#serika toa

[mimiadraws]

thank you serika toa as rocky in high and low: the prequel for being the most guy of all time

#takarazuka #soragumi #cosmos troupe #serika toa #art tag

[giant-goldfish]

suzuho makaze & serika toa in Délicieux! -Sweet Paris-

#this is my actual alltime favorite clip . kiki & suzuho have such good chemistry its insane #+ i cant see this any other way than a monocle situation. its not at all sweets related the theme for this scene is lust #suzuho makaze #serika toa #takarazuka

[berserkerbarbie]

Kiki as Arthur in Xcalibur by Cosmos Troupe 2023

#takarazuka #xcalibur #エクスカリバー #serika toa #芹香 斗亜 #soragumi #frank wildhorn #ivan menchell #robin lerner

[mizusjawline]

If I had a nickel for every time a fave of mine played Rudolf and went on to become Top Star of hana or soragumi, I'd have exactly four nickels. Which isn't much but it's weird that it happened four times.

#ouki kaname #asumi rio #serika toa #yuzuka rei #takarazuka elisabeth #elisabeth das musical #zukabeth #hanagumi #soragumi

[yuzukahibiscus]

Jewels of Takarazuka – Serika Toa-san [Cosmos Troupe] (from Fujingaho August Issue)

"I realise that I'm colourlessly transparent in nature that I haven't changed much."

This series documents the powerful words of Takarazuka Top Stars that give courage. The new Cosmos Troupe Top Star Serika Toa-san appears on this month's issue. No matter what kind of profound roles that she plays, Serika-san always gives a feeling of a "dominant immaculacy". If you look at her and things surrounding her, you'd realise that she has been walking forward without hesitation and her accumulative experiences have reflected this complex but beautiful radiance, which we now want to know more about what she is thinking about.

(Note: Happy Shonichi for Serika-san's "Xcalibur"! This is her first performance as a Top Star, and it's worth the celebration of a translation:D)

“I am colourlessly transparent”. I remembered being a little shocked when I heard Serika-san’s words from before. Because Takarasiennes always do their best to showcase their respective strong styles…

3 years has passed since then, and now she has become Top Star, I wonder if there have been any changes?

“I’m not sure if there were any changes. But my position before was that I was able to play many interesting roles. It really was a good experience that I got to play a wide range of roles.”

So among those, what was the most ambitious role that you’ve taken on?

“I would say Rocky from “HIGH AND LOW” was quite difficult. It was very hard of Kuroki Keiji-san to play [Rocky] with that impression, and later knowing that [HIGH AND LOW] was going to be staged as a musical, there was difficulty that Takarazuka Revue is going to be performing this. [Such as thinking Rocky]’s going to be singing…? Finally, I wanted to mix a little of Kuroki-san’s vibes of Rocky [into my portrayal] and aimed to adjust my mindset to perform as such on the stage.”

What lies at the heart of Serika-san’s approach to portray these characters?

“I would make myself aware with how these roles would ultimately end up as. After figuring our their final destination and the “present” [of the plot], then I dive deeper from there. When there’s a goal and the present [starting line], then my approach is that I’ll delve deeper into whatever is in between the two.”

Would that also be a way of thinking that can be used not just for approaching your characters?

“I’d say so. When I think about my objective, and the current situation that I’m in, I will go deeper into that gap in between…For instance, if I couldn’t turn well in my dance, I would think whether there was something wrong with my posture. When I realise my situation, then the image of the solution will appear itself. The key is how to focus on yourself. No matter what you do, knowing about yourself is the best shortcut of growing up and improving. And the many failures will be the times when you know more about yourself. Looking back on the failures, it’s shock after shock after shock... You definitely want to evade [from those failures]. But you can’t escape from them by chance and each time you’d have to think logically… and that’s the approach that made me arrive at this point.”

Behind that sparkling smile as she talks, she looks back to the failures and realises these experiences that have accumulated solidly. But those times had been difficult… I wonder what she would be thinking during these times?

“When there were times that I couldn’t help myself, there is a great presence [of support] from everyone in the troupe after all. There were many times that I thought we could overcome this because we’re all in this together. I believed that my roles and lines exist for partners [that act alongside me]. For example, if I have to portray an amazing role, it is by the strength of surrounding factors that could show how amazing the role is. So for that, everyone and I must be careful with showing it. This [cooperation] is the culture of Takarazuka Revue, and also the responsibility of an upperclassman. When [the cooperation] is being executed, you can feel from everyone [that they are working on it together].

When she was transferred to Cosmos Troupe [in 2018], I thought how Serika-san used to say it was difficult to guide her juniors but for Serika-san now, she felt a great change in herself from that.

“After all, when we communicate daily, I got to know how this person is like from their ways of thinking in this process. It has been a while since I transferred into Cosmos Troupe and I’ve been feeling great changes since then. Of course, this is also for the change in position. Our great troupe leader (kumichou) Susshi-san (Kotobuki Tsukasa) and [previous] Top Star Makaze (Suzuho)-san graduated, and I’ll have to think of how to lead the whole troupe. But when I give advice to my partners, or when I look back on how I console [people] from their troubles, in the end that was the greatest I’ve seen in my growth.”

