Name: Shion Yuu
Kanji: 紫苑ゆう
Current Troupe: n/a
Role: Otokoyaku
Status: Retired Top Star (1992 - 1994)

Nickname: Shime
Real Name: Watanabe Natsuko (渡辺 奈津子)
Height: 169 cm
Birthday: March 25th, 1959
Blood Type: O
Hometown: Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture
Favorite Food:
Favorite Flower: rose buds, butterfly orchids, cyclamen
Favorite Colors: black, white
Hobbies: going for a drive
Collections: wine and champagne glasses
Special Talent:
Origin of Stage Name:
Favorite Role:
Would Like to Try Playing:

Debut: 1978 (64th Class) Festival Fantasy / My Lucky Chance
Troupe History:
1979 - 1994 Star Troupe


1994: Casanova, Memento of a Dream / La Cantata! (Star 1994), Giacomo Casanova
1994: Shion ~Prayer of Love~ (Star 1994) (Bow Hall)
1994: Mayerling / Paparagi (Star, 1993) (National Tour), Rudolf
1994: Wakaki Hi no Uta wa Wasureji / Jump Orient! (Star 1994), Maki Bunshirou
1993-94: La Tormenta (Star 1993-94) (Bow Hall), Bernardo Charnades
1993: The Prelude to Winter / One Night Mirage (National Tour)
1993: Mayerling / Paparagi (Star, 1993), Rudolf
1993: Houjushou / Parfum de Paris (Star, 1993)
1992: Legend of the Midnight Sun / One Night Mirage (Star 1992), Odin (Top Star Debut)
1991-92: Sunset of the Forbidden City (Star 1991-92), Fuketsu
1991-92: The Lily of Gran Sasso (Star 1991-92) (Bow Hall / NS / Nagoya), Antonio Luciano (lead role)
1991: Portraits of Lovers / Narcisse Noir (Star 1991), Christoffer II
1991: The Prayer Necklace (Star 1989, 1991) (Yuupoto Hall), Dmitry Pavlovich Sanin (lead role)
1990-91: The Apollon Mystery / Jesus Diamante (Star 1990-91), Marquis Marcel de Montesquieu
1990: Citylight Melody (Star 1990) (Bow Hall), Maurice Gélin (lead role)
1990: Mayflower / Takarazuka Revue '90 (Star 1990), Robert Trompe
1990: The Rose of Versailles: Fersen (Flower 1990), Oscar (Special Performance)
1989: Chante, Chante, Chante (Moon / Star 1989) (Bow Hall)
1989: The Rose of Versailles -Fersen and Marie-Antoinette (Star 1989-90), Oscar
1989: The Prayer Necklace (Star 1989, 1991) (Bow Hall), Dmitry Pavlovich Sanin (lead role)
1989: Rose of Versailles -Andre and Oscar- (Snow 1989), Hans Axel von Fersen
1989: Spring Dance / Diga Diga Doo (Star 1989), Arthur Camelot
1989: War and Peace (Star 1989) (Chunichi), Nikolai Rostov
1988: War and Peace (Star 1988), Nikolai Rostov
1988: Magnificent Fantasia / Takarazuka Folies (Star 1988) (National Tour), Count Maximilian
1988: Fiery Bolero / Too Hot! (Star 1988), Gerard Cremant
1988: Magnificent Fantasia / Takarazuka Folies (Star 1988) (National Tour), Count Maximilian
1987: Yukariko / Jubilee Time! (Star 1987), Kanai Sadatsugu
1987: Portraits of Parting (Star 1987), George Lombard, Jörgen Persson
1987: Pale Kiss (Star 1987) (Bow Hall), Count Dracula (lead role)
1986: Magnificent Fantasia / Boogie Woogie Folies (Star 1986), Jean Jacques
1986: Love Cantata (Star 1986) (Bow Hall & abc Hall), Marie Laurencin
1986: Revue Symphony (Star 1986), Tony Burke
1986: Flowers Strewn on the Western Sea / The Revue III (Star 1986) (Chunichi), Taira no Tadafusa
1985: Flowers Strewn on the Western Sea / The Revue III (Star 1985), Taira no Tadafusa
1985: My Love Lies Over the Mountains / Love Express (Star 1985) (National Tour), Chamuga
1985: Sorrowful Cordoba / Lumiere (Star 1985), Captain Philippe Martine
1985: The Youth of Karl Heinrich (Star 1985) (Bow Hall), Karl Heinrich (lead role)
1984: My Love Lies Over the Mountains / Love Express (Star 1984), Ryuurin
1984: Prayer Mandala / Plus One (Star 1984)
1984: The Man From Algiers / The Storm (Star 1984) (National Tour), Michel
1984: Rhapsody in Blue (Star 1984) (Bow Hall), Bob Hurst
1983: The Man From Algiers / The Storm (Star 1983) (Tokyo), Felix
1983: Lonely Heart (Star 1983) (Bow Hall)
1983: The Window of Orpheus (Star, 1983)
1983: Spring When the Magnolias Bloom / Love Connection (Star 1983), Sakurai Iwanosuke
1982: Aegean Sea Blues / The Storm (Star 1982), Frederic
1982: Lovers' Suicide (Star 1982) (Bow Hall), Shousuke
1982: A Small Flower Has Bloomed / Fascination (Star 1982)
1982: Unforgettable Song (Star 1982) (Bow Hall)
1982: The Adventures of the Alien Papii from Mir / Fascination (Star 1982)
1981: The Samurai's Poem in the Rumbling of the Sea / Crescendo (Star 1981)
1981: Dawn of Lombardia (Star 1981) (Bow Hall)
1981: A Small Flower Has Bloomed / La Vie en Rose (Star 1981), Jihei
1980: Beautiful Secret Seasons / New Fancy Game (Star 1980)
1980: Anatole (Star 1980) (Bow Hall)
1980: My Song Resounds / Fancy Game (Star 1980)
1980: Adventurers in Love / Festa Festa (Star 1980)
1980: The Star Antares / Rose Fantasia (Star 1980)
1979: The Star Antares / Rose Panic (Star 1979)
1979: Romeo and Juliet (Star 1979) (Bow Hall)


