Mineka Towa
Picture Credit: yaomeis | The Takarazuka VII: Flower Troupe / Jubilee Programme
Name: Mineka Towa
Kanji: 峰果 とわ
Current Troupe: Flower
Role: Otokoyaku
Status: Current
Nickname: Yuka, Towa
Height: 171 cm
Birthday: May 28th
Blood Type:
Hometown: Minato Ward, Tokyo
Favorite Food: rice, salad from “Lau’ai”
Favorite Flower: lavender
Favorite Colors: white, blue
Hobbies: traveling, visiting onsen
Collections: things that seem good for the body
Special Talent: Thai massage
Origin of Stage Name: thought of it with her mother
Favorite Role: Bow Singing Workshop -Flower-, Ariake from Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern, Sukezou from Messiah
Would Like to Try Playing: A role which sings, a magnanimous man
Debut: 2012 (98th Class) Brilliant Days
Troupe History:
2013 - Current Flower Troupe
2025: Fleeting Stars Shining at the Ocean's End (Bow Hall)
2024-25: Angelic Lie / Jubilee, Bar owner
2024: Liefie (Nippon Seinenkan / Umeda Arts), Hans
2024: Arc-en-ciel (Tokyo only), Emile / Dietrich von Choltitz [1]
2023: Singing Lovebirds / Grand Mirage!, Kumagai Naozane / Physician
2023: A Battlefield for the Two of Us (Umeda Arts Theater/Toshima Arts and Culture Theater), Prosecutor
2023: Mayerling / Enchantement, Emperor Franz Joseph
2022: Complete Devotion (Bow Hall), Ritarou
2022: Years of Pilgrimage / Fashionable Empire, (Alphonse de) Lamartine
2022: Paris in the Winter Fog (Drama City / Toshima Arts), Casimir Benoit
2021-22: Genroku Baroque Rock / The Fascination!, Sansuke
2021: Gin-chan's Love (KAAT / Drama City), Tome
2021: Augustus / Cool Beast!!, Rufio
2021: Prince of Roses (Bow Hall), Catesby
2020: Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern, Ariake
2020: Dance Olympia (Tokyo Int'l Forum)
2019: A Fairy Tale / Charme!, Farmer
2019: Boys Over Flowers (TBS Akasaka ACT), Katou, Ooe Hideki
2019: Casanova, Barbarigo
2018: Mélancolique Gigolo / Exciter!! 2018 (National Tour), Serrano
2018: Messiah / Beautiful Garden, Sukezou
2018: Love Blooms Out on the Murasakino / Santé!! (Hakataza), Kotsuma
2018: The Poe Clan
2017: Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern (Drama City / Nippon Seinenkan), Ariake
2017: Wind Over Yamatai-koku / Santé!!
2017: Romanesque Mask / Exciter!! 2017 (National Tour), Chevalier Guillaume
2016-17: Snowflake Anthology / Golden Desert
2016: I Love Einstein (Bow Hall)
2016: Bow Singing Workshop -Flower- (Bow Hall)
2016: Me and My Girl
2016: Ernest in Love, Londoner, Villager, Servant
2015: The New Tale of Genji / Melodia
2015: The Rose of Versailles / Takarazuka Fantasia (Umeda / Taiwan Tour), Royal Guardsman
2015: Embraced by the Seas of Calista / Takarazuka Fantasia
2015: Jirokichi of the Wind (Drama City / Nippon Seinenkan), Sukezaemon
2014: Elisabeth
2014: The Rose of Versailles: Fersen and Marie Antoinette (Chunichi), Nicolas
2014: The Love of the Last Tycoon / Takarazuka Dazzling Dreams
2013: The Poem of Love and Revolution / Mr. Swing!
2013: Sengoku BASARA (Tokyu Theater Orb)
2012-13: Takarazuka Japonisme / A Second Fortuitous Meeting 2nd / Etoile de Takarazuka
2012: Roméo & Juliette
2012: Brilliant Days / Climax (Grand Theater), Follies Girl / Dreamer Rockette
2018: Messiah, Tanaka Souho (HY: Tenma Michiru)
2018: The Poe Clan, Old Hannah / Colonel Olcott (HY: Takashou Mizuki / Haryuu Mitsuki)
2017: Wind Over Yamatai-koku, Li Yuan (HY: Takashou Mizuki)
2016-17: Golden Desert, Manuchehr (HY: Yuugiri Rai)
2016: Me and My Girl, Policeman (HY: Kazumi Shou)
2015: The New Tale of Genji, Emperor Kiritsubo (HY: Natori Rei)
2015: Embraced by the Seas of Calista, Governor-General Brienne (HY: Shihou Nanami)
2014: Elisabeth, Archbishop Rauscher (HY: Shihou Nanami)
2014: The Love of the Last Tycoon, Chairman / Dick (HY: Ootori Mayu / Minami Maito)
2013: The Poem of Love and Revolution, Street performer who plays the organ (HY: Ayashiro Rea)
2023: Be Shining!! (Yuzuka Rei Concert)
2021: Flower Poetry Anthology (Hana Yuuki Music Salon)
2019: Love Arena (Asumi Rio Concert), special guest appearance
- Part of "Group B" of the 98th class, which performed with Moon and Star Troupes before receiving official troupe assignments in February 2013.
- Member of the 6th group of Sky Navigators.
Footnotes:
- She was absent for the entirety of the Takarazuka run of Arc-en-ciel, no reason given. Her roles of Emile and Dietrich von Choltitz were understudied by Izumi Maira.