From there, Serika-san’s Cosmos Troupe begins. What are your hopes for the reliant Cosmos Troupe members?

“Everyone in Cosmos Troupe is very serious and are very skilled. But even we enjoy being fun and unserious every day, we try not to do that on stage…I hope to support everyone and adding colour to the sophisticated Cosmos Troupe members is one of my missions.”

Her [Top Star] debut performance will be “Xcalibur”. This will be Japan’s premiere of this Korean musical with the songs composed by Frank Wildhorn.

“Korean musicals have an image of [encompassing superb songs]. For this performance as well, the volume and textures of Mr Wildhorn’s songs are fantastic. It takes the strength to sing Mr Wildhorn’s songs but it’s great to sing them. Besides, some songs delicately touch the heart and you could feel the softness of the piano melody. When creating this performance, the songs help me expand the imagination on how to portray my role, so I am looking forward to other hints that this musical would provide.”

Even with a condensed career, she has this immaculacy and transparency that never fades, and from there she continues to solidly accumulate her honed skills and mentality… Along with the struggles [that may rise], we look forward to how Serika-san’s energy will radiate.

MY JEWEL ~The jewel of the heart~

When talking about her teacup poodle Candy-chan (on the right), Serika-san’s face melts away in happiness.

“I love her dearly because I thought that I should work harder every day for her… Since she came to our house, I never wanted her to hate this place, or fear this place. When I ask “are you gong to sleep?”, her fixed position is [sleeping] on my lap… She’s just a princess.”

On the left is her chiwawa Purin-chan from her family home.

ON STAGE…

This is from the finale of “Casino Royale~My Name is Bond”.  Serika-san played an antagonistic role of Le Chiffre, but in the finale she showed a bright smile and appeared almost like a “Prince Highness”. This costume with a tight collar is matched in noble elegance. 

Cosmos Troupe performance: Musical “Xcalibur” (Adaptation and Direction by Inaba Daichi)

The Korean production company EMK Musical created numerous works such as  “Mata Hari”, “The Man Who Laughs” and they collaborated with the outstanding creator Frank Wildhorn for this gigantic musical. Ever since the premiere in 2019, this has been a topical performance with over 32 thousand audiences in Korea.

#serika toa #cosmos troupe #takarazuka revue #takarazuka #hibiscus translates jewels of takarazuka #fujingaho #hibiscustranslation

[yaomeis]

GRAPH 2023 January — Cosmos Troupe Special Photo Selection, scanned by me ♡

#takarazuka #cosmos troupe #Soragumi #Makaze Suzuho #jun hana #serika toa #never say goodbye #high & low the prequel #takarazuka revue #my stuff #my scans

[ladies-and-jennes]

Could anyone please tell me where these pictures are from?? I NEED context

#asumi rio #nozomi fuuto #yuzuka rei #minami maito #serika toa #im sorry for not knowing the queen in the bottom right #takarazuka revue

[zukadiary]

Soragumi Top Announcement

As I am a RATHER big fan of Serika Toa, here are a few fun stats to celebrate the extremely long-awaited announcement of her and (surprise!) Haruno Sakura's impending Soragumi takeover!

When Kiki becomes top star on June 12, she will have been a nibante (as wholly official a nibante as nibantes get) for 103 months. For reference, Tamaki Ryou became top star of Tsukigumi 100 months after her debut.

Kiki will be ken-17 at the start of her top stardom. Sou Kazuho was also ken-17, and Hokushou Kairi and Oozora Yuuhi were both ken-18.

Haruno Sakura has one total lead of any kind, shinko or small theater (it was the Never Say Goodbye shinko). The last musumeyaku to become top with only one total lead was Dan Rei (top debut in 1999 with one last minute shinko lead in 1998). Before that, we have to go back to the early 80s. Sugata Haruka (became top in '82), Wakaba Hiromi ('81), Kuroki Hitomi ('81), and Azuma Chiaki ('80) all did it with one lead. Kanna Miho ('85) and Haruka Kurara ('77) did it with none.

Her first named role in the Grand Theater was in High & Low; James Bond will be her second. It's difficult to confirm full cast lists from the 80s, but since the 90s at least, Dan Rei ties her for fewest. We love an underdog!

I have absolutely no way of proving that she is the first musumeyaku to be announced as the next top without first having a proper, performance-themed, on the Grand Theater wall head shot, but if someone is bored enough to dive deep into the internet archives, please let me know!

#takarazuka #serika toa #haruno sakura

[nanasalt]

#Zukastasia #Anastasia memes #Anastasia the Musical #Serika Toa #Takarazuka #Her face does this a lot as Gleb and she is so valid in it #Gleb needs A NAP and some time off #Kat creates #Kat memes #The look of disgust Gleb shot Lily and Vlad when they were making out was [chef's kiss]

[dossei-dossei]

#takarazuka #soragumi #serika toa #these are not in an order #they also arent good TBH but #ive had them on my pc for a while to annoy my friends with and figured i may as well post them #sherlock #the grip kiki moriarty has on me... #gifs

[wtheckzukasubs]

“The New Tale of Genji (2015)” subs

Download the subs here: wtheckzukasubs.tumblr.com/shows

This was a request but because I’ve been curious about Genji thanks to Kai’s show (and next year’s taiga), I thought it was a good opportunity to pay more attention to this story. I was very naive...

