In the Japanese showbiz industry, many artists are often classified by name because of their offices or systems, such as Janis Idol, AKB Series, Sakamichi Series, Libertine Family, Yoshimoto Koya, and Takarazuka actresses from the "Takarazuka Song and Dance Troupe"! Japanese drama regulars Tenkai Yuki, Kuroki Hitomi, Tanri, Maya Miki, Daichi Masayoshi, Ryokaze Masayoshi, Makoto Makoto, Makoto Hiei and other 7 powerful actors, all from Takarazuka, excellent performance together to brighten the sign of Takarazuka, let's get to know these 7 legendary actresses!
Maya Miki, Yuki Tenkai, and Hitomi Kuroki are all representative actresses from the Japanese Takarazuka Song and Dance Troupe
▋Why does the origin of "Takarazuka Opera Company" equal to the guarantee of strength?
Hosuka Opera Company is an opera troupe located in Takarazuka City, Hyogo Prefecture, named Hosuka because of the geographical name relationship, the parent company is Hankyu Electric Railway, the founder of the year Mr. Kobayashi Kazuzo in order to attract tourists to take the electric railway and came up with a way to attract guests with stage plays, and the Takarazuka Opera Troupe was born. However, if you want to enter the Takarazuka Opera Company, you must first enter the Takarazuka Music School, the school only recruits women, only admits 40 students per year, the entry threshold is super high, and the pass rate in its heyday is even only 2.07%, which is close to the University of Tokyo. After being admitted, you must undergo rigorous song and dance training for 1 year of preparatory school and 1 year of undergraduate education before you have the opportunity to become a member of the troupe.
The troupe is divided into 5 groups and 1 specialty, each with a lead star (playing a male character) and a bridesmaid (playing a female role). The features of the 5 groups are as follows:
| Flower groups | Known as the "Treasure House of Male Servants", it is the oldest group of the Takarazuka Troupe, and the tuxedo is a symbolic representative. |
| Month group | It was established at the same time as the flower group, focusing on acting skills, and many members who quit the group will be recruited into the show business circle to shoot. |
| Snow group | The third group formed, the compulsive singing power is the impression given by the members of the group. |
| Star groups | The stage performance is characterized by energy and vitality, and the unique personalities of the members. |
| Zeus group | The final group, although shallow in seniority, has strong ensemble and ensemble abilities, and there are many tall and tall male servants in the group, so it is also known as the "Eye-catching Zeus Group". |
| Specialist | It is composed of senior members with outstanding expertise in stage performances and is responsible for assisting in the performance of each group. |
The actors from Takarazuka give people a good impression of good looks, good temperament, good acting skills, and can sing and dance, and the Takarazuka Troupe is involved in a wide range of drama types, including historical dramas, science fiction dramas, girl comics, etc., "Meteor Garden", "Lupin III" and other classic anime works have also been put on the stage by Takarazuka, and they also actively cooperate across borders, such as cooperating with LDH JAPAN to launch the classic drama code "High & Low" stage drama version of the Libertine Family, which has received a wide response.
▋ You must have seen it in Japanese dramas! Seven popular Japanese actresses from Takarazuka
Hitomi Kuroki: Not only beautiful but also versatile
Over 60 years old, but her face and body are still well-maintained, Hitomi Kuroki was very interested in acting when she was in high school, and as the director of the acting department, she originally planned to graduate to go to Kumamoto Music University, but accidentally enjoyed the "Versailles Rose" of the Takarazuka Theater Company in her hometown of Fukuoka, and had a yearning, secretly going to take the exam of the Takarazuka Music School without her parents. Although Hitomi Kuroki spoke the Chikugo Dialect at the time, and even said that Takarazuka's rival Shochiku Opera Troupe was also good at the interview, he still managed to pass the level and was admitted to school.
