History: Ichiro Maki

Name: Ichiro Maki
Kanji: 一路 真輝 (formerly 一路 万輝)
Current Troupe: n/a
Role: Otokoyaku
Status: Retired Top Star (1993 - 1996)

Nickname: Ichiro, Icchan
Real Name: Ishikawa Izumi (石川 いづみ)
Height: 165cm (164cm in her Toho profile)
Birthday: January 9th, 1965
Blood Type: B
Hometown: Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
Favorite Food:
Favorite Flower:
Favorite Colors:
Hobbies: Watching performances, Travelling
Collections:
Special Talent:
Origin of Stage Name: given to her by a teacher she respects, based on a Japanese idiom 真実一路 (shinjitsu ichiro), which means "to live honestly, to believe in truth".
Favorite Role:
Would Like to Try Playing:

Debut: 1982 (68th Class) Spring Dances
Troupe History:
1982 - 1996 Snow Troupe


1996: Elisabeth, Der Tod
1996: Love Blooms Out on the Murasakino / Ma Belle Etoile (National Tour), Ooama no Miko
1995: Love Blooms Out on the Murasakino / Ma Belle Etoile, Ooama no Miko
1995: JFK / 1001 Baroque Nights, John Kennedy
1994-95: An Actor's Revenge / Sagittarius, Nakamura Yukinojou
1994: Gone with the Wind, Scarlet O'Hara (female role)
1994: A Battlefield for the Two of Us (Bow Hall), Thierry Sinclair
1993-94: Seal of the Bourbons / La Cote d'Azur, James / King Louis XIV
1993: Heaven and Hell / Take Off, Robert / Jacques Offenbach (top star debut)
1993: Parfum de Paris (Star) (special guest)
1992: Jump For Joy (Drama City) (shared lead with Amami Yuuki)
1992-93: Chuushingura, Asano Takuminokami/Okano Kinemon
1992: This Boundless Love, Fujiwara no Tadahira / Chou Eikun
1991-92: The Great Gatsby / Lovers' Concerto, Nick Caraway
1991-92: The Land of Smiles (Bow Hall), Prince Sou-Chong (lead role)
1991: Kagenshou / Saburomaru and His Comrades / Sweet Typhoon, Saburoumaru
1990: The Castle Tower Enveloped in the Smell of Flowers / Bright Delight Time (National Tour), Kanou Kojirou Kiyotaka
1990: Dusk-Colored Half Moon / Paradise Tropicana, Pete
1990: Rose of Toulon (Bow Hall / Nippon Seinenkan), Philippe Jardin (lead role)
1990: The Castle Tower Enveloped in the Smell of Flowers / Bright Delight Time, Kanou Kojirou Kiyotaka
1989: Rose of Versailles -Andre and Oscar-, Oscar
1989: Chante, Chante, Chante (Bow Hall - Special Guest)
1989: Chronicles of Tamayura / Dynamo! (National Tour), Obito no Miko
1989: Monsieur du Paris / La Passion!, Robert d'Estouteville and Henri
1988-89: Rose of Toulon (Bow Hall), Philippe Jardin (lead role)
1988: The Legend of Oeyama / The Revuescope (National Tour), Watanabe no Tsuna
1988: Redhead (Bow Hall), George
1988: Chronicles of Tamayura / Dynamo!, Fujiwara no Makihito
1988: Gone With the Wind, Scarlet O'Hara I and II
1987: Pear Blossoms - Dancing in the Palace / The Revuescope, Choi Yong Bong
1987: Takarazuka Dance Eulogy / The Red Rose of Samarkand, Prince of the Shepherds
1986-87: Show Boat (Bow Hall / Kani Hoken Hall / Chuunichi Theater), Frank Schultz
1986: Three Waltzes, Difflinger / Liebinger
1986: Love's Checkered Flag (Bow Hall), Harry Kahn (lead role)
1986: Kaleidoscope of Love / And Now! (National Tour), Karl
1986: The Legend of Ōeyama / Sky High Sky, Sakata no Kintoki
1985: Kaleidoscope of Love / And Now, Jim
1985: Black Tulip (Bow Hall), Cornelius van Baerle (lead role)
1985: Flower Fantasies / Spreading Golden Wings, Clarice del Campo (lead female role)
1985: A Tale of From Heart (Bow Hall)
1984: Love and Fire / Full Beat
1984: Gone With the Wind
1983: Mayerling / Happy Ending Story
1983: Blue Jasmine -Desert Love- / Happy Ending Story
1983: Mayerling / Grand Elegance
1982-83: Lily in Love / Golden Dream
1982: Javanese Dancer (Tokyo)


1988: Chronicles of Tamayura, Prince Asukabe (lead role)
1988: Gone With the Wind, Rhett Butler (lead role)
1987: Pear Blossoms - Dancing in the Palace (?)
1987: The Red Rose of Samarkand, Hassan (lead role)
1986: Three Waltzes, Rudolf Schwarzenegg / Otto Schwarzenegg / Ferdinand Schwarzenegg (lead role)
1986: The Legend of Ōeyama, Ibaraki Douji (lead role)
1985: Kaleidoscope of Love, Victor (shared lead role)
1985: Habatake Ougon no Tsubasa yo
1984: Love and Fire, Unokichi
1984: Gone with the Wind, Ashley
1983: Mayerling (Tokyo), Archduke Jan Salvador
1983: Blue Jasmine, Prince Kashim (lead role) / Rodney Grant
1983: Mayerling (Grand Theater), Archduke Jan Salvador, Morris
1982-83: Lily in Love, Pock
1982: Javanese Dancer (Tokyo)


