{"id":557,"date":"2017-10-04T02:42:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-04T08:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/?p=557"},"modified":"2021-01-09T22:44:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T05:44:58","slug":"triple-4-tenju-mitsuki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/04\/triple-4-tenju-mitsuki\/","title":{"rendered":"TRIPLE 4: Tenju Mitsuki"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

TRIPLE 4 is a Kageki<\/em> feature where siennes list their top 3 favorites in 4 different Takarazuka-related categories. Tenju Mitsuki\u2019s was published in the July 2016 issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please note I haven\u2019t seen all the shows she\u2019s referring to here so I was going from her descriptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

TRIPLE 4: Tenju Mitsuki<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite love scenes:<\/em>
1. Ocean\u2019s 11 – When Benedict gives Tess the ring
2. A Second Fortuitous Meeting – When Durant kisses Sylvia
3. Arc de Triomphe – When Joan dies in Ravic\u2019s arms<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the scene where Benedict pushes Tess, who\u2019s hesitating, to take the ring and then leaves, there\u2019s a kiss scene that is somehow so mature and I really love it (laughs). I was given the opportunity to play Benedict in the shinjin kouen, so I would watch Kurenai-san and Nene-san (Yumesaki Nene) perform that scene every day. Also, I would practice every day until really late with Haruko (Otoha Minori), who played Tess in the shinjin kouen, so it\u2019s a love scene with a lot of memories for me.
In A Second Fortuitous Meeting<\/em>, there\u2019s a scene where Durant pins Sylvia against a wall and kisses her: I would watch that from the wings every day like \u2018Aah!\u2019 (laughs). That love scene went straight to the heart for me!
I loved the scene in Arc de Triomphe<\/em> where Ravic kisses Joan after she is shot. I thought ‘it\u2019s just so beautiful\u2019. When Ishi-san (Todoroki Yuu), who plays Ravic, strokes the hand Joan is holding out, her hands were soo beautiful\u2026I watched that scene on the DVD over and over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite ensemble dances:<\/em>
1. Dear DIAMOND!! – The black tailcoat bolero
2. Angel\u2019s Ladder – Finale dance number
3. Ocean\u2019s 11 – FATE CITY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Dear DIAMOND!!,<\/em> in the black tailcoats number, everyone came down the Grand Staircase in a reverse pyramid formation, but during the show\u2019s run it was filmed every day and we would review it afterwards. Therefore, it was a really exciting moment when we all formed up. We would get really caught up in it, like ‘how\u2019s this!\u2019 (laughs). I think Star Troupe is good at group numbers, but especially there I felt like we were really displaying our strength as a troupe, so I loved that scene.
The finale number for Angel\u2019s Ladder<\/em> started with just a few otokoyaku, then turned into an ensemble number, and then the musumeyaku joined in\u2026I really liked that arrangement.  The otokoyaku ensemble number was choreographed as a really Takarazuka-style tailcoat dance, which I found really thrilling, and then as everyone joined in it was a really emotional scene for me.
In Ocean\u2019s 11<\/em>, for ‘FATE CITY\u2019 we were all wearing tuxedos, and it had a really Star Troupe attitude with lots of glitz, but it was also a really polished, smart otokoyaku dance number. It was the kind of number where as an otokoyaku you think ‘I want to master this dance\u2019 as you\u2019re performing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dance numbers that had the deepest effect on me:<\/em>
1. Love Potion II – ‘Temptation of Love\u2019 number
2. Neo Dandyism! – ‘Parting regrets\u2019 number
3. Drenched in the Amber-Hued Rain – Gigolo number<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I feel that Choreographer Kita\u2019s1<\/sup> choreography has a unique masculine intensity, and in ‘Temptation of Love\u2019 I was able to study that for myself. The ending, where all the otokoyaku line up at the front and blow kisses and wink at the audience, was so fun! I did wonder how it looked from the audience, but at the same time I really went over the top with it (laughs). I suppose that really had a big effect on me as an otokoyaku.
‘Parting regrets\u2019 was all choreographed to illustrate the soundtrack, and the atmosphere was as if it was more than just a physical performance. In any case it was a number I put all my heart and soul into.
In the gigolo scene of\u00a0Drenched in the Amber-Hued Rain<\/em>, I realized that the exaggerated choreography really brought out a manly, cool feeling. In the part where all the gigolos line up I would be thinking ‘and who does madame fancy today?\u2019 as I was dancing (laughs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plays that made me cry the most:<\/em>
1. Napoleon: The Man Who Never Sleeps
2. An Officer and a Gentleman
3. Afterglow of Eire<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since my role in\u00a0Napoleon<\/em>, Napoleon II, was more of a ‘storyteller\u2019, when I wasn\u2019t on stage myself I would be watching everyone else performing. The part of the story from when Napoleon is overthrown to the death of Josephine made me cry a ton every time! Perhaps my emotions were stronger as Napoleon\u2019s ‘son\u2019, but even as a third party observer it would definitely be really moving. I think during that performance I cried more than I ever have in my life.
In\u00a0An Officer and a Gentleman<\/em>\u00a0the scene where Sid decides to commit suicide would make me terribly sad as I watched from the wings. ‘You\u2019ve suffered so much,\u2019 I would think and cry every time.
I\u2019ve only seen\u00a0Afterglow of Eire<\/em>\u00a0on video recordings, but I can\u2019t watch the end of it without tearing up. The scene where Amami (Yuuki)-san crosses the silver bridge holding Asano (Kayo)-san especially pulled me into the story and I really like it. It was always really moving, like ‘in a story like this even performing naturally while holding her partner seems so cool!!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 – Kita Hiroshi, who died in 1999 (Tenju participated in a posthumous restage)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TRIPLE 4 is a Kageki feature where siennes list their top 3 favorites in 4 different Takarazuka-related categories. Tenju Mitsuki\u2019s was published in the July 2016 issue. Please note I haven\u2019t seen all the shows she\u2019s referring to here so I was … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20,4],"tags":[13,360,141,42,140],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557"}],"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=557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":558,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557\/revisions\/558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}