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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nMisaki:<\/em> I was with Marin-san (Yuuma) during my time in Flower Troupe, and then last year when we were together again for Elisabeth<\/em>, it was really nostalgic, and I was so happy. I thought \u2018I would love to have a chance to talk thoroughly with her\u2019, so I took the liberty of requesting you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma:<\/em> For this precious page!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> I really owe a lot to you, and I like you a lot, so I thought it would be simply perfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma:<\/em> I\u2019ve received a love confession. Basically, I\u2019ve always been fond of Mirion (Misaki). Recently I was talking with Daimon (Nozomi) and Akira (Seto), and we were all saying we were really weak for Mirion, and so we just couldn\u2019t help supporting you, and all that (laughs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> I just\u2026really like you\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma:<\/em> I really like you too, with your laughter and your open personality. Mirion-san, didn\u2019t you stand out ever since you were first assigned to Flower Troupe?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki: <\/em>No, no\u2026you mean because my makeup was terrible? (laughs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma:<\/em> Your makeup\u2026 (laughs). Although I did have the feeling that your wig and makeup styling was going to need\u2026a lot of work (laughs), I thought that a really pretty girl had joined the troupe. In EXCITER<\/em>, the first show after you were assigned to the troupe, you were on the Silver Bridge in one scene\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> During the fashion show scene, where 5 couples cross the Silver Bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma:<\/em> You were with Maa-kun, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> Yes! I was with Maa-sama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma:<\/em> The youngest couple was Maa-kun and Mirion. I\u2019ll never forget how stiff and nervous you were in the rehearsal room (laughs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> My face was so frozen, so even if I was trying to laugh it wouldn\u2019t show at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma:<\/em> And then when it came time for the dress rehearsals, that incredible wig (laughs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> And I just thought \u2018Yup, this will do!\u2019 and came out in that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma:<\/em> Right, right. \u201cYou know you\u2019re a Ken-1 when\u2026\u201d And then\u2026or was it after you had already become a senior actress? That show with Eritan (Sou Kazuho)\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Both: Canaria!!!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> You were playing the director of the Demon Academy, and you were just amazing. Your characterization and your acting and everything!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma:<\/em> Now, now. I had the feeling that Maittii (Minami) and Mirion were weaponizing your youth and using all your energy towards your performance! (laughs) Were you still ken-1 then?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> I was ken-3!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma:<\/em> That was incredible for ken-3. The role of Adjani was perfect for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> I am told that a lot, and it\u2019s still a performance that holds a lot of memories for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma: <\/em>How long were you in Flower Troupe?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> Three years. I was transferred just as I was about to become ken-4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma:<\/em> So in the end it was only three years? Wow! You left such a deep imprint on the troupe\u2026amazing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> (laughs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma: <\/em>I remember that duet dance you did with Eritan on the boat in Canon<\/em> really clearly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> That was another situation where I was really suddenly able to join that scene, and also the duet dance with two couples in the finale. I felt so much pressure internally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma: <\/em>You didn\u2019t look it at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> I actually cried over that a lot. But I remember that Eritan comforted me really brightly: she would say \u201cThe heck\u2019re you crying about? This isn\u2019t the time for cryin\u2019~ (laughs)\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma:<\/em> You looked like you laughed your way through it. That brash laughter is the image I have of Mirion. Your laughter helps you make it through all kinds of things, and you don\u2019t really show frustration on the outside, right? Even if I think you look like you\u2019re having a hard time it\u2019s like \u2018but she\u2019s still laughing!\u2019 (laughs). After all, if you laugh you can get through the difficult things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> That\u2019s right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma: <\/em>Your last Flower Troupe performance was Chikamatsu: Journey on the Road of Love<\/em>, right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki: <\/em>That was also my first traditional Japanese-style performance, so I really struggled in rehearsals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma: <\/em>Even though here we are as Kansai folks, at times we couldn\u2019t even manage the Kansai dialect in the script (laughs). But those days in rehearsal\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> I\u2019ll never forget them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma:<\/em> I remember it as if it just happened the other day. I can picture Mirion feverishly working to deal with the trouble spots. So in turn the rest of us felt like we had to put in our best effort too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> I was fighting with myself, and fighting with the difficult parts in the show, so I was totally wiped out every day (laughs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma:<\/em> Our conversation every day would be like \u201cYou don\u2019t look so great, do you?\u201d \u201cNeither do you!\u201d (laughs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> But, once the performance started, every day was so much fun. That performance was full of so many different emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma:<\/em> It didn\u2019t have anything to do with it being your last Flower Troupe show, since you didn\u2019t have the time to think about that, did you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> Not a bit. But on the last day it hit me, and when I thought \u2018Oh, this is the end of my time in Flower Troupe\u2026\u2019 I started crying. Although for some reason Yuzuka (Rei) cried more than me (laughs). As I was saying \u201cI\u2019ve never cried this much before\u2026\u201d I went from having tears pouring down my cheeks to being able to laugh (laughs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma:<\/em> Of course you\u2019d still laugh (laughs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> Even though I was crying too, you [Yuzuka] crying even more than me was funny, was the thing (laughs). But since I really felt that it was my last show in Flower Troupe, it got mixed up with loneliness and doubt, so it was a really complex feeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma:<\/em> I felt like you matured a lot when you went to Cosmos Troupe. Did you feel that you had to make sure you had it together?