Kaga Ririka
Picture Credit: yaomeis | GRAPH 2023 March (both images)
Name: Kaga Ririka
Kanji: 華雅 りりか
Current Troupe: n/a
Role: Musumeyaku
Status: Retired
Nickname: Ririka, Ririko
Height: 163 cm
Birthday: August 1st
Blood Type:
Hometown: Tokyo
Favorite Food: salmon, avocado, eggplant
Favorite Flower: casablanca, osmanthus
Favorite Colors: green, navy blue
Hobbies: going for drives, reading
Collections: Audrey Hepburn things
Special Talent:
Origin of Stage Name:
Favorite Role: Margerite Hessen from The Poe Clan, Todou Shizuka from Boys Over Flowers, Larissa from Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern, Riku from Genroku Baroque Rock
Would Like to Try Playing: Would like to play a wide range of roles.
Debut: 2008 (94th Class) Me and My Girl
Troupe History:
2012 - 2023 Flower Troupe
2008 - 2012 Star Troupe
2023: Mayerling / Enchantement, Empress Elisabeth
2022: Burning in Firenze / Fashionable Empire (National Tour), Gina
2022: Years of Pilgrimage / Fashionable Empire, Countess Esterházy
2022: Top Hat (Umeda Arts Theater), Elisa / Liz
2021-22: Genroku Baroque Rock / The Fascination!, Riku
2021: Sorrowful Cordoba / Cool Beast!! (National Tour), Lisa
2021: Augustus / Cool Beast!!, Head Priestess
2021: Prince of Roses (Bow Hall), Elisabeth Woodville
2020: Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern, Larissa
2020: Dance Olympia (Tokyo Int'l Forum)
2019: A Fairy Tale / Charme!, Lover
2019: Boys Over Flowers (TBS Akasaka ACT), Todou Shizuka
2019: Casanova, Paccina
2018: Mélancolique Gigolo / Exciter!! 2018 (National Tour), Regina
2018: Messiah / Beautiful Garden, Toki
2018: Senhor Cruzeiro! (Bow Hall), Luablanca
2018: The Poe Clan, Margerite Hessen
2017: Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern (Drama City / Nippon Seinenkan), Larissa
2017: Wind Over Yamatai-koku / Santé!!, Hanahi
2017: My Hero (Akasaka ACT / Drama City), Fanny Smith
2016-17: Snowflake Anthology / Golden Desert, Karishma
2016: Romanesque Mask / Melodia (National Tour), Jill
2016: Me and My Girl, Sophia Brighton
2015: The New Tale of Genji / Melodia, Chujou
2015: The Rose of Versailles / Takarazuka Fantasia (Umeda / Taiwan Tour), Sophia
2015: Embraced by the Seas of Calista / Takarazuka Fantasia
2015: Jirokichi of the Wind (Drama City / Nippon Seinenkan), Kaguan-no Miya
2014: Elisabeth, Court Lady
2014: Nocturne (Bow Hall), Sharlotta
2014: The Love of the Last Tycoon / Takarazuka Dazzling Dreams, Birdie Peters
2013: The Poem of Love and Revolution / Mr. Swing!, Marianne de Trudaine
2013: Forever Gershwin (Bow Hall), Pauline Heifetz
2013: Ocean's 11, Young Tess, Paula (understudied for Hanano Juria in Tokyo) †
2012: Streak of Light (Drama City)
2012: Saint-Exupéry / Conga!!, Colette
2012: Chikamatsu: Journey on the Road of Love (Bow Hall / Nippon Seinenkan), Kiho
2012: Angel's Ladder, Jane Bennet
2011-12: Ocean's 11
2011: Nova Bossa Nova / A Second Fortuitous Meeting (Hakataza / Chunichi), Colette
2011: Nova Bossa Nova / A Second Fortuitous Meeting
2011: Too Short a Time to Fall in Love / Love Potion II (Chunichi)
2010: Takarazuka Floral Dance Scrolls / An Officer and a Gentleman
2010: New York Rhapsody (Bow Hall), Nancy Campbell (musumeyaku lead), Meg Garnet
2010: Passion: Jose and Carmen / Bolero (National Tour)
2010: The Treasure Sword of Habsburg / Bolero
2009: Meet Again / Soul of Shiva!! (National Tour)
2009: The Legend of the Great King and Four Gods Ver.II
2009: My Dear New Orleans / A Bientôt, Marie
2008: The Scarlet Pimpernel
2008: Me and My Girl (Grand Theater)
2014: Elisabeth, Duchess Ludovika (HY: Hanano Juria)
2014: The Love of the Last Tycoon, Kathleen Moore, Mina Davis (HY: Ranno Hana) (musumeyaku lead)
2013: The Poem of Love and Revolution, Lulu (HY: Senna Ayase)
2013: Ocean's 11, Paula (HY: Hanano Juria)
2012: Saint-Exupéry, Nellie de Vogüé (HY: Sakura Ichika)
2011-12: Ocean's 11
2011: Nova Bossa Nova, Labios (HY: Hisaki Seara)
2010: An Officer and a Gentleman, Casey Seeger (HY: Otoha Minori)
2010: The Treasure Sword of Habsburg, Maria Anna (HY: Otoha Minori)
2009: The Legend of the Great King and Four Gods Ver.II
2009: My Dear New Orleans, Cecilia (HY: Hisaki Seara)
2008: The Scarlet Pimpernel, Louis Charles (HY: Mizuse Chiaki)
2008: Me and My Girl (Grand Theater)
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: Seventh Magnolia Concert du Takarazuka
2014: Takarazuka Special 2014 -Thank you for 100 years-
2013: Asumic Advance (Asumi Rio Dinner Show)
2013: Takarazuka Paris Festival 2013
2012: Takarazuka Special 2012 - The Stars ~Pre- Pre- Centennial~
2011: Takarazuka Special 2011 - Dreams Built on Tomorrow
2011: 51st Takarazuka Buyoukai
2010: Profile (Suzumi Shio Dinner Show)
2007: Pure, Proper, Beautiful
- Member of the 9th Group of Sky Fairies, the 4th group of Sky Navigators, and the 9th group of Sky Reporters.
- † Due to injury, Hanano Juria was absent from the Tokyo run of Ocean's 11. Kaga Ririka covered her role as Paula, and Haruhi Urara took Ririka's place in the role of Young Tess.
- Featured in New Generation III.