Miya Rurika
Picture Credit: Carly / Graph, August 2017 | marie-isidore / Krung Thep Stage Photo (2019)
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Name: Miya Rurika
Kanji: 美弥 るりか
Current Troupe: n/a
Role: Otokoyaku
Status: Retired
Nickname: Maimai, Rurika, Miyacchi, Miya-chan
Height: 168 cm
Birthday: Sept. 12th
Blood Type: O
Hometown: Koga, Ibaraki
Favorite Food: rice,
mochi (soft rice cakes), sweets, McDonalds
Favorite Flower: rose
Favorite Colors: purple, black, red, silver
Hobbies: shopping, listening to music, going to book stores
Collections: accessories, hats, CDs
Special Talent:
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Debut: 2003 (89th Class) Takarazuka Floral Diary
Troupe History:
2012 - 2019 Moon Troupe
2003 - 2012 Star Troupe
2019:
Unmatched in Dreams and Reality / Krung Thep -City of Angels-,
Sasaki Kojirou
2019:
Anna Karenina (Bow Hall),
Count Alexei Vronsky (lead role)
2018:
Elisabeth,
Franz Joseph †
2018:
Singin' in the Rain (Akasaka ACT),
Cosmo Brown
2018:
Company / Baddy,
Takano Haruka
2017:
All for One,
Aramis
2017:
Azure Moment (Drama City / Akasaka ACT),
Simon (lead role)
2017:
Grand Hotel / Carousel Rondo,
Otto Kringelein
2016:
The Legend of King Arthur (Bunkyo Civic / Drama City),
Morgane
2016:
Nobunaga / Forever Love!!,
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
2015-16:
Manon / Golden Jazz,
"Another" Charles De Durant
2015:
Dragon Night!! (Drama City & Bunkyo Civic Hall)
2015:
1789: The Lovers of Bastille,
Count de Artois
2015:
Gone with the Wind (Chunichi),
Belle Watling
2014:
Puck / Crystal Takarazuka,
Daniel
2014:
The Kingdom (Nippon Seinenkan / Drama City),
Count Hereford (double lead with Nagina Ruumi)
2014:
Takarazuka Dance / Guide to the Future / Takarazuka Flower Poems 100!!,
Lucas
2014:
New Wave! -Moon- (Bow Hall)
(shared lead with Uzuki Hayate, Houzuki An, and Tamaki Ryou)
2013:
Jin / Fantastic Energy! (National Tour),
Tachibana Kyotaro
2013:
Arsène Lupin / Fantastic Energy!,
Count Hereford
2013:
Me and My Girl (Umeda Arts),
Gerald Bolingbroke, Jaqueline Carstone
2013:
The Rose of Versailles: Oscar and Andre,
Bernard, Girodelle
2012:
Too Short a Time to Fall in Love / Heat on Beat! (National Tour),
Anthony Randolph
2012:
Roméo & Juliette,
Mercutio
2012:
Angel's Ladder (Bow Hall / Nippon Seinenkan),
Charles Bingley
2011-12: Ocean's 11,
Livingston Dell
2011: Nova Bossa Nova / A Second Fortuitous Meeting (Hakataza / Chunichi),
Mar, Bolso / Agis Le Cain
2011: Nova Bossa Nova / A Second Fortuitous Meeting,
Bolso / Agis Le Cain
2011: Mei-chan's Butler (Bow Hall / Nippon Seinenkan),
Shibata Kento
2010: Takarazuka Floral Dance Scrolls / An Officer and a Gentleman,
Ethan
2010:
New York Rhapsody (Bow Hall),
Ice Clemen, Eddie Stanley
2010:
The Prisoners of Lilac Walls (Bow Hall/Nippon Seinenkan),
Gũnter Hyman
2010:
The Treasure Sword of Habsburg / Bolero,
Amschel Moshe
2009:
The Tale of Coimbra (Drama City),
Fernando
2009:
The Legend of the Great King and Four Gods Ver.II,
Sujini, Saeo
2009:
My Dear New Orleans / A Biento´t,
Pete
2008:
The Wind of Buenos Aires (Nippon Seinenkan / Bow Hall),
Car Dealer
2008:
The Scarlet Pimpernel
2008:
Anna Karenina (Bow Hall),
Alexei Alexandrovich Karenin
2007-08:
El Halcon / Revue Orchis,
The Adjutant
2007:
Secret Hunter / Neo Dandyism! II (Hakataza)
2007:
Sakura / Secret Hunter
2006-07:
Hays Code (Drama City / Nippon Seinenkan),
Kid
2006:
Too Short a Time to Fall in Love / Neo-Dandyism!
2006:
Young Bloods!! -Twinkle Twinkle Star- (Bow Hall),
Lucca
2006:
Rose of Versailles: Fersen and Marie Antoinette
2005:
Shigure Hill Road in Nagasaki / Soul of Shiva!!
