Name: Hyuuga Kaoru
Kanji: 日向 薫
Current Troupe: n/a
Role: Otokoyaku
Status: Retired Top Star (1987 - 1992)

Nickname: Nesshii (Nessy)
Real Name: Shirane Youko (白根 陽子)
Height: 175 cm
Birthday: April 30th, 1957
Blood Type: B
Hometown: Tokyo
Favorite Food:
Favorite Flower: orchid, rose
Favorite Colors: beige, white
Hobbies: going for a drive
Collections:
Special Talent:
Origin of Stage Name:
Favorite Role: Fubuki in Yukariko
Would Like to Try Playing:

Debut: 1976 (62nd Class) The Rose of Versailles III
Troupe History:
1979 - 1992 Star Troupe
1977 - 1979 Moon Troupe


1992: Fantastic N (Star 1992) (Bow Hall)
1991-92: Sunset of the Forbidden City (Star 1991-92), Sentou-tei Aishinkakura Fugi (Puyi)
1991: The Rose of Versailles: Oscar (Moon 1991), Andre
1991: Portraits of Lovers / Narcisse Noir (Star 1991), Count Frederich Taenburg
1991: Pal Joey (Star 1991) (Bow Hall), Joey Evans
1990-91: The Apollon Mystery / Jesus Diamante (Star 1990-91), Jean-Paul Baran
1990: Mayflower / Takarazuka Revue '90 (Star 1990), Jack Evans
1989-90: Sicilian Wind (Star 1989-90) (Bow / Yupoto), Emilio Gonzales
1989: The Rose of Versailles -Fersen and Marie-Antoinette (Star 1989-90), Fersen
1989: Chante, Chante, Chante (Moon / Star 1989) (Bow Hall - Special Guest)
1989: Spring Dance / Diga Diga Doo (Star 1989), Lot Lance
1989: War and Peace (Star 1989) (Chunichi), Prince Andrei
1988: Magnificent Fantasia / Takarazuka Folies (Star 1988) (National Tour), Candide
1988: War and Peace (Star 1988), Prince Andrei
1988: Magnificent Fantasia / Takarazuka Folies (Star 1988) (National Tour), Candide
1988: Fiery Bolero / Too Hot! (Star 1988), Albert Casals
1988: Happy Dreaming (Star 1988) (Bow), Youth (top star debut)
1987: Portraits of Parting (Star 1987), Anthony Armstrong, Lennart Berggren
1987: Yukariko / Jubilee Time! (Star 1987), Fubuki
1986: Magnificent Fantasia / Boogie Woogie Folies (Star 1986), Count Maximilian
1986: Revue Symphony (Star 1986), Bobby Connolly
1986: Flowers Strewn on the Western Sea / The Revue III (Star 1986) (Chunichi), Taira no Arimori
1985: My Love Lies Over the Mountains / Love Express (Star 1985) (National Tour), Chamuga
1985: Flowers Strewn on the Western Sea / The Revue III (Star 1985), Taira no Arimori
1985: All For Love (Star 1985) (Bow Hall), Albert Smith (lead role)
1985: Sorrowful Cordoba / Lumiere (Star 1985), Vicente Lopez
1984: Carousel (Star 1984) (Bow Hall), Jigger Craigin
1984: My Love Lies Over the Mountains / Love Express (Star 1984), Burute
1984: Rhapsody in Blue (Star 1984) (Bow Hall), Richard D. Wade
1984: Prayer Mandala / Plus One (Star 1984), Stray Cat
1983: The Man From Algiers / The Storm (Star 1983) (Tokyo), Serge
1983: Lonely Heart (Star 1983) (Bow Hall), Michael
1983: The Window of Orpheus (Star, 1983), Robert
1983: Spring When the Magnolias Bloom / Love Connection (Star 1983)
1982: Aegean Sea Blues / The Storm (Star 1982), Michel
1982: A Small Flower Has Bloomed / Fascination (Star 1982), Denji
1982: Unforgettable Song (Star 1982) (Bow Hall), Brand
1982: The Adventures of the Alien Papii from Mir / Fascination (Star 1982), Laclos
1981: Dawn of Lombardia (Star 1981) (Bow Hall)
1981: The Samurai's Poem in the Rumbling of the Sea / Crescendo (Star 1981), Tanba Hisatsugu
1981: A Small Flower Has Bloomed / La Vie en Rose (Star 1981), Denji
1980: Beautiful Secret Seasons / New Fancy Game (Star 1980)
1980: Anatole (Star 1980) (Bow Hall), Poulardot
1980: My Song Resounds / Fancy Game (Star 1980)
1980: Rainbow Bridge (Star 1980) (Bow Hall), Count Telmut
1980: Adventurers in Love / Festa Festa (Star 1980)
1980: The Star Antares / Rose Fantasia (Star 1980)
1979: Lovers' Suicide (Star 1979) (Bow Hall)
1979: The Star Antares / Rose Panic (Star 1979)
1979: Japanese Love Poem / Caribbean Sun (Moon 1979)
1978: Prince Hayabusawake's Rebellion / Love Message (Moon 1978)
1978: Marius (Moon 1978) (Bow Hall)
1978: Matsuri Fantasy / My Lucky Chance (Moon 1978)
1977-78: My Beloved Marianne / Boy Meets Girl (Moon 1977-78)
1976: The Rose of Versailles III (Star 1976)


