History: Hokushou Kairi

Name: Hokushou Kairi
Kanji: 北翔 海莉
Current Troupe: n/a
Role: Otokoyaku
Status: Retired Top Star (2015 - 2016)

Nickname: Micchan
Height: 169.7 cm
Birthday: March 19th, 1981
Blood Type: B
Hometown: Matsudo-shi, Chiba-ken
Favorite Food: snacks made by "Madame Shinco", local dishes from each region
Favorite Flower: cactus flower, blue rose
Favorite Colors: classy gold, royal purple, beautiful scarlet
Hobbies: taking on challenges, going for drives, watching Korean TV dramas
Collections: lacquerware, especially Tsugaru-nuri
Special Talent: three-point handstands, tap dancing, planning, organizing and directing parties, flamenco, shamisen, driving, SAX
Origin of Stage Name: received advice from many other people
Favorite Role: Doorboy from Nova Bossa Nova, Rusty Ryan from Ocean's 11
Would Like to Try Playing:

Debut: 1998 (84th Class) Citrus Breeze
Troupe History:
2015 - 2016 Star Troupe
2012 - 2015 Senka
2006 - 2012 Cosmos Troupe
1999 - 2006 Moon Troupe


2016: One Samurai from Kagoshima / Romance!!, Kirino Toshiaki
2016: One Voice (Bow Hall)
2016: Die Fledermaus / THE ENTERTAINER!, Dr Falke
2016: Love & Dream (Tokyo Intl. Forum / Umeda Arts)
2015: Guys and Dolls, Sky Masterson
2015: Great Pirates / Amour, it's something like... (National Tour), Emilio (top star debut)
2015: Jirokichi of the Wind (Flower - Drama City / Nippon Seinenkan), Jirokichi (lead role)
2014: Elisabeth (Flower), Franz Joseph
2014: Napoléon, the Man Who Never Sleeps (Star), Talleyrand
2013: The Merry Widow (Drama City/Nippon Seinenkan - Moon), Count Danilo Danilovitsch (lead role)
2013: Arsène Lupin / Fantastic Energy! (Moon), Maurice Leblanc
2013: Ocean's 11 (Flower), Rusty Ryan
2012: JIN / Gold Spark! (Snow), Katsu Rintarou
2012: Brilliant Days / Climax, Nick Wells
2012: Romanesque Mask / Apasionado!! II (Chunichi), Chevalier Danceny
2011: Classico Italiano / Nice Guy!!, Mario Blasi
2011: A Beautiful Life / Luna Rossa, Fukushima Masanori
2011: The Journalist and the Emperor (Nippon Seinenkan / Bow Hall), Arthur King (lead role)
2010-11: For Whom the Bell Tolls, Andrés
2010: Gin-chan's Love (National Tour), Yasu
2010: Trafalgar / Funky Sunshine, William Hamilton
2010: Shangri-La (Drama City / Nippon Seinenkan), Kai
2009-10: Casablanca, Captain Renault
2009: The Legend of Oeyama / Apasionado!! II (Hakataza), Watanabe no Tsuna
2009: Raindrops Fall on Roses / Amour, it's something like..., Francis
2009: Side Story: The Rose of Versailles -Andre- / Dancing for You (Chunichi), Alain de Soissons
2008: Paradise Prince / Dancing for You, Ralph Brown
2008: Singin' in the Rain (Umeda Arts), Lina Lamont
2008: A Morning Breeze / Passion, Colonel Breston
2007: The Second Life (Bow Hall), Jake Iron (lead role)
2007: Valencian Passion / Space Fantasista!, Rodrigo Granados / Ramon (role-switch with Ranju Tomu)
2007: A/L -The Younger Days of Phantom Thief Lupin- (Drama City / Nippon Seinenkan / Chunichi), Sherlock Holmes
2006-07: Sketches from the Life of Ryoma Sakamoto / The Classical Music ~I Love Chopin~, Kogoro Katsura
2006: Rome at Dawn / Les Bijoux Brillants, Octavian
2006: The Last Party: S. Fitzgerald's Last Day (Bow Hall), Ernest Hemingway
2006: Yearning for My Husband (Bow Hall), Fujiwara no Tomoie (lead role)
2005: Jazzy Fairies / Revue of Dreams, Pixie
2005: Bourbon Street Blues (Bow Hall), Jeff (lead role)
2005: Elisabeth, Stephan Karolyi
2004: Tropical Night Talks (Bow Hall)
2004: The Glow of Sunset in Asuka / Takarazuka Splendor II! (Moon 2004), Yamatoaya no Atai Kaname
2004: Javanese Dancer (National Tour), Osman
2003-04: Seal of Roses, Vagrant / Nicolas
2003: Takarazuka's Floral Diary / Senor Don Juan, Giuseppe Pergoni (filling in for Kiriya Hiromu)
2003: Spring Again / Love Goblin (Bow Hall), Yata (lead role)
2002: At the End of a Long Spring / With a Song in My Heart, Var
2002: Sarang Love / Jazzmania (National Tour), Cho Ku-Won
2002: Guys and Dolls, Rusty Charlie
2001: Great Pirates / Jazzmania (National Tour), Big Ear
2001: Great Pirates / Jazzmania, David
2001: Liebessonate / ESP!!, Ochs' Retinue
2001: Practical Joke (Drama City)
2001: Now the Violets are Blooming / Liebessonate, Ochs' Retinue
2000: Prisoner of Zenda / Jazzmania
2000: Takarazuka: Snow, Moon, Flower / Sunrise Takarazuka (Berlin Tour)
2000: Luna / Blue Moon Blue (Hakataza), Bill
2000: Luna / Blue Moon Blue
1999: Mayerling / Bravo! Takarazuka, Gustav / Bessel
1999: Orpheus in Spiral / Nova Bossa Nova, The Shadow of Eve / Doorboy
1999: Much Ado About Nothing (Bow Hall)
1998: House Amid the Thickets / Ravir
1998: Excalibur / Citrus Breeze (Grand Theater)