Be warned, this translation might be farther from being correct than my usual. I did use the closed captions, so at least the Japanese I had was right. The problem is exclusively with translating. Well, it was enough for me to at least enjoy the show, so I hope it’ll help people with no knowledge of Japanese.

#takarazuka #hanagumi #asumi rio #serika toa #kano maria #Show Release #yuzuka rei

[adorare]

Sherlock Holmes (Cosmos 2021) Skystage Tokyo raku subtitles

jstage.dreamful .org/sherlock-holmes-cosmos-2021/

Or click the link under “source”.

Please do not upload the subs anywhere else!

A rare Soragumi sub from me! And in British English since this is set in London. ;) The subs will only fit the Skystage/video on demand Tokyo raku versions (not the livestream!), and you will likely need to shift them to match the start of your video.

If you have any other version of this, you can open the subs up in any text editing program and use it as a script.

(No subs for the BD/DVD version this time since I don’t have it.)

#takarazuka #sherlock holmes #soragumi #makaze suzuho #jun hana #serika toa #my subs

[berserkerbarbie]

Cast of Xcalibur by Cosmos Troupe 2023

#takarazuka #xcalibur #エクスカリバー #serika toa #芹香 斗亜 #haruno sakura #春乃 さくら #sakuragi minato #桜木 みなと #yuuma rin #悠真 倫 #matsukaze akira #松風 輝 #soragumi #frank wildhorn #ivan menchell #robin lerner

[ilovetkrzuka]

ALL- FEMALE TAKARAZUKA REVUE COSMOS TROUPE XCALIBUR MUSICAL 2023 POSTER

Starring: Serika Toa as Arthur & Haruno Sakura as Guinevere 

Takarazuka Revue Official Site 

#takarazuka revue #takarazuka #xcalibur #serika toa #haruno sakura #otokoyaku #musumeyaku #frank wildhorn #ivan menchell

[yuzukahibiscus]

カジノ・ロワイヤル ～我が名はボンド～ Casino Royale – My Name is Bond – Shonichi Photos (Part 1)

Sources from the following:

Hochi: https://hochi.news/articles/20230311-OHT1T51184.html?mode=photo&photoid=1

Asahi: https://www.asahi.com/articles/photo/AS20230311002174.html

Mainichi: https://mainichi.jp/articles/20230311/k00/00m/200/095000c

Nikkan Sports: https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/photonews/photonews_nsInc_202303100002002-2.html

Sanspo: https://www.sanspo.com/article/20230311-GXEJYO2LURIT5JQASTSUKAXP2Q/

#takarazuka #takarazuka revue #soragumi #cosmos troupe #makaze suzuho #jun hana #serika toa

[raphaelly]

About the Casino Royale stream on Beyond Live and how to make sure it happens again

I don't often write posts but I wanted to get something out for what is pretty much an historical day for Takarazuka. We just had for the first time in forever an officially subbed stream on Beyond Live, not only a platform fans not living in Japan can access easily without bothering with a VPN but also with subtitles in several languages and with the possibility of a restream with improved english subtitles at a decent hour (not at dawn and not in the middle of the night). And it was just so so much fun. Not only for long time fans but for new fans who never really knew how to get into something as niche as zuka, with people coming from all around the globe.

This is an amazing opportunity we just had and I'm sure we'd all like for this to become a regular thing. However, it's been stated that this stream was basically a test. If this whole operation turns out to be profitable, then we might have more of this. There isn't much we can do now about the profitability but there is one thing we can do to put the odds on our side : absolutely refrain from posting any pic or clip of the stream on the internet. TikTok, twitter, instagram, even private and unlisted youtube videos, just don't post anything about the Casino Royale stream out there.

I'm not saying this out of Respect For The Law. Frankly, I generally don't care about all of this and I'm not trying to preach about the Evil Of Pirating. But it's important for people to know who they're dealing with and Hankyu Corporation (the company owning Takarazuka) is extremely strict on copyrights and has been getting stricter recently. It is all too likely they might not only stop Beyond Live streams but they might even stop Rakuten livestreams, if the international fandom ever gets too careless about what we post.

I say "international" because most of us are used to a complete different approach when it comes to sharing content and the matter of copyrights. In all my fandom experiences, copyrights was never an issue I kept in mind but Takarazuka quickly showed me that it was going to be different. That's why I'm writing all of this, to warn newer fans that as much as I love their enthusiasm, it's better for eveyone if we all try to be cautious, or else we might lose the little we get.

We'll see how things evolve! With time, we could get looser about all of this but for the time being, I really urge all of you who might have taken pictures or recorded stuff to keep it to themselves or only share it through private conversations. Just no public posting.

Here's to hoping we get tons of livestreams with subtitles in the future 💖

#takarazuka revue #soragumi #cosmos troupe #casino royale #makaze suzuho #jun hana #serika toa