History: Ooura Mizuki

Name: Ooura Mizuki
Kanji: 大浦 みずき
Current Troupe: n/a
Role: Otokoyaku
Status: Retired Top Star (1987 - 1991)

Nickname: Natsume, Shachō ("Boss") within Flower Troupe
Real Name: Sakata Natsume (阪田 なつめ)
Height: 168cm
Birthday: August 29th, 1956
Death: November 14th, 2009 (53 years old)
Blood Type: A
Hometown: Nakano Ward, Tokyo
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Special Talent: tango, jazz and ballroom dancing
Origin of Stage Name: It was chosen by her father, the novelist Sakata Hiro, and his friend Shouno Junzou, based on the Kakinomoto-no Hitomaro's poem: み熊野の 浦の浜木綿 百重なす 心は思へど 直に逢はぬかも (I have dreamt of you as many times as many crinum flowers grow near Kumano bay, but ah! I do not have hope to meet you once more). Ooura literally means "great bay", and mizuki - "spreading trees".
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Debut: 1974 (60th Class) Yu the Beautiful
Troupe History:
1983 - 1991 Flower Troupe
1979 - 1983 Star Troupe
1975 - 1979 Snow Troupe


1991: The Emblem of Venezia / Junction 24, Alvise Gritti
1991: The Rose of Versailles: Fersen (National Tour), Fersen
1991: Chou-Saishi's Choice / The Flash!, Chou-Saishi
1991: Rose of Versailles: Oscar, Andre (special guest)
1991: The Beautiful Beast, Beautiful Beast
1990: The Prelude to Winter / The Showcase, Jan Janaczech & Yuri Mikhajlov
1990: The Rose of Versailles: Fersen, Count Fersen
1990: The Beautiful Beast, Beautiful Beast
1989-90: The Romanov Jewelry / Gitan des Gitans, Oscar
1989: Congress Dances / The Game, Czar Alexander I
1988: Takarazuka Dance Festival '88 / Spring Again / Forever! Takarazuka
1988: Time Adagio (Bow), Alex
1988: Kiss Me Kate, Fred Graham / Petruchio (top star debut)
1987: Dream of Dreams: Cole Porter Golden Tunes (Bow Hall), Nick Steel (lead role)
1987: A Single Rose / The Revuescope, Bernard Jones (Takarazuka)
1987: The White Horizon / Show Up Show, Dr. Mikhail Kalatozov
1986: A Madrigal of the Breeze / Memoirs du Paris (National Tour), Emilio Costa
1986: Antony and Cleopatra / The Heroes, Enobarbus
1986: A Madrigal of the Breeze / Memoirs du Paris, Emilio Costa
1985: Tender Green / Androgyny, Kyte
1985: If There's Love, I'll Live Forever, Hippolyte
1985: The Great Detective is All Alone / La La Flora (Chunichi), Tom Tuckerberry
1984: Oklahoma! (Bow Hall), Curly (lead role)
1984: The Great Detective is All Alone / La La Flora, Tom Tuckerberry
1984: A Melody of Love in Crimson / Mayflower (National Tour), Yukimaru / Robert Trompe
1984: In the Amber-Hued Rain / Je t’aime, Louis Valentin
1983: Calm Autumn Colors / Mayflower, Yukimaru / Robert Trompe
1983: Underline (Bow), Lennard Barrel (lead role)
1983: My Shining Hour (Bow Hall)
1983: The Window of Orpheus, David
1983: Sing, Sing, Sing! '83 (Bow Hall)
1982: Aegean Sea Blues / The Storm, Christian
1982: A Small Flower Has Bloomed / Fascination, Kikuji & Kuro (special performance)
1982: The Adventures of the Alien Papii from Mir / Fascination, Daniel
1981: The Samurai's Poem in the Rumbling of the Sea / Crescendo!, Kodera Sotoki
1981: Beautiful, Secret Seasons / New Fancy Game (National Tour)
1981: Sing, Sing, Sing! (Bow Hall)
1981: A Small Flower Has Bloomed / La Vie en Rose, Kikuji
1980: Beautiful, Secret Seasons / New Fancy Game
1980: Anatole (Bow Hall), Le duc Anatole de Quillembois (lead role)
1980: My Song Resounds! -Beautiful, Secret Seasons- / Fancy Game
1980: Rainbow Bridge (Bow), Hans (lead role)
1980: Adventurers in Love / Festa Festa
1980: The Star Antares / Rose Fantasia, Alan
1979: Lovers' Suicide (Bow Hall), Yohei
1979: The Star Antares / Rose Panic, Alan
1979: The Midnight Sun, My Love (Tokyo)
1979: The Apple Tree (Snow - Bow Hall), Snake / Narrator
1979: The Spring Breeze's Invitation / Hello! Holiday
1978: The Takarazuka (South American Tour)
1978: Johnny On the Hill / Sensation! (Grand Theater)
1978: Gone With the Wind
1977: Love Blooms Out on the Murasakino / The Revue
1977: Nightingale Song of Spring / Manhattan Rag (Grand Theater)
1976: Hoshikage no Hito / Non, Non, Non
1976: Poem of the White Heron / Monsieur Papillon
1975-76: The Rose of Versailles: Andre & Oscar, ''
1975: Burning in Firenze / Bon Balance (Tokyo)
1975: Burning in Firenze / The Star -Goodbye Maho Shibuki- (Grand Theater)
1974: Scarlet Camellia, Blooming in the Snow / Funky Jump (Grand Theater)
1974: Purely, Righteously, Beautifully / Yu the Beautiful


