History Creator / TakarazukaRevue

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The ''Takarazuka Revue'' is an all-women Japanese [[TheMusical musical]] theatre company operating out of Takarazuka, in the [[UsefulNotes/TheFortySevenPrefectures Hyōgo Prefecture]] of UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}. Established in 1913 and based upon the original casting format of KabukiTheatre, Takarazuka productions stand out for having highly-trained female actresses [[CrossCastRole play all of the roles]]. The company is divided into five troupes: Moon (Tsuki), Flower (Hana), Cosmos (Sora), Star (Hoshi), and Snow (Yuki). Outside of these, there are also ''senka'' (lit. "professional") actresses who belong to no one troupe (used to, though), are older/more experienced, and are cast in more "seasoned" roles.

* In the anime version of ''Manga/LuckyStar'', [[YuriFan Hiyori]] likes putting [[{{Bifauxnen}} Minami]] and Yutaka in Takarazuka otokoyaku and musumeyaku roles.

* ''Anime/VoltesV'' provides a meta example. [[AlienPrincess Prince]] [[{{Bishounen}} Heinel]] has a [[LongHairedPrettyBoy feminine face]] with elegant and sharp features. He also has [[LightIsNotGood golden, tousled hair]] and dresses as a [[PrettyInMink noble aristocrat]]. According to [[Website/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]], Tadao Nagahama cited Creator/TakarazukaRevue as one of his inspirations. Unfortunately, Heinel's [[FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon character is anything but beautiful and elegant]]. He starts the series by invading the Earth, committing wanton destruction in the way, and throughout the series, his list of war crimes expand to slavery, blackmail, taking hostages, animal slaughter, [[spoiler: capital punishment on his own men]], forced imprisonment, attacking unarmed civilians, compelling prisoners of war to serve his forces, torture and spreading diseases amongst many others. Of course, he's subjected to DracoInLeatherPants in many fan works.

* ''VisualNovel/JackJeanne'' features a SpearCounterpart of the troupe in the form of the Tamasaka Troupe. Like Takarazauka, the Tamasaka troupe are a single-sex theatre where men play both male and female roles (Jack and Jeanne respectively) and have long, rich histories dating at least 100 years. Likewise, Tamasaka has a school dedicated to training aspiring actors named Univeil, much like the Takarazuka’s own music school.

The ''Takarazuka Revue'' is an all-women Japanese [[TheMusical musical]] theatre company operating out of Takarazuka, in the Hyōgo Prefecture of Japan. Established in 1913 and based upon the original casting format of KabukiTheatre, Takarazuka productions stand out for having highly-trained female actresses [[CrossCastRole play all of the roles]]. The company is divided into five troupes: Moon (Tsuki), Flower (Hana), Cosmos (Sora), Star (Hoshi), and Snow (Yuki). Outside of these, there are also ''senka'' (lit. "professional") actresses who belong to no one troupe (used to, though), are older/more experienced, and are cast in more "seasoned" roles.

* Theatre/Carmen (non-opera adaptation integrating more elements from the original novella by Prosper Mérimée)

* ''Theatre/Carmen'' (non-opera adaptation integrating more elements from the original novella by Prosper Mérimée)

* Three ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' shows.

* ''Film/DeathTakesAHoliday''

* Kaoru Asagi, the androgynous ChickMagnet star of the drama club in ''Anime/{{Kabukibu}}'', is modeled after Takarazuka otokoyaku. She even mentions zuka by name in the second episode while discussing the possibility of a woman playing a male role in a kabuki production.

* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_of_St._Germain Count of St. Germain]]

* Kaoru Asagi, the androgynous ChickMagnet star of the drama club in ''Anime/{{Kabukibu}}'', is modeled after Takarazuka otokoyaku. She even mentions zuka by name in the second episode while discussing the possibility of a woman playing a male role in a kabuki production.
* In the anime version of ''Manga/LuckyStar'', [[YuriFan Hiyori]] likes putting [[{{Bifauxnen}} Minami]] and Yutaka in Takarazuka otokoyaku and musumeyaku roles.
* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' is heavily influenced by this cultural phenomenon, from the military-esque outfits the duelists all wear to nearly every duel being accompanied by a musical number. Especially interesting on the meta-level when you realize the world of Ohtori '''is a stage'''.
* ''Anime/{{Penguindrum}}'', from the same creator, features a character [[MeaningfulName named Yuri]] who's part of an acting troupe that's similar to but legally distinct from the Takarazuka. Their signature play is very similar to the Takarazuka's version of ''The Rose of Versailles'', and her co-lead Tsubasa is very similar design-wise to Lady Oscar.
* In ''Anime/OnlyYesterday'', Taeko mentions in her narration that her older sister Yaeko was completely in love with a Takarazuka actor. In one of Taeko's childhood flashbacks, her other older sister Nanako suggests that Taeko could join the Takarazuka revue if her acting career takes off.

