Itsuki Chihiro

In the background of the world of sleuthing, our protagonist is by no means a hard-boiled hero in this tale where he finds out what it means to be a detective through various meetings and partings of friends and loves.

Based on the life of James Dean.

Based on the tale of Hamamatsu Chunagon.

The time is the Azuchi-Momoyama Period. While Yukariko is a woman, she is by nature masculine and, as she was raised in a family with no heir, she learned general martial arts. Then an unexpected story is told to Yukariko, whose father died suddenly. It is said that because Yukariko is the daughter of the daimyo of Aki, and twins with the current feudal lord, she was given to an adoptive family in secret. As a matter of fact her brother the feudal lord, Midorio, is ill, and in order that the other provinces may not know, she is told that he wants her to serve as his substitute....

Daan himself purchased an advertising space in the newspