#musumeyaku

[ilovetkrzuka]

ALL- FEMALE TAKARAZUKA REVUE COSMOS TROUPE XCALIBUR MUSICAL 2023 POSTER

Starring: Serika Toa as Arthur & Haruno Sakura as Guinevere 

Takarazuka Revue Official Site 

[yugiri315]

[ブギウギ] Japan's Queen of Boogie

NHK recently produced a dramaticized "biopic" (aka historical fiction) of jazz singer and actress Shizuko Kasagi. It so happened she started her career in Shochiku Gakugeki Club, the proto-OSK Nippon Kageki, under the stage name Shizuko Mikasa. As such, NHK hired a bunch of OSK actresses to star in the women's revue scenes as their very own predecessors! It's short and sweet and has many nods to the Jazz age in Japan.

They paid attention to a lot of little details in portraying post-war Japan both on and off stage. I only pulled the OSK-relevant scenes given this is what my audience would be most familiar with. Sempai-kohai relationships are strict as usual. Otokoyaku hair has not yet evolved to the current form and not everyone has cut it all off. Otokoyaku still wear skirts. Everyone talks kansai-ben off stage. Kimono are stripey. A quant, fun watch.

[akeaks]

Hello, it's been a while since I uploaded my post about ASAKA MANATO's Takarazuka works, and I deleted all the posts from my profile (almost all of them), and the last time I said I was going to re-download EVERYTHING to have it in better quality, and that's what I'm doing (or something like that) I just ask for some patience, when I have a work already downloaded I will upload a post giving you the information.

•I REPEAT IF THERE IS ANY WORK THAT YOU WANT, JUST TELL ME AND I WILL PASS IT TO YOU, YES, YOU SHOULD GIVE ME SOME TIME.•

[howmanyheartaches]

I thought I would never be able to spend more money on something other than Zuka

I WAS WRONG

[asakusasisters]

!NEW! Revue in Kyoto| Go to the Future 2023 This November, OSK Revue will present a new show "Revue in Kyoto" at the Kyoto Minami-za Theater. The performances are from 11th to 19th November.

Starring: Yan Rin, Maimi Rira, Chisaki Emi, Hanazuki Sou, Kazuki Tsubasa.

[taitavva]

the golden combination

[yuzukahibiscus]

Takarazuka Revue Star Troupe Top Musumeyaku Maisora Hitomi Retirement Press Conference “I am overwhelmed with sentiments”

(Source from Nikkan Sports)

Takarazuka Revue Star Troupe Top Musumeyaku Maisora Hitomi has decided to retire in December 2024, and she had her press conference in the Takarazuka Grand Theatre “Espree Hall” on the 8th. In a white dress, Maisora says, “to everyone whom I have met, taught me, guided me, raised me up, and to all the fans so far, I am overwhelmed with gratitude. I will continue to evolve every day as a Takarazuka musumeyaku before the last day comes and want to do my best.”

Maisora entered the Revue, ranking first of the 102th class in 2016. After assigned to Flower Troupe, she was known for her loveable appearnace and sharp dancing. In April 2019, she was transferred to Star Troupe and in the same year in October, with Rei Makoto as her partner, she became the Top Musumeyaku. She was the heroine for many overseas musical (adaptations), such as “Romeo and Juliette” “1789 – Lovers of the Bastille”. Together with Rei-san, they are the Top Combi of the firsts. (*Rei Makoto was ranked first of the 95th class.)

She decided her retirement after the closing performance of “ME AND MY GIRL”, in which she admired, and she played the heroine Sally in the performance. “I decided to retire on this 110th anniversary, a turning point in which I feel so content and fulfilled in my heart.” She told this news to Rei-san in the rehearsals for the previous Grand Theatre performance, and (REi Makoto has said), “If that is what Naco-chan (Maisora) has decided, I will suport her fully.”

Her memorable performances were three, including her first role without changes in Flower Troupe’s performance “Hanna’s Florist”, “Romeo and Juliette” to which she described, “how I instantly felt that I was welcoming a new ‘door’ of myself”, “Valencian Passion” to which she played the heroine in Shibata Yukihiro’s play, a director whom she admired.

In the conference, she wore the necklace Rei-san gifted her. “Rei-san said these encouraging words, ‘Even if you can’t do it, that’s fine. As long as you enjoy yourself the fullest on stage’. Such words gave me the motivation to continue moving forward,” she smiled and recalled.

Her retirement performance will be “Hit Me Anyone One More Time -Top Secret- / Tiara Azul -Destino-” which will be performing in the Takarazuka Grand Theatre on August 17~September 22. And after the Tokyo Takarazuka theatre performances on October 19-December 1, she will be retiring (from Takarazuka Revue) after the closing performance.

[lunarharp]

tsukigumi..

[crowtobio]

jutai <3

[yaomeis]

Putting these two Yumeshiro Aya gifs together for no reason whatsoever...

[ilovetkrzuka]

Takarazuka Actress found dead, believed to be suicide

According to multiple news sources, on 9/30/2023, at approximately 7:04 AM, a woman 25 years old was found lying on the parking lot of an 18th story apartment building in Takarazuka City. The police found on the 18th floor a bag with belongings found to be of an actress of Takarazuka Revue.

According to the article on Bunshun Online, the actress was born in 1998 in Kyoto, the oldest daughter of a 140 year-running vintage shop and is a member of the Cosmos Troupe. According to an affiliate of the Revue, the actress A had a younger sister, and lived in the apartment building owned by their father together. Actress A debuted in 2017.