* In the manga version of ''Manga/DearBrother'' minor members of the Sorority [[ComicBookFantasyCasting are based both name- and looks-wise]] on top Takarazuka actresses of the time.
* {{Bifauxnen}} LesbianJock Jun Ōtori from ''Manga/StopHibariKun'' is the daughter of an ''otokoyaku'' actress. Jun's debut chapter is even titled "Campus Takarazuka."
* One of the main characters in ''Manga/MonthlyGirlsNozakiKun'' is Yuu Kashima, a [[HugeSchoolgirl tall]], short-haired {{Bifauxnen}} teenage girl who is known as the "prince" of her school's drama club and is clearly based on the typical ''otokoyaku'' in Takarazuka productions. She exclusively [[CrosscastRole plays male roles]] in the drama club's productions, and has [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer a huge group of female admirers as a result]].
* One chapter of ''Manga/PopTeamEpic'' has a joke about the Takarazuka Revue doing an adaptation of the manga. An adult actress with tons of makeup on is shown portraying Popuko while singing dramatic renditions of the manga's jokes.
* The premise of ''Anime/ShoujoKagekiRevueStarlight'' is heavily inspired by the Takarazuka Revue; more specifically, Seisho Music Academy is based on the Takarazuka Music School, right down to having very similar uniforms. The military-esque uniforms the girls wear during stage combat are also typical of the kinds of costumes common in Takarazuka productions, and the dramatic direction of the "auditions" calls to mind the melodrama that characterizes Takarazuka productions. It's worth noting that Akiko Kodama, who currently directs the ''Revue Starlight'' stage musicals, was part of the Takarazuka Revue for almost a decade.
* ''Manga/CaseClosed'' has a case involving Heiji and Kazuha feuding over whether to go to a baseball game or a Takarazuka show. The manga showed the Grand Theater during Kazuha's explanation, a finale kickline as Kogoro's ''actual'' reason for rooting for the Zuka side, and two actresses dressed as Oscar and Andre from ''The Rose of Versailles'' [[spoiler:after Kazuha throws the contest so Heiji can go to the game]].
* ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' has the children putting on a play of ''Literature/TheEmperorsNewClothes'', with Shizuka wanting to be an ''otokoyaku''.
* ''Literature/{{Anpanman}}'' has Shiratama-san. Despite being human-looking, she's actually a shiratama, a kind of rice cake used in fruit salad, which she has a tendency to give to new people. She's very dramatic, seeing the world as a stage. She always has a new idea for a show with her as the dashing lead, and has a tendency to try and rope other characters into performing with her. She's also one of the few people that doesn't see Baikinman as a villain. Instead, she thinks of him as a fellow actor, playing the villain role. She naturally wants him to be the villain in any of her new plays, but he wants nothing to do with her.
* ''Manga/KagekiShoujo'' takes place at Kouka Music School, where girls learn to become actresses of a theater company that's [[NoCommunitiesWereHarmed definitely not anything like]] the Takarazuka Revue.

* The heroines of ''VideoGame/SakuraWars'' perform as a Takarazuka troupe in their {{Secret Identit|y}}ies. The series contains several {{Shout Out}}s to the famous Takarazuka Revue which popularized this trope. For instance, in the second OAV, action hero Shounen Red's motto is said to be "purely, properly, beautifully" -- not exactly fitting, but it ''is'' the motto of the Takarazuka Revue. A number of the shows the Teikoku Kagekidan girls put on are also serial-numbers-filed-off versions of Takarazuka shows -- ''Ai Yue ni'' (''Because of Love'') is at least partly based on ''Rose of Versailles'', for example.