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 Japa ...

, where she specialized in playing male characters (Otokoyaku). She joined the revue in 1990 and resigned in 2005. She is from Osaka.

Troupe history

* Moon Troupe: 1990–1998 * Cosmo Troupe: 1998–2000 * Supreme Member: 2000–2005

General information

Considered as one of the powerful and multi-talented actresses while she was in the rooster, she started her Takarazuka career at Moon Troupe. Even though never being cast as the top bill during her new actor era, she already showed her talent since then—the most memorable is Jaqueline Carstone in the first act of '' Me and My Girl''. In her latter day in Moon Troupe, she once again portrayed in a female role: Anita from the Moon's production of ''

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''. Also, she could be in tough role like Ricardo in ''The Wind of

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'' and a small-time crook like Duchain in ''Crossroad''. In 1998, she was being transferred to the newly found Cosmos Troupe in order to replace

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, who had been transferred to Snow Troupe, and her first role in Cosmo Troupe is Prince Rudolph in the Tokyo run of Cosmo's production of Elisabeth in 1998. With the future portray of

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of Flower's production of Elisabeth in 2003, she became one of the three actresses that has portrayed both father and son in this musical (along with

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, who is the Emperor in the 1998 production and Mao Ayabuki, who is the Prince in the 2003 production) among actresses from the company. In June 2000, the directors of the company had made a radical change on the troupe structure by sending the second and third tier actresses of each troupe to the Senka, which served as the waiting list for top star of the troupes. Under this circumstance, she became one of the "Senka's Eleven" along with Wataru Kozuki. Therefore, when she had her first Bow Hall leading show, ''Freedom: Mr. Carmen'' (the retelling of the famous opera '' Carmen'' with Carmen is male and Jose eversed with Josieis female), which is under the production of Cosmo Troupe, she is billed as a member of Senka rather than as a member of Cosmo Troupe. She made special appearance in the production of Flower, Snow, Star and Cosmo. Also, she hosted TV show for Takarazuka Sky Stage, the speciality channel of TCA. In 2005, she resigned from the Revue via Flower Troupe by having her top bill performance ''

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'', reunioned with Asuka Tono. This makes her the only one among the Eleven (that did not make to the top) to have her own top bill show while resigning from the company. After the resignation from the company, she continues her career on stage. Currently, she is married and hosts ''JURI no dondake GOGO5!?'' for Takarauzuka Sky Stage as a part of the celebration of fifth anniversary of the channel. She got married on March 3, 2007. She is one of the cast in the first production of the Japanese stage version of ''

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Notable Performance and Roles

Takarazuka Era

Moon New Actor Era

*'' Me and My Girl'' – Jaqueline Carstone (Act 1) *''Can-Can'' – Boris *''Descendant of Baron'' – Richard

Moon Era

*''

'' – Anita *''The Wind of

'' – Ricardo (Starring Jun Shibuki) *''Dark Brown Eyes'' – Sergeant Maximich

Cosmos Era

*'' Elisabeth'' – Rudolph (Replacing

for Tokyo performance) *''Crossroad'' – Duchain *''Passion: Jose and Carmen'' – Remendad *''Black Rose of the Desert'' – Shayza

Senka Era

=With Flower Troupe

= *'' Michelangelo'' – Mendolini *'' Elisabeth'' –

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*''Marrakech: A Crimson Tombstone'' – Leon (Last performance at the Grand Theater) *''

'' – Jack Worthing (Last performance with Takarazuka)

=With Snow Troupe

= *''Romance de Paris'' – Rachid Salam

=With Star Troupe

= *''

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'' – Andre (Sharing with Tatsuki Kouju and Wataru Kozuki in the Takarazuka run)

=With Cosmos Troupe

= *''Freedom: Mr. Carmen'' – Carmen (Bow Hall lead performance) *''Nostalgia Across the Sea'' – Genkuro Tokaiya *''Castel Mirage'' – Richard Taylor (Replacing Wataru Kozuki in the Tokyo performance) *''

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'' – Gerard Carriere

Personal Concert

*''JUBILEE-S''

Performance outside Takarazuka

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'', Prince (with Asuka Tono and former members of TCA) *''SHOCK''

Performance after Takarazuka

*''

Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill ''Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill'' is a musical revue with a book by Gene Lerner, music by Kurt Weill, and lyrics by various songwriting partners Weill worked with over his career. The plot follows Weill's life as he begins his career in Ger ...

'' *''Christmas Fantasy (Christmans DS)'' *''Gelvestar Gala Concert'' *'' Elisabeth 10th Anniversary Gala Concert'' – Luigi Lucheni *''Juri Sakiho LIVE SHOW　I gotta JURI'SM!'' *''TANGO SUMMER FASHION'' *''Secret Bridesmaid's Business'' *''Sweet Charity'' *''

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'' as Daisy Hilton *''SUPER COLLABORATE SHOW "Mr. PINSTRIPE"'' *''MUSICAL GALA CONCERT Vol.2'' *''

In the Heights ''In the Heights'' is a musical with concept, music, and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and a book by Quiara Alegría Hudes. The story is set over the course of three days, involving characters in the largely Dominican American neighborhood of ...

'' as Camila Rosario *''

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'' *''

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'' as Paulette Buonufonte (2017–2019) *''

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'' as Madame Thenardier (2021–Present)

References

External links

Official Page
(in Japanese) {{DEFAULTSORT:Juri, Sakiho Japanese actresses Living people People from Minoh, Osaka Takarazuka Revue 1971 births