Picture Credit: yaomeis | 2023 Desk Calendar / miriogumi | Violetopia Le Cinq
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Name: Rei Makoto Kanji: 礼 真琴 Current Troupe: Star Role: Otokoyaku Status: Current Top Star
Nickname: Makottsuan, Koto (Coto), Kocchan Height: 170 cm Birthday: December 2nd Blood Type: O Hometown: Edogawa, Tokyo Favorite Food: Seafood Favorite Flower: Casablanca lily, sunflower Favorite Colors: Navy blue, dusty colours Hobbies: Going for drives, chilling with her dog Saburou Collections: Perfume Special Talent: Continuing to sing even while being whipped (from RRR) Origin of Stage Name: Received one character from a person she respects and received advice from many people Favorite Role: Her favorite role is always the one she's playing at the time, but her heart was especially moved by Aterui and Dan Lizhen (Tan Reishin) Would Like to Try Playing: Any role
Has played the role of Romeo in Romeo and Juliette both in a shinjin kouen (which was her first lead role) and in main stage performance. She also has played Love, which was her first significant role in honkouen.
During the Cafe Break #685 of Like a Black Panther / Dear Diamond!!, Coto shared that she really liked Sailor Moon as a kid and was enjoying the series again. She also said that her favorite senshi is Sailor Mars.
The first Top Star of her class and the first Top Star of the Reiwa era (2019 -).
She and her Top Combi partner Maisora Hitomi are called "Top of the Top", since they both graduated at the top of their classes.
She and her classmate Yuzuka Rei both had their first Bow Hall lead performances in 2014 (back to back), and both shows were based on russian literature; they also both became Top Stars in 2019.
Took the "礼" in her stage name from the Star Troupe's Top Star Yuzuki Reon's stage name (柚希礼音).
While in TMS, went to see El Halcon with Aran Kei. She later cosplayed it's main character Tyrian Persimmon in her photobook and ended up portraying him in 2020 production.
In 2021, won the Rookie Award in the theater category for her performance in The Yagyu Ninja Scrolls / More Dandyism! at the 76th Japan Arts Festival Awards. Same year also won the Excellence Award (Yūshū) in Takarazuka's Annual Award.
Before Takarazuka, appeared in musicals and on TV under her real name. One of which was a movie "The Professor's Beloved Equation" (2006).
Footnotes:
Miya Rurika 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 NovaIchijou Azusa covered the role of Mar, and Rei Makoto understudied as Bolso.
Rei Makoto was absent from the Tokyo run of 1789: The Lovers of Bastille from 08/19 - 08/23 due to illness. She was understudied by Akatsuki Chisei.