Name: Hino Anji
Kanji: 妃乃 あんじ
Current Troupe: n/a
Role: Musumeyaku
Status: Retired

Real name: Ueda Eriko (植田恵理子)
Nickname: Anji, Anjii
Height: 160 cm
Birthday: July 15th, 1983
Blood Type: B
Hometown: Osaka
Favorite Food: Japanese cuisine, broiled sweet chestnuts, fruits
Favorite Flower: Rose, sunflower
Favorite Colors: Pink, black, off-white
Hobbies: Shopping, traveling, driving
Collections: Peter Pan goods, hair-accessory
Special Talent:
Origin of Stage Name: From the French word for angel "ange"
Favorite Role:
Would Like to Try Playing: Me and my Girl, Sally

Debut: 2003 (89th Class) Takarazuka Floral Diary
Troupe History:
2003 - 2011 Moon Troupe


2011: The Man from Algiers / Dance Romanesque, Woman at the Church
2010: The Gypsy Baron / Rhapsodic Moon
2010: The Scarlet Pimpernel
2010: Yukariko / Heat On Beat! (Chunichi), Akiba
2009: Last Play / Heat on Beat!
2009: Elisabeth
2008-09: Floating Bridge of Dreams / Apasionado!!
2008: Me and My Girl (Hakataza), Lady Diss
2008: Me and My Girl
2007: Mahoroba / A Magician's Misfortunes
2007: Hello! Dancing (Bow Hall)
2007: Higher Than the Sky of Paris / Fancy Dance
2006: Oklahoma! (Nissay), May
2006: Rome at Dawn / Les Bijoux Brillants
2006: Love Blooms Out on the Murasakino / Revue of Dreams (Chunichi)
2005: Jazzy Fairies / Revue of Dreams, Timothy as a child
2005: Ernest in Love (Umeda Arts)
2005: Elisabeth
2004: The Glow of Sunset in Asuka / Takarazuka Splendor II
2004: Beloved (Bow Hall), Samantha
2003-04: Seal of Roses
2003: Takarazuka's Floral Diaries / Senor Don Juan


2009: Last Play, Rosa
2009: Elisabeth, Sztaray
2008-09: Floating Bridge of Dreams, Ono no Imoutoama
2008: Me and My Girl, Lady Diss
2007: A Magician's Misfortunes
2007: Higher Than the Sky of Paris
2006: Rome at Dawn
2005: Jazzy Fairies
2005: Elisabeth, Niece
2004: The Glow of Sunset in Asuka, Meno (as a child)
2003-04: Seal of Roses
2003: Senor Don Juan


2007: Pure, Proper, Beautiful
2004: 45th Takarazuka Buyoukai

• Hino Anji Official Blog
• Change! Foundation (Sometimes written Ch-ange! as a play on "Ange," the French word she took the name Anji from. Defunct as of 2017, now Huuug!)
• Huuug Anji's new non-profit, which travels around Japan putting on plays to educate children. As with Ch-Ange! she often works with other former Takaraziennes.

• After retiring, Anji returned to Osaka and became very active in charity for people effected by the 3/11 earthquake. In 2014 this charity work solidified into the Change! Foundation, of which she is acting director (代表理事), that works for charity through cultural and sports events. It seems she's actively recruiting friends from Takarazuka to perform in these events; Hanasaki Ririka almost immediately put on a charity concert for her after Ch-Ange!'s foundation.

• In 2017 Ch-Ange! morphed into Huuug!, a nonprofit where she and other Takaraziennes put on plays aimed at teaching life skills and morals to young children. In 2020 during the coronavirus lock down of 2020, Anji, Takarazuka director Miki Akio, and Chugai Pharaceuticals put together a series of ten half-hour "voice dramas" starring former Takaraziennes on YouTube called Katarijenne. Katarijenne: The Happy Prince was the first, streamed June 1st and starring former Tsukigumi members Sena Jun, Ayano Kanami, Kiriya Hiromu, and Yumesaki Nene. Click the link to hear the result, as well as adorable background footage with the stars trying to get their lines right. Or click here for an overall explanation of the project and dates of further streams through June and July.

• Announced 01/25/2011: Anji was absent for the entire run of Prince of the Land of Roses / ONE due to poor health.