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 company is a division of the Hankyu Railway company; all members of the troupe are employed by the company.
The Takarazuka Revue's members presently comprise five troupes—Flower, Moon, Snow, Star and Cosmos—and the Senka, or "Superior Members." Each performance is conducted by one of these groups.
Each troupe has a leading pair of actors: the "top star" as the best otoko yaku and the "top musume yaku" playing alongside the top star. The plots of many performances develop around this top pair, who in combination with the enticing traits of the troupe's other members create a uniquely captivating theatrical production.
Flower troupe was formed in 1921. They often say that the fortunes of the Takarazuka Revue follow those of the Flower Troupe. In addition to its members' general skill, the troupe is popular for its gorgeously colorful presentation--as befits its name. Flower troupe has produced numerous Otoko Yaku stars over the troupe's long history.
Ikuta Hirokazu is a director belonging to the Takarazuka Revue Company. He joined the theatre in 2003. His first work is The Bund/Neon Shanghai in 2010.
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