Name: Mano Sugata
Kanji:　真野すがた
Current Troupe: n/a
Role: Otokoyaku
Status: Retired

Nickname: Azusa, Meo
Real Name: 名生直子 (Myou Naoko)
Height: 173 cm
Birthday: July 12
Blood Type: A
Hometown: Yokosuka, Kanagawa-ken
Favorite Food: Japanese food, strawberries, nattou (fermented soybeans)
Favorite Flower: Casablanca
Favorite Colors: White, beige, gold
Hobbies: Theatre, videos
Collections: Sunglasses
Special Talent:
Origin of Stage Name: Thought of it with her family.
Favorite Role: Count Dracula from Pale Kiss, Victor from Fifty-Fifty
Would Like to Try Playing: A tragic role

Debut: 1999 (85th Class) Nova Bossa Nova
Troupe History:
2006 - 2011 Flower Troupe
1999 - 2006 Moon Troupe


2011: Prelude of Love / Le Paradis!!, Alan Bennett
2010: Melancolique Gigolo / Love Symphony (National Tour), Mathieu
2010: Sabrina / Exciter!!, George
2010: Yu the Beauty, Ki Fu
2010: Partners (Drama City / Nippon Seinenkan), Itami Kenichi
2009: Side Story: The Rose of Versailles -André- / Exciter!, Hans Axel von Fersen
2009: Fifty-Fifty (Bow Hall), Victor (double lead role with Hanagata Hikaru)
2009: Sorrowful Córdoba / Red Hot Sea II (National Tour), Captain Philippe Martine
2009: The Legend of the Great King and Four Gods, Cheoro
2008: Gin-chan's Love (Drama City), Tachibana
2008: Love and Death in Arabia / Red Hot Sea, Juba
2008: Pale Kiss (Bow Hall), Count Dracula (lead role)
2007: Adieu Marseille / Love Symphony, Cesar
2007: The Tale of Genji -Lived in a Dream II- (Umeda Arts Theater), Fuji Shikibu no Susumu / Kashiwagi
2007: The Black Lizard / Tuxedo Jazz, Maehara
2006: Mind Traveller (Drama City), Phillip Moore
2006: Rome at Dawn / Les Bijoux Brillants, Nazo
2006: Love Blooms Out on the Murasakino / Revue of Dreams (National Tour), Saeki no Murajikomaro
2005: Jazzy Fairies / Revue of Dreams, Charles
2005: Bourbon Street Blues (Bow Hall), Demon / DJ / Donald
2005: Elisabeth, Gyula Andrássy
2004: The Last Party: S. Fitzgerald's Last Day (Bow Hall), Eduar
2004: The Glow of Sunset in Asuka / Takarazuka Splendor II, Kawase
2003-04: Seal of Roses
2003: Takarazuka Floral Diary / Senor Don Juan
2003: At the End of A Long Spring / With a Song in My Heart (Chunichi), Var
2002: At the End of A Long Spring / With a Song in My Heart
2002: Slapstick (Bow Hall), announcer
2002: Guys and Dolls
2001: Blood and Sand (Bow Hall)
2001: Great Pirates / Jazzmania, Quick Shot
2001: Liebessonate / ESP!!
2001: Practical Joke (Drama City)
2001: Now the Violets are Blooming / Liebessonate
2000: Prisoner of Zenda / Jazzmania
2000: Luna / Blue Moon Blue), Fred (replacing absent performer)
1999: Orpheus in Spiral / Nova Bossa Nova (Grand Theater)
1999: Meet Again / Nova Bossa Nova


2005: Jazzy Fairies, Patrick Gael (lead role)
2005: Elisabeth, Franz Joseph
2004: The Glow of Sunset in Asuka, Soga no Ishikawamaro
2003-04: The Seal of Roses, Mikhail
2003: Senor Don Juan, Rodolfo Domez
2002: At the End of a Long Spring, Pierre
2002: Guys and Dolls, Benny Southstreet
2001: Great Pirates, Rockwell
2001: Liebessonate (Takarazuka)
2001: Liebessonate (Tokyo)
2000: The Prisoner of Zenda, De Gaute
2000: Luna, Bill (Tokyo), Fred (Takarazuka)
1999: Nova Bossa Nova (Grand Theater)
1999: Nova Bossa Nova


2011: For You (Matobu Sei Dinner Show)
2010: Takarazuka Special 2010 - Forever Takarazuka
2008: Takarazuka Special 2008 - La Festa!
2007: TCA Special 2007 - 'Allo! Revue!
2007: Pure, Proper, Beautiful
2006: TCA Special 2006 - Wonderful Dreamers
2005: Golden Steps
2004: TCA Special 2004 - Takarazuka 90
2004: "My Sweet Memory" (Emi Kurara Musical Salon)
2003: Shibuki Jun Concert Lica-Rika/L.R
2003: Shibuki Jun Dinner Show "RIKA"

• Was chosen to write the monthly GRAPH column about her classmates for 2005.
• Got married on March 30, 2013 blog entry
• Gave birth to a son in February, 2015
• Her blog