#hokusho kairi

[zukadiary]

Hi!💓 I have a few questions, apologies if they are a lil vague, it's just something that has been on my mind lately as a fairly new fan:

1. Was it ever clear that Chinatsu is the next top? Was it the reason for Ari's transfer, or was it a need for ninbante in star and that's why Chinatsu became the next in moon?

2. Also, how did you predict back then that Coto will have a long run as top star? Based on what in particular?

3. Why did Tamaki became top star comparably so early?

4. And I know that lgbt+ culture is practically nonexistent in Japan, but i still wonder if any of the actress ever talked abt it or addressed it in any way? Has anything regarding lgbt happened around taka that you know of?

Thanks a lot for your blog!! I am writing a wiki page in my mother tongue for taka rn, since it doesn't exist yet, and ur explanations clarified a few things for me, so thanks a ton again! 💕

Hello! Not vague at all :)

It was NOT personally clear to me that Chinatsu was going to be top (usually these things are obvious, occasionally we get a surprise). I don't think it was the reason for Ari's transfer though; it's impossible to know for sure, but my guess is more because of Oda (they don't want her to wait for Ari to finish) and some need to balance Hoshi. With Chinatsu as an older top, she can stay for a shorter time (similar examples would be Sou Kazuho and Hokusho Kairi, also older tops who stayed for three Grand Theater shows) and Oda can become top sooner.

I had a feeling Coto would be a long top for a number of reasons... 1) she's extremely popular and puts a lot of butts in seats, 2) she has a reputation for being a "mini Yuzuki Reon," who also stayed for a really long time, 3) the Hoshigumi producer has a bit of a reputation for putting a lot of stock in high-powered top stars and somewhat neglecting the nurturing of his track, and 4) until Ari came over there was no clear successor, which made me think they were going to ride Coto until they figured it out.

I've only heard rumors about this... one that Miya Rurika didn't want to be top star, one that Manaki Reika was so popular they designed the troupe around her and the producers didn't like her and Miya/Kacha together as much as they liked her and Tamaki together... but again, there is no way to know for sure.

Firstly, LGBT+ culture is NOT practically nonexistent in Japan—not saying this to correct you, but it's an impression a lot of people get and it makes them sad! So I want to share the reality of it! LGBT+ activism is way less prevalent than in other cultures (and as a result, legal protections are definitely behind), but this is true of pretty much all types of activism (I had an interesting conversation about this with a group of Japanese climate activists). There is a rich LGBT+ nightlife scene, and over the years Japan has been fairly ahead of the curve when it comes to queerness in media and fan culture. There is, however, a very "we pretend we do not see it" energy despite the prevalence. That said, Takarazuka actresses are almost definitely forbidden from talking about this while active, and discouraged while retired (especially if they stay in entertainment). Even if they are not actively discouraged, because there is no culture around being open about it on a real and personal level, they certainly wouldn't out other people and likely wouldn't out themselves. There are OGs both in and out of entertainment who are not shy about living as their honest selves and you can pretty much tell, but it still doesn't tend to be something they openly talk about (Nanami Hiroki and Miya Rurika have discussed breaking gender norms in interviews, but have skirted around saying anything definitive about themselves). The one exception I can immediately think of is Misuzu Aki retired and blogged about moving to Europe with her female partner.

[rz-jocelyn]

[VIDEO] 999: The Archive for "'Galaxy Express 999' THE MUSICAL" is Now Available

Genepro Videos Featuring Sato Ryuji

Oricon News: HERE

MyNavi News (as Prider): HERE

MyNavi News (as Count Mecha): HERE

CAST

Nakagawa Akinori as Hoshino Tetsuro

Hanafusa Mari as Maetel

Sato Ryuji as Count Mecha / Prider

Umeda Ayaka as Claire

Tokunaga Yuuki as Conductor

Fujioka Masaaki as Oyama Tochiro

Yazawa Yoko as Ryuzu

Matsumoto Rica as Prometheum

Hokusho Kairi as Queen Emeraldas

Miura Ryosuke as Captain Harlock

STORY DESCRIPTION

The story of "Galaxy Express 999" is set in a universe where humans have learnt to transfer their minds, but not their emotions, into mechanical bodies and achieve immortality. This has created a divide between those who are mechanised, elites with machine bodies, and those who aren’t.