2004: The Glow of Sunset in Asuka, Soga no Iruka (lead role)
2003-04: The Seal of Roses, Francis (lead role)
2003: Senor Don Juan, Leo Visconti (lead role)
2002: At the End of a Long Spring, Claude
2002: Guys and Dolls, Nathan Detroit
2001: Great Pirates, Edgar
2001: Liebessonate (Takarazuka), Nikolaus
2001: Liebessonate (Tokyo), Nikolaus
2000: The Prisoner of Zenda, Percy
2000: Luna (Takarazuka), Bill
1999: Nova Bossa Nova, Bolso
1998: House Amid the Thickets
1998: Excalibur (Grand Theater)


2015: Hokushou Kairi Billboard Live
2014: Music Palette (Dinner Show)
2012: Paris Festival 2012
2009: All of Me (Dinner Show)
2006: I have a dream (Takashiro Kei Concert)
2004: My Sweet Memory (Emi Kurara Musical Salon)
2003: Lica-Rika/L.R (Shibuki Jun Concert)
2003: RIKA (Shibuki Jun Dinner Show)
2001: Moon Troupe Encourage Concert
2001: Tsubasa Densetsu (Makoto Tsubasa Dinner Show)


2015: Takarazuka Special 2015 - New Century, Next Dream
2015: 53rd Takarazuka Buyoukai
2014: Takarazuka Special 2014 -Thank you for 100 years-
2013: 52nd Takarazuka Buyoukai
2011: Melodies of Love~Dreams of Remembrance
2011: Oue Eiji's "Hankyu Classics" Charity Concert (outside appearance)
2010: Takarazuka Special 2010 - Forever Takarazuka
2009: Takarazuka Special 2009 - Way to Glory
2009: 50th Takarazuka Buyoukai
2008: 49th Takarazuka Buyoukai
2007: 48th Takarazuka Buyoukai
2007: Takarazuka Sky Stage 5th Anniversary Special
2007: TCA Special 2007 - 'Allo! Revue!
2006: Dream Memorandum
2006: 47th Takarazuka Buyoukai
2006: TCA Special 2006 - Wonderful Dreamers
2005: 46th Takarazuka Buyoukai
2005: Golden Steps
2004: TCA Special 2004 - Takarazuka 90
2003: TCA Special 2003 - Dear Grand Theater
2001: TCA Special 2001 - Takarazuka Dream Century
2000: TCA Special 2000 - King of Revue


2024: Special Entertaiment Stage "Runway" (with OGs)
2018-2019: Marie-Antoinette (Noh play - performed in Kyogen section)
2017: The Pajama Game, Katherine "Babe" Williams
2017: THE MUSIC TRAVEL / Premium 6 Day's Stage (concert with guests, including Kawai Ikuko, Le Velvets, Shimada Kaho, Kahara Tomomi, and Hirahara Ayaka)
2016: 1st Christmas Dinner Show

• Official OG website
• She put the meaning "Fly across the sea, to the north, to end of earth" in her name.
• She was the last student accepted by TMS in 1996, but graduated 10th out of 39 classmates.