Hikaru Asami (朝海ひかる, born January 24, 1972) is a Japanese performing artist and a former member of the

Takarazuka Revue The is a Japanese all-female musical theatre troupe based in Takarazuka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Women play all roles in lavish, Broadway-style productions of Western-style musicals and stories adapted from films, novels, manga, and Japane ...

, where she specialized in playing male characters (Otokoyaku). She joined the revue in 1991 and resigned in 2006. She is from

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. Her real name is Noriko Komuro (小室德子) and her nickname is Komu (comes from the last name Komuro).

Troupe history

* Flower Troupe: 1991–1997 * Cosmos Troupe: 1998–1999 * Snow Troupe: 1999–2006

General information

As one of the founding members of Cosmos Troupe, she had given a performance as Prince Rudolf in the 1999 Cosmos production of Elisabeth with

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as Der Tod. However, she was transferred to Snow Troupe right after the Takarazuka performance and the role was taken by

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in the Tokyo performance. While she was in Snow Troupe, she teamed up with classmates

Kei Aran , (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, five years after he ...

and Kouki Naruse, and the three had a performance at the Bowhall as The Wonder Three. Even though such a trio within the younger group could be found among the Flower Troupe ( Haruno, Sena and Mizu) and Moon Troupe ( Ōzora, Kiriya and

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), they were the only trio that was considered official. This trio was also the major cast for the special performance of Arch of Triumph, which is the first case (and is the only one up to the date) for Takarazuka to have 3 versions of the cast (a major cast led by

Yu Todoroki Yu Todoroki (轟悠 ''Todoroki Yū'') is a current member of Takarazuka Revue, where she plays an otokoyaku. She joined the Revue in 1985, became the top star of Snow Troupe in 1997, transferred to Superior Members in 2002 (upon the resignation of ...

, a new actor cast and the special cast led by Asami herself) for one performance. Other than male roles, she also had performed in two female roles during her Takarazuka career: Yan-Gai Fan from ''Singing in the Midnight'' and

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from ''

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''. Upon the resignation of her predecessor Yū Emao she became the top star of the Snow Troupe with Rira Maikaze, a former fellow troupe member from Flower Troupe, by the reprise of ''Meet Again'' (in which the title role was played by

, one of the legends of the company, in the 1999 reprise). In 2006, when the Star Troupe and Snow Troupe reprised ''

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'' (while Star performed the arc of Fersen and Marie Antoinette and Snow performed the arc of Oscar and Andre), she once again performed with a couple former troupe mates from Flower ( Haruno and Sena), Cosmos (

Wataru Kozuki is a Japanese performing artist and a former member of the Takarazuka Revue, where she specialized in playing male characters (Otokoyaku). She joined the revue in 1989 and resigned in 2006. She is from Iruma, Saitama . She is the only Otokoya ...

) and Snow (

) on the same stage. After resignation from the company, she had her first concert (''Primary Colors'') at

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and Hyōgo in May 2007. On December 30, 2021, she announces her marriage with former V6 member, Masayuki Sakamoto.

Notable Performance and Role

Takarazuka Era

Flower New Actor Era

*''

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'' - The shadow of

*''

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'' - Bud Frump (act two) *''Hollywood Babylon'' - Eliott Walker *'' Blue Swan'' - Julian

Cosmos Era

* ''Excalibur'' - Paul * '' Elisabeth'' - Rudolph

Snow Era

*''Meet Again'' - Jan *''Lovers' Suicide'' - Hachiemon Tanbaya (starring Kou Shiokaze) *''Say It Again'' - Proteus (co-starring with Kouki Naruse) *''The Man Called Bacchus'' - Lazlo *'' Arch of Triumph'' - Rosenfeld (regular cast)/Ravic (special cast) *''Singing in the Moonlight'' - Yan-Gai Fan (female lead, starring

) *''In Search of El Dorado'' - Yatarou Yajima *''

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'' - Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky (Last leading performance before being top star) *''Flaming Love'' - Feng Wu *''

'' -

(female lead, starring

) *''Memories of Barcelona - Roberto

Snow Top Star Era

*''Meet Again'' - Gerard (repraise, top star debut) *''In the Tender Light of a Fine Spring'' - Yasusuke Fujiwara/Yasumasa Fujiwara (top star debut at Grand Theater, two roles) *''Romance de Paris'' - Vincent Chevalier *''

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'' -

*''Ano Hi Mita Yume ni'' - Michael *''In Quest of the Blue Bird'' - Vincent McNorton (with special appearance of

) *''Nemureru Tsuki'' - Hamamatsu Chunagon *''Milan Wrapped in a Fog'' - Lorenzo Croce *''Silver Wolf'' - Silver *''

- Fersen and Marie-Antoinette'' - Oscar (shared with

Natsuki Mizu Natsuki Mizu (水夏希 ''Mizu Natsuki'', born 1972) is the former top star (otokoyaku) for Snow Troupe of Takarazuka Revue from December 24, 2006 to September 12, 2010. She joined the company in 1993 and became the top star in December 2006 upon t ...

, Kei Takashiro, Yūhi Ōzora and

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for Star special appearance) *''

- Oscar and Andre'' - Oscar *''Lucifer's tears'' - Lucifer (last show with Takarazuka)

Personal Concert

* ''The Wonder Three'' * ''Dancer in the Dark'' * ''Mannish'' * ''Albatross, Go South'' (Bow Hall Special)

Performance after Takarazuka

Concert

*''Primary Colors''

Stage

*'' Kiss of the Spider Woman'' - Aurora *''Dancin' Crazy'' *'' Elisabeth'' - Elisabeth (shared role with

Mayo Suzukaze , known by her stage name is a Japanese actress from Ishinomaki. Suzukaze has also done some voice work as a voice actress, namely as the voice of Himura Kenshin in ''Rurouni Kenshin''. She was previously a Takarazuka Revue stage actress and the ...

) 2008-2009 *''

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'' - Roxane 2009 *''

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'' - Countess Lily (shared role with Marcia and Keiko Horiuchi) 2020

References

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