History: Shijou Rui

Name: Shijou Rui
Kanji: 紫城るい
Current Troupe: N/A
Role: Otokoyaku → Musumeyaku
Status: Retired Top Star (2006 - 2007)

Nickname: Hitomi, Rui
Real Name: Kobayashi Hitomi (小林仁美)
Height: 165 cm
Birthday: August 23
Blood Type: A
Hometown: Nagoya, Aichi-ken
Favorite Food: Chocolate
Favorite Flower: Orchids, poppies
Favorite Colors: Lavender
Hobbies:
Collections:
Special Talent:
Origin of Stage Name: She and a classmate came up with it.
Favorite Role: Zelda Fitzgerald from "The Last Party"
Would Like to Try Playing: Any kind of role

Debut: 1997 (83rd Class) Romanesque Mask
Troupe History:
2005 - 2007 Cosmos Troupe
1998 - 2005 Moon Troupe


2006-07: Sketches from the Life of Ryoma Sakamoto / The Classical Music ~I Love Chopin~, Oryo
2006: Copacabana (Hakataza), Samantha / Lola Lamar (top musumeyaku debut)
2006: Never Say Goodbye, Ellen Parker
2006: Immortal Lovers (Bow Hall), George Sand (lead musumeyaku role)
2005: A Kiss to the Flames / Neo Voyage, Ines
2005: Elisabeth, Countess Liechtenstein
2004: The Last Party: S. Fitzgerald's Last Day (Bow Hall/Nippon Seinenkan), Zelda (lead musumeyaku role)
2004: The Glow of Sunset in Asuka / Takarazuka Splendor II, Abiko
2004: Beloved (Bow Hall/Nippon Seinenkan), Kawashima Yoshiko
2003-04: Seal of Roses, Sarah / Henriette
2003: Takarazuka's Floral Diaries / Senor Don Juan, Patricia
2003: At the End of A Long Spring / With a Song in My Heart (Chunichi), Simone
2002: At the End of A Long Spring / With a Song in My Heart, Simone
2002: Slapstick (Bow Hall / Nippon Seinenkan), Mabel Normand (lead musumeyaku role)
2002: Guys and Dolls, Frank
2001: Blood and Sand (Bow Hall), Dali Fuentes / Chiripa
2001: Great Pirates / Jazzmania, Mouse
2001: Liebessonate / ESP!!, Ochs' Retinue
2001: Now the Violets are Blooming / Liebessonate, Ochs' Retinue
2001: The Blue Sky of Provence (Le Theatre Ginza), Claude Bourget
2000: Prisoner of Zenda / Jazzmania
2000: Luna / Blue Moon Blue, Irene (Berlin alt., Hakataza), Adam (Hakataza)
1999: The Blue Sky of Provence (Drama City), Claude Bourget
1999: Twelfth Night (Bow Hall), Sir Andrew
1999: Orpheus in Spiral / Nova Bossa Nova
1999: Much Ado About Nothing (Bow Hall)
1998-99: Dark Brown Eyes / Le Bolero Rouge
1998: Cinderella Rock (Bow Hall), Gaspard
1998: West Side Story
1997: El Dorado (Moon - Tokyo)


2003-04: Seal of Roses
2003: Senor Don Juan/Takarazuka Floral Diary, Jill (lead musumeyaku role)
2002: At the End of a Long Spring / With a Song in My Heart, Eva (lead musumeyaku role)
2002: Guys and Dolls, Adelaide
2001: Great Pirates, Big Ear
2001: Liebessonate (Tokyo)
2000: Luna, Pete
1999: Nova Bossa Nova
1998-99: Dark Brown Eyes, Hope
1998: West Side Story, Anybodys


2006: TCA Special 2006 - Wonderful Dreamers
2006: I have a dream (Takashiro Kei Concert)
2006: Dream Memorandum
2004: TCA Special 2004 - Takarazuka 90
2003: Oozora Yuuhi Dinner Show "Spark!!"
2003: TCA Special 2003 - Dear Grand Theater
2002: TCA Special 2002 - Dream
2001: TCA Special 2001 - Takarazuka Dream Century
2001: Oozora Yuuhi Dinner Show "Selfish"
2000: TCA Special 2000 - King of Revue
1998: Makoto Tsubasa Dinner Show - M.I.X.


2013: Dream, a Dream: Takarazuka WAY TO 100th ANNIVERSARY FINAL

• Former otokoyaku; switched to musmeyaku in 2002 with the performance Slapstick. However, it appears that there was no official announcement of her change to musumeyaku. (Interestingly two of her classmates, Amase Izuru and Takuma Saki, also switched from otokoyaku to musumeyaku, each on separate occasions.)
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