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Takarazuka Links


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Official Sites
Official Site (Japanese)
Official Site (English)
Official Site (Chinese)
Official Site (Taiwanese)
Sky Stage Website (Japanese)
Takarazuka Music School Site (Japanese)
Takarazuka Music School Site (English)

Shopping Sites
We do not endorse any of these services--please ask around to verify which is the best/most reliable.

Shopping Services which will order from online stores and/or place auction bids for you:
Celga
fromjapan.co.jp
J-Subculture
My Favorite Things from Japan
Noppin (was Crescent Shop)
White Rabbit Express

Japanese Package Forwarding Services:
Tenso.com
Japan to Door

Online Stores (Official Takarazuka Revue):
TCA Pictures Shop - DVDs, Videos, CDs
TCA Books - mooks, magazines, programmes
Quatre Reves - postcards, stationery, clothing, assorted other things (This is the online outlet for the physical stores)

Online Stores (Other):
Takarazuka-An - (new and used) DVDs, Videos, CDs, Books, Magazines, etc.
Rakuten Ichiba - Carries DVDs, often discounted
Takarazuka-an @ Rakuten - New and used Takarazuka goods
Amazon Japan (Japanese/English) - Carries Graph, mooks, and CDs, ships directly to foreign countries.
Sound of Music (German) - German website that carries several Takarazuka CDs, DVDs and videotapes.
JpopHelp (English) - carries a few Takarazuka CDs.
Footlight (English) - New York-based site that carries a CD of the Takarazuka's recording of "West Side Story" and "Oklahoma!".
YesAsia.com (English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean) - carries a few Takarazuka items, mostly books.
CDJapan (English) - sells Japanese items to Westerners. Doesn't carry any actual Takarazuka items, but does carry CDs of former Takarasiennes such as Makoto Tsubasa and Daichi Mao.

News Sites and Online Articles
News Sites:
Takarazuka News URL Collection (Japanese)
Daily Sports Online: Takarazuka Photos (Japanese)
ENAK Sumire Style (April 2000 - May 2008) (Japanese)
Sanspo: Takarazuka News (Japanese)
Sponichi Annex: Takarazuka Section (Japanese)
With Takarazuka (Japanese)
Japan Today (English) - Search for Takarazuka articles.

Individual Articles:
Japan Zone - Takarazuka (English Article)
GLBTQ - Takarazuka (All-Female Revues) (English Article)
An ikjeld article with photos "The Man of Our Dreams is a Woman" (English)
Japan's Answer to the Ziegfeld Follies (English) - New York Times review of the 1989 New York City Tour.
From Japan, Dazzle Aplenty (English) - New York Times article on the 1989 New York City Tour.
From Japan, Scaling Down the Grand (English) - New York Times review of the 1992 New York City Tour.
Hankyu opposed to listing of Takarazuka Revue (English) - economic/business article
Japan's all-female Takarazuka troupe set to perform in China (English) - Short article on the 2002 China Tour.
NPC Chairman Watches Japanese Art Performance (English) - People's Daily newspaper report on the 1999 China Tour.

Research Articles/Theses/Books:
Intersections (English) - detailed review by Leonie Rae Stickland of Jennifer Robertson's "Takarazuka: Sexual Politics and Popular Culture in Modern Japan", including corrections of Ms. Robertson's errors.
Gender Gymnastics: Performers, Fans and Gender Issues in the Takarazuka Revue of Contemporary Japan (English) - Dr. Leonie Rae Stickland's thesis on the Takarazuka.

Japanese Fan Sites
Sites With Data and Links:
Takarazuka OG Site - Takarazuka OG Info, HP, Blogs (Japanese)
Cherry Blossom - Info, data on shows and 'siennes (particularly the 82nd class) (Japanese)
Takarazuka Jinjibu - Announcements relating to 'siennes and product releases, organized collections of news articles, fan polls, etc. (Japanese)
WaiWai Takarazuka - Show Reviews from 2000- 2007 (Japanese)
Sincerely Takarazuka - Show and actress info from 1984-2007 (Japanese)
Vintage Takarazuka - Information on vintage Takarazuka, including scans of record and program covers (Japanese)

Sites with Fan Art:
Gallery of Takarazuka - Fan art icons and such
Toriaezu Takarazuka - Fan art from the early 2000s (Japanese)
Essay Manga - Lala Takarazuka Seikatsu - A manga of daily life for a Takarazuka fan. Very entertaining! (Japanese)

English Fan Sites
Social Media Groups:
Takarazuka Revue Fans in NYC @Facebook
OSK & SKD Community @Livejournal
Takarazuka Community @Livejournal
Vintage Takarazuka Community @Livejournal

Translation Groups:
Suteki na Takarazuka Translations @Livejournal
Takarazuka Insanity Project @Dreamwidth
Zukalations @Tumblr

Blogs:
Zukadiary @Tumblr
OSK Revue @Tumblr
Caithion @Tumblr & @Dreamwidth

Web Sites:
Takarazuka Forever - A collection of bromides and programs from 1918 - 1970s
Belladonna (English) - Fansite. Also has information on other all-female revues.
Takarazuka Revue Spectacular! (English) - image galleries
Revue Sphere (English) - Information and images on the Revue.
Takarazuka Revue Company in Japan (English) - Information about the Revue.
Lady Oscar (English) - a bit of information on the Takarazuka's most popular show, "The Rose of Versailles".
deviantArt Takarazuka Community
Sing on, Takarasienne - Translations, etc.
Rika! - Rika fan page

Other All-Female Performance Groups

OSK_SKD (English) - Livejournal Community for other all-female revues
OSK Revue (Japanese) - Official Site
Setsugetsuka Revue (Japanese)
Kageki Bijou (Japanese)
STAS (Japanese) - Official Site
Tango Mujer (English) - Western all-female dance troupe
L.A. Women's Shakespeare Company

Sumire Style Stage Graphs
2001 - 2012; discontinued.

