Yuzuka Rei
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Name: Yuzuka Rei
Kanji: 柚香 光
Current Troupe: n/a
Role: Otokoyaku
Status: Retired Top Star (2019-2024)
Nickname: Rei
Height: 171 cm
Birthday: March 5th
Blood Type: O
Hometown: Suginami, Tokyo
Favorite Food: freshly cooked rice, fried chicken, miso soup
Favorite Flower: Casablanca
Favorite Colors: Pink
Hobbies: reading, eating out with her classmates, watching movies
Collections: things with nice scents, relaxation products
Special Talent: playing the piano
Origin of Stage Name: thought of it with her family
Favorite Role: Rudolph in "
Elisabeth", Ijuuin Shinobu in "
Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern", Alan Twilight in "
The Poe Clan," Domyouji Tsukasa in "
Boys Over Flowers", Jimmy Winter in "
Nice Work If You Can Get It", Elio Salvador in "
Sorrowful Cordoba", Jerry Travers in "
Top Hat", Franz Liszt in "
Years of Pilgrimage", Rudolph in "
Mayerling", Thierry Sinclair in "
A Battlefield for the Two of Us", Fie in "
Le Paradis!!" and "
Be Shining!!"
Would Like to Try Playing: barefoot duet with a simple costume, a role with explosive sexiness
Debut: 2009 (95th Class)
Amour, it's something like...
Troupe History:
2009 - 2024 Flower Troupe
2024:
Arc-en-ciel,
Marcel Dorin
2023:
Singing Lovebirds / Grand Mirage!,
Asai Reisaburou
2023:
A Battlefield for the Two of Us (Umeda Arts Theater/Toshima Arts and Culture Theater),
Thierry Sinclair
2023:
Mayerling / Enchantement,
Rudolf
2022:
Burning in Firenze / Fashionable Empire (National Tour),
Antonio
2022:
Years of Pilgrimage / Fashionable Empire,
Franz Liszt
2022:
Top Hat (Umeda Arts Theater),
Jerry Travers
2021-22:
Genroku Baroque Rock / The Fascination!,
Kuronosuke
2021:
Sorrowful Cordoba / Cool Beast!! (National Tour),
Elio Salvador
2021:
Augustus / Cool Beast!!,
Gaius Octavius
2021:
Nice Work If You Can Get It (Tokyo Int'l Forum/Umeda Arts Theater),
Jimmy Winter
2020:
Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern,
Ijuuin Shinobu
2020:
Dance Olympia (Tokyo Int'l Forum)
(top star debut)
2019:
A Fairy Tale / Charme!,
Harvey Rockwood
2019:
Boys Over Flowers (Akasaka ACT),
Doumyouji Tsukasa (lead role)
2019:
Casanova,
Antonio Condulmer di Pietro
2018:
Mélancolique Gigolo / Exciter!! 2018 (National Tour),
Daniel (lead role)
2018:
Messiah / Beautiful Garden,
Yamada Emosaku
2018:
Love Blooms Out on the Murasakino / Santé!! (Hakataza),
Amehiko, Ooama no Miko (shared roles)
2018:
The Poe Clan,
Alan Twilight
2017:
Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern (Drama City / Nippon Seinenkan),
Ijuuin Shinobu (lead role)
2017:
Wind Over Yamatai-koku / Santé!!,
Furudori
2017:
Romanesque Mask / Exciter!! 2017 (National Tour),
Chevalier Danceney
2016-17:
Snowflake Anthology / Golden Desert,
Theodoros
2016:
Me and My Girl,
Jacqueline Carlton, Parchester (shared roles)
2016:
For the People (Theater Drama City & Kanagawa Arts Theater),
Frederick Douglass
2015:
The New Tale of Genji / Melodia,
Rokujou no miyasudokoro, Genji's lover, Kashiwagi, Yuugiri's friend
2015:
The Rose of Versailles / Takarazuka Fantasia (Umeda / Taiwan Tour),
Oscar
2015:
Embraced by the Seas of Calista / Takarazuka Fantasia,
Napoléon Bonaparte
2015:
Jirokichi of the Wind (Drama City / Nippon Seinenkan),
Yuuto
2014:
Elisabeth,
Rudolph,
Gyula Andrássy (role switch with
Serika Toa)
2014:
Nocturne (Bow Hall),
Vladimir (lead role)
2014:
The Love of the Last Tycoon / Takarazuka Dazzling Dreams,
Isaac
2013:
New Wave! -Flower- (Bow Hall)
2013:
The Poem of Love and Revolution / Mr. Swing!,
Angel Black
2013:
Forever Gershwin (Bow Hall),
Fred Astaire
2013:
Ocean's 11,
Turk Malloy
2012:
The Odd Couple (Nippon Seinenkan),
Roy
2012:
Victorian Jazz (Bow Hall),
Prince Edward
2012:
Saint-Exupéry / Conga!!
