History: Minakaze Mai

Name: Minakaze Mai
Kanji: 南風 まい
Current Troupe: n/a
Role: Musumeyaku
Status: Retired Top Musumeyaku (1985 - 1988)

Nickname: Maimai
Height: 160 cm
Birthday: October 8th
Blood Type: A
Hometown: Osaka
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Debut: 1979 (65th Class) The Scarlet Pimpernel
Troupe History:
1980 - 1988 Star Troupe


1988: War and Peace (Star 1988), Natasha Rostova
1988: Magnificent Fantasia / Takarazuka Folies (Star 1988) (National Tour), Cunegonde
1988: Fiery Bolero / Too Hot! (Star 1988), Caterina Dolores
1988: Magnificent Fantasia / Takarazuka Folies (Star 1988) (National Tour), Cunegonde
1988: Happy Dreaming (Star 1988) (Bow), Young Woman
1987: Portraits of Parting (Star 1987), Elvira Madigan
1987: Yukariko / Jubilee Time! (Star 1987), Maizuru-hime
1986: Magnificent Fantasia / Boogie Woogie Folies (Star 1986), Cunégonde (solo top musumeyaku debut)
1986: Revue Symphony (Star 1986), Billie Burke
1986: Flowers Strewn on the Western Sea / The Revue III (Star 1986) (Chunichi), Sakon
1985: My Love Lies Over the Mountains / Love Express (Star 1985) (National Tour), Jerime
1985: Flowers Strewn on the Western Sea / The Revue III (Star 1985), Sakon (double-top musumeyaku debut)
1985: All For Love (Star 1985) (Bow Hall), Georgina Burns
1985: Sorrowful Cordoba / Lumiere (Star 1985), Anfelita Navarro
1984: My Love Lies Over the Mountains / Love Express (Star 1984), Jerime
1984: The Man From Algiers / The Storm (Star 1984) (National Tour), Sabine
1984: Prayer Mandala / Plus One (Star 1984), Princess Mai Lin / Banzai Woman (musumeyaku lead)
1983: Lonely Heart (Star 1983) (Bow Hall), Marjorie (musumeyaku lead)
1983: The Man From Algiers / The Storm (Star 1983) (Tokyo), Elisabeth
1983: The Window of Orpheus (Star, 1983) (Takarazuka), Gerthrude
1983: Sing Sing Sing 83 (Star 1983) (Bow Hall)
1983: Spring When the Magnolias Bloom / Love Connection (Star 1983)
1982: The Samurai's Poem in the Rumbling of the Sea / Crescendo (National Tour), Rose, piano girl
1982: Aegean Sea Blues / The Storm (Star 1982), Nathalie
1982: A Small Flower Has Bloomed / Fascination (Star 1982), Ume
1982: The Adventures of the Alien Papii from Mir / Fascination (Star 1982), Elise
1981: Dawn of Lombardia (Star 1981) (Bow Hall), Queen Sophia (musumeyaku lead)
1981: The Samurai's Poem in the Rumbling of the Sea / Crescendo (Star 1981), Rosi, piano girl
1981: Sing Sing Sing (Star 1981) (Bow Hall)
1981: A Small Flower Has Bloomed / La Vie en Rose (Star 1981), Ume
1980: Beautiful Secret Seasons / New Fancy Game (Star 1980)
1980: My Song Resounds / Fancy Game (Star 1980)


1983: The Man From Algiers (Tokyo)
1983: The Window of Orpheus (Takarazuka), Roberta (lead role) (HY: Sugata Haruka)
1983: Spring, When the Magnolias Bloom
1982: Aegean Sea Blues
1982: A Small Flower Has Bloomed (Tokyo), Oritsu (lead role) (HY: Azuma Chiaki)
1982: The Adventures of the Alien Papii from Mir
1981: The Samurai's Poem in the Rumbling of the Sea, Juline (lead role) (HY: Azuma Chiaki)
1981: A Small Flower Has Bloomed (Grand Theater), Oritsu (lead role) (HY: Azuma Chiaki)
1980: Beautiful, Secret Seasons
1980: My Song Resounds! -Beautiful, Secret Seasons-, Asagiri (HY: Kiryuu Noboru)


1997: Adieu Tokyo Takarazuka Theater
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
1984: '84 TMP Music Festival - Singing 70 Years of Takarazuka
1983: 24th Mirror Ball -TMP Music Festival-
1982: The Takarazuka: Japan Fantasy / Takarazuka Dream (SE Asia Tour)
1981: Sing, Sing, Sing! Setouchi Miya Recital


2016: Star Troupe's Die Fledermaus, vocal / singing direction
2014: Celebration 100! Takarazuka Special Cast B
2007: Lover's Suicide OG Version, Umegawa (lead role)


Official Blog MaiMai Kara no Dengenhan

• Graduated at the top of the 65th class.
• Was Hankyu & Hanshin Railways' hatsumoude poster model for 1980.
• Her older sister was married to Tani Masazumi.
• Her stage name is sometimes written as 南風舞 (where mai' is a kanji meaning dance).
• Double top musumeyaku with Kojou Reika (1984 - 1986).
• Former Snow top star Mori Keaki was her classmate.