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sumirepanther

Me and My Musumeyaku

Jul 14, 2008 23:34

My darling musumeyaku retired from Takarazuka about a week ago.
That is...AYANO KANAMI.
Here is a chronicle of my history with my beloved Mihoko.

She was invisible to me until 2000, though I must have seen her during 1999 in Hanagumi shows and have a memory of my friend’s comment on "a very sweet but 'slightly DEBU-NA' young musumeyaku with a ( Read more... )

sena jun, hanagumi, ayano kanami, tsukigumi, retirement, mizu natsuki, soragumi

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anthy1306 July 15 2008, 07:29:40 UTC

awwwww, noooooooooo

Mihoko was always an outstanding Musumeyaku and sadly one of the last "grand Ladies" of the theatre. (there was a time, when I thought: "ehhhh? All new Musume Tops are so young and girly!" But that changed gladly ^^ I think all five Topmusume-san's are great now.....oh - eh - four ;____;)

*sigh* but she has a sparkling future in front of her, hasn't she?
I will miss her wedding advertisements in the Graph .__.

sumirepanther July 15 2008, 16:07:21 UTC

In Hanagumi's Encourage Concert in early 2001, then-ken-4 Mihoko sang "Madame Wolf's Collection" from Elisabeth. I saw this on TV, and I almost dropped my jaw because I heard an amazingly powerful and striking voice coming from her. I fell for her all the more. I don't think she was given a lot of opportunities to capitalize on her broad voice range after that.
I hope she will continue to perform on stage and make the most of her singing/acting skills (& good looks!).

Yeah...I, too, miss her in Graph and Kageki...

anthy1306 July 15 2008, 19:09:47 UTC

"Madam Wolf's Collection"?!?!?
OMG! How gorgeous!! O__O
Yes, as every other Musumeyaku, she was forced to sing in mainly high tunes, which is unfair, because her voice is so much more than that, what she was allowed to show.
I thought the same about Hanafusa Mari and Maikaze Rira. Both would have been a well doing alto.

Ah! Don't forget her graceful dancing *___* I loved her in "Romeo and Juliet" and in all revue show's where she showed how to move her body properly XD

shetan83 July 16 2008, 00:26:11 UTC

I think Mihoko became my favorite musumeyaku... Sad that she's retiring...

But I'm glad that she got the farewell she deserved.

sumirepanther July 16 2008, 08:22:49 UTC

I'd like to believe that she's getting tons of good offers now and we will see her sing on stage soon.
...She can be in Marguerite and perform with Osa :P

orphanmoth July 16 2008, 16:35:09 UTC

Yes, Yes Yes!!! I want her to perform with Osa. But, what role? They are both leading ladies. I saw Me and My Girl in Takarazuka and was blown away by Mihoko's voice. I didn't know, didn't expect it and now she's retired. :-(. I think she's be great as Manon.