{"id":567,"date":"2017-10-08T03:13:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-08T09:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/?p=567"},"modified":"2021-01-09T22:44:29","modified_gmt":"2021-01-10T05:44:29","slug":"to-the-future-kozakura-honoka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/08\/to-the-future-kozakura-honoka\/","title":{"rendered":"To the Future – Kozakura Honoka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To the Future is a small GRAPH <\/em>interview of junior actresses. This one was published in the February 2017 issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

To the Future – Kozakura Honoka<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Profile<\/em>
Debut performance:\u00a0Rose of Versailles<\/em>, April 2013
Nicknames: Honoka, Ai-chan
Birthday: May 6th
Birthplace: Tokyo, Toshima ward
Blood type: O
Offstage thing she\u2019s most interested in: I want to go to the Bregenz Festival1<\/sup> in Austria and see the opera performed floating on the lake – it\u2019s so romantic!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Takarazuka show:<\/strong>
I saw the 2006 Flower Troupe production of Phantom<\/em>, with Haruno Sumire in the lead. The first time my mother took me to the Tokyo Takarazuka Theatre I remember being in ecstasy about how gorgeous the theatre environment was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

School clubs:<\/strong>
I was in the Go club. I entered the Go club because I had been fascinated by the Go board and stones at my grandfather\u2019s house, and I would even read books of\u00a0joseki2<\/sup><\/em>\u00a0while on the train home from school – I was totally passionate about the world of Go (laughs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Motivation for taking TMS entrance exam:<\/strong>
The first time I saw Phantom<\/em>, I was totally spellbound by the sparkling world of the opera house and the beautiful music, as well as Sakurano Ayane\u2019s performance as Christine and the duet dance scene, so I thought \u2018It would be wonderful if I could perform on that stage as a musumeyaku some day\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Memories of the debut performance:<\/strong>
When they first let us into rehearsals and I was permitted to watch them rehearsing the Bastille scene of Rose of Versaille<\/em>s, I was so moved that I cried really hard every time. I thought ‘someday I want to act in such an emotional scene!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A role that had a deep impression:<\/strong>
The role I was able to play in the shinjin kouen of Samurai THE FINAL<\/em>, Ootani Fuyu. For the first time I had a solo while crossing the Silver Bridge, acting scenes with a partner, duets\u2026it waas full of so many things I had never done before. Hinami Fuu-san, who had the main cast role, taught me everything from square one, and I learned so much from her about being a musumeyaku and what ‘performing\u2019 is. It was such an important experience for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior actresses I admire:<\/strong>
Sakurano Ayane-san and Hinami Fuu-san. I admire Sakurano-san\u2019s beauty as a musumeyaku and her smile which seems to envelop the whole stage in warmth. Hinami has constantly taught me so many things. I respect her deeply both as a performer and as a kind person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dream as a performer:<\/strong>
No matter what the situation, I want to be close with the otokoyaku and exist as a musumeyaku, I want to be my own kind of ‘flower\u2019\u2026 Someday I want to be a gorgeous, charming performer, so that people will call me ‘a musumeyaku in the best traditions of Takarazuka\u2019. That\u2019s my dream!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 – This music\/opera festival features opera performances on a stage built into a lake, and performances often use the surrounding water in the staging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 – A set series of moves for Go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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