Yuzuka Rei
Picture Credit: yuzukahibiscus | Special Blu-ray Bromide / "Singing Lovebirds" "GRAND MIRAGE!" Le Cinq
Name: Yuzuka Rei
Kanji: 柚香 光
Current Troupe: n/a
Role: Otokoyaku
Status: Retired Top Star (2019 - 2024)
Nickname: Rei
Height: 171 cm
Birthday: March 5th
Blood Type: O
Hometown: Suginami, Tokyo
Favorite Food: freshly cooked rice, fried chicken, miso soup
Favorite Flower: Casablanca
Favorite Colors: Pink
Hobbies: reading, eating out with her classmates, watching movies
Collections: things with nice scents, relaxation products
Special Talent: playing the piano
Origin of Stage Name: thought of it with her family
Favorite Role: Rudolph in Elisabeth, Ijuuin Shinobu in Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern, Alan Twilight in The Poe Clan, Domyouji Tsukasa in Boys Over Flowers, Jimmy Winter in Nice Work If You Can Get It, Elio Salvador in Sorrowful Cordoba, Jerry Travers in Top Hat, Franz Liszt in Years of Pilgrimage, Rudolph in Mayerling, Thierry Sinclair in A Battlefield for the Two of Us, Fie in Le Paradis!! and Be Shining!!
Would Like to Try Playing: barefoot duet with a simple costume, a role with explosive sexiness
Debut: 2009 (95th Class) Amour, it's something like...
Troupe History:
2009 - 2024 Flower Troupe
2024: Arc-en-ciel, Marcel Dorin
2023: Singing Lovebirds / Grand Mirage!, Asai Reisaburou
2023: A Battlefield for the Two of Us (Umeda Arts Theater/Toshima Arts and Culture Theater), Thierry Sinclair
2023: Mayerling / Enchantement, Rudolf
2022: Burning in Firenze / Fashionable Empire (National Tour), Antonio
2022: Years of Pilgrimage / Fashionable Empire, Franz Liszt
2022: Top Hat (Umeda Arts Theater), Jerry Travers
2021-22: Genroku Baroque Rock / The Fascination!, Kuronosuke
2021: Sorrowful Cordoba / Cool Beast!! (National Tour), Elio Salvador
2021: Augustus / Cool Beast!!, Gaius Octavius
2021: Nice Work If You Can Get It (Tokyo Int'l Forum/Umeda Arts Theater), Jimmy Winter
2020: Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern, Ijuuin Shinobu
2020: Dance Olympia (Tokyo Int'l Forum) (top star debut)
2019: A Fairy Tale / Charme!, Harvey Rockwood
2019: Boys Over Flowers (Akasaka ACT), Doumyouji Tsukasa (lead role)
2019: Casanova, Antonio Condulmer di Pietro
2018: Mélancolique Gigolo / Exciter!! 2018 (National Tour), Daniel (lead role)
2018: Messiah / Beautiful Garden, Yamada Emosaku
2018: Love Blooms Out on the Murasakino / Santé!! (Hakataza), Amehiko, Ooama no Miko (shared roles)
2018: The Poe Clan, Alan Twilight
2017: Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern (Drama City / Nippon Seinenkan), Ijuuin Shinobu (lead role)
2017: Wind Over Yamatai-koku / Santé!!, Furudori
2017: Romanesque Mask / Exciter!! 2017 (National Tour), Chevalier Danceney
2016-17: Snowflake Anthology / Golden Desert, Theodoros
2016: Me and My Girl, Jacqueline Carlton, Parchester (shared roles)
2016: For the People (Theater Drama City & Kanagawa Arts Theater), Frederick Douglass
2015: The New Tale of Genji / Melodia, Rokujou no miyasudokoro, Genji's lover, Kashiwagi, Yuugiri's friend
2015: The Rose of Versailles / Takarazuka Fantasia (Umeda / Taiwan Tour), Oscar
2015: Embraced by the Seas of Calista / Takarazuka Fantasia, Napoléon Bonaparte
2015: Jirokichi of the Wind (Drama City / Nippon Seinenkan), Yuuto
2014: Elisabeth, Rudolph, Gyula Andrássy (role switch with Serika Toa)
2014: Nocturne (Bow Hall), Vladimir (lead role)
2014: The Love of the Last Tycoon / Takarazuka Dazzling Dreams, Isaac
2013: New Wave! -Flower- (Bow Hall)
2013: The Poem of Love and Revolution / Mr. Swing!, Angel Black
2013: Forever Gershwin (Bow Hall), Fred Astaire
2013: Ocean's 11, Turk Malloy
2012: The Odd Couple (Nippon Seinenkan), Roy
2012: Victorian Jazz (Bow Hall), Prince Edward
2012: Saint-Exupéry / Conga!!
