Kinami Raito
Picture Credit: yaomeis | The Takarazuka VIII: Flower Troupe / Jubilee Programme
Name: Kinami Raito
Kanji: 希波 らいと
Current Troupe: Flower
Role: Otokoyaku
Status: Current
Nickname: Raito, Mana
Height: 178 cm
Birthday: January 13th
Blood Type:
Hometown: Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture
Favorite Food: quiche, fruit
Favorite Flower: cherry blossom, rose
Favorite Colors: monotones, mint green, white
Hobbies: listening to music, watching theatre
Collections: things that smell good, berets
Special Talent: guitar
Origin of Stage Name: thought of it with her teacher and family
Favorite Role: Nishikado Soujirou from Boys Over Flowers, All of Delight Holiday, Alva from A Battlefield for the Two of Us
Would Like to Try Playing: would like to try playing various roles, but particularly would like to take on a villain that doesn't seem like one
Debut: 2017 (103rd Class) Dramatic S!
Troupe History:
2017 - Current Flower Troupe
2025: Fleeting Stars Shining at the Ocean's End (Bow Hall) (lead role)
2024-25: Angelic Lie / Jubilee, Sariel
2024: Don Juan (Misonoza), Don Carlo
2024: Arc-en-ciel, Daniel
2023: Singing Lovebirds / Grand Mirage!, Sankichi (Tokyo only)[1]
2023: A Battlefield for the Two of Us (Umeda Arts Theater/Toshima Arts and Culture Theater), Alva
2023: Mayerling / Enchantement, George
2022: Complete Devotion (Bow Hall), Mamoru (10/13 - 10/21 Cast)
2022: Years of Pilgrimage / Fashionable Empire, Hector Berlioz
2022: Paris in the Winter Fog (Drama City / Toshima Arts), Michel
2021-22: Genroku Baroque Rock / The Fascination!, Yomiuri
2021: Gin-chan's Love (KAAT / Drama City), The Assistant Director
2021: Augustus / Cool Beast!!, Trebonius
2021: Prince of Roses (Bow Hall), Henry Stafford
2020: Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern, Noji
2020: Dance Olympia (Tokyo Int'l Forum)
2019: A Fairy Tale / Charme!, Bryan
2019: Boys Over Flowers (TBS Akasaka ACT), Nishikado Soujirou
2019: Casanova
2018: Delight Holiday (Maihama Amphitheater)
2018: Messiah / Beautiful Garden
2018: Love Blooms Out on the Murasakino / Santé!! (Hakataza)
2018: The Poe Clan
2017: The Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate / Dramatic 'S'!
2023: Mayerling, Rudolf (HY: Yuzuka Rei) (lead role)
2022: Years of Pilgrimage, Count d'Agoult (HY: Hiryuu Tsukasa)
2021-22: Genroku Baroque Rock, Chronosuke (HY: Yuzuka Rei) (lead role)
2020: Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern, Fujieda Ranmaru (HY: Seino Asuka)[2]
2019: A Fairy Tale, Matthew (HY: Hozumi Mahiro)
2019: Casanova, Mozart (HY: Ayaki Hikari)
2018: Messiah, Tokugawa Ietsuna (HY: Seino Asuka)
2024: The Night When Stars Gather (Hoshikaze Madoka Music Salon)
2023: Be Shining!! (Yuzuka Rei Concert)
2019: Love Arena (Asumi Rio Concert), special guest appearance
- Graduated 16th in the 103rd class
- Did not perform in the The Poe Clan shinjin kouen because she was too young (labor laws in Japan prohibit minors from working over a certain number of hours).
- Her stage name "らいと" is the word "light" written in hiragana.
Footnotes:
- She was announced absent from all Grand Theater performances of Singing Lovebirds / Grand Mirage!. Amashiro Rein covered her role of Sankichi.
- While the official Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern shinjin kouen performances were canceled due to the COVID-19 theater closures, the shinjin kouen was performed internally, without an audience. A digest of this performance later aired on Sky Stage as part of the Shinjin Kouen Digest series.