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Maya Miki

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Name: Maya Miki
Kanji: 真矢みき (真矢ミキ in her post-Takarazuka career since 2015)
Current Troupe: Retired
Role: Otokoyaku
Status: Retired Top Star (1995 - 1998)

Real name: Sato Miki 佐藤美季
Nickname: Miki
Height: 166 cm
Birthday: January 31, 1964
Birthstone: Garnet
Blood Type: O
Hometown: Toyonaka, Osaka
Favorite Food:
Favorite Flower:
Favorite Colors:
Hobbies: People Watching, Driving, Painting
Collections:
Special Talent: Radiating palpable aura of naughtiness, Japanese dance, Baton
Origin of Stage Name:
Favorite Role: Sakamoto Ryoma
Would Like to Try Playing:

Debut: 1981 (67th Class) Takarazuka Spring Dance
Troupe History:
1981 - 1998 Flower Troupe

Roles

1998: Speakeasy / Sniper, Macheath
1998: That's Revue (Chunichi), Harukaze Taihei
1997: Blue Swan (Bow Hall/Nippon Seinenkan), Alex
1997: That's Revue, Harukaze Taihei
1997: Gone with the Wind, Rhett Butler (National Tour)
1997: Hollywood Babylon / Southern Cross Revue, Arthur Cochran
1997: Grandes Belles Folies (Grand Theater - special guest)
1996-97: Ryoma (Drama City), Sakamoto Ryouma
1996: How to Succeed, J. Pierrepont Finch
1996: Hana wa Hana Nari / Hyperion, Hanawaka
1995: The Scarlet Pimpernel / Mega Vision (National Tour), Sir Percy Blakeney
1995: East of Eden / Dandyism!, Cal (top star debut)
1995: Sorrowful Córdoba / Mega Vision, Ricardo Romero
1994: Winter Storm ~Death in St. Petersburg~ / Hyper Stage!, Andre
1994: Black Jack: A Lucky Bet / Phoenix, Black Jack (Tokyo) (lead role)
1994: Gone with the Wind, Rhett Butler (guest alternate)
1994: Black Jack: A Lucky Bet / Phoenix, Cain (Takarazuka)
1994: Bay City Blues / It's A Love Story (Chunichi), Leonard
1993: The Apple Tree (Flower, 1993) (Bow Hall/Nippon Seinenkan), Adam, Barbara, and Ella (lead role)
1993: Bay City Blues / It's A Love Story, Leonard
1993: Mélancolique Gigolo / La Nova!, Stan
1993: Parfum de Paris (Star) (special guest)
1992: Random Harvest / Fancy Touch, Harrison
1992: A Small Flower Has Bloomed / Junction 24 (National Tour), Kuro
1992: Dance Festival / Spartacus, Savinius
1992: The Red Poppies of Dnepr (Bow Hall), Aleksandr (lead role)
1991: The Emblem of Venezia / Junction 24, Vittorio
1991: The Rose of Versailles: Fersen (National Tour), Oscar
1991: Chou-Saishi's Choice / The Flash!, Ryudou
1991: The Beautiful Beast (Nippon Seinenkan), Boy M, Queen Bee
1990: The Prelude to Winter / The Showcase, L'Ubor
1990: The Rose of Versailles: Fersen, Oscar and Joseph II
1990: The Beautiful Beast (Bow Hall), Boy M, Queen Bee
1990: The Romanov Jewelry / Gitan des Gitans, Angelo
1989: Spring Again / The Revuescope '89 (National Tour), Yogo
1989: The Rose of Versailles -Fersen and Marie-Antoinette-, Girodelle (Star Troupe Special Performance)
1989: The Romanov Jewelry / Gitan des Gitans, Cesare
1989: Stalwart:Sakamoto Ryouma (Bow Hall), Sakamoto Ryoma (lead role)
1989: Congress Dances / The Game, Franz
1989: Spring Again / The Revuescope '89 (National Tour)
1988: Takarazuka Dance Festival / Haru Futatabi / Forever Takarazuka Yogo
1988: Kiss Me Kate, Joe
1988: Velvet Color (Bow Hall), Neuf
1987: A Single Rose / The Revuescope, James (Takarazuka), Richard (Tokyo)
1987: In the Amber-Hued Rain / The Heroes (National Tour), Pierre
1987: The White Horizon / Show Up Show, Major Maiskii
1987: Dream of Dreams: Cole Porter Golden Tunes (Bow Hall)
1986-87: Goodbye Peppermint Night! (Bow Hall), Lewis Carnaby Junior lead role
1986: Antony and Cleopatra / The Heroes, Officer 3
1986: Scattering Flowers, Listen to the Whisper of the Wind (Bow Hall), Soutarou
1986: A Madrigal of the Breeze / Memoirs du Paris
1985: If There's Love, I'll Live Forever, Young noble boy
1984: A Melody of Love in Crimson / Mayflower (National Tour)
1984: The Great Detective is All Alone / La La Flora, Jacob
1984: In the Amber-Hued Rain / Je t’aime, Paul
1983: Calm Autumn Colors / Mayflower
1983: Venice, Dream of Lions (Bow Hall), Luciano Benotti
1983: Beside the Foggy Elbe / Opera Tropical
1982: Japan Overture
1982: Spring Dances / Arcadia Forever
1981: Estrelita / Jewelry Marchen
1981: My Friend, Weep Your Hot Tears on My Breast / First Love
1981: Takarazuka Spring Dance -Child Floral Diary- / Love Goblin / First Love

Shinjin Kouen Roles

1987: The White Horizon, Count Sabinin (lead role)
1986: Antony and Cleopatra, Mark Antony (lead role)
1986: A Madrigal of the Breeze, Don Antonio
1985: Tender Green, Son Drake (lead role)
1985: If There's Love, I'll Live Forever, Napoleon Bonaparte (lead role)
1984: The Great Detective is All Alone, Tom Tuckerberry
1984: In the Amber-Hued Rain, Louis Valentin
1983: Mayflower, Jack Evans (lead role)
1983: Beside the Foggy Elbe
1982: Japan Overture
1982: Arcadia Forever
1981: Estrelita
1981: My Friend, Weep Your Hot Tears on My Breast
1981: First Love

Concerts / Dinner Shows / Special Performances

Photo Books

1998: Stardom ~ Miki in Budokan ~
1997: Guy
1992: Moon Messenger

Books

2008: Ikikata Meigen Shinsho 4 Maya Miki - Negaeba Kanau!
1996: M2--My Mind
1993: I Love Takarazuka

After Retirement

Stage Performances/Theater:

Chariteau Versailles
WOWOW Presents-Little Deer Story
Broadway Gala Concert 2005
Cabaret
47th NHK New Year Opera Concert
Stardust in Shanghai
Kokumarona Onnatachi
Big

Movies:

Life (天国で君に逢えたら)
Maiko Haaaan!!!
Jaen no Koi
The Suspect: Muroi Shinji
Bayside Shakedown 2
Black Jack 3 (Live Action)
Last Dance-Rikon Shiki
Diner

TV Shows:

A. Drama

The Quiz Show (Season 2)
Dansou no Reijin
Gira Gira
Shibatora
Attention Please SP (Autralia/Sydney)
Tokyo Big Air Raid (Nihon TV 55th Anniversary Special Drama)
Zettai Kareshi
Shabake
Heisei Families
Galileo
Life
Kiyoshitoko no Yoru
Charity Concert
Inochi
Himitsu no Hanazono
Attention Please (SP)
Kenji Kasumi Yuuko (SP)
Bengoshi Haijima Hideki
Attention Please
Kaze no Haruka
Batsu Kare
Teruteru Kazoku
Boku Dake no Madonna
Ai wo Kudasai
Kurokawa no Techou
Sakura no Oyakodon
Sakura no Oyakodon 2

B. Variety Shows:

NHK Situation Comedy - "Big Panic in Moriyama House"
Terebi Asahi "ＳmaＳＴＡＴＩＯＮ-5"
Fuji TV "Naruhodo! The Wide"
Fuji TV "Waratte Ii Tomo-Spring Festival Special"
Fuji TV "Trivia no Sen　Special"
NHK "Naitemo Ii Yoru"
TBS "World Ururun"
NHK "Studio Park Kara Omedetou 2006"

C. Commercials:

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company "アクテージＳＮ錠"
Wella "Wellaton Two One"
Kikkoman
Hagen Daz "Cookies and Chocolate"
Haus "Kokumaro Curry"

CDs:

Project Aoi Sora (Charity CD)
Cabaret Rouge et Noir

Other

She has an older brother, and their father died of cancer in January 31, 2003 (her birthday).
She has had a lot of throat problems over the years and for the last TCA Special she performed in as a top star, she was unable to sing and instead mimed to earlier recordings of her songs.
She and Anju Mira were the Osa and Asa of their day.
The Yan/Miki (Anju Mira/Maya Miki) combination was established in 1986 with the Bow Hall performance "Goodbye Peppermint Night."
Her idol was Daichi Mao of Moon Troupe.
Makoto Tsubasa and Minoru Kou were huge Maya Miki fans. They used to give Miki-san pictures/illustrations and fan letters in their early years.
She wanted to be a musumeyaku when she entered the music school. But because she has a low voice, she decided to become an otokoyaku.
She was the "Top of the Top" during her time.
The first and only Takarazuka Actress to appear in NHK's Top Runner (TR) in December 1997.
She was the first to hold a live concert, with a sell-out crowd of 30,000 in two days.
She was the first Takarasienne to have a solo photo book photographed by Kishin Shinoyama. The title of this book is "Guy."
She disliked piano lessons when she was a Takarasienne and put bandaids on a different finger each week to pretend she was "injured".
Is married to actor and ballet dancer Nishijima Kazuhiro
In 2015 joined the Oscar Promotion and changed her name spelling to 真矢ミキ.
Participated in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony

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