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Aran Kei

Aran Kei

Acting

Biography

Kei Aran (安蘭 けい, Aran Kei), real name Touko Yasuda (安田 瞳子, Yasuda Touko) (born October 9, 1970), is a Japanese actress and former top star otokoyaku (an actress who plays male roles) of the Japanese Takarazuka Revue's Star Troupe. She joined the revue in 1991 and became the top star in 2007. She resigned from the company in April 2009 and is currently pursuing an acting career outside of the Revue. She is of Zainichi Korean descent and the first from such background to become the top star of the company.

Known For

Fantastic Girls
5.8

In 1980, Ayuko is a new transfer student in Okayama from Tokyo. She doesn't have any friends and relies on her boyfriend Hideo who is a college student. Ayuko likes to draw a romance manga of herself and her boyfriend. Ayuko's classmate, Takemi, becomes a huge fan of Ayuko's manga and they become close friends. Due to an incident though, they drift apart. 30 years later, Ayuko is now a manga artist and comes back to Okayama to give a lecture at her former high school. There, Ayuko meets Takemi who is now a teacher.

Fantastic Girls

2015
血の婚礼
N/A

No description available.

血の婚礼

2022
The Nutcracker 3D
4.0

This adaptation of the Nutcracker story (by Tchaikovsky and original choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov) is updated in this stop-motion animation from the original Japanese release of 1979. The new 3-D rendering is complemented by the art direction of Sebastian Masuda who is responsible for much of Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's style. She also provides music here.

The Nutcracker 3D

2014
The Rose of Versailles 2001: Oscar and Andre (Star Troupe, 2001)
N/A

Takarazuka Revue’s 1992 production of "The Rose of Versailles 2001: Oscar and Andre". This version focuses on the relationship between Oscar and Andre.

The Rose of Versailles 2001: Oscar and Andre (Star Troupe, 2001)

2001
'91 TMP Music Festival - Ethno Pops
5.0

Takarazuka Revue's special performance including all troupes.

'91 TMP Music Festival - Ethno Pops

1991
王家に捧ぐ歌
N/A

No description available.

王家に捧ぐ歌

2005
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
8.0

Jamie is 16 and lives on a council estate in Sheffield. Jamie doesn't quite fit in. Jamie is terrified about the future. Jamie is going to be a sensation. Supported by his brilliant loving mum and surrounded by his friends, Jamie overcomes prejudice, beats the bullies and steps out of the darkness, into the spotlight. Sixteen: the edge of possibility. Time to make your dreams come true.

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

2021
Revolt of a Gallant Poet
N/A

The beginning of the Heian Era, there was a young nobleman named Ariwara no Narihira serving in various government posts, such as Keeper of the Archives. This gentleman had great poetic ability, a handsome honor, was valorous, and was generally of an open and natural nature. This Narihara meets the beautiful Princess Takaiko, who is working as a dancing girl at one of the imperial flower banquets...

Revolt of a Gallant Poet

My Dear New Orleans / à Bientôt
N/A

No description available.

My Dear New Orleans / à Bientôt

2009
Singin' in the Rain
6.0

Takarazuka Revue 2003 Star Troupe production based on the MGM film Singin' in the Rain

Singin' in the Rain

2003
Takarazuka Revue 100th Anniversary Dream Festival
N/A

Special performance.

Takarazuka Revue 100th Anniversary Dream Festival

2014
Wuthering Heights
7.0

Takarazuka Snow Troupe's 1997 stage adaptation of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights.

Wuthering Heights

1997
A Battlefield for the Two of Us
N/A

A military trial is being held in a certain federal state in a corner of Europe. The defendant's name is Thierry Sinclair, and the charge is murder of his superior. Why did he, a well-behaved young officer from a prestigious family and a soldier who was loyal to his duties, commit the crime of murdering his superior?

A Battlefield for the Two of Us

1994
Side Story: The Rose of Versailles -Bernard- / Neo Dandyism! III
N/A

No description available.

Side Story: The Rose of Versailles -Bernard- / Neo Dandyism! III

2008
Ghost at Midnight / Les Cherubim
N/A

TV director Eric and his film crew are in Scotland, filming an old castle. At an auction, Eric buys his reporter Marie a pendant. This pendant helps to awaken the ghost of the castle, a man dead for 140 years, and former heir to the castle, Charles.

Ghost at Midnight / Les Cherubim

1997
Elisabeth
10.0

Takarazuka Revue Snow Troupe 1996 production of the Viennese musical 'Elisabeth'. This was the Revue Company's first 'Elisabeth' production.

Elisabeth

1996
The Scarlet Pimpernel
N/A

Takarazuka Revue Star Troupe 2008 production based on Baroness Orczy's novel 'The Scarlet Pimpernel'

The Scarlet Pimpernel

2008
The Rose of Versailles: Oscar
N/A

Musical adaptation of The Rose of Versailles, focusing on the Lady Oscar's service in the French Guard during the early days of the revolution, and the relationship between her and her childhood friend Andre.

The Rose of Versailles: Oscar

2006
Takarazuka Special 2008 ~La Festa!~
N/A

Takarazuka special performance.

Takarazuka Special 2008 ~La Festa!~

2008
TCA Special 2003 "Dear Grand Theater"
N/A

Takarazuka special performance.

TCA Special 2003 "Dear Grand Theater"

2003