Cosmos Troupe's first day of performance "PAGAD/Sky Fantasy" was on 9/29, and the actress went on stage as usual, but on 9/30 the actress did not appear for the performance. Takarazuka Revue announced cancellation of the run of the performance from 10/1 to 10/8, due to multiple performers feeling unwell.

^Official Announcement from the Takarazuka Revue

[musumeyaku-forever]

🌸＊Congratulations＊🌸

[howmanyheartaches]

Finally, I've found out what it takes. It takes money and airplanes. - The Wombats

[zungumi]

updates:

got about two or three songs into capricciosa before realizing i don't understand enough italian for my translation to meet my own standards, oops. maybe i'll come back to it later?

officially more than 50% done with mei-chan no shitsuji! i'm falling in love with this show, i can't wait to share it.

i also got my hands on the bow hall shakespeare series script book and hoo boy. i don't know how many of these i'll get around to (and i currently only have video for romeo and juliet '99), but i'm trying to convince R to tackle the TL for winter's tale so i can sub it, lol

[yuzukahibiscus]

Takarazuka Revue Flower Troupe Musical "Arc en ciel~ Rainbow Over Paris" opens in Tokyo performances. Yuzuka Rei, Hoshikaze Madoka closeup interview

(Source from Enterminal)

◆ Yuzuka Rei

I'm truly thankful that we could have our Tokyo open stage rehearsals successfully. First, more than anything, I will continue to improve to convey a stage that the audience will be happy with, and do my very best. So I ask for everyone's support.

◆ Hoshikaze Madoka

I'm very happy that our Tokyo stage rehearsals are complete. I will remember this feeling in my heart and with a smile on my face, I will continue to improve till the end. Please support us.

ーーー This is both of your graduation performance. Upon finishing performances at the Takarazuka Grand Theatre, how do you feel about welcoming the Tokyo opening performance.

◆Yuzuka Rei

I want to treat this performance as a new one, and create a better performance, so I have been doing rehearsals in the classroom and on stage. We finished our one month and a half of performances in the Takarazuka Grand Theatre, but I want to do as much as I can, and do more on various aspects, thinking of how to embrace certain traits of the role. Once again, I wanted to deliver even a tiny bit of energy to the audience in this energetic stage, and I'm approaching this performance from the start again.

◆ Hoshikaze Madoka As Yuzuka-san said, while this is our graduation performance, what I always think about the Tokyo performances is even when the Grand Theatre performances already ended, I'm at the stage of wanting to aim higher until the Tokyo closing performance comes. I want to treasure this time and perform well in this musical.

ーーー From how you carefully play the role, to conveying the duet dance at the finale like a chapter of a drama, how did you feel dancing together?

◆ Yuzuka Rei I've been approaching my role since the rehearsals for the Grand Theatre, and the long period of time performing in the Grand Theatre, but now I think more of "how would Marcel feel in this kind of way" and for yesterday and today, I read the script with Catherine (Hoshikaze) all over again. While interpreting each and every scene, we had discussions on "how the relationship of the couple would change", so I hope that I'd be able to present Marcel, and even Marcel's relationship with Catherine better, and I'm still exploring and searching for the answer. How did you feel about the duet dance?

◆ Hoshikaze Madoka When we walked out of the silver bridge, usually we would start on opposite sides on the left and right and meet at the center, but this time we're holding hands...

◆ Yuzuka Rei Having a walk on the silver bridge (LOL).

◆ Hoshikaze Madoka I feel so blessed when we could have a walk together. I could feel the love from the many sensei, so I want to cherish this time performing this.

◆ Yuzuka Rei

I hope that everyone could watch over our duet dance, that we could make the performance deeper and richer in content, and that we would also cherish this time together.

ーーーThis is a performance about the French revue under the Nazist German occupation, so is there anything you find connected to yourself about this performance?

◆Yuzuka Rei

The greatest thing I've felt during the pandemic was my gratitude towards the audience. It goes the same for Marcel in this performance, that of course I think about what I want to convey in my dance, but he realised that to the audience that fill the theatre, his greatest hope was to create a performance that they would enjoy. That is how (Marcel) grows in the story. That is also what is overlapping to me, and how both of us think that the audience is the most important, is also what I can relate to.

ーーー "Wavering but not sunken" is a very memorable song, how do you feel singing it?

◆ Yuzuka Rei

I can truly feel how beautiful the lyrics' meaning are and the beauty of its melody, and also can receive much power from the song. As Yuzuka and as Marcel, we are all drawn to this song, and I'm very grateful to have encountered this song. I sing this song on the silver bridge and can see the audience's faces clearly, and I can feel that when the audience probably listen to this song and hear these words and lyrics, it helps them think back on the various memories. I'm once again thankful to share this kind of time with the audience, and with that I want to sing this song sincerely.

ーーー There are many dance scenes, what do you feel about those dances as a character who is a choreographer/dancer?

◆ Yuzuka Rei

I'm so happy to show various kinds of dance numbers to the audience. And (not really as a choreographer at first) when I play Marcel as a dancer that challenges different dances, I once again think what do I want to convey to the audience, so as to hone, practice and calculate how I dance. I want to connect my conscious to marcel and I was able to learn much not just for this graduation performance, but learning every day, and I'm very glad to have this role in the end.

[kalmeria]

that's really fucking gay