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> I think so. I thought \u2018I\u2019d better do this right.\u2019 I really felt conscious of being watched, and it was my first troupe transfer, so I was thinking \u2018Well, they probably don\u2019t know that I\u2019m actually such a weird person,\u2019 (laughs) so I was really putting on a different personality. So at the start some of that was faked, and thinking back on it it was pretty stressful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma: <\/em>We really worried about you. When all of us from Flower Troupe would go to see your shows, or when we would get a glimpse of you in the dressing room after a performance we\u2019d confirm \u2018It\u2019s ok, she\u2019s alive, she\u2019s laughing\u2019 (laughs). And then when you went on National Tour with Melancholic Gigolo<\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> The Niigata performance!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma:<\/em> Four of us\u2014Yuu (Matobu Sei), Eritan, Miwacchi (Aine Harei), and I\u2014all went to see it together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> Having all of you gorgeous people there was so exciting!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma:<\/em> I was so happy that you were together with Maa-kun. When you crossed the Silver Bridge together in EXCITER<\/em> and I thought about how you were both coming out as Top Stars, the feeling was like \u2018Oh, your old dad\u2019s gonna cry~\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> Dad (laughs). My bond with Maa-sama is really miraculous. I still think that all the time. I feel like something brought us together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma:<\/em> Your atmospheres really match. When you were with Ouki (Kaname)-san, you fit well with Ouki-san\u2019s aura of nobility, and it was a really Takarazuka-esque feeling, but when you were with Maa-kun it seemed as if Mirion\u2019s good qualities came out even more\u2026and now in the middle of that you\u2019re retiring, is how it feels (laughs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> But then during Elisabeth<\/em> we were able to meet again. I was so happy when they announced the cast members! I was like \u201cIt\u2019s Marin-san!!!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma: <\/em>Every day when you would come over saying \u2018Papa~\u2019 it was so cute and I was so happy. During the wedding ball scene, it was as if my character\u2019s feelings at his daughter being married, and my feelings at sending you off from flower Troupe, became linked. Although I was nervous since it was my first time with that troupe, Maa-kun and Mirion being there gave me strength. That was a big relief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> It was a great relief to me too. I just love Marin-san\u2019s personality. The way you can think positively about everything was a big encouragement to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma: <\/em>During Elisabeth<\/em>, even though I wanted to take the time to talk with you thoroughly, of course it was a really busy performance, so yet again I just got glimpses\u2026I\u2019d end up doing welfare checks\u2013 \u2018Alright! She\u2019s alive!\u2019(laughs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki: <\/em>You always check on me (laughs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma: <\/em>It would have been nice to do one more show together\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> It really would\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma:<\/em> I was able to see your farewell recital, and it was so good! You were so dazzling and it made me think \u2018retiring Takarasiennes are really glowing\u2019. I\u2019ve seen you at times where I thought \u2018maybe she\u2019s not happy about things right now\u2019 but now you\u2019re totally in high spirits. After I saw the performance, didn\u2019t I say \u2018you\u2019ve become young again\u2019? (laughs) You\u2019re young already, but it felt like you had so much life force, or something\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> Hearing that makes me so happy. I\u2019ve always been more quiet and reserved, so I end up being seen as older. I\u2019m glad I could become young again at the end (laughs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma: <\/em>(laughs) Are you enjoying yourself right now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> I think so. I think I just feel full of gratitude. In each and every scene I feel full of love towards the director and the choreographers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma: <\/em>Takarazuka is amazing, isn\u2019t it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> Everyone retiring would say that there is so much warmth, and now I\u2019m feeling that for real, and every single day I\u2019m performing full of gratitude for everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma:<\/em> I think it would be good to see more of Mirion\u2019s brash side in the Tokyo performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> Is it okay to show that on stage? (laughs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma:<\/em> You could stand to put in a little more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> I\u2019ve always ended up putting on airs a bit onstage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma:<\/em> The top-student side of you comes out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> I think that\u2019s always been an issue for me. Therefore, like you said, until the end I want to try and put something of my true self in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma:<\/em> To think little baby Mirion has grown up so wonderfully\u2026 I saw you keep on growing, and while I thought \u2018you do your best\u2019 actually I think I was the one impacted by that. And a lot of times that positivity of yours, and your brash laughter, really helped me as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki: <\/em>What, really!?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma: <\/em>Therefore, until your last day, I think you should just be like that, and be yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> Wah~ Yes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma:<\/em> I want you to enjoy Takarazuka and use your laughter, and your brightness, to envelop all of Cosmos Troupe, and the whole theatre. I think you can really do it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> I\u2019m going to fight till the end while enjoying myself and living life in Takarazuka to the fullest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yuuma: <\/em>Yes, yes! Laugh your way through it! (laughs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misaki:<\/em> Your final summation is \u2018laugh your way through it!\u2019 (laughs) Thank you so much!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is Misaki Rion\u2019s farewell invitation talk in Kageki, which was published in the April 2017 issue. 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