2012:
Chikamatsu: Journey on the Road of Love (Bow Hall / Nippon Seinenkan),
Tokubei
2012:
Resurrection / Canon ~Our Melody~
2011:
Canaria (Drama City),
Young Demon
2011:
Phantom,
Phantom's Follower
2011:
Prelude of Love / Le Paradis!!
2010:
Mélancolique Gigolo / Love Symphony (National Tour)
2010:
Sabrina / Exciter!!,
Andrew
2010:
Gu Bijin
2009:
Side Story: The Rose of Versailles -André- / Exciter!,
Royal Guardsman
2009:
Raindrops Fall on Roses / Amour, it's something like... (Cosmos - Grand Theater)
2015:
The New Tale of Genji / Melodia,
Prince Hikaru Genji (HY:
Asumi Rio)
(lead role)
2015:
Embraced by the Seas of Calista / Takarazuka Fantasia,
Marius Beltrame de Shalette (HY:
Houzuki An)
2014:
Elisabeth,
Der Tod (HY:
Asumi Rio)
(lead role)
2014:
The Love of the Last Tycoon,
Monroe Stahr (HY:
Ranju Tomu)
(lead role)
2013:
The Poem of Love and Revolution,
Carlo Gérard (HY:
Asumi Rio)
2013:
Ocean's 11,
Terry Benedict (HY:
Nozomi Fuuto)
2012:
Saint-Exupéry,
Holst (HY:
Nozomi Fuuto)
2012:
Resurrection,
Vladimir Simonson (HY:
Aine Harei)
2011:
Phantom,
Sergio (HY:
Asaka Manato /
Hanagata Hikaru)
2011:
Prelude of Love,
Dewey Stein (HY:
Asaka Manato)
2010:
Sabrina,
Frank (HY:
Nozomi Fuuto)
2010:
Gu Bijin,
Sou San (HY:
Ootori Mayu)
2009:
Side Story: The Rose of Versailles -André-,
Villager, Royal Guardsman
2009:
Raindrops Fall on Roses (Cosmos - Grand Theater),
Waiter
Concerts, Dinner Shows, and Special Performances
2024:
expression! (Dinner Show)
2023:
Be Shining!! (Concert)
2019:
Takarazuka Special 2019 - Beautiful Harmony
2019:
Love Arena (
Asumi Rio Concert),
special guest appearance
2018:
Takarazuka Special 2018 - Say! Hey! Show Up!!
2017:
Takarazuka Special 2017 - Je t'aime Revue -90th Anniversary of Mon Paris-
2016:
Takarazuka Special 2016 ~Music Succession to Next~
2016:
Bow Singing Workshop -Flower- (Bow Hall)
2016:
Prelude of Yū (
Todoroki Yuu Dinner Show)
2014:
Takarazuka Special 2014 -Thank you for 100 years-
2013:
Takarazuka Paris Festival 2013
2011:
51st Takarazuka Buyoukai
- Featured in New Generation III.
- She has two older brothers and two younger brothers.
- Models for apparel brand Joseph (Japan) since 2017 and cosmetics brand Chacott since 2020.
- Looks up to Fred Astaire as a role model, especially when it comes to dancing with a partner. Played Astaire in Forever Gershwin and a role originated by Astaire in Top Hat.
- Her first live Takarazuka show was Higher Than the Sky of Paris.
- Graduated 20th in her class.
- Top Star at the time of 100th Anniversary of the Flower Troupe.
- Owns a Pomeranian named Noir, who she adopted during a Sky Stage program.
- Played Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, in both Elisabeth and Mayerling.
- Close friends with Minami Maito.
- Graduated with her second Top Combi partner, Hoshikaze Madoka, the first soitoge in Flower Troupe since 1998.
- Won the Takarazuka's 2021 Excellence of The Year Award (Yūshū).