{"id":478,"date":"2017-07-02T03:23:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T09:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/?p=478"},"modified":"2021-01-09T22:51:32","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T05:51:32","slug":"aran-kei-interview-ill-keep-pressing-on-to-the-final-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/02\/aran-kei-interview-ill-keep-pressing-on-to-the-final-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Aran Kei interview: \u2018I\u2019ll keep pressing on to the final show\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This is a Q&A session with brand-new Top Star Aran Kei on her arrival in Tokyo for her debut there with Sakura\/Secret Hunter<\/em>. The original transcript was published in ENAK Sumire Style on September 13, 2007.<\/a> (Archive link here.<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Aran Kei interview: \u2018I\u2019ll keep pressing on to the final show\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aran:<\/strong> Now that the Takarazuka Grand Theatre performance has ended safely, we\u2019ve come to Tokyo. I hope everyone in Tokyo will welcome us warmly once again. I\u2019m going to keep pressing on until the final show, so please treat me well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: What are the highlights of the show?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aran:<\/strong> In Sakura<\/em>, it\u2019s the very end, where everyone wears costumes dyed in tsujigahana1<\/sup> patterns and dances the ‘Sakura Bolero\u2019. I\u2019m not in that scene, so I watch it on the monitor in the wings and I always think \u201cit\u2019s so lovely\u201d. I would love to see it from the audience seats, but that\u2019s impossible, so I\u2019d love for all of you to watch it in my place. In Secret Hunter<\/em> I think the highlight is probably the twist at the very end. You see, I\u2019m always really frustrated, like, \u201cso it was all a trick up until now?\u201d but I\u2019d like the audience to also have that feeling of ‘wow, they\u2019ve really put one over on us\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: What are your favorite scenes?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aran:<\/strong> In Sakura <\/em>it\u2019s the scene with the dolls of May. It\u2019s a really funny scene where they\u2019re getting chased by the mice, so we get to perform it fairly ‘naturally\u2019. In Secret Hunter<\/em> I like the opening theft scene, and the scene in the fortress chapel where the main character talks about his father.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: How do you feel about your Top Star debut?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aran:<\/strong> During the Grand Theatre run, every day seemed to go by in a flash. It made me so happy to have the audience and all the other performers welcoming me as I came down the stairs. Secret Hunter<\/em> has a lot of running around so I would be totally wiped out, but when it came time to go down the stairs I\u2019d totally forget I was tired and it was a wonderfully refreshing feeling. I think I\u2019ll feel the same way in the Tokyo run as well, so I\u2019m really delighted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: What do you think about Star Troupe?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aran<\/strong>: Right now we\u2019re full of energy. During the Grand Theatre run, even though there were 130 people2<\/sup> there wasn\u2019t a single absence and everyone gave it their all up to the final show. I think the troupe itself is in really good shape. I hope we can keep on with this energy and passion and unite everyone\u2019s energy towards a common goal. The kumichou3<\/sup> and I will consider any necessary course corrections and do what we can to make it the best troupe possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 – Tsujigahana <\/a>is a style of shibori dyeing that originated in the Muromachi era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 – No troupe ever has that many people, but Sakura\/Secret Hunter<\/em> was accompanied with the debut of the 50-person 93d class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 – Most senior member of the troupe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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