After graduating from music school, Hitomi Kuroki entered the maiden service of the Takarazuka Song and Dance Troupe's Monthly Group with a third place, and the following year she rose to the position of chief bridesmaid at the fastest pace in history. Four years later, she graduated from the troupe and turned to showbiz, and her first performance in the movie "Avatar" challenged to perform naked! At that time, Hitomi Kuroki was frantically attacked by Takarazuka fans, believing that this detachment not only belittled Takarazuka's history, but also ruined Takarazuka's image of advocating "purity, integrity, and beauty". Although the backlash is not small, Hitomi Kuroki still won the Newcomer Actor Award at the Japanese Film Awards with this work, and her acting skills are highly recognized.
Although she won the award, the play did not make Hitomi Kuroki popular, and most of her subsequent work was the role of the mystery suspense series, until the 1997 movie "Paradise Lost", which made Kuroki Hitomi's popularity expand at once, when her passionate performance pictures and plots with Hiroshi Hiroshi Yuki became a Japanese social phenomenon and a highly discussed work. Hitomi Kuroki is a prolific actor who shoots an average of 4 or 5 works a year, and has published 7 essay collections, 3 poetry collections, translated picture books, and even led the director to shoot 3 films, which have shined in all aspects.
Black wood pupils
- Real name: Akiko Ichichi
・Date of birth: October 5, 1960
- Representative works: "失乐园" (失楽园), "东京铁塔" (东京塔), "White Giant Pagoda" (White Giant Pagoda)
Yuki Tenkai: A legendary figure in Takarazuka
Even if you don't know much about Takarazuka, you must have seen the Japanese dramas and movies performed by Yuki Tenkai, and she is the number one person known as the Takarazuka legend! Generally, newcomers who join the group need to go through 4 to 6 years of training to have the opportunity to play the lead role, but Tenkai Yuki became a newcomer in the first year, and starred as many as 6 times in the fourth year. In the past, it was necessary to stand in the position of TOP chief for at least 10 to 15 years to do it, but Tenkai Yuki became the chief male servant of the month group after 6 and a half years, and is a legendary figure who has never been seen before.
Yuki Tenkai joined Takarazuka when she was in the second grade of Junior High School, when she was encouraged by her class mentor, who was a Hodsuka fan, and after a series of preparations, she was admitted to the Takarazuka Music School as a principal. After entering the troupe, although a series of legendary records were set, Tenkai Yuxi once confessed that every day in the past nine years had been like a terrifying wave, had been jealous, treated coldly, and all the things that would crush her confidence had happened, but fortunately she survived. Perhaps having experienced too much, she will always naturally confide in the golden sayings and redeem the hearts of many people.
Tenkai Yuki was a superstar in the Takarazuka era, and after leaving the group, she entered the show business circle, because of her superior figure and masculine appearance, she could not find her own direction and drama path at first, but later in "The Queen's Classroom", "Mature Girl Around" and other Japanese dramas such as doctors, teachers, criminal police and other roles let her create the Tianhai style of drama, often playing the female boss, she always played the female boss in a variety of rankings on "the ideal female boss of the new recruits", "female boss who wants to go to drink together", "good woman to choose a woman".
Tenkai Yuki
- Real name: Yuri Nakano
・Date of birth: August 8, 1967
・Representative works: "Queen's Classroom" (Queen's Classroom), "Boss Queen", "Queen's Interrogation Room" (Emergency Transfer Room)
Tan li: Synonymous with beauty
What kind of image does the Japanese often call "Yamato Fumiko" a woman? Sandalwood can be said to be a classic example. Tan li, who looks very temperamental when she wears a kimono, was praised for acting at a kindergarten talent fair, became interested in standing in front of people and showed herself, and worked as a reader model for fashion magazines in high school. When I was about to graduate from high school, I remembered the scene when I was a child and announced my talents, so I planned to challenge myself to apply for the Takarazuka Music School. Due to the short preparation period, although squeezed into the qualified narrow door, it ranked last. She once mentioned that at that time, there was only a sense of inferiority that was completely inferior to that of her classmates, and she often cried alone in the quilt of succumbs.
