Kanami Ayano
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Kanami Ayano is a former top star (musumeyaku) for Moon Troupe of Takarazuka Revue
. She joined the revue company in 1997 and became the top star along with Jun Sena
, a former troupe mate from Flower Troupe. She is from Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture
, her birthday is August 7 and her nickname is Mihoko.
She is the first of her class to reach the top.
She resigned from the company on July 6, 2008 after finishing the Tokyo performance of Me and My Girl
.
'99 starring Natsuki Mizu
, whom she would with in Comso Troupe later on; and Manon
starring Sena
, her current top star partner. Her portray as Manon
won praises and applause.
When she was transferred to Cosmo Troupe, she understudied for the part of legard Mari Hanafusa
and one of them is Turandot from Calaf & Turandot, whom both she and Hanafusa
won praises on the portray. Also she teamed up with Mizu
in the performance of Figaro!. She steadily became the second tier musumyaku and took charge of singing the etoile
in Cosmo Troupe. In 2004, she teamed up with Yūga Yamato
as Zelda Fitzgerald
in the Bow Hall musical Last Party: S. Fitzgerald's last day.
After 8 months with no musumyaku-top-star for Moon Troupe, she reunioned with Sena
with the perfoamance of Ernest in Love
as their debut as top star.
In 2006, she repraised her role as Zelda
by teaming up with fellow star (as well as a classmate and good friend of Sena
) Yūhi Ōzora for the Moon's repraise of Last Party: S. Fitzgerald's last day.
She is going to resign from the company after the performance of Me and My Girl
.
Takarazuka Revue
The Takarazuka Revue is a Japanese all-female musical theater troupe based in Takarazuka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Women play all roles in lavish, Broadway-style productions of Western-style musicals, and sometimes stories adapted from shōjo manga and Japanese folktales. The troupe takes its name...
. She joined the revue company in 1997 and became the top star along with Jun Sena
Jun Sena
, is a Japanese actress and former top star of the Takarazuka Revue's Moon Troupe, a Japanese theatre organization in which women portray all parts. She was born April 1, 1974 and grew up in Suginami, Tokyo. During her time in the Revue, she was an otokoyaku, an actress who specializes in male roles...
, a former troupe mate from Flower Troupe. She is from Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture
Gunma Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the northwest corner of the Kantō region on Honshu island. Its capital is Maebashi.- History :The remains of a Paleolithic man were found at Iwajuku, Gunma Prefecture, in the early 20th century and there is a public museum there.Japan was without horses until...
, her birthday is August 7 and her nickname is Mihoko.
She is the first of her class to reach the top.
She resigned from the company on July 6, 2008 after finishing the Tokyo performance of Me and My Girl
Me and My Girl
Me and My Girl is a musical with book and lyrics by Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose and music by Noel Gay. It takes place in the late 1930s in Hampshire, Mayfair, and Lambeth....
.
Troupe History
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Flower Troupe: 1997–2001 -
Cosmo Troupe: 2001–2005 -
Moon Troupe: 2005–2008
General information
Starting her career in Flower Troupe, she gradually developed her performing skill and when she is in the new actor production of Speakeasy, she caught people's attention. During that time, she had participated two Bow Hall musical: Romeo and JulietRomeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers.Romeo and Juliet belongs to a...
'99 starring Natsuki Mizu
Natsuki Mizu
Natsuki Mizu is the former top star for Snow Troupe of Takarazuka Revue from 12/24/06 to 09/12/10. She joined the company in 1993 and became the top star in December 2006 upon the resignation of Hikaru Asami...
, whom she would with in Comso Troupe later on; and Manon
Manon
Manon is an opéra comique in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on the 1731 novel L’histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by the Abbé Prévost...
starring Sena
Jun Sena
, is a Japanese actress and former top star of the Takarazuka Revue's Moon Troupe, a Japanese theatre organization in which women portray all parts. She was born April 1, 1974 and grew up in Suginami, Tokyo. During her time in the Revue, she was an otokoyaku, an actress who specializes in male roles...
, her current top star partner. Her portray as Manon
Manon
Manon is an opéra comique in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on the 1731 novel L’histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut by the Abbé Prévost...
won praises and applause.
When she was transferred to Cosmo Troupe, she understudied for the part of legard Mari Hanafusa
Mari Hanafusa
is a former member of the Takarazuka Revue, in which she specialized in female roles . She is from Tokyo and joined the revue in 1991 and retired in 2006...
and one of them is Turandot from Calaf & Turandot, whom both she and Hanafusa
Mari Hanafusa
is a former member of the Takarazuka Revue, in which she specialized in female roles . She is from Tokyo and joined the revue in 1991 and retired in 2006...
won praises on the portray. Also she teamed up with Mizu
Natsuki Mizu
Natsuki Mizu is the former top star for Snow Troupe of Takarazuka Revue from 12/24/06 to 09/12/10. She joined the company in 1993 and became the top star in December 2006 upon the resignation of Hikaru Asami...
in the performance of Figaro!. She steadily became the second tier musumyaku and took charge of singing the etoile
Étoile
- Places and Geography :* Place de l'Étoile, a.k.a. Place Charles de Gaulle, a large road junction in Paris, where the Arc de Triomphe is located* Charles de Gaulle - Étoile, a station of the Paris Métro* Massif de l'Étoile, a mountain range north of Marseille...
in Cosmo Troupe. In 2004, she teamed up with Yūga Yamato
Yuga Yamato
is a former top star for Cosmos Troupe of Takarazuka Revue. She joined the company in 1995 and became the top star in February 2007 upon the resignation of Kei Takashiro, which made her the first otokoyaku to be top in her class...
as Zelda Fitzgerald
Zelda Fitzgerald
Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald , born Zelda Sayre in Montgomery, Alabama, was an American novelist and the wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. She was an icon of the 1920s—dubbed by her husband "the first American Flapper"...
in the Bow Hall musical Last Party: S. Fitzgerald's last day.
