History: Ookusu Tera
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Ookusu Tera
Picture Credit: Blumerio | The Takarazuka VIII: Moon Troupe / paleo | A Kaleidoscope of Life Program
Name: Ookusu Tera
Kanji: 大楠 てら
Current Troupe: Moon
Role: Otokoyaku
Status: Current
Nickname: Maru-chan, Teiraa
Height: 180 cm
Birthday: Nov. 7th
Blood Type:
Hometown: Tokyo, Ota ward
Favorite Food: gyoza, salad
Favorite Flower: sunflower
Favorite Colors: yellow
Hobbies: laughing heartily with her classmates
Collections: shirts, accessories, Winnie the Pooh items
Special Talent: swimming, ball games, stretching her Achilles tendons
Origin of Stage Name: her father thought of it
Favorite Role:
Would Like to Try Playing: a character with a backstory, also would like to appear in a revue with dark makeup
Debut: 2016 (102nd Class) The Entertainer!
Troupe History:
2016 - Current Moon Troupe
2024-25: Golden Liberty / Phoenix Rising, Soma
2024: In the Amber-Hued Rain / Grande Takarazuka 110! (National Tour), Colbert
2024: Eternal Voice / Grande Takarazuka 110!, Hamish [3]
2024: Golden Dead Schiele (Bow Hall), Adolf Schiele
2023: Flügel / A Kaleidoscope of Life, Colonel Jürgen Christopher [2]
2023: Shadow of the Moon (Bow Hall), Kumehachi
2023: Ohten no Mon / Deep Sea, Daisetsu
2022: The Great Gatsby, Bill
2022: The Wind of Buenos Aires (Seinenkan / Drama City)
2022: Color Me True / Full Swing!, Okabayashi / Tanukichi (understudy) [1]
2021: Love and All That Jazz (Bow Hall), Member of SS / Carl
2021: Ouranki / Dream Chaser, Juuichirou
2021: Love at Dal Lake (TBS Akasaka ACT / Umeda Arts)
2020-21: Welcome to Takarazuka / A Farce in Pigalle
2020: The Red and the Black (Misono-za), Saint-Jean
2019: I Am From Austria
2019: On the Town (Umeda Arts Theater), Cecil
2019: Unmatched in Dreams and Reality / Krung Thep -City of Angels-
2019: On the Town (Tokyo Int'l Forum), Cecil
2018: Elisabeth
2018: Singin' in the Rain (Akasaka ACT)
2018: Company / Baddy
2017: Arkadia (Bow Hall)
2017: All for One
2017: Shigure Hill Road in Nagasaki / Carousel Rondo (Hakataza)
2017: Grand Hotel / Carousel Rondo
2016: Nobunaga / Forever Love!!
2016: Die Fledermaus / The Entertainer! (Star)
2022: The Great Gatsby, Meyer Wolfscheim
2022: Color Me True, Tanukichi
2021: Ouranki, Kusunoki Masashige
2019: I Am From Austria, Wolfgang Edler
2019: Unmatched in Dreams and Reality, Ueda Ryōhei
2018: Elisabeth, Schwarzenberg
2018: Company
2017: All for One
2017: Grand Hotel, Scullery Worker
2016: Nobunaga, Manmi Senchiyo
YEAR: Name of Show
- Currently the tallest actress in the company; 2 cm taller than her classmate Issei Kei and 1 cm taller than retired otokoyaku Yuumi Hiro.
Footnotes:
- Announced January 16th, 2022, she will be covering the role of Tanukichi for the Grand Theater run of Color Me True / Full Swing until further notice.
- Ookusu Tera was absent from the Tokyo run of Flügel / A Kaleidoscope of Life from 10/18 to 10/20. She was understudied by Haruki Reo.
- Rinjou Kira was absent from the Takarazuka run of Eternal Voice from 04/02 - 05/12, resulting in a chain of understudy role changes. Ookusu Tera covered Kashiro Aoi's role of Sebastian, and Sou Yuuki understudied her role of Hamish.