History: Izumi Maira
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Izumi Maira
Picture Credit: yaomeis | The Takarazuka VIII: Flower Troupe / Jubilee Programme
Name: Izumi Maira
Kanji: 泉 まいら
Current Troupe: Flower
Role: Otokoyaku
Status: Current (retiring January 19, 2025)
Nickname: Bechiko
Height: 168cm
Birthday: April 22nd
Blood Type:
Hometown: Usuki, Oita
Favorite Food: anko, meat, Hakurohou (a special confectionery)
Favorite Flower: osmanthus
Favorite Colors: light blue, grey
Hobbies: driving, cooking, traveling
Collections: perfume, cosmetics
Special Talent:
Origin of Stage Name: Received advice from many people and thought of it with her family
Favorite Role: Constantine from Casanova shinjin kouen
Would Like to Try Playing: A role that involves expressing feeling through song
Debut: 2014 (100th Class) Takarazuka Dance
Troupe History:
2015 - Current Flower Troupe
2024-25: Angelic Lie / Jubilee, Dante
2024: Liefie (Nippon Seinenkan / Umeda Arts), James
2024: Arc-en-ciel, Emile / Dietrich von Choltitz (Takarazuka only) / Gustav (Tokyo only) [3]
2023: Singing Lovebirds / Grand Mirage!, Dried food store owner
2023: The Dancing Girl (Bow Hall), Iwai Naotaka
2023: Mayerling / Enchantement
2022: Burning in Firenze / Fashionable Empire (National Tour), Folco
2022: Years of Pilgrimage / Fashionable Empire, Armand Marrast
2022: Top Hat (Umeda Arts Theater), Coachman
2021-22: Genroku Baroque Rock / The Fascination!, Goemon
2021: Sorrowful Cordoba / Cool Beast!! (National Tour), Pepe
2021: Augustus / Cool Beast!!
2021: Nice Work If You Can Get It (Tokyo Int'l Forum/Umeda Arts Theater), Christopher
2020: Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern, Taya Rikizou
2020: Dance Olympia (Tokyo Int'l Forum)
2019: A Fairy Tale / Charme!, Poeta
2019: Boys Over Flowers (TBS Akasaka ACT), Izumi
2019: Casanova
2018: Delight Holiday (Maihama Amphitheater)
2018: Messiah / Beautiful Garden
2018: Love Blooms Out on the Murasakino / Santé!! (Hakataza)
2018: The Poe Clan
2017: Hanna's Florist (TBS Akasaka ACT Theater), Erik Johansson
2017: Wind Over Yamatai-koku / Santé!!
2017: Romanesque Mask / Exciter!! 2017 (National Tour), Jean
2016-17: Snowflake Anthology / Golden Desert
2016: I Love Einstein (Bow Hall)
2016: Bow Singing Workshop -Flower- (Bow Hall)
2016: Me and My Girl
2016: Ernest in Love (Umeda / Chunichi), Servant, Villager
2015: The New Tale of Genji / Melodia
2015: Stardom (Bow Hall), Belmonde
2015: Embraced by the Seas of Calista / Takarazuka Fantasia
2014-15: Oath of the Midnight Sun / Phoenix Takarazuka!!
2014: Takarazuka Dance / Guide to the Future / Takarazuka Flower Poems 100!! (Grand Theater)
2020: Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern, Count Ijūin (HY: Ema Naoki) [2]
2019: A Fairy Tale, Kevin Griffith (HY: Yuunami Kei)
2019: Casanova, Constantine (HY: Seto Kazuya)
2018: Messiah, Watanabe Kozaemon (HY: Seto Kazuya) [1]
2018: The Poe Clan, Louis Byrd (HY: Ayaki Hikari)
2017: Wind Over Yamatai-koku, Tatara (HY: Aren Touma)
2016-17: Golden Desert, Eedo (HY: Saebana Riona)
2016: Me and My Girl
2015: The New Tale of Genji, Usuki (HY: Ayaki Hikari)
2015: Embraced by the Seas of Calista
2024: The Night When Stars Gather (Hoshikaze Madoka Music Salon)
2023: Be Shining!! (Yuzuka Rei Concert)
2019: Love Arena (Asumi Rio Concert), special guest appearance
- Part of "Group D" of the 100th class, which performed with Cosmos Troupe before receiving an official troupe assignment in February 2015.
Footnotes:
- Aren Touma was absent from Messiah from 07/19/2018 for the remainder of the Grand Theater and Tokyo performances. Aren was also absent from both shinjin kouen, resulting in some role changes. Watanabe Kozaemon → Izumi Maira; Taga Mondo → Naoto Akira; Ashizuka Chuuemon → Rio Hikaru
- 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.
- Mineka Towa was absent for the entirety of the Takarazuka run of Arc-en-ciel. Izumi Maira covered her roles of Emile and Dietrich von Choltitz, while Aoki Tsukasa understudied the role of Gustav.