1984: My Love Lies Over the Mountains, Shuumin (lead role)
1984: Plus One (lead role)
1983: The Window of Orpheus, Isaak (Takarazuka) (lead role)
1983: The Man From Algiers (Tokyo). Julien Clair (lead role)
1983: Spring, When the Magnolias Bloom, Satarou (lead role)
1982: Aegean Sea Blues, Daniel (lead role)
1982: A Small Flower Has Bloomed, Nakajima Ichizou
1982: The Adventures of the Alien Papii from Mir, Gerald Vanier
1981: The Samurai's Poem in the Rumbling of the Sea
1981: A Small Flower Has Bloomed, Kikuji
1980: Beautiful, Secret Seasons
1980: My Song Resounds! -Beautiful, Secret Seasons-
1980: Adventurers in Love
1980: The Star Antares
1979: The Star Antares


1994: TMP Special - Dream Festival Takarazuka '94
1993: Je t'aime ～Spring～
1993: '93 TMP Music Festival - Youth Forever!
1992: '92 TMP Music Festival - Songs in Your Heart
1991: Just in Time
1991: '91 TMP Music Festival - Ethno Pops
1991: Paris Crusader
1990: Wonderful Night
1990: '90 TMP Music Festival - Sound In Big City
1989: TAKARAZUKA: Takarazuka Dance Eulogy / Takarazuka Forever (New York Tour)
1989: '89 TMP Music Festival - That's Movie! II
1988: '88 TMP Music Festival - Eternal Pops
1987: '87 TMP Music Festival - La Chanson
1986: '86 TMP Music Festival - That's Movie!
1985: '85 TMP Music Festival - Welcome to Broadway


2024: The Rose of Versailles 50th Anniversary (OG Performance)
2019: The Rose of Versailles 45th Anniversary (OG Performance)
2014: Celebration 100! Takarazuka Special Guest 31.05 / 01.06 / 29.06
2012: Elizabeth Special Gala Concert (2012)
2010: Terada Takio Memorial Concert
2009: The Road to 100 Years - Kageki 1000th Issue Commemoration Special
2009: True Love: The Legend of Shion 10th Anniversary
1999: Homecoming: Shion Yuu First and Last Recital


Official Website "The Legend of Shion"

• She had some bad luck with her dream roles. When she got to play Oscar in Rose of Versallies, she missed the Takarazuka run due to participating in the 1989 New York tour, and when she was granted her request to play Rudolf in Mayerling she tore off her Achilles tendon and missed the Takarazuka run due to being hospitalized and having her right leg in a plaster cast for six months. Asaji Saki played them instead.
• She is notable for being a former top star who neither married nor pursued a performance career after Takarazuka, though she does participate in OG gala concerts and holds an annual dinner show for her fans.
• She is currently teaching speech in TMS. Some of her former students who are also her big fans and borrowed her kanji for their stage names are Suzumi Shio and Shimon Yuriya.
• Says her nickname "Shime" comes from her childhood nickname "Hime" (princess).