Asanoha Kotono
Picture Credit: fayegumi / The Takarazuka VIII: Flower Troupe | yuzukahibiscus / KAGKEI 2023 September
Name: Asanoha Kotono
Kanji: 朝葉 ことの
Current Troupe: Flower
Role: Musumeyaku
Status: Current
Nickname: Kocchan, Kotonee, Kotono
Height: 163cm
Birthday: October 3rd
Blood Type:
Hometown: Meguro Ward, Tokyo
Favorite Food: fruit, meat, white rice
Favorite Flower: lily of the valley
Favorite Colors: light blue, pink, pale purple
Hobbies: watching movies and theater
Collections: perfume, accessories
Special Talent: folk dance
Origin of Stage Name: consulted with a lot of people before deciding with her family
Favorite Role: Rita from Senhor Cruzeiro!, Matsuoka Yuuki from Boys Over Flowers
Would Like to Try Playing: Want to try various roles, from old to young and male to female
Debut: 2017 (103rd Class) Dramatic S!
Troupe History:
2017 - Current Flower Troupe
2024-25: Angelic Lie / Jubilee, Vita
2024: Arc-en-ciel, Jeanne
2023: Singing Lovebirds / Grand Mirage!, Tamaori-hime / Nanao
2023: A Battlefield for the Two of Us (Umeda Arts Theater/Toshima Arts and Culture Theater), Elsa
2023: Mayerling / Enchantement, Countess Larisch
2022: Complete Devotion (Bow Hall), Shunkin (musumeyaku lead, shared with Mihane Ai)
2022: Years of Pilgrimage / Fashionable Empire[1]
2022: Paris in the Winter Fog (Drama City / Toshima Arts), Thérèse
2021-22: Genroku Baroque Rock / The Fascination!, Ran
2021: Augustus / Cool Beast!!
2020: Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern
2020: Masquerade Hotel (Drama City / Nippon Seinenkan), Hamashima
2019: A Fairy Tale / Charme!, Gratus
2019: Boys Over Flowers (TBS Akasaka ACT), Matsuoka Yuuki
2019: Casanova
2018: Delight Holiday (Maihama Amphitheater)
2018: Messiah / Beautiful Garden
2018: Senhor Cruzeiro! (Bow Hall), Rita
2018: The Poe Clan
2017: Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern (Drama City / Nippon Seinenkan)
2017: The Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate / Dramatic 'S'! (Snow)
2023: Singing Lovebirds, Oharu (HY: Hoshikaze Madoka) (musumeyaku lead)
2023: Mayerling, Empress Elisabeth (HY: Kaga Ririka)
2022: Years of Pilgrimage (Grand Theater only), Marquise Le Vayer (HY: Mikaze Maira) (Mura only)
2021-22: Genroku Baroque Rock, Azusa (HY: Wakakusa Moeka)
2020: Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern, Hananoya Kichiji (HY: Asazuki Kiwa)[2]
2019: A Fairy Tale, Aura (HY: Sarasa Nachi)
2019: Casanova, Serafina (HY: Hana Yuuki)
2018: Messiah, Man (HY: Maisora Hitomi)
2018: The Poe Clan, Mary (HY: Kaga Ririka)
2024: Paris Festival 2024
2021: Aqua Bella!! (Minami Maito Dinner Show)
2019: Takarazuka Special 2019 - Beautiful Harmony, Chorus
2019: Love Arena (Asumi Rio Concert), special guest appearance
- Entered TMS at the top of the 103rd class.
- Graduated as 7th of her class.
- Due to poor health, it was announced on 8/10/2021 that she would be absent during the KAAT Kanagawa Arts Theater run of Gin-chan's Love, and on 8/28/2021 it was further announced that she would also be absent during the remainder of the run at Theater Drama City.
- Originally scheduled to perform in Be Shining!!, it was announced on 11/26/2023 that she would be out for the entire run.
Footnotes:
- On Aug. 14th, 2022, it was announced that she would be out indefinitely for the rest of the Tokyo Theater run of Years of Pilgrimage / Fashionable Empire, including the shinjin kouen.
- While the official Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern shinjin kouen performances were canceled due to the COVID-19 theater closures, the shinjin kouen was performed internally, without an audience. A digest of this performance later aired on Sky Stage as part of the Shinjin Kouen Digest series.