
Tanazawa Rika (born November 19, 1969 ), known by her stage name , is a Japanese
musical
Musical is the adjective of music
Music is generally defined as the The arts, art of arranging sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Exact def ...
actress and stage performer.
Shibuki is a former member of
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 played Otokoyaku. She joined the revue in 1986 and resigned in 2003.
In 2016 she organised a concert to celebrate 30 years in the business.
Troupe history
* Flower Troupe: 1986–1996
* Star Troupe: 1996–1997
* Moon Troupe: 1997–2000
* Supreme Member: 2000–2001
* Moon Troupe: 2001–2004 (Top Star)
Roles
1988: Forever!Takarazuka (shinjinkoen), "White Key Dancer A"
1989: Kaigi wa Odoru (
Der Kongreß tanzt) (shinjinkoen), "Max" / The Game, "Demolition Man, Other"
1989: The Romanov Jewel (shinjinkoen), "Cesar"
1989: Takarazuka o Dorisanka'89/Forever! Takarazuka (New York Radio City Hall)
1990: El Amigo (Bow), "Gonzalez"
1990: Versailles no Bara (Rose of Versailles), "Count Waiyu's Wife" / (shinjinkoen) "Alain"
1991: Haru ni Kaze o Kimi ni... (In the Spring the Wind Blows to You...), "Panther Cub" (shinjinkoen) "Shiyuto"
1991: Venezia no Monsho (The Venetian Crest), "Orphan" / (shinjinkoen) "Kazim" / Junction 24, "Tommy, Other"
1991: Dean (Bow), "Big Damon"
1992:
Spartacus
Spartacus ( el, Σπάρτακος '; la, Spartacus; c. 103–71 BC) was a Thracian gladiator who, along with Crixus, Gannicus, Castus, and Oenomaus, was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprisin ...
, "Livius" / (shinjinkoen) "Spartacus"
1992: Keredo Yume no Naka de Mezameta toki ni (But in a Waking Dream) (Bow), "Jun, Naze"
1992: Kokoro no Tabishi (Random Harvest), "David" / (shinjinkoen) "Smith/Charles"
1992:
Flower Drum Song (Bow), "Sammy Fong"
1993: Melancholic Gigolo (Tokyo), "Bart" / La Nova! (Tokyo), "Panther Man A, Little Devil, Other"
1993: Bay City Blues, "Falco" / It's a Love Story
1993: Apple Tree (Bow), "Snake, Flip"
1994: Sarang * Ai (Love), "Cho Ryuun"
1994: Black Jack * Abunai na Kake (Black Jack * Dangerous Gamble), "News Reporter" / Hi no Shima (Island of Fire), "Olga, Other"
1994: Kasensho (Brush of a Flower Fan) / Tobira no Kochira (The Door Over Here) / A Million Dreams (London)
1994: Ride On (Bow), "Shingo, Sidney, Other"
1994: Fuyu no Arashi, Petersburg ni Shisu (Winter Storm, Death in Petersburg), "Soolin" / Hyper Stage!, "Racer, Zebra, Other"
1995: Kanashimi no Cordoba (Grieving Cordoba), "Phillipe" / Mega Vision, "Gigolo A, Manbo Man A, Singer, Other"
1995: Eden no Higashi (
East of Eden), "Joe" / Dandizm!, "Hardboiled Man S, Other"
1995: Beni wa Kobe (
The Scarlet Pimpernel
''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' is the first novel in a series of historical fiction by Baroness Orczy, published in 1905. It was written after her stage play of the same title (co-authored with Montague Barstow) enjoyed a long run in London, having ...
) (National Tour), "Andrew" / Mega Vision, "Gigolo A, White Swan, Other"
1996: Hana wa Hana yori (People Who Love Flowers), "Gyunosuke, Rat A, Fumaru Funojo, Other" / Hyperion, "Leonard, Topaz, Other"
1996: Futari dake ga Warui (Who is Bad?), "Carlos" / Passion Blue, "Lonely Guy, Charles, Other"
1996:
The Portrait of Dorian Gray
''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' is a philosophical novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella-length version was published in the July 1890 issue of the American periodical '' Lippincott's Monthly Magazine''.''The Picture of Dorian G ...
(Bow), "Dorian Gray"
1996: Elisabeth, "Lucheni"
1997: Sei no Gunzo (True Youths), "Katsu Kaishu" / Miwaku II (Captivation II), "Heart Breaker, Charles, Other"
1997: El Dorado (Tokyo), "Walpa"
1997: Alas (Theater Dramacity), "Mikado, Kojiro, Other"
1998:
West Side Story
''West Side Story'' is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents.
Inspired by William Shakespeare's play ''Romeo and Juliet'', the story is set in the mid- ...
, "Bernard"
1998: Buenos Aires no Kaze (Viento de Buenos Aires) (Theater Dramacity), "Nicolas"
1998: Kuroi no Hitomi (Dark Eyes) (based on Proshkin's
The Captain's Daughter), "Pugachev" / El Boleo Rouge, "The Man, Orphee, Other"
1999: Rasen no Orphee (Orpheus in Spiral), "Arion" / Nova Bosa Nova, "Ouro"
1999: Mugen Hana Maki (Picture Scroll of Fantasy Flowers) / Bravo! Takarazuka (China, Beijing and Shanghai)
1999: Provence no Aoi Sora (The Blue Skies of Provence) (Theater Dramacity), "Andre"
2000: LUNA, "Brian" / BLUE MOON BLUE, "Naaga"
2000: Takarazuka: Snow, Moon, Flower / Sunrise Takarazuka (Berlin)
2001: Ima Sumirebana Saku (Now, the Violets Bloom) (Moon Troupe) (Tokyo), "Prince, Young Man of the Violets" / Ai no Sonata (Der Rosenkavalier) (Moon Troupe) (Tokyo), "Baron Ochs"
2001: Ai no Sonata (
Der Rosenkavalier
(''The Knight of the Rose'' or ''The Rose-Bearer''), Op. 59, is a comic opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to an original German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It is loosely adapted from the novel ''Les amours du chevalier de Faublas'' ...
), "Baron Ochs" / ESP!!, "Coat Man A, Guy A, Tango Man A, Other"
2001: Provence no Aoi Sora (The Blue Skies of Provence) (Theater Dramacity), "Andre"
2001: Daikaizoku (Great Pirates), "Emelio" / Jazz Mania, "G.I. Joe, The Man, The Guest, Other"
2002:
Guys & Dolls
''Guys and Dolls'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on " The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" (1933) and "Blood Pressure", which are two short stories by Damon Runyon, and also ...
, "Sky Masterson"
2002: Sarang * Ai (Love) (National Tour), "Cho Ryuun"
2002: Nagai Haru no Hate ni (At the End of a Long Spring), "Stephan" / With a Song in My Heart, "Dick, China Doll, Other"
2003: Hana no Takarazuka Fudoki, "Student, Yamasan, Biased Man S, Other" / Señor Don Juan, "Don Juan"
2003: Bara no Fuin (Seal of Roses) ~Vampire Requiem~ / Francis
Concerts / Dinner shows
*1996: La Romance (Dinner Show)
*1996: Mission (Dinner Show)
*1997: Four Colors (video)
*2000: ALL ABOUT RIKA (Cosmos Troupe) (Le Theatre Ginza), (Bow)
*2003: Lica-Rika/L,R Concert (
Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre), (Theater Dramacity)
*2003: Rika (Dinner Show)
References
External links
évoluer online - Shibuki Jun's Official Site (Japanese)Rika! - Fan Page with article translations (English)
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Takarazuka Revue
Japanese actresses
1968 births
Living people
People from Gunma Prefecture
Takarazuka otokoyaku