WINGS was a Kageki feature where a few young actresses answer questions about themselves and Takarazuka. This issue’s column includes Shiratori Yuriya, Setohana Mari, Kashiro Aoi, and Kazama Yuno.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
WINGS – February 17<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Favorite Takarazuka shows Shiratori Yuriya, Star Troupe<\/strong> Setohana Mari, Cosmos Troupe<\/strong> Kashiro Aoi, Moon Troupe<\/strong> Kazama Yuno, Moon Troupe<\/strong> 1 – Naginata is a traditional Japanese polearm that was considered a woman\u2019s weapon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 – A holiday celebrated on Feb 3, Setsubun involves ritually purifying the house by throwing soybeans at\u00a0\u2018demons\u2019 (often a family member in a demon mask).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WINGS was a Kageki feature where a few young actresses answer questions about themselves and Takarazuka. This issue’s column includes Shiratori Yuriya, Setohana Mari, Kashiro Aoi, and Kazama Yuno.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20],"tags":[13,360,156,42,161,160,159,157],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599"}],"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=599"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":602,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599\/revisions\/602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zukalations.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
2. Favorite ______ (insert your own)
3. Charm point
4. A challenge you want onstage
5. A challenge you want offstage
6. Something you want people to notice about you onstage, personal PR appeal<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Debut:<\/em>\u00a02010, The Scarlet Pimpernel
Recent prominent roles:<\/em>\u00a0Samurai THE FINAL (2016), the Grey Heron; Om Shanti Om (2017), Shabana
1.<\/em>\u00a0A Song For Kingdoms, The Scarlet Pimpernel
2.<\/em>\u00a0Season – Autumn; Scenery – Audience seats lit up by penlights; Music – K-pop
3.<\/em>\u00a0Dance. I concentrate on dancing with awareness all the way down to my fingers and toes.
4.<\/em>\u00a0I want to take on various roles. I would be especially happy if I had a chance to play someone eccentric or a villain.
5.<\/em>\u00a0Naginata1<\/sup>, since in Samurai THE FINAL I play a member of the Aizu Women\u2019s Army and I really enjoyed fighting with a naginata.
6.<\/em>\u00a0I\u2019ll never forget my feelings of gratitude, and from now on I want to sparkle as a unique, unparallelled musumeyaku in Star Troupe!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Debut:<\/em>\u00a02010, The Scarlet Pimpernel
Recent prominent roles:<\/em>\u00a0Elisabeth (2016), Sopie (junior performance); L’Aigle aux Deux Tetes (2016), Queen Mother (also Paparazzi woman E)
1.<\/em>\u00a0The Moon Troupe revue Le Bolero Rouge
2.<\/em>\u00a0Bath method – I pour in a ton of natural salt before getting in; Personality aspect – I flare up quickly, but also calm down easily; Disney characters – All the villains
3.<\/em>\u00a0My eyes.
4.<\/em>\u00a0I want to always be in pursuit of improvement so that I can make my roles so real people think I\u2019m possessed by the spirit of the characters! My goal is to be a chameleon actress!
5.<\/em>\u00a0I want to take time to confront myself. Often things I realize about myself suddenly, like \u2018Oh, that\u2019s how it is!\u2019 turn out to be really really significant!
6.<\/em>\u00a0No matter where I am on stage I\u2019ll be using my specialty ‘Eye Power Beam\u2019 so my all means come to a Cosmos Troupe performance and experience it <3 I\u2019ll be waiting at the theatre <3<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Debut:<\/em>\u00a02011, A Second Fortuitous Meeting
Recent prominent roles:<\/em>\u00a0Nobunaga (2016), Gnecchi (junior performance)-Soldo Organtino; Le Roi Arthur (2016), Sir Kay
1.\u00a0<\/em>Elisabeth, Ocean\u2019s 11
2.<\/em>\u00a0Yearly event – My family\u2019s traditional Setsubun2<\/sup>; Time – 10pm; New Year\u2019s dish – herring roe cooked in soy sauce
3.<\/em>\u00a0My small mouth\u2026I guess. My classmates often tease me like ‘your mouth is so tiny!!\u2019 but I feel like it\u2019d be nice if I could make that a charm point somehow\u2026
4.<\/em>\u00a0I was able to do pantomime in a small theatre performance, so even though this is a really impertinent desire I\u2019d love to do that in the Grand Theatre one day\u2026 I\u2019d also like to try out another new stage art like that.
5.\u00a0<\/em>Martial arts!! When I was little, since I was the youngest one I\u2019d always lose when I fought with my big sisters, I thought ‘if only I could win just once!!\u2019 (laughs) I still have that desire for strength (laughs)
6.<\/em>\u00a0I want to completely transform myself scene to scene. Please come to see the many faces of Kashiro!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Debut:<\/em>\u00a02014, Takarazuka Odori
Recent prominent roles:<\/em>\u00a0A-En – Asami Jun cast (2015), Daniel; Nobunaga (2016), Yasuke (junior performance)
1.<\/em>\u00a0A Magician\u2019s Misfortunes, Apasionado!!
2.<\/em>\u00a0School topic – P.E.; Season – The end of summer as it transitions into Autumn; Otokoyaku shout – ‘Uooooh~!!\u2019
3.\u00a0<\/em>My long eyelashes. I\u2019m good at tonguetwisters.
4.\u00a0<\/em>I\u2019d like to play a tyrant. I want to brainwash everyone and make them do my bidding (laughs)
5.<\/em>\u00a0I\u2019ve loved anime for ages, so I\u2019d like to try voiceover work sometime.
6.<\/em>\u00a0This is my 3rd year as an otokoyaku, and while I am still unskilled, my affection for the stage and my LOVE for being an otokoyaku won\u2019t lose to anyone else!! I\u2019ll work hard to become a dazzling otokoyaku!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n