Reon Yuzuki
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is a Japanese actress in Star Troupe of the Takarazuka Revue
, in which she specializes in playing male parts (Otokoyaku). She joined the revue in 1999 and became the top star in 2009. She is called Chie from her real name.
After training in singing, acting and all different types of dance like tap, Japanese classical dance and so on for two years at the Takarazuka Music School, she made her debut in the 1999 Moon Troupe Production ; Nove Bossa Nova.
Then she was assigned to the Star troupe. In 2000, the very next year, she was selected as a member of the Berlin tour.
Starting her career in Star Troupe, she developed her singing and acting. She was given the role of André in the New Actor Show, The Rose of Versailles
in 2001, then took the leading role in the New Actor Performances five times consecutively.
She got her first Takarazuka Bow Hall lead performance in 2003.
Later on, she progressed to playing supporting roles in the main troupe productions. One of her remarkable roles is Chauvelin in The Scarlet Pimpernel
which was held in Japan for the first time in 2008 and given a standing ovation. The Matsuo Arts Foundation presented her with the 30th Rookie Art Award.
In 2009, She became the top star of Star Troupe with the resignation of the former lead Kei Aran
. The second Takazuka Revue Cinema, The Legend
Ver.Ⅱ was starring her.
”Candle in your mind” is the theme music written by Sylvester Levay
for her first original production, the Treasure Sword of Habsburg
. Yuzuki received the Rookie Award for Theater from Agency for Cultural Affairs
at the 65th ACA Arts Festival in 2010.
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...
, in which she specializes in playing male parts (Otokoyaku). She joined the revue in 1999 and became the top star in 2009. She is called Chie from her real name.
General information
Yuzuki began learning ballet at the age of nine. Having grown too tall for ballet, she became interested in the Revue with the advice of her father.After training in singing, acting and all different types of dance like tap, Japanese classical dance and so on for two years at the Takarazuka Music School, she made her debut in the 1999 Moon Troupe Production ; Nove Bossa Nova.
Then she was assigned to the Star troupe. In 2000, the very next year, she was selected as a member of the Berlin tour.
Starting her career in Star Troupe, she developed her singing and acting. She was given the role of André in the New Actor Show, The Rose of Versailles
The Rose of Versailles
, also known as Lady Oscar or La Rose de Versailles, is one of the best-known titles in shōjo manga and a media franchise created by Riyoko Ikeda. It has been adapted into several Takarazuka Revue musicals, as well an anime television series, produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha and broadcast by the...
in 2001, then took the leading role in the New Actor Performances five times consecutively.
She got her first Takarazuka Bow Hall lead performance in 2003.
Later on, she progressed to playing supporting roles in the main troupe productions. One of her remarkable roles is Chauvelin in The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel (musical)
The Scarlet Pimpernel is a musical with music by Frank Wildhorn and lyrics and book by Nan Knighton, based on the novel of the same name by Baroness Orczy. The show is set in England and France during the Reign of Terror of the French Revolution...
which was held in Japan for the first time in 2008 and given a standing ovation. The Matsuo Arts Foundation presented her with the 30th Rookie Art Award.
In 2009, She became the top star of Star Troupe with the resignation of the former lead Kei Aran
Kei Aran
, , is a Japanese actress and former top star otokoyaku of the Japanese Takarazuka Revue's Star Troupe. She joined the revue in 1991 and became the top star in 2007, five years after her fellow classmates Sumire Haruno and Hikaru Asami became top stars...
. The second Takazuka Revue Cinema, The Legend
The Legend (TV series)
Legend is a South Korean TV series created by Kimjonghak Production that aired on MBC.The story is loosely based on the legend of Dangun and Gwanggaeto the Great of Goguryeo. The story also adds mythical elements of the Four Symbols depicted in fantasy form as the four guardians who serve the...
Ver.Ⅱ was starring her.
”Candle in your mind” is the theme music written by Sylvester Levay
Sylvester Levay
Sylvester Levay is a Hungarian composer. He was born 16 May 1945 in Subotica , in the North Bačka District of Vojvodina, Yugoslavia ; his name is pronounced in English similarly to "lave-ah-ee."...
for her first original production, the Treasure Sword of Habsburg
Habsburg Monarchy
The Habsburg Monarchy covered the territories ruled by the junior Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg , and then by the successor House of Habsburg-Lorraine , between 1526 and 1867/1918. The Imperial capital was Vienna, except from 1583 to 1611, when it was moved to Prague...
