Trivia / Company (Takarazuka Revue)

• Irony as She Is Cast: Tamaki Ryou is very good at dancing, enough so that she played Death in Romeo et Juliette: De La Haine a l'Amour - a dance-only role - as a younger actress. Her character Aoyagi is as stiff as a board and fumbling during Takano's demonstration of the New Swan Lake. Additionally, Aoyagi is the male lead role. By default, principal male leads in Takarazuka are played by the top star - the leader of the troupe, who must have singing, acting, and dancing skills par excellence to get to that position in the first place.