Asanoha Kotono
Picture Credit: fayegumi / The Takarazuka VIII: Flower Troupe | yuzukahibiscus / KAGKEI 2023 September
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Name: Asanoha Kotono
Kanji: 朝葉 ことの
Current Troupe: Flower
Role: Musumeyaku
Status: Current
Nickname: Kocchan, Kotonee, Kotono
Height: 163cm
Birthday: October 3rd
Blood Type:
Hometown: Meguro Ward, Tokyo
Favorite Food: fruit, meat, white rice
Favorite Flower: lily of the valley
Favorite Colors: light blue, pink, pale purple
Hobbies: watching movies and theater
Collections: perfume, accessories
Special Talent: folk dance
Origin of Stage Name: consulted with a lot of people before deciding with her family
Favorite Role: Rita from Senhor Cruzeiro!, Matsuoka Yuuki from Boys Over Flowers
Would Like to Try Playing: Want to try various roles, from old to young and male to female
Debut: 2017 (103rd Class)
Dramatic S!
Troupe History:
2017 - Current Flower Troupe
2024:
Arc-en-ciel,
Jeanne
2023:
Singing Lovebirds / Grand Mirage!,
Tamaori-hime / Nanao
2023:
A Battlefield for the Two of Us (Umeda Arts Theater/Toshima Arts and Culture Theater),
Elsa
2023:
Mayerling / Enchantement,
Countess Larisch
2022:
Complete Devotion (Bow Hall),
Shunkin (musumeyaku lead, shared with Mihane Ai)
2022:
Years of Pilgrimage / Fashionable Empire[1]
2022:
Paris in the Winter Fog (Drama City / Toshima Arts),
Thérèse
2021-22:
Genroku Baroque Rock / The Fascination!,
Ran
2021:
Augustus / Cool Beast!!
2020:
Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern
2020:
Masquerade Hotel (Drama City / Nippon Seinenkan),
Hamashima
2019:
A Fairy Tale / Charme!,
Gratus
2019:
Boys Over Flowers (TBS Akasaka ACT),
Matsuoka Yuuki
2019:
Casanova
2018:
Delight Holiday (Maihama Amphitheater)
2018:
Messiah / Beautiful Garden
2018:
Senhor Cruzeiro! (Bow Hall),
Rita
2018:
The Poe Clan
2017:
Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern (Drama City / Nippon Seinenkan)
2017:
The Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate / Dramatic 'S'! (Snow)
2023:
Singing Lovebirds,
Oharu (HY:
Hoshikaze Madoka)
(musumeyaku lead)
2023:
Mayerling,
Empress Elisabeth (HY:
Kaga Ririka)
2022:
Years of Pilgrimage (Grand Theater only),
Marquise Le Vayer (HY:
Mikaze Maira) (Mura only)
2021-22:
Genroku Baroque Rock,
Azusa (HY:
Wakakusa Moeka)
2019:
A Fairy Tale,
Aura (HY:
Sarasa Nachi)
2019:
Casanova,
Serafina (HY:
Hana Yuuki)
2018:
Messiah,
Man (HY:
Maisora Hitomi)
2018:
The Poe Clan,
Mary (HY:
Kaga Ririka)
Concerts, Dinner Shows, and Special Performances
2021:
Aqua Bella!! (
Minami Maito Dinner Show)
2019:
Takarazuka Special 2019 - Beautiful Harmony,
Chorus
2019:
Love Arena (
Asumi Rio Concert),
special guest appearance
- Entered TMS at the top of the 103rd class.
- Graduated as 7th of her class.
- Due to poor health, it was announced on 8/10/2021 that she would be absent during the KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theater run of Gin-chan's Love, and on 8/28/2021 it was further announced that she would also be absent during the remainder of the run at Theater Drama City.
- Originally scheduled to perform in Be Shining!!, it was announced on 11/26/2023 that she would be out for the entire run.
Footnotes:
- On Aug. 14th, 2022, it was announced that she would be out indefinitely for the rest of the Tokyo Theater run of Years of Pilgrimage / Fashionable Empire, including the shinjin kouen.