1997: Adieu Tokyo Takarazuka Theater
1996: '96 TCA Special - Melodies and Memories
1995: Love Songs
1995: '95 TCA Special - Magnifique Takarazuka
1995: Aria Dream Song (Concert)
1994: TMP Special - Dream Festival Takarazuka '94
1993: Gone with the Wind Eve of Festivities
1993: September Night
1993: '93 TMP Music Festival - Youth Forever!
1992: Bon Voyage
1992: '92 TMP Music Festival - Songs in Your Heart
1991: Dream ・ Flight ・ Journey
1991: '91 TMP Music Festival - Ethno Pops
1990: First Matsumoto Yuri Recital
1990: '90 TMP Music Festival - Sound In Big City
1989: Golden Memory
1989: '89 TMP Music Festival - That's Movie! II
1988: '88 TMP Music Festival - Eternal Pops
1987: '87 TMP Music Festival - La Chanson
1986: '86 TMP Music Festival - That's Movie!
1985: '85 TMP Music Festival - Welcome to Broadway


2000: Elisabeth in Austria
1997: Of Lasting Memories
1996: Maki Ichiro
1991: Ichiro


Stage / Theater:

2024: Thoroughly Modern Millie, Mrs. Mears (with Asaka Manato and Yumesaki Nene)
2023: Harvey, Veta Louise Simmons
2022: Modern Millie, Mrs. Mears
2021: Anything Goes
2019: ELF The Musical
2017: The Trojan War Will Not Happen
2016: Glass Mask, Chigusa Tsukikage
2016: Black Mary Poppins, Mary
2015: Sherlock Holmes 2 ~Bloody Game~, Watson
2014: Swan
2014: Onna no Ie, Aoi
2014: Glass Mask, Chigusa Tsukikage
2014: Black Mary Poppins, Mary (with Otozuki Kei)
2014: Sherlock Holmes ~Anderson Ke no Himitsu~, Watson
2013: Love Letters
2013: Anna Karenina
2012-13 Onnatachi no Chuushingura, Tsune Oishi
2012: Rudolf, The Last Kiss, Larish
2011 Ritardando
2010-2011: Anna Karenina, Anna Karenina (lead role)
2006: Anna Karenina
2005: Mozart!
2005: La Daughter
2005: Mitsuko, Mitsuko
2004: Elisabeth (Toho Production), Elisabeth (lead role)
2003: Witches of Eastwick
2002: Kiss Me, Kate, Lily (lead role)
2001: Elisabeth (Toho Production), Elisabeth (lead role)
2000: Elisabeth (Toho Production), Elisabeth (lead role)
2000: The King and I
1999: The King and I
1999: South Pacific
1996: The King and I

Concerts / Shows / Specials

2024: The Rose of Versailles 50th Anniversary (OG Performance)
2022: Ichiro Maki 40th Anniversary Concert (with Asaka Manato, Mizu Natsuki and Aran Kei as guests)
2019: The Rose of Versailles 45th Anniversary (OG Performance)
2017: Ichiro Maki 35th Anniversary Concert
2015: Umeda Arts Theater 10th Anniversary "Golden Songs" with Aran Kei, Shizuki Asato, Haruno Sumire, Juri Sakiho, Kozuki Wataru and Asami Hikaru
2015: Makoto Tsubasa 30th Anniversary Project "X-TALK
2014: Celebration 100! Takarazuka Special Cast B
2014: Takarazuka Anniversary Dream Festival "Violets Playing Time"
2013: Takarazuka Revue 100th Anniversary Eve Festival "DREAM, A DREAM"
2012: Elizabeth Special Gala Concert (2012)
2012: Ichiro Maki Memorial Concert
2011: Ichiro Maki Concert
2010: Terada Takio Memorial Concert
2010: live-ichiro@NAGOYA
2006: Elisabeth 10th Anniversary Concert (Vienna Konzerthaus)
2005: Hana no Michi ~ Yume no Michi ~ Towa no Michi
2004: TCA Special OG Version - Golden Memories
2004: DIVA
2001: DIVA
2000-01: One Road
1999: I's Second
1999: New Year Pops 99
1998: I's First

Books

2000: "Ichiro: My Road"
1996: "Shinjitsu"

• Appeared on TV, released many CD (singles and albums).

Toho Profile Page
Official blog

• She said in an interview, "when in TMS, I chose the stage name Ichiro Kazuki written as 一路千輝, but then my friends told me that 千輝 would be almost never read as "kazuki" and it would be too difficult to remember. So I chose 万輝 instead."
• Changed her name spelling as 一路 真輝 since April 1st, 1986.
• Wanted to join the revue after seeing Flower Troupe's Transient Autumn Leaves / Nova Bossa Nova.
• Although didn't attend any special lessons, passed the exam on the first try.
• In 2006, married fellow actor Masaaki Uchino, with whom she appeared in the Toho production of Elisabeth as, respectively, Elisabeth and Death. They divorced in 2011.
• Her daughter was born in October 2006, after which went on a professional hiatus between 2006 and 2010.