. Yuzuki received the Rookie Award for Theater from Agency for Cultural Affairs
Agency for Cultural Affairs
The is a special body of the Japanese Ministry of Education . It was set up in 1968 to promote Japanese arts and culture. As of April 2007, it is led by the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs, Tamotsu Aoki....
at the 65th ACA Arts Festival in 2010.
New Actor era in Star Troupe
- The Rose of VersaillesThe Rose of Versailles, also known as Lady Oscar or La Rose de Versailles, is one of the best-known titles in shōjo manga and a media franchise created by Riyoko Ikeda. It has been adapted into several Takarazuka Revue musicals, as well an anime television series, produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha and broadcast by the...
2001 : OscarOscar François de Jarjayesis one of the main characters in the manga/anime series The Rose of Versailles, created by Riyoko Ikeda.-Character history:Born the last of five daughters to the Commander of the Royal Guards, General François Augustin Regnier de Jarjayes she is raised by her father as if she were a boy in order...
and André - André Grandier (2001) - A Song for Kingdom (AidaAidaAida sometimes spelled Aïda, is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, based on a scenario written by French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette...
:Takarazuka version) - Radames (lead role) (2003) - A Love Story in 1914 - Aristide Bruant (lead role) (2004)
- Ch'ang-an, Full of Swirling Flowers - Hsüan-tsung (Emperor Xuanzong of Tang)Emperor Xuanzong of TangEmperor Xuanzong of Tang , also commonly known as Emperor Ming of Tang , personal name Li Longji , known as Wu Longji from 690 to 705, was the seventh emperor of the Tang dynasty in China, reigning from 712 to 756. His reign of 43 years was the longest during the Tang Dynasty...
(lead role) (2004) - Shigure Hill Road in Nagasaki – Isaji (lead role) (2005)
- The Rose of VersaillesThe Rose of Versailles, also known as Lady Oscar or La Rose de Versailles, is one of the best-known titles in shōjo manga and a media franchise created by Riyoko Ikeda. It has been adapted into several Takarazuka Revue musicals, as well an anime television series, produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha and broadcast by the...
: Fersen and Marie AntoinetteMarie AntoinetteMarie Antoinette ; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was an Archduchess of Austria and the Queen of France and of Navarre. She was the fifteenth and penultimate child of Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I....
– Hans Axel Von Fersen (lead role) (2006)
Regular Cast era in Star Troupe
- A Song for Kingdom (AidaAidaAida sometimes spelled Aïda, is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, based on a scenario written by French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette...
:Takarazuka version) - Mereruka (2003) - Hello,the Spring Wind - Seita (first lead role at Takarazuka Bow Hall) (2003)
- Still the Ship Sails on - Johny Case (lead role) (2005)
- The Dragon Star - Li Muei (2005)
- The Rose of VersaillesThe Rose of Versailles, also known as Lady Oscar or La Rose de Versailles, is one of the best-known titles in shōjo manga and a media franchise created by Riyoko Ikeda. It has been adapted into several Takarazuka Revue musicals, as well an anime television series, produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha and broadcast by the...
: Fersen and Marie AntoinetteMarie AntoinetteMarie Antoinette ; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was an Archduchess of Austria and the Queen of France and of Navarre. She was the fifteenth and penultimate child of Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I....
- André Grandier / Bernard Châtelet / Alain de Soissons (2006) - Young Bloods!! -Twinkle Twinkle Star- (lead role) (2006)
- Hallelujah Go! Go! - Dennis Garcia (lead role) (2007)
- Sakura / Secret Hunter - Sergio (2007)
- KeanKean (musical)Kean is a musical with a book by Peter Stone and music and lyrics by Robert Wright and George Forrest.Using material by Jean-Paul Sartre and Alexandre Dumas, père as its source, it centers on the adventures of Edmund Kean, considered the greatest Shakespearean actor of the 18th century, focusing...
- Prince of Wales (2007) - El Halcon / Revue Orchis - Luminous Red Benedict (2007-2008)
- The Red and the BlackThe Red and the BlackLe Rouge et le Noir , 1830, by Stendhal, is a historical psychological novel in two volumes, chronicling a provincial young man’s attempts to socially rise beyond his plebeian upbringing with a combination of talent and hard work, deception and hypocrisy — yet who ultimately allows his passions to...
