{"id":2665,"date":"2023-05-29T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/?p=2665"},"modified":"2023-05-21T05:32:57","modified_gmt":"2023-05-21T11:32:57","slug":"wings-july-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/29\/wings-july-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"WINGS – July 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WINGS is a Kageki feature (revived from a few years back) where a few young actresses answer questions about themselves and Takarazuka. This issue\u2019s column includes Haruno Sakura, Mihane Ai, Neiro Yui, and Kase Kyou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

WINGS – July 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Favorite Takarazuka shows<\/li>
  2. Favorite __<\/strong> (insert your own)<\/li>
  3. Charm point<\/li>
  4. A challenge you want onstage<\/li>
  5. A challenge you want offstage<\/li>
  6. Something you want people to notice about you onstage & personal promo<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Haruno Sakura, Cosmos Troupe<\/strong>
    Debut:<\/em> 2016, THE ENTERTAINER!
    Recent prominent roles:<\/em> Hotel Svizra House (2021), Silvy; NEVER SAY GOODBYE junior performance (2022), Catherine MacGregor<\/p>\n\n\n

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    1. Elisabeth, Romeo et Juliette<\/li>
    2. My favorite Disney Princess – Ariel, Rapunzel; My Favorite Takarazuka costumes – Hoopskirt dresses, otokoyaku’s black and white tuxedoes; My favorite otokoyaku actions – The way they loosen their neckties, the way they sweep back their hair<\/li>
    3. My narrow eyes that disappear when I laugh<\/li>
    4. I want to try acting in a Japanese-style play. I want to try learning different ways of speaking, gesturing, and posing that I havent challenged myself with before.<\/li>
    5. I want to learn stage combat. I think women who can do combat are so cool.<\/li>
    6. I will keep working hard so that I can become someone whose acting, singing, and dancing makes the audience watching forget everything else and pulls them completely into the world of the show.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Mihane Ai, Flower Troupe<\/strong>
      Debut:<\/em> 2018, Killer Rouge
      Recent prominent roles:<\/em> Prince of Roses (2021), Anne Neville; Genroku Baroque Rock junior performance (2021), Kira<\/p>\n\n\n

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      1. Romeo et Juliette<\/li>
      2. My favorite color – Yellow; My favorite scent – chamomille; My favorite side dish – salted konbu cheese<\/li>
      3. The way my ears are round and come to a point by my forehead. Recently they’ll even reflect the lights of the rehearsal room.<\/li>
      4. I’m always challenging myself to take on each and every performance fresh instead of getting too caught up in things.<\/li>
      5. Skydiving! I’ve only got one life so I want to master everything.<\/li>
      6. I use a lot of things like hair accessories and earrings that I put a lot of emotion into making by hand, so if you had time I’d love if you could take a little look!<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

        Neiro Yui, Snow Troupe<\/strong>
        Debut:<\/em> 2019, Ocean’s 11
        Recent prominent roles:<\/em> City Hunter junior performance (2021), Makimura Kaoru; Sweet Little Rock n Roll (2022), Mary<\/p>\n\n\n

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        1. 1789: Les Amants de la Bastille<\/li>
        2. My favorite snack – Apollo [chocolates]; My favorite character – The Cute Otter and his Little White Lies<\/a>; My favorite Takarazuka song – ‘The White Flowers Smile’ from L’Amour a Paris<\/li>
        3. My broad forehead<\/li>
        4. An offstage solo for a duet dance! It’s not like singing a solo on stage. I really yearn to perform an offstage solo that’s like a flower adorning the world the couple are creating onstage, so I would love to try that sometime.<\/li>
        5. I really love cats, but I’ve never been to a cat cafe, so I want to do that!<\/li>
        6. As an actor and as a musumeyaku I’m always studying makeup, hair and other accessories and being very particular about it. I’m going to keep doing my best to keep advancing with every performance and I hope a lot of you will spot me!<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          Kase Kyou, Snow Troupe<\/strong>
          Debut:<\/em> 2020, WELCOME TO TAKARAZUKA
          Recent prominent roles:<\/em> Yumesuke and the 1000 Ryo Souvenir (2022), Sousuke; Yumesuke and the 1000 Ryo Souvenir junior performance, Iseya Soutarou<\/p>\n\n\n

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          1. Guys and Dolls, One Night of Stars, When the Last Sword is Drawn<\/li>
          2. My favorite media – K-Dramas, K-pop; My favorite beverages – Chai tea latte, Lipovitan D [energy drink]; Character – Gizmo from ‘Gremlins’<\/li>
          3. I think it’s my wide mouth and the way the back of my head is round and easy to grab!<\/li>
          4. I want to try a role where I express my emotions through dance. I feel like if I was just dancing out my emotions I could surpass my limits and discover something new.<\/li>
          5. I have a huge sweet tooth so I’d love to try making sweets!! I’d especially like to try making strawberry daifuku mochi!<\/li>
          6. My goal is to become a performer who can use my wide mouth as a charm point to make the audience think ‘I want to see her again’! I’ll passionately and powerfully keep doing my best!!<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            WINGS is a Kageki feature (revived from a few years back) where a few young actresses answer questions about themselves and Takarazuka. This issue\u2019s column includes Haruno Sakura, Mihane Ai, Neiro Yui, and Kase Kyou.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20],"tags":[13,357,156,42,478,333,518,410],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2665"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2665"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2671,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2665\/revisions\/2671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}