed wryly. She said that she informed Kisaki when she planned to retire during the performance of ANOTHER WORLD<\/em> in April of last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kisaki replied \u201cI\u2019ll graduate together with Kurenai-san, I don\u2019t have a shadow of a doubt.\u201d And their ‘married for life\u2019 retirement was decided. She informed the other members of the troupe on the 3rd of the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt sounded too cheerful when I said it, so everyone was frozen like \u2018\u2026\u2019 After that, they cried for me. I was happy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s just like Kurenai to hide her sadness inside and put on a joking exterior. She described how her attitude when informing them of her retirement decision totally bewildered the other members of the troupe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The show that she has the strongest memories of is The Scarlet Pimpernel,<\/em> which was her first junior performance and her Grand Theatre top debut. It was her first experience under the direction of Koike Shuuichiro, who is known for his strict direction. When asked about anecdotes, she said \u201cI was having too much fun with the side entertainment (at cast parties)\u2026 but through that, I was able to learn more about how fun it was to make people happy, and how to entertain people, and how to develop a sense of service.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked about after her retirement, she said \u201cright now I can\u2019t think about anything except Takarazuka. Or really, I don\u2019t want to.\u201d She said that her path was undecided. She left it at \u201cif I was to encounter some possibility, then I would consider it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, when the question of if she was retiring to marry came up, she joked \u201cI\u2019m so happy someone asked me that question,\u201d before replying \u201cI\u2019m not. You cannot have a marriage with one person, after all,\u201d making everyone laugh. However, after that, her expression turned earnest. \u201cIn Takarazuka, I married Kisaki, and there are also all of my precious fans,\u201d she continued, expressing her gratitude to those who supported her in her theatre career for 17 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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