2004:
Ch'Ang-an, Full of Swirling Flowers / Romantica Takarazuka '04
2004:
A Love Story in 1914 / Takarazuka Splendor
2003:
A Song for Kingdoms
2010:
The Treasure Sword of Habsburg,
Eliyahu Rothschild (also known as) Eduard von Autheville (lead role)
2009:
The Legend of the Great King and Four Gods Ver.II,
Lt. Gak Dan
2009:
My Dear New Orleans,
Leonard du An
2008:
The Scarlet Pimpernel,
Lord Anthony Dewhurst
2007-08:
El Halcon,
Masters
2007:
Secret Hunter,
Chris
2006:
Too Short a Time to Fall in Love,
Billy
2006:
Rose of Versailles: Fersen and Marie-Antoinette,
Alain
2005:
Shigure Hill Road in Nagasaki,
Ishihama
2004:
Ch'Ang-an, Full of Swirling Flowers
2004:
A Love Story in 1914
2003:
A Song for Kingdoms
2003:
Senor Don Juan (Grand Theater)
Concerts / Dinner Shows / Specials
2019:
Flame of Love (Dinner Show)
2017:
Razzle (Dinner Show)
2016:
Voice (
Ryuu Masaki Concert)
2016:
Stella Rossa (
Kurenai Yuzuru Dinner Show) (Takarazuka Hotel run and part of Daiichi Hotel Tokyo run)
2011:
0~Love~ (
Suzumi Shio Dinner Show)
Concerts / Dinner Shows / Specials
2018: Takarazuka Special 2018 - Say! Hey! Show Up!!
2017:
Takarazuka Special 2017 - Je t'aime Revue -90th Anniversary of Mon Paris-
2017:
54th Takarazuka Buyoukai
2016:
Takarazuka Special 2016 ~Music Succession to Next~
2015:
Takarazuka Special 2015 - New Century, Next Dream
2014:
Takarazuka Special 2014 - Thank you for 100 years-~
2012:
Takarazuka Special 2012 - The Stars ~Pre- Pre- Centennial~
2011:
Takarazuka Special 2011 - Dreams Built on Tomorrow
2007:
Pure, Proper, Beautiful
2006:
Dream Memorandum
Theater / Shows
2024:
20th anniversary of debut ~ Trajectory ~ Dinner show with
Uzuki Hayate and
Harune Aki
2024:
CAT’S♥EYE,
Todo
2023:
A New Musical Vagrant,
Momokaze
2023:
Kingdom,
Yang Duanhe in Kou Takano × Teru Makishima version
2022:
Musical “The Parlor”,
Akari Maruyama (main role) with
Kano Maria and
Tsurugi Miyuki
2022:
TRUMP Series Musical “Verakikka”,
Nora Verakikka (main role)
2022:
Musical play "Claudia",
Ori Ai, with
Kozuki Wataru
2022:
Takarazuka Sky Stage «OG Entertainment TV NAVI»
2022:
SHOW-ism XI『BERBER RENDEZVOUS』 with
Yuzuki Reon
2021:
Entertainment show MIYA COLLECTION
2021:
Musical Stage Adaptation「GREAT PRETENDER」,
Laurent Thierry
Events
2023:
『FASHION FREAK SHOW』, as a special guest with
Nanami Hiroki
2022: Genki Hirakata 10th ANNIVERSARY LIVE「PROOF」, as a special guest
2022:
35th International Tokyo Film Festival Opening Ceremony with
Yuzuki Reon,
Nanami Hiroki and
Kurenai Yuzuru
Music
2023:
夢と代償 (Yume to Daisho)
2023:
誰かがいない (Darekaganai)
- Member of the 4th group of Sky Fairies.
- Featured in New Generation. Translation of the Q&A section
- Was absent due to illness from the summer performance of Nova Bossa Nova / A Second Fortuitous Meeting from August 20th - 23rd (the end of the Hakataza run). In Nova Bossa Nova Ichijou Azusa covered the role of Mar, and Rei Makoto understudied as Bolso. In A Second Fortuitous Meeting, Ooki Makoto covered her role of Agis, and Shingetsu Saku understudied as Julius.
- Was absent due to ill health from the 2018 performance of Elisabeth from Sept. 22nd - 26th. Tsukishiro Kanato covered her role of Franz Joseph (see the Elisabeth page for all role changes).
- She is a WASSER image model since 2020 and Donald McDonald House Foundation Ambassador; also frequently writes for Marie Claire.
- Appeared on Nozomi Fuuto's talk show "Nozomi Fuuto's Tipsy Hour" #2.
- Winner of "Best Supporting Actress" in 2022 ALL ABOUT Musical Awards.
- Has a cat named Ruche or Rucchan (るっちゃん).
- In the essays for Marie Claire has talked at lenght about her mental health; she has struggled with self love and with finding her true self after seeing the differense between "her under the stage name" and "her under the real name".