Hoshino Tetsuro (Nakagawa Akinori) is a poor unmechanised human who desperately wants a machine body that would allow him to achieve immortality and the freedom offered only to the mechanised.

COUNT MECHA'S STORY

In the original story, we only know Count Mecha as the antagonist that Tetsuro seeks revenge against for murdering his mother. In the musical, "Galaxy Express 999" creator Matsumoto Reiji expands on his story.

A turn of events lands Tetsuro in the past where he meets Prider, a normal human living on a planet that is under the control of mechanised humans.

Prider was part of the group of normal humans who had taken up arms against mechanised humans until he met Ryuzu. Through her, he learns that, like normal humans, there are good mechanised humans, and has since laid down his weapon with the hope that he can stop the fighting and bring a future of peace without using force.

Unfortunately, his childhood friend doesn't agree with his perspective, and has been trying to get him to rejoin them because she believes that the only way to achieve peace is to fight. It also doesn't sit right with her that he is now friends with Ryuzu, who she thinks he’s in love with. To prove him wrong, she attacks Ryuzu. 

But, things don’t go as planned. In protecting Ryuzu, Prider ends up being fatally wounded. 

His friends learn of a way to save his life: by finding someone who can give him a mechanical body.

Fast-forward to the future, Tetsuro learns that the mechanical body given to Prider to save his life came at a cost: it had completely taken over his personality and he was consumed with drive to kill.

The gentle man who Tetsuro had befriended had become Count Mecha, the cruel mechanical monster he was seeking revenge against for the death of his mother.

This leads to the tragic confrontation between Tetsuro and Count Mecha where Tetsuro tries desperately to save Prider. In those final moments, Tetsuro and Prider are finally reunited.

But, it is too late.

ARCHIVE STREAM INFORMATION

Archive Stream: Available until 21.00 (Japan time) on April 24, 2022

Price: 4,000 yen

To watch the streams, please refer to the links below.

TELASA: HERE

uP!!!: HERE

NOTE:

[1] Available payment methods include credit card, au PAY, au payment services and WebMoney.

[2] For au Smart Pass Premium Members using "uP!!!", they can watch the streams at a discounted price of 3,500 yen.

[recentanimenews]

Meet the Cast of the New Galaxy Express 999 Musical

  How will characters like Captain Harlock and Queen Emeraldas look in the upcoming Galaxy Express 999 musical? See for yourself!

  The full cast list has dropped for the upcoming production, which was announced last month. At the time, it was annonced that Akinori Nakagawa would be returning to the role of Tetsuro Hoshino, with Sayaka Kanda newly cast as Maetel.

  Joining them will be stars from across the world of anime, theatrical, and live-action entertainment. Ryuji Sato, whose rise from anime-based musicals to TV and movie stardom has earned him the title "The Prince of 2.5D," will be playing the villainous Count Mecha. Enka singer and notable railroad enthusiast Yuuki Tomonaga will play the conductor, and  former AKB48 member Ayaka Umeda will play 999's on-board waitress, Crystal Claire.

  Ryosuke Miura (Shingo Izumi in Kamen Rider OOO) takes on the role of Captain Harlock, accompanied by singer Masaaki Fujioka as Tochiro and Takarazuka star Kairi Hokusho as Queen Emeraldas. Singer/songwriter Yoko Yazawa returns to the role of machine human Ryuzu for the first time since 2018. And, last but not least, JAM Project founding member and Pokémon star Rica Matsumoto will appear as Queen Promethium.

  The Galaxy Express 999 musical will play in Tokyo's Nippon Seinen-kan Hall in April 2022.

  Source: Comic Natalie

    Watch Galaxy Express 999 on Crunchyroll!