2012: Chikamatsu: Journey on the Road of Love (Bow Hall / Nippon Seinenkan), Tokubei
2012: Resurrection / Canon ~Our Melody~
2011: Canaria (Drama City), Young Demon
2011: Phantom, Phantom's Follower
2011: Prelude of Love / Le Paradis!!
2010: Mélancolique Gigolo / Love Symphony (National Tour)
2010: Sabrina / Exciter!!, Andrew
2010: Gu Bijin
2009: Side Story: The Rose of Versailles -André- / Exciter!, Royal Guardsman
2009: Raindrops Fall on Roses / Amour, it's something like... (Cosmos - Grand Theater)
2015: The New Tale of Genji / Melodia, Prince Hikaru Genji (HY: Asumi Rio) (lead role)
2015: Embraced by the Seas of Calista / Takarazuka Fantasia, Marius Beltrame de Shalette (HY: Houzuki An)
2014: Elisabeth, Der Tod (HY: Asumi Rio) (lead role)
2014: The Love of the Last Tycoon, Monroe Stahr (HY: Ranju Tomu) (lead role)
2013: The Poem of Love and Revolution, Carlo Gérard (HY: Asumi Rio)
2013: Ocean's 11, Terry Benedict (HY: Nozomi Fuuto)
2012: Saint-Exupéry, Holst (HY: Nozomi Fuuto)
2012: Resurrection, Vladimir Simonson (HY: Aine Harei)
2011: Phantom, Sergio (HY: Asaka Manato / Hanagata Hikaru)
2011: Prelude of Love, Dewey Stein (HY: Asaka Manato)
2010: Sabrina, Frank (HY: Nozomi Fuuto)
2010: Gu Bijin, Sou San (HY: Ootori Mayu)
2009: Side Story: The Rose of Versailles -André-, Villager, Royal Guardsman
2009: Raindrops Fall on Roses (Cosmos - Grand Theater), Waiter
2024: Expression! (Dinner Show)
2023: Be Shining!! (Concert)
2019: Takarazuka Special 2019 - Beautiful Harmony
2019: Love Arena (Asumi Rio Concert), special guest appearance
2018: Takarazuka Special 2018 - Say! Hey! Show Up!!
2017: Takarazuka Special 2017 - Je t'aime Revue -90th Anniversary of Mon Paris-
2016: Takarazuka Special 2016 ~Music Succession to Next~
2016: Bow Singing Workshop -Flower- (Bow Hall)
2016: Prelude of Yū (Todoroki Yuu Dinner Show)
2014: Takarazuka Special 2014 -Thank you for 100 years-
2013: Takarazuka Paris Festival 2013
2011: 51st Takarazuka Buyoukai
Concerts / Dinner Shows / Specials
2024: Special Entertaiment Stage "Runway" (with OGs)
2024: Ray Yuzuka 1st Solo Concert TABLEAU (with guests Hoshikaze Madoka and Hana Yuuki)
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- Graduated 20th in her class.
- Featured in New Generation III.
- She has two older brothers and two younger brothers.
- Modeled for apparel brand Joseph (Japan) (2017-2023) and cosmetics brand Chacott (2020-2022).
- Looks up to Fred Astaire as a role model, especially when it comes to dancing with a partner. Played Astaire in Forever Gershwin and a role originated by Astaire in Top Hat.
- Her first live Takarazuka show was Higher Than the Sky of Paris.
- Top Star at the time of 100th Anniversary of the Flower Troupe.
- Owns a Pomeranian named Noir (ノア, which can be read as "Noa" or "Noah"), who she adopted after the Sky Stage program.
- Played Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, in both Elisabeth and Mayerling.
- Close friends with Minami Maito.
- Graduated with her second Top Combi partner, Hoshikaze Madoka, the first soitoge in Flower Troupe since 1998.
- Won the Takarazuka's 2021 Excellence of The Year Award (Yūshū).
- Following her retirement, uses the spelling Ray Yuzuka (instead of Rei).