1983: The Man From Algiers (Tokyo)
1983: The Window of Orpheus (Takarazuka), Klaus
1983: The Window of Orpheus (Tokyo), Isaak (lead role)
1982: Aegean Sea Blues, Daniel (lead role)
1982: A Small Flower Has Bloomed (Tokyo), Kuro
1982: The Adventures of the Alien Papii from Mir, Papii (lead role)
1981: The Samurai's Poem in the Rumbling of the Sea, Hasekura Tsunenaga (lead role)
1981: A Small Flower Has Bloomed (Grand Theater), Kuro
1980: Beautiful, Secret Seasons
1980: My Song Resounds! -Beautiful, Secret Seasons-, Iga Koshiro (lead role)
1980: Adventurers in Love, Orsino (lead role)
1980: The Star Antares
1979: The Star Antares
1979: Caribbean Sun
1978: Prince Hayabusawake's Rebellion, Hayato
1978: My Lucky Chance, Le Girls
1977-78: My Beloved Marianne, Francois


1991: Here and Now!
1991: '91 TMP Music Festival - Ethno Pops
1990: '90 TMP Music Festival - Sound In Big City
1989: The Brilliant Days
1989: '89 TMP Music Festival - That's Movie! II
1988: '88 TMP Music Festival - Eternal Pops
1987: '87 TMP Music Festival - La Chanson
1986: '86 TMP Music Festival - That's Movie!
1985: '85 TMP Music Festival - Welcome to Broadway
1983: 24th Mirror Ball -TMP Music Festival-
1982: The Takarazuka: Japan Fantasy / Takarazuka Dream (SE Asia Tour)


2024: The Rose Of Versailles 50th Anniversary (OG Performance)
2019: The Rose of Versailles 45th Anniversary (OG Performance)
2014: Celebration 100! Takarazuka - Special Guest (23.05 / 24.05 / 24. 06 / 25. 06)
2010: Terada Takio Memorial Concert
2007: Pure, Proper, Beautiful
2004: TCA Special OG Version - Golden Memories
1997: Adieu Tokyo Takarazuka Theater


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• Member of the thirteenth group of Bambies (1976-77).
• In TMS, she was called Neshira (from "Shirane", her last name), which later transformed into Nessy (they say that, tall and long-legged, she resembled Loch Ness monster).
• In 1992, published "I am Hyuuga Kaoru".
• According to Japanese Wikipidea, comes from the former nobility (kazoku).