Ocean's 11 (Star)
Classico Italiano / Nice Guy!! (Cosmos)
The Man From Algiers / Dance Romanesque (Moon)
Phantom (Flower)
A BEautiful Life / Luna Rossa (Cosmos)
Nova Bossa Nova / A Second Fortuitous Meeting (Star)
Prince of the Land of Roses / ONE (Moon)
Romeo & Juliette (Snow)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Cosmos)

Takarazuka Floral Dance Scrolls / An Officer and a Gentleman (Star)
The Gypsy Baron / Rhapsodic Moon (Moon)
Sabrina / Exciter!! (Flower)
Rojet / Rock On! (Snow)
Trafalgar / Funky Sunshine (Cosmos)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Moon)
Gu Bijin (Flower)
The Dawn at Solferino / Carnevale: A Sleeping Dream (Snow)
The Treasure Sword of Habsburg / BOLERO (Star)
Casablanca (Cosmos)

Last Play / Heat on Beat! (Moon)
Side Story: The Rose of Versailles ~Andre~ / Exciter!! (Flower)
Russian Blue / Rio de Bravo!! (Snow)
The Legend Ver.II (Star)
Elisabeth (Moon)
Raindrops Fall on Roses / Amour, it's something like... (Cosmos)
Nishiki-e of the Wind / Zorro - The Masked Messiah (Snow)
My Dear New Orleans / A Bientôt (Star)
The Legend (Flower)
Floating Bridge of Dreams / Apasionado!! (Moon)

Paradise Prince / Dancing for You (Cosmos)
King Solomon's Ring / La Mariposa (Snow)
The Great Gatsby (Moon)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (Star)
Love and Death in Arabia / Red Hot Sea (Flower)
Me and My Girl (Moon)
A Morning Breeze / Passion (Cosmos)
Je t'aime / Miroirs (Snow)
El Halcon / Revue Orchids (Star)

Adieu Marseille / Love Symphony (Flower)
Mahoroba / A Magician's Misfortunes (Moon)
Kean (Star + Todoroki)
Valencian Passion / Space Fantasista! (Cosmos)
Elisabeth (Snow)
Sakura / Secret Hunter (Star)
Akechi Kogorou's Incident Report -The Black Lizard- / Tuxedo Jazz (Flower)
Higher Than the Sky of Paris / Fancy Dance (Moon)
Sketches from the Life of Ryoma Sakamoto / The Classical Music (Cosmos)

Lucifer's Tears / Tarantella! (Snow)
Too Short a Time to Fall in Love / Neo Dandyism! (Star)
Oklahoma (Moon + Todoroki)
Phantom (Flower)
Rome At Dawn / Les Bijoux Brillants (Moon)
Never Say Goodbye (Cosmos)
Rose of Versailles: Oscar (Snow)
Rose of Versailles: Fersen and Marie-Antoinette (Star)
Palermo Shines in the Setting Sun / Asian Winds! (Flower)

A Kiss to the Flames / Neo Voyager (Cosmos)
Jazzy Fairies / Revue of Dreams (Moon)
Milan Wrapped in Fog / Wonderland (Snow)
Nagasaki Shigure Hill / Soul of Shiva! (Star)
Marrakech: A Crimson Tombstone / Enter the Revue (Flower)
Elisabeth (Moon)
In Quest of the Blue Bird / Takarazuka's Dream Kingdom (Snow)

Ch'ang, Full of Swirling Flowers / Romantica Takarazuka '04 (Star)
La Esperanza / Takarazuka's Dancing Dream! (Flower)
The Glow of Sunset in Asuka / Takarazuka Splendor II (Moon)
Hanakuyo
Phantom (Cosmos)
Susano-o / Takarazuka Glory! (Snow)
A Love Story in 1914 / Takarazuka Splendor (Star)
Endless Flight / The Season of Angels / Applause Takarazuka! (Flower)
Seal of Roses (Moon)
Lightning in the Daytime / Temptation (Cosmos)

Romance de Paris / Les Collages (Snow)
A Song for Kingdoms (Star)
A Flute Named Wind / A Revue is Born (Flower)
Takarazuka's Floral Diary / Senor Don Juan (Moon)
Pierre the Mercenary / The Star Dust Party (Cosmos)
In the Tender Light of a Fine Spring / Joyful!! (Snow)
The Glassy Landscape / Babylon (Star)
Elisabeth (Flower)

At the End of a Long Spring / With a Song in My Heart (Moon)
Tokyo Fashion Energy 2002 Fashion Show
The Legend of a Phoenix -Calaf and Turandot- / The Show Stopper (Cosmos)
On the 5th (Snow)
In the Amber Hued Rain / Cocktails a la carte (Flower)
Gone With the Wind (Flower + Todoroki)
Gone With the Wind (Snow + Todoroki)
Guys & Dolls (Moon)
Rose Garden / Love Burning (Snow)

Butterfly Lovers / Southern Cross Revue II (Star)
Aika Mire's Sayonara Show


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