After 8 months with no musumyaku-top-star for Moon Troupe, she reunioned with Sena
Jun Sena
, is a Japanese actress and former top star of the Takarazuka Revue's Moon Troupe, a Japanese theatre organization in which women portray all parts. She was born April 1, 1974 and grew up in Suginami, Tokyo. During her time in the Revue, she was an otokoyaku, an actress who specializes in male roles...
with the perfoamance of Ernest in Love
Ernest in Love
Ernest in Love is a musical with a book and lyrics by Anne Croswell and music by Lee Pockriss. It is based on The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde's classic comedy of manners.-Background:...
as their debut as top star.
In 2006, she repraised her role as Zelda
Zelda Fitzgerald
Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald , born Zelda Sayre in Montgomery, Alabama, was an American novelist and the wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. She was an icon of the 1920s—dubbed by her husband "the first American Flapper"...
by teaming up with fellow star (as well as a classmate and good friend of Sena
Jun Sena
, is a Japanese actress and former top star of the Takarazuka Revue's Moon Troupe, a Japanese theatre organization in which women portray all parts. She was born April 1, 1974 and grew up in Suginami, Tokyo. During her time in the Revue, she was an otokoyaku, an actress who specializes in male roles...
) Yūhi Ōzora for the Moon's repraise of Last Party: S. Fitzgerald's last day.
She is going to resign from the company after the performance of Me and My Girl
Me and My Girl
Me and My Girl is a musical with book and lyrics by Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose and music by Noel Gay. It takes place in the late 1930s in Hampshire, Mayfair, and Lambeth....
.
Flower New Actor Era
- Speakeasy - Lucy
- Tango Argentino - Marguerite (first lead musumeyaku role; her role in the regular cast is Rene)
- Romeo and Juliet '99 - Juliet (Bowhall performance, starring Natsuki MizuNatsuki MizuNatsuki Mizu is the former top star for Snow Troupe of Takarazuka Revue from 12/24/06 to 09/12/10. She joined the company in 1993 and became the top star in December 2006 upon the resignation of Hikaru Asami...
) - Asaki Yume Mishi - Genji Monogatari - Akashi-no-Ue
- The Great Adventures of Tom JonesThe History of Tom Jones, a FoundlingThe History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, often known simply as Tom Jones, is a comic novel by the English playwright and novelist Henry Fielding. First published on 28 February 1749, Tom Jones is among the earliest English prose works describable as a novel...
- Honour (Bowhall performance, starring Hibiki Takumi) - Manon - Manon (Bowhall performance, starring Jun SenaJun Sena, is a Japanese actress and former top star of the Takarazuka Revue's Moon Troupe, a Japanese theatre organization in which women portray all parts. She was born April 1, 1974 and grew up in Suginami, Tokyo. During her time in the Revue, she was an otokoyaku, an actress who specializes in male roles...
)
Cosmo New Actor Era
- Castel Mirage - Eva-Marie
- Calaf & Turandot - Turandot
- Pierre the Mercenary - Joan of Arc
Cosmo Era
- Figaro! - Susanna (Bowhall performance, starring Natsuki MizuNatsuki MizuNatsuki Mizu is the former top star for Snow Troupe of Takarazuka Revue from 12/24/06 to 09/12/10. She joined the company in 1993 and became the top star in December 2006 upon the resignation of Hikaru Asami...
) - Castel Mirage - Patty
- Calaf & Turandot - Tamal
- Pierre the Mercenary - Louise
- Lightning in the Daytime - Bella
- PhantomPhantom (musical)Phantom is a musical with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and a book by Arthur Kopit. Based on Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera, the musical was first presented in Houston, Texas in 1991....
- Sorelli - Last Party: S. Fitzgerald's last day - Zelda FitzgeraldZelda FitzgeraldZelda Sayre Fitzgerald , born Zelda Sayre in Montgomery, Alabama, was an American novelist and the wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. She was an icon of the 1920s—dubbed by her husband "the first American Flapper"...
(Bowhall performance, starring Yūga YamatoYuga Yamatois a former top star for Cosmos Troupe of Takarazuka Revue. She joined the company in 1995 and became the top star in February 2007 upon the resignation of Kei Takashiro, which made her the first otokoyaku to be top in her class...
)
Moon Top Star Era
- Ernest in LoveErnest in LoveErnest in Love is a musical with a book and lyrics by Anne Croswell and music by Lee Pockriss. It is based on The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde's classic comedy of manners.-Background:...
- Gwendolen Fairfax - Jazzy Fairies - Shannon McNeil
- Violets Growing Red - Nukata no Ookimi
- Last Party: S. Fitzgerald's last day - Zelda Fitzgerald (starring Yūhi Ōzora)
- Rome at Dawn - Porcia (with special appearance of Yu TodorokiYu TodorokiYu Todoroki is a current member of Takarazuka Revue, where she plays an otokoyaku. She joined the Revue in 1985, became the top star of Snow Troupe in 1997, transferred to Superior Members in 2002 and became the youngest member to serve on the company's board of directors in 2003...
) - Higher Than the Sky of Paris - Mimi
- Love at Dal Lake - Kamara Shandra Kumar
- The Magician's Melancholy - Veronica
- Me and My GirlMe and My GirlMe and My Girl is a musical with book and lyrics by Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose and music by Noel Gay. It takes place in the late 1930s in Hampshire, Mayfair, and Lambeth....
- Sally (Last show for Takarazuka)