1980: Beautiful, Secret Seasons, Iga Koshirou (lead role)
1980: My Song Resounds! -Beautiful, Secret Seasons-, Iga Koshirou (lead role)
1980: Adventurers in Love, Chris (lead role)
1980: The Star Antares, Edmond Dundes (lead role)
1979: The Star Antares, Edmond Dundes (lead role)
1979: A White Night, My Love (Tokyo) (lead role)
1979: The Spring Breeze's Invitation, Adolf
1978: Johnny On the Hill (Grand Theater), Matt, Alan
1978: Gone With the Wind
1977: Akanesasu Murasaki no Hana, Nakatomi no Kamatari
1977: Nightingale Song of Spring (Grand Theater)
1976: Hoshikage no Hito, Katsura Kogorou
1976: Monsieur Papillon, Gonzales
1975-76: The Rose of Versailles: Andre & Oscar, Fersen


1991: Heart to Heart Dinner Show
1991: '91 TMP Music Festival - Ethno Pops
1990: First Matsumoto Yuri Recital
1990: '90 TMP Music Festival - Sound In Big City
1989: TAKARAZUKA: Takarazuka Dance Eulogy / Takarazuka Forever (New York Tour)
1989: '89 TMP Music Festival - That's Movie! II
1988: '88 TMP Music Festival - Eternal Pops
1987: It's Now (Dinner Show)
1987: '87 TMP Music Festival - La Chanson
1986: '86 TMP Music Festival - That's Movie!
1985: '85 TMP Music Festival - Welcome to Broadway
1985: 5th Hawaiian Tour: Japan Fantasy / Dream of Takarazuka
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) - nibante
1978: Central and South American Tour


2008: DIAMOND DOGS TANGO 2008
2008: LADY x 7 (With Tsubasa Yuuki and Maeda Kiyomi)
2008: Buenos Tangos VI
2007: The Witches of Eastwick
2007: Espectaculo Buenos Tangos
2007: Dancin' Crazy
2007: Ooura Mizuki Dance Theater: Coin Laundry (With Tsubasa Yuuki and Maeda Kiyomi)
2007: Buenos Tangos III
2007: Pure, Proper, Beautiful
2006: Buenos Tangos II
2005: Red Shoes, Black Stockings
2005: Buenos Tangos
2004: TCA Special OG Version - Golden Memories
2001: Tango Musical "Una Noche"
2001: Berusaiyu no Bara Memorandum
1999: Che Tango '99
1998: Che Tango
1997: Adieu Tokyo Takarazuka Theater
1996: Luna Rossa
1994: Wind Fish Tour '94 "...and one"
1993: Moving Notes
1993: At the Jazz Band Ball
1992: Takarazuka "Dreams" (Drama City) (lead role)
1992: Takarazuka "Dreams" (Joyce Theater) (lead role)


Ooura Mizuki memorial site

• She is considered to be one of the best dancers in the history of Takarazuka and the "Fred Astaire" of the revue. It is under her that the name "Dancing Flower Troupe" emerged. (Anju Mira continued this tradition.)
• Before entering Takarazuka, she graduated from junior high school; it was a condition of her father after which she was allowed to take the exam.
• After leaving Takarazuka, she had a successful career as a singer and tango dancer.
• She wrote two books about her experiences in the Revue.
• She died of lung cancer on November 14th, 2009 at a hospital in Tokyo. She was 53 years old. Her funeral was attented by her collegues, classmates and fans. She was planning to appear on stage in the early 2010.
• On November 11th, 2013, Ooura's sister Naitou Keiko opened an one-year-long exhibition in memory of the famous Takarasienne. Admission to the exhibition was free. Address: 165-0035, Tokyo, Nakano ward, Shirasugi quarter, 1-11, Suginomiya, 1-3.