Aran Kei
Kōnan, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
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Kei Aran (安蘭 けい, Aran Kei), real name Touko Yasuda (安田 瞳子, Yasuda Touko) (born October 9, 1970), is a Japanese actress and former top star otokoyaku (an actress who plays male roles) of the Japanese Takarazuka Revue's Star Troupe. She joined the revue in 1991 and became the top star in 2007. She resigned from the company in April 2009 and is currently pursuing an acting career outside of the Revue. She is of Zainichi Korean descent and the first from such background to become the top star of the company.
Movie Credits
The Rose of Versailles 2001: Oscar and Andre (Star Troupe, 2001)
Cherry Blossoms / Secret Hunter -There's Nothing in This World I Can't Steal-
El Halcon -The Falcon- / Revue Orchis -A Star Named Orchis-
Too Short a Time to Fall in Love / Neo Dandyism! -Men's Aesthetics-
Side Story: The Rose of Versailles -Bernard- / Neo Dandyism! III
The Rose of Versailles -Fersen and Marie-Antoinette-
Takarazuka Revue 100th Anniversary Dream Festival
TCA Special 2007 "'Allo! Revue! -80th Anniversary of Mon Paris-"
TCA Special 2006 "Wonderful Dreamers ~People Dreaming~"
TCA Special 2005 "Beautiful Melody, Beautiful Romance"
TCA Special 2004 "Takarazuka 90 ~On the Road to 100~"
The Rose of Versailles 50 ~Trajectory of Half a Century~
Butterfly Lovers / Southern Cross Revue in China