  By: Kara Dennison

[tokyoreporter]

https://www.tokyoreporter.com/crime/mother-of-ex-takarazuka-star-kairi-hokusho-accused-of-tax-evasion/

[shiny-takarazuka]

I will miss it but booost shinko cast are important and very funny ♡

+ I would LOVE to watch again Love & Dream someday, it is a wonderful show where Hokusho Kairi (aka my #1 taka inspiration as a woman) shines in it ♡

Takarazuka Streaming

I will be streaming tonight at 7:30 pm EST/4:30 pm PST

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Still deciding between Hoshigumi’s Love and Dream (Hokushou Kairi, Hinami Fuu), Hoshigumi’s Romeo and Juliette (Rei Makoto, Shiroki Mirei) shinjinkouen, or a bunch of assorted yukigumi revues.

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Message me for the password and please make a guest name. I just like to know who is a fandom friend!

It helps to introduce yourself if you’re comfortable, its hard to keep track of who is who between different handles and tumblr url changes over the years.

[wacafu]

Hokusho Kairi from Senka is going to be next top star in Hoshigumi!

I  should have talked more about how I love Michan (Hokusho  san) and how I'm excited about this news.

And don't worry Kurenai Yuzuru fans, this is a very lucky chance for her. Nibante under the very  excellent  top star twice doesn't happen to everyone. 

I know we wanted to see top Kurenai and Nibante Makaze, but both are going to be so attractive top stars for sure.

[yume-amour]

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「宙FANTASISTA!!」（２００７） - MARS -

[rz-jocelyn]

[NEWS UPDATE] 999: Online Live and Archive Streams have been Announced for the Grand Finale Performance of "'Galaxy Express 999' THE MUSICAL"

Other Genepro Videos Featuring Sato Ryuji

As Prider: HERE

As Count Mecha: HERE

STORY DESCRIPTION

"Galaxy Express 999", known in Japanese as "Ginga Tetsudou 999", is an award-winning classic series created by Matsumoto Reiji, who is also famous for space opera classics like "Space Pirate Captain Harlock" (which is set in the same universe as "Galaxy Express 999") and "Space Battleship Yamato".

The story of "Galaxy Express 999" is set in a universe where humans have learnt to transfer their minds, but not their emotions, into mechanical bodies and achieve immortality. This has created a divide between those who are mechanised, elites with machine bodies, and those who aren’t.

Hoshino Tetsuro (Nakagawa Akinori) is a poor unmechanised human who desperately wants a machine body that would allow him to achieve immortality and the freedom offered only to the mechanised. Machine bodies are incredibly expensive, but they are supposedly given away for free in the Andromeda Galaxy, which is located at the end of the line for the Galaxy Express 999, a space train that only comes to Earth once a year.

CAST

Nakagawa Akinori as Hoshino Tetsuro

Hanafusa Mari as Maetel

Sato Ryuji as Count Mecha / Prider

Umeda Ayaka as Claire

Tokunaga Yuuki as Conductor

Fujioka Masaaki as Oyama Tochiro

Yazawa Yoko as Ryuzu

Matsumoto Rica as Prometheum

Hokusho Kairi as Queen Emeraldas

Miura Ryosuke as Captain Harlock

DESCRIPTION OF COUNT MECHA / PRIDER (SATO RYUJI’S CHARACTER)

Count Mecha, also known in Japanese as "Kikai-hakushaku", is a mechanised wealthy nobleman who hunts unmechanised humans for sport. He murders Tetsuro's mother in one such hunt at the start of Tetsuro's journey, and is one of the antagonists in the series.

The musical also expands on Count Mecha's story, telling of his time as a normal human before he gained his mechanised body: when he was Prider, someone who was beloved by the people around him.

LIVE AND ARCHIVE STREAMS

Live Stream Date: April 18, 2022

Live Stream Time: 12.00 (Japan time)

Archive Stream: Until 21.00 (Japan time) on April 24, 2022

Price: 4,000 yen

To watch the streams, please refer to the links below.

TELASA: HERE

uP!!!: HERE

NOTE:

[1] Available payment methods include credit card, au PAY, au payment services and WebMoney.

[2] For au Smart Pass Premium Members using "uP!!!", they can watch the streams at a discounted price of 3,500 yen.

