Name: Chinami Karan
Kanji: 千海 華蘭
Current Troupe: n/a
Role: Otokoyaku
Status: Retired

Nickname: Karan
Height: 167cm
Birthday: July 25th
Blood Type: A
Hometown: Osaka
Favorite Food: sweet potato, things with pumpkin/squash
Favorite Flower: pompon chrysanthemum
Favorite Colors: off-white, brown
Hobbies: reading
Collections: Teletubbies items, cosmetics
Special Talent: sharing a laugh with people of the same class
Origin of Stage Name: conferred with her friends and family to decide
Favorite Role: Senmaru from Yukariko; she's put her heart into all the roles she's received
Would Like to Try Playing: would like to take on any role

Debut: 2006 (92nd Class) Never Say Goodbye
Troupe History:
2006 - 2023 Moon


2023: Ohten no Mon / Deep Sea, Emperor Seiwa
2022: Elpidio (KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theater /Theater Drama City), Marcos
2022: The Great Gatsby, Police Chief / Mayor Nicholson
2022: Rain on Neptune (Maihama Amphitheater), Alexandrite
2022: Color Me True / Full Swing!, Naruse Shouhei
2021: Love and All That Jazz (Bow Hall), René / Justin
2021: Ouranki / Dream Chaser, Jinbei
2021: Love at Dal Lake (TBS Akasaka ACT/ Umeda Arts), Chandra Kumar
2020-21: Welcome to Takarazuka / A Farce in Pigalle, Lautrec
2020: The Red and the Black (Misono-za), M. Valenod
2019: I Am From Austria, Holger
2019: Che Guevara (Nippon Seinenkan / Drama City), Enrique Oltuski
2019: Unmatched in Dreams and Reality / Krung Thep -City of Angels-, Hon'ami Kōetsu
2019: On the Town (Tokyo Int'l Forum), Coney Island MC / Announcer / Rajah Bimmy
2018: Elisabeth, Cardinal Archbishop Rauscher
2018: Saint of Love -Sainte♡d’Amour- (Bow Hall), Juan de Juan
2018: Company / Baddy, Manai Sumito
2017: Legend of the Phoenix -Calaf & Turandot- / Crystal Takarazuka (National Tour), Tong
2017: ALL FOR ONE, Robert
2017: Shigure Hill Road in Nagasaki / Carousel Rondo (Hakataza), Bora
2017: Grand Hotel / Carousel Rondo, Jimmy A
2016: The Legend of King Arthur (Bunkyo Civic / Drama City), Merlin
2016: Nobunaga / Forever Love!!, Organtino Gnecchi‐Soldo
2015-16: Manon / Golden Jazz, Raymond Berner
2015: Dragon Night!! (Drama City & Bunkyo Civic Hall)
2015: 1789: The Lovers of Bastille, Julien
2015: Bandito (Bow Hall / Nippon Seinenkan)
2014: Puck / Crystal Takarazuka, Starving
2014: Takarazuka Dance / Guide to the Future / Takarazuka Flower Poems 100!! (Hakataza), Bernhard
2014: Takarazuka Dance / Guide to the Future / Takarazuka Flower Poems 100!!, Bernhard
2014: New Wave! -Moon- (Bow Hall)
2013: Prince Tsukigumo (Galaxy Theater), Amiru, Prince Kinashi no Karu (as a boy)
2013: Jin / Fantastic Energy! (National Tour), Yamada Jun'an
2013: Arsène Lupin / Fantastic Energy!
2013: Prince Tsukigumo (Bow Hall), Amiru, Prince Kinashi no Karu (as a boy)
2013: The Rose of Versailles: Oscar and Andre, Palace Guardsman
2012: Spring Snow (Bow Hall / Nippon Seinenkan), Prince Pattanadid
2012: Roméo & Juliette, a Montague
2012: Edward VIII / Misty Station, Anthony Dick
2011: My Love Lies Over the Mountains / Dance Romanesque (National Tour)
2011: The Man from Algiers / Dance Romanesque, Pierre
2011: Prince of the Land of Roses / One, Young Man from Town
2011: Dancing Heroes (Bow Hall)
2010: The Gypsy Baron / Rhapsodic Moon
2010: The Scarlet Pimpernel, Man with Harp, Peasant, Chamberlain, (Tokyo only) Sergeant Pipeau (understudying for Ayazuki Seri)†
2010: Yukariko / Heat On Beat! (Chunichi), Senmaru
2009: Last Play / Heat on Beat!
2009: Elisabeth, Cafe Man, Servant, Hungarian, Policeman
2009: The Two Noble Kinsmen (Bow Hall), Snug
2008-09: Floating Bridge of Dreams / Apasionado!!, Kogimi
2008: Me and My Girl (Hakataza)
2008: Me and My Girl
2008: The Tales of Hoffmann (Bow Hall), Wilhelm
2007: Mahoroba / A Magician's Misfortunes
2007: Hello! Dancing (Bow Hall)
2007: Higher Than the Sky of Paris / Fancy Dance
2006: Rome at Dawn / Les Bijoux Brillants (Tokyo)


2013: The Rose of Versailles: Oscar and Andre, General Bouillet
2012: Roméo & Juliette, Father Laurence
2012: Edward VIII, Winston Churchill
2011: The Man from Algiers, Felix
2011: Prince of the Land of Roses, Henri
2010: The Gypsy Baron, Diga
2010: The Scarlet Pimpernel, Ozzy
2009: Last Play, Maximilian
2009: Elisabeth, Young Rudolph
2008-09: Floating Bridge of Dreams, Michisada
2008: Me and My Girl
2007: A Magician's Misfortunes
2007: Higher Than the Sky of Paris
2006: Rome at Dawn (Tokyo)


2019: 55th Takarazuka Buyoukai
2017: 54th Takarazuka Buyoukai
2016: Goodbye Fairy (Ryuu Masaki Dinner Show)
2016: Voice (Ryuu Masaki Concert)
2013: 52nd Takarazuka Buyoukai
2007: TCA Special 2007 - 'Allo! Revue!, Chorus
2007: Pure, Proper, Beautiful

• Featured in New Generation II.
• Member of the 6th, 7th, and 8th groups of Sky Reporters.
• † Due to poor health, Ayazuki Seri made only a limited appearance in The Scarlet Pimpernel from June 22nd - 24th, and Karan took over the role of Sergeant Pipeau. Seri returned to the role on the 25th.