Although she was inferior at first, after her efforts, Tanri slowly had the opportunity to step onto the Takarazuka stage, feel a sense of accomplishment and happiness, and decided that even the smallest roles would be interpreted as best she could. Tan Li originally belonged to the Moon Group, transferred to the Snow Group 4 years later, was promoted to the heroine in the 7th year, and then promoted to the chief bridesmaid the following year, and also went to China to participate in the performance of "Yang Guifei Again", known as Yang Guifei's rebirth.
Tan Li entered the show business circle after retiring from the troupe, and swept the Best Actress of the Japanese Academy Awards and major film awards with her debut film "Samurai's Share", and then participated in the second Ōkawa drama and a number of Japanese dramas and film performances, in June 2022, her first starring film "The Sun and Polly" is about to be released, in which she is the operator of an amateur symphony orchestra, director Mizutani Toyo said that in the screenwriting stage, Tan Li's name, who had a wealth of musical experience, flashed from her mind, and decided that she had to play it.
檀丽 (檀レい)
- Real Name: Mayumi Yamazaki (山崎 真弼)
・Date of birth: August 4, 1971
・Representative works: "Samurai Ichimin" (Samurai Ichimin), "Bitan Jirai" (Beautiful Neighbor), "Eight-Day Purpose Cicada" (Cicada of the Eighth Day)
Earth True Yang: Stage drama two knife flow
Masayoshi Hadhi had always been interested in entering the show business, but his father, who had been a soldier and captain, was strict and opposed until he found that the Takarazuka Opera Troupe was trained as disciplined as an army, and was not convinced. Although Masayoshi Daichi's enrollment results were only 8th to last, and he did not receive much attention in the troupe's activities at the beginning, in 1984, the 70th anniversary of The Takarazuka Opera, the "Red Man and Green Woman" was performed by her and Hitomi Kuroki, which received wide acclaim, and Daichi Masayoshi was appointed as the chief male servant of the monthly group, and the two were also known as the golden match, becoming the classic CP in the hearts of Takarazuka fans at that time.
In 1985, Masayoshi Daichi and Hitomi Kuroki left Takarazuka together, and those who retired from Takarazuka usually turned to the stage theater world or the television and film industry to develop, while Masayoshi Daichi adopted a two-way development of the second knife flow, with remarkable results, and also set a record of 600 performances in the Japanese version of the Broadway song and dance drama "Lady Of the Grace", and on the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Takarazuka Opera Company, she was also listed as one of the top 100 people listed in the hall. In addition, Masayoshi Daichi also often appears in Japanese dramas, and her heroic temperament is often invited to perform criminal or medical dramas, such as "Doctor-X ~ Surgeon ・ Unknown Son of the Gate", "Furuhata Renzaburo", "Sagami" series can be seen.
Mao Daichi
- Real name: Mayumi Morita
- Date of birth: February 5, 1956
- Stage Portrait Works: "Lady of the Fair" (My Fair Lady), "The Autumn of Rome" (Roman Holiday), "Ransei Yoshihito" (Gone with the Dog)
Maya Miki: A late-stage actress
Although the actors of the Takarazuka Troupe are all women, the actors who play the male service are often more eye-catching, and Yuki Tenkai and Maya Miki are particularly representative and popular former Takarazuka male superstars. Unlike many legendary talented actors, Maya Miki only became the chief in her 15th year of joining the troupe, which is a late stage. Takarazuka is very demanding of the actor's singing and dancing ability, and The charm of Maya Miki is not only displayed at the technical level, but the happy, cheerful, and humorous atmosphere she exudes when she performs, which closely attracts the attention of fans, and this side of "not Takarazuka" has become a feature, so it is also known as "Takarazuka's revolution". Maya Miki was also the first time to give a solo concert at budokan, Andra Tsuka was born as a star, which was a pioneering achievement in that year.