Source: ( x )

[rz-jocelyn]

[NEWS] Sato Ryuji has been Cast as Count Mecha in "Galaxy Express 999 THE MUSICAL"

STORY DESCRIPTION

"Galaxy Express 999", known in Japanese as "Ginga Tetsudou 999", is an award-winning classic series created by Matsumoto Reiji, who is also famous for space opera classics like "Space Pirate Captain Harlock" (which is set in the same universe as "Galaxy Express 999") and "Space Battleship Yamato".

The story of "Galaxy Express 999" is set in a universe where humans have learnt to transfer their minds, but not their emotions, into mechanical bodies and achieve immortality. This has created a divide between those who are mechanised, elites with machine bodies, and those who aren't.

Hoshino Tetsuro (Nakagawa Akinori) is a poor unmechanised human who desperately wants a machine body that would allow him to achieve immortality and the freedom offered only to the mechanised. Machine bodies are incredibly expensive, but they are supposedly given away for free in the Andromeda Galaxy, which is located at the end of the line for the Galaxy Express 999, a space train that only comes to Earth once a year.

The story begins with Tetsuro and his mother travelling to Megalopolis where they hope to earn some money to buy passes for the Galaxy Express 999. Along the way, however, Tetsuro's mother is tragically murdered by Count Mecha (Sato Ryuji), a wealthy mechanised nobleman who hunts unmechanised humans for sport. Tetsuro escapes a similar fate, and instead meets Maetel (Kanda Sayaka), a beautiful woman who is the spitting image of his dead mother. Maetel then offers Tetsuro an unlimited use of a pass to board the Galaxy Express 999 on one condition: that he become her travelling companion.

CAST

Nakagawa Akinori as Hoshino Tetsuro

Kanda Sayaka as Maetel

Sato Ryuji as Count Mecha

Umeda Ayaka as Claire

Tokunaga Yuuki as Conductor

Fujioka Masaaki as Oyama Tochiro

Yazawa Yoko as Ryuzu

Matsumoto Rica as Prometheum

Hokusho Kairi as Queen Emeraldas

Miura Ryosuke as Captain Harlock

DESCRIPTION OF COUNT MECHA (SATO RYUJI'S CHARACTER)

Count Mecha, also known in Japanese as "Kikai-hakushaku", is a mechanised wealthy nobleman who hunts unmechanised humans for sport. He murders Tetsuro's mother in one such hunt at the start of Tetsuro's journey, and is one of the antagonists in the series.

The musical also expands on Count Mecha's story, telling of his time as a normal human before he gained his mechanised body, when he was Prider, someone who was beloved by the people around him.  

SCHEDULE AND OTHER INFORMATION

Venue: Nippon Seinen-kan Hall

Capacity: 1,249 people

Dates: April 08, 2022 to April 18, 2022

Tickets

S-Seat: 13,800 yen

S-Seat with goods: 16,800 yen

A-Set: 9,900 yen

U-25 Ticket: 6,600 yen

Special after-talk shows featuring the cast have also been announced. Ryuji will be participating in two of the after-talk shows.

After-Talk Shows Featuring Sato Ryuji

Date and Time: 13.00 (Japan time) on April 12, 2021

Participating Cast Members:

Nakagawa Akinori (Hoshino Tetsuro)

Sato Ryuji (Count Mecha)

Tokunaga Yuuki (Conductor)

Fujioka Masaaki (Oyama Tochiro)

Miura Ryosuke (Captain Harlock)

Date and Time: 13.00 (Japan time) on April 15, 2021

Participating Cast Members:

Nakagawa Akinori (Hoshino Tetsuro)

Kanda Sayaka (Maetel)

Sato Ryuji (Count Mecha)

Hokusho Kairi (Queen Emeraldas)

Miura Ryosuke (Captain Harlock)

TICKET APPLICATION INFORMATION

The ticket application for Sato Ryuji's Fanclub is now open.

Ticket Application Period: Now to 23.59 (Japan time) on November 23, 2021

Ticket Results Announcement: 18.00 (Japan time) on November 30, 2021

To register for a fanclub membership, please refer to this link: HERE

To apply for a ticket, please refer to this link: HERE

"Galaxy Express 999 THE MUSICAL" Official Twitter: HERE

"Galaxy Express 999 THE MUSICAL" Official Website: HERE

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