Otohara Ai
Picture Credit: yaomeis | Sunset of the Forbidden City Programme
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Name: Otohara Ai
Kanji: 乙原 愛
Current Troupe:
Role: Musumeyaku
Status: Retired
Real Name: Noriko Tosaka
Nickname: Nonno, Nonnon
Height: 160 cm
Birthday: Aug. 19th
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Hometown: Fujisawa, Kanagawa
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Debut: 1984 (70th Class) Gone with the Wind
Troupe History:
1984 - 1993 Star Troupe
1993:
Houjushou / Parfum de Paris
1992-93:
Hello, George! (Bow Hall),
Caroline
1992:
Legend of the Midnight Sun / One Night Mirage,
Redcap Tina
1991-92:
Sunset of the Forbidden City
1991:
Portraits of Lovers / Narcisse Noir,
Helena
1991:
Pal Joey (Bow Hall),
Francine
1990-91:
The Apollon Mystery / Jesus Diamante,
Nicole
1990:
Citylight Melody (Bow Hall),
Anita
1990:
Mayflower / Takarazuka Revue '90,
Clair
1990:
Turn Your Back to the Sun (Bow Hall),
Hao Li Feng
1989-90:
The Rose of Versailles -Fersen and Marie-Antoinette
1989:
Chante, Chante, Chante (Bow Hall)
1989:
Spring Dance / Diga Diga Doo,
Carol Sinclair
1989:
War and Peace (Chunichi)
1988:
War and Peace
1988:
Happy Dreaming (Bow)
1988:
Celebration (Bow)
1988:
Midnight City Romance (Bow Hall),
Eileen
1988:
Fiery Bolero / Too Hot!
1987:
Portraits of Parting
1987:
Pale Kiss (Bow Hall)
1987:
Yukariko / Jubilee Time!,
Temari
1986:
Magnificent Fantasia / Boogie Woogie Folies
1986:
Revue Symphony
1986:
Puppet (Bow Hall)
1985:
The Youth of Karl Heinrich (Bow Hall)
1985:
Flowers Strewn on the Western Sea / The Revue III
1985:
All For Love (Bow Hall)
1985:
Sorrowful Cordoba / Lumiere
1984:
My Love Lies Over the Mountains / Love Express
1990-91:
The Apollon Mystery,
Yvette Renault
1990:
Mayflower,
Julie Owens (Takarazuka),
Marie Owens (Tokyo)
(musumeyaku lead)
1989-90:
The Rose of Versailles -Fersen and Marie-Antoinette
1989:
Diga Diga Doo,
Alice Solomon
1988:
War and Peace,
Natasha (musumeyaku lead)
1988:
Fiery Bolero,
Miranda (Mura) /
Monica (Tokyo)
1987:
Portraits of Parting,
Clena
1987:
Yukariko,
Katsura
1986:
Magnificent Fantasia,
Cunegonde (musumeyaku lead)
1986:
Revue Symphony,
Mary
1985:
Flowers Strewn on the Western Sea
1985:
Sorrowful Cordoba
1984:
My Love Lies Over the Mountains
Concerts, Dinner Shows, and Special Performances
1989:
TAKARAZUKA: Takarazuka Dance Eulogy / Takarazuka Forever (New York Tour)
Studio Unseen Her profile at her current website, promoting her studio.
- Post-Takarazuka she married, but after her divorce she went to Hollywood, where she studied at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. Returning to Japan in 2005, she has acted, directed, and written a book called Art of Voice, in which she teaches voice training.