At the age of 38, Masaya Miki left the troupe and entered the development of the show business, when the agency was worried that it would be difficult to get a good job at her age, but she was not willing to be buried like this, borrowed an interview suit from her friends to participate in the audition of "The Great Search Line", and slowly played a piece of the sky with strong strength! Now, she often plays the role of boss and good mother in many Japanese dramas, and the female audience has a high degree of liking for Maya Miki, and is often selected into the list of "female celebrities who girls think are very handsome", "actresses who hope she can be her mother", "ideal female bosses" and so on.
Miki Maya
・Real name: Miki Nishijima
・Date of birth: January 31, 1964
- Representative works: "大搜查线" (Dancing Grand Investigation), "Sky Princess" (Attention Please), "Busting Genius 伽利略" (Galileo)
Cool Breeze True World: Representative of the Ancestor Spirit Lineage
Many anime fans will know The Cool Breeze Masayoshi, who voiced the protagonist Ayamura Kenshin because of the animated version of "Excalibur", but she is actually from Takarazuka, who has served as the chief male servant of the month group, and has also performed in many big river dramas, and for many Takaraz fans, she is the eternal Oscar in "The Rose of Versailles".
Cool breeze real world has a "goblin" nickname, not only can not see the age, but also exudes a unique atmosphere, exquisite appearance makes many people mistakenly think that she is a bridesmaid, but her words and deeds are actually full of handsome temperament, when interviewed by the media, she once said that she wanted to be a male servant to enter Takarazuka, there are also many actors who entered Takarazuka said that it was because they were moved by the performance of Cool Breeze Makoto and decided to apply. Leaving the troupe, Ryokaze Masayoshi has diversified its development, and has achieved good results in any field: winning the Nikkan Sports Award for japanese dramas, performing stage plays by Kazuo Kikuda, and dubbing animations has also shown outstanding performances, becoming classics.
Cool breeze is really worldly
- Real Name: Kana Morinaga
・Date of birth: September 11, 1960
- Representative works: "Jinyan Jianghu" (Rurouni Kenshin) 动画版绯村剑worry sound, Taiga 剧 "Hideyoshi", "Motoru Rebellion" (元禄缭乱), "Toshiie Yomatsu" (利家 to Matsu to Kagi Million Stone Monogatari), "笃姬"
True Flying Saint: Unintentional willow shading
The reasons for wanting to join Takarazuka are different, most people are often influenced by relatives and friends from childhood and learn song and dance, and some people have no intention of inserting willows, such as Machi-seong is by chance to see the photos of the actors wearing dresses on the red carpet in the Takarazuka magazine recommended by friends, and they are curious about Takarazuka, and then after watching the flower group performance, they decided to apply for the Takarazuka Music School.
After successful enrollment, Makoto was initially recruited in the Star Group, but after 10 years, he transferred to the Flower Group, and finally became the male chief in the 12th year of joining the group. However, at first, she was said to be less like a male servant because of her overly feminine facial features, and began to study makeup to make herself look more handsome and upright on stage. Makoto was almost 35 years old when she left Takarazuka to enter the show business circle, but the solid foundation laid in Takarazuka made her quickly receive a job, and the work content was not limited to the same field, but the development of television, film, and stage drama, and in 2015, she won the Newcomer Actress Award at the Osaka Film Carnival.
True Flying Saint
- Real Name: Yuko Yamashita
・Date of birth: October 13, 1976
- Representative works: "Buddy", "Shaojia Tsukisara" (The family next door is blue), "轮到你了" (It's Your Turn)
The 7 Takarazuka introduced in the article are born stars, some people are genius type, some are hard work type, all under their own efforts and Honing of Takarazuka, chained into glowing gems, even after leaving Takarazuka also provide quality performances, no wonder "Takarazuka" This golden signboard can continue to shine in the show business for a long time!
Japan's Takarazuka is born with 7 legendary actresses: Japanese drama regulars Yuki Tenkai, Hitomi Kuroki, and Maya Miki are all acting guarantees! | Tesco! Japan