- Fouqe/Prince Korasoff (2008) - The Scarlet PimpernelThe Scarlet Pimpernel (musical)The Scarlet Pimpernel is a musical with music by Frank Wildhorn and lyrics and book by Nan Knighton, based on the novel of the same name by Baroness Orczy. The show is set in England and France during the Reign of Terror of the French Revolution...
- Chauvelin (2008) - Viento de Buenos Aires - Nicolas (lead role) (2008)
- My Dear New Orleans / A Bientô - Leonard Duan (2008)
Star Troupe Top Star era
- The LegendThe Legend (TV series)Legend is a South Korean TV series created by Kimjonghak Production that aired on MBC.The story is loosely based on the legend of Dangun and Gwanggaeto the Great of Goguryeo. The story also adds mythical elements of the Four Symbols depicted in fantasy form as the four guardians who serve the...
Ver.II - Damdeok (2009) - Saikai(Meeting again) / The Soul of Shiva! - Gerard *The National Tour (2009)
- The Treasure Sword of Habsburg Habsburg MonarchyThe Habsburg Monarchy covered the territories ruled by the junior Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg , and then by the successor House of Habsburg-Lorraine , between 1526 and 1867/1918. The Imperial capital was Vienna, except from 1583 to 1611, when it was moved to Prague...
-Candle in Your Mind- / BoleroBoléroBoléro is a one-movement orchestral piece by Maurice Ravel . Originally composed as a ballet commissioned by Russian ballerina Ida Rubinstein, the piece, which premiered in 1928, is Ravel's most famous musical composition....
- Eliyahu Rothschild / Eduard von Autheville (2010) - Passion: Jose and CarmenCarmen (novella)"Carmen" is a novella by Prosper Mérimée, written and first published in 1845. It has been adapted into a number of dramatic works, including the famous opera by Georges Bizet.-Sources:...
/ BoleroBoléroBoléro is a one-movement orchestral piece by Maurice Ravel . Originally composed as a ballet commissioned by Russian ballerina Ida Rubinstein, the piece, which premiered in 1928, is Ravel's most famous musical composition....
– Jose *The National Tour (2010) - Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l'AmourRoméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l'AmourRoméo et Juliette: de la Haine à l'Amour is a French musical based on William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, with music and lyrics by Gérard Presgurvic. It premiered in Paris on January 19, 2001. The production was directed and choreographed by Redha, with costumes by Dominique Borg and...
- Romeo (2010) - Takarazuka Hana no Odori Emaki / An officer and a gentlemanAn officer and a gentlemanAn officer and a gentlemen is a concept and phase widely used in and about the British armed services from at least the early nineteenth century...
- Zachary "Zack" Mayo (2010) - Too Short a Time to Fall in Love - Fred Walbask / Le Poison - Love Potion Ⅱ - *Chunichi Theatre (2011)
- Nova Bossa Nova - Sol / A Second Fortuitous Meeting -My Only Shinin' Star- Based on The Game of Love and Chance - Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard by MarivauxPierre de MarivauxPierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux , commonly referred to as Marivaux, was a French novelist and dramatist....
- Dorante Vespert (2011) - Ocean's 11Ocean's Eleven (2001 film)Ocean's Eleven is a 2001 American comedy-crime caper and remake of the 1960 Rat Pack caper film of the same name. The 2001 film was directed by Steven Soderbergh and features an ensemble cast including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Andy García, and Julia Roberts. The film was...
- "Danny OceanDanny OceanDaniel "Danny" Ocean is a fictional character in the original Ocean's 11, its 2001 remake and the two films that followed the remake . The character was portrayed by Frank Sinatra in the original film, and by George Clooney in the remake trilogy...
(2011-2012)
Overseas performances
- Takarazuka at Friedrichstadt PalastFriedrichstadt PalastThe Friedrichstadt-Palast is a revue in the Berlin district of Mitte . The term Friedrichstadt-Palast designates both the building itself, and the revue theater as a body with his ensemble...
in Berlin, Germany (2000) - Die Lian(Butterfly Love) / Southern Cross Revue in China (2002)
- Takarazuka in Korea 2005: Soul of Shiva !! (2005)
Discography
- CD Until I Sleep in the Night Sky - June 18 2011
- Special DVD-Box Reon Yuzuki - August 10 2011