Naoto Akira
Picture Credit: fayegumi | The Takarazuka VIII: Flower Troupe / yuzukahibiscus | Singing Lovebirds/Grand Mirage program
Name: Naoto Akira
Kanji: 南音 あきら
Current Troupe: Flower
Role: Otokoyaku
Status: Current
Nickname: Kattou, Katsuaki
Height: 174 cm
Birthday: Oct. 3rd
Blood Type:
Hometown: Miyazaki City, Miyazaki
Favorite Food: peach, meat, everything from Angel Love
Favorite Flower: rose, rainbow chrysanthemum
Favorite Colors: purple, blue, black
Hobbies: listening to music, watching theatre, looking at beautiful scenery, making accessories
Collections: accessories, perfumes, hats, "Beauty and the Beast" Belle goods
Special Talent: piano
Origin of Stage Name: thought of by her family
Favorite Role: Momoro from Casanova shinjin kouen, Taga Mondo from Messiah shinjin kouen
Would Like to Try Playing: A kage duet, a role that involves singing
Debut: 2016 (102nd Class) The Entertainer!
Troupe History:
2016 - Current Flower Troupe
2024-25: Angelic Lie / Jubilee
2024: Liefie (Nippon Seinenkan / Umeda Arts), Chris
2024: Arc-en-ciel, Cesar
2023: Passion: Jose and Carmen / Grand Mirage! (National Tour), Pablo
2023: Singing Lovebirds / Grand Mirage!, Tsubaki
2023: A Battlefield for the Two of Us (Umeda Arts Theater/Toshima Arts and Culture Theater), Zachreth
2023: Mayerling / Enchantement
2022: Burning in Firenze / Fashionable Empire (National Tour), Paris
2022: Years of Pilgrimage / Fashionable Empire
2022: Top Hat (Umeda Arts Theater), Doorman
2021-22: Genroku Baroque Rock / The Fascination!
2021: Sorrowful Cordoba / Cool Beast!! (National Tour)
2021: Augustus / Cool Beast!!
2021: Prince of Roses (Bow Hall), Knight
2020: Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern
2020: Masquerade Hotel (Drama City / Nippon Seinenkan), Man in a Knit Cap
2019: A Fairy Tale / Charme!
2019: Boys Over Flowers (TBS Akasaka ACT), Minami
2019: Casanova
2018: The Prince of Lan Ling (Drama City / KAAT)
2018: Messiah / Beautiful Garden, Tasaki Shigeyoshi (understudy for Ichinose Kouki)[1]
2018: Love Blooms Out on the Murasakino / Santé!! (Hakataza)
2018: The Poe Clan
2017: Wind Over Yamatai-koku / Santé!!
2017: My Hero (Akasaka ACT / Drama City)
2016-17: Snowflake Anthology / Golden Desert
2016: Die Fledermaus / The Entertainer! (Star)
2023: Mayerling, Roshek (HY: Wataru Hibiki)
2022: Years of Pilgrimage, Victor Hugo (HY: Takashou Mizuki)
2021-22: Genroku Baroque Rock, Sansuke (HY: Mineka Towa)
2020: Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern, Kobi Urita (HY: Kazumi Shou)[2]
2019: A Fairy Tale, Stable Hand (HY: Sumizuki Naoto)
2019: Casanova, Momoro (HY: Haryuu Mitsuki)
2018: Messiah, Taga Mondo[1] (HY: Saezuki Runa)
2018: The Poe Clan
2017: Wind Over Yamatai-koku
2016-17: Golden Desert
2019: Love Arena (Asumi Rio Concert), special guest appearance
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Footnotes:
- On 07/19/2018 it was announced that, due to injury, Aren Touma would be absent from Messiah until further notice. It was subsequently announced that she would be absent from the remainder of the Grand Theater and Tokyo performances. Ichinose Kouki was announced as Aren's understudy; Naoto Akira took over Ichinose's part and played the role of Tasaki Shigeyoshi from 7/19 until the end of the Tokyo run. Aren was also absent from the shinjin kouen; Naoto Akira's shinko role was changed from Ashizuka Chuuemon to Taga Mondo.
- 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.