Rinjou Kira
Picture Credit: yaomeis | The Takarazuka VII: Cosmos Troupe / In the Amber-Hued Rain Programme
Name: Rinjou Kira
Kanji: 凛城 きら
Current Troupe: Senka
Role: Otokoyaku
Status: Current
Nickname: Rinkira, Reika
Height: 170 cm
Birthday: January 8
Blood Type: A
Hometown: Hachioji, Tokyo
Favorite Food: Japanese dishes, okonomiyaki from "Iroha"
Favorite Flower: lily-of-the-valley
Favorite Colors: light blue, mint green
Hobbies: watching DVDs
Collections: goods from aiueo, socks by 'Happy Socks'
Special Talent:
Origin of Stage Name: thought of it with her family
Favorite Role: Escobar from the La Mariposa shinjin kouen, Yang Wenli from the Legend of the Galactic Heroes @ Takarazuka shinjin kouen, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna in Land of the Gods, Colonel Howser in A Battlefield for the Two of Us
Would Like to Try Playing: a detective role, a role which expresses themselves through song, a role filled with love
Debut: 2006 (92nd Class) Never Say Goodbye
Troupe History:
2021 - Current Senka
2012 - 2021 Cosmos Troupe
2006 - 2012 Snow Troupe
2025: A Magician's Misfortunes / Jubilee (Flower - Hakataza)
2024: In the Amber-Hued Rain / Grande Takarazuka 110! (Moon - National Tour), Count Georges de Beaumont
2024: Eternal Voice (Moon), James [2]
2023: Too Short a Time to Fall in Love / Jewel de Paris!! (Snow - National Tour), Brandon O'Sullivan
2023: A Battlefield for the Two of Us (Flower - Umeda Arts Theater/Toshima Arts and Culture Theater), Colonel Howser
2022: Black Jack -A Lucky Bet- / Full Swing! (Moon - National Tour), Noble Snowdon
2022: The Wind of Buenos Aires (Moon - Seinenkan / Drama City), Lorenzo
2021: The Descendant of a Baron / Aqua Vitae!! (Cosmos - National Tour), Thomas
2021: Sherlock Holmes / Délicieux!, Mycroft Holmes
2021: Dream Plover (Bow Hall), Fujioka Masashi / Hisamoto Nobuo
2020-21: Anastasia, Count Ipolitov
2020: The Magnificent Emperor (Nippon Seinenkan / Drama City), Hafsa
2019-20: El Japón / Aqua Vitae!!, Duke of Lerma
2019: Memories of Barcelona / Nice Guy!! (National Tour), Captain Jean Christophe
2019: Ocean's 11, Reuben Tishkoff
2019: Die Räuber (Drama City / Nippon Seinenkan), Count von Moor
2018: Castle of the White Heron / Outsiders in the Renaissance, Francesco de Pazzi
2018: West Side Story (Umeda Arts), Officer Krupke
2018: The Sky Is on the Banks of the Red River / Citrus Breeze -Sunrise-, Kikkuri
2018: Immortal Thorns (Drama City / Nippon Seinenkan), Kolenaty
2017: Land of the Gods / Classical Bijoux, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (female role)
2017: Partial Time Travel (Bow Hall), Clement, Bartholomew
2017: Chateau de la Reine / VIva! Festa!, Tanno Nihachi
2016: Valencian Passion / Hot Eyes!! (National Tour), Barca
2016: Elisabeth, Moritz Szeps
2016: A Song for Kingdoms. (Hakataza), Priest Holle
2016: Shakespeare / Hot Eyes!! , William Cecil
2015: Mélancolique Gigolo / Citrus Breeze III (National Tour), Norbert
2015: A Song for Kingdoms, Priest Holle
2015: New Wave! -Cosmos- (Bow Hall)
2014-15: Oath of the Midnight Sun / Phoenix Takarazuka!!, Berwald[1]
2014: Sanctuary (Bow Hall), Duke of Guise
2014: The Rose of Versailles: Oscar, Colonel Dagout
2014: People Who Have Wings (Drama City / Nippon Seinenkan), Beethoven
2013: Gone with the Wind, Willy
2013: The Wild Meets the Wild (Bow Hall), David Northbrook
2013: The Count of Monte Cristo / Amour de 99!!, Muhammad
2013: Legend of the Galactic Heroes @ Takarazuka (Hakataza), Ansbach, Commander Jean Robert Lapp
2012: Legend of the Galactic Heroes @ Takarazuka, Cornelius Lutz
2012: Brilliant Days / Climax, Roy Stone, Harrison Dane
2011: Samourai, Matthias
2011: The Man in the Iron Mask / Royal Straight Flush!! (Tokyo), Servant (Singer)
2011: The Man in the Iron Mask / Royal Straight Flush!! (Grand Theater), Chamberlain (in Bowling)
2011: How to Succeed, Coffee Boy
2011: Dark Brown Eyes / Rock On! (National Tour), Trio (Love)
2011: Romeo & Juliette, Capulet Man
2010: In Love For the First Time, Henry
2010: Roget / Rock On!
2010: The Dawn at Solferino / Carnevale: A Sleeping Dream, Luciano
2009: Snowy Landscape, Kiroku / Minosuke / Taira-no-Arimori
2009: Russian Blue -Malleus Maleficarum- / Rio de Bravo!!, Gennadiy Volkonsky
2009: Nishiki-e of the Wind / Zorro - The Masked Messiah, Little Crow
2008-09: The Brothers Karamazov, Yuri
2008: King Solomon's Ring / La Mariposa
2008: Frozen Tomorrow, Jeremy Methvin
2008: I Love You - Je t'aime / Miroirs
2007: Silver Rose Chronicle, Rolly
2007: Elisabeth
2007: None None Sugar!, Dave/Elvis
2006: Lucifer's Tears / Tarantella!
2006: Never Say Goodbye (Cosmos - Grand Theater)
2012: Legend of the Galactic Heroes @ Takarazuka, Yang Wenli (HY: Ozuki Tooma)
2012: Brilliant Days, Arthur Sheldon (HY: Ouki Kaname)
2011: The Man in the Iron Mask, Rochefort (HY: Daigo Seshiru)
2011: Romeo & Juliette, Tybalt (HY: Ozuki Tooma)
2010: Roget, Schmidt (HY: Ozuki Tooma)
2010: The Dawn at Solferino, Manfredo Fanti (HY: Mirai Yuuki)
2009: Russian Blue -Malleus Maleficarum-, Mikhail Gelovani (HY: Natori Rei)
2009: Zorro - The Masked Messiah, Sgt. Mendoza (HY: Ayabuki Mao)
2008: La Mariposa, Escobar (HY: Ayabuki Mao)
2008: I Love You - Je t'aime, Alceste (HY: Ouki Kaname)
2007: Elisabeth, Black Angel
2006: Lucifer's Tears
2006: Never Say Goodbye (Cosmos - Grand Theater)
2024: Dear My Home (Miho Keiko Dinner & Concert)
2009: The Road to 100 Years - Kageki 1000th Issue Commemoration Special
2007: Pure, Proper, Beautiful
- Member of the 8th Group of Sky Fairies.
- Featured in New Generation II.
- Featured in Rising Star Guide 2013.
Footnotes:
- She was absent from the Takarazuka run of Oath of the Midnight Sun from 11/06 - 11/28.
- She was absent from the Takarazuka run of Eternal Voice from 04/02 - 05/12, no reason given. Her role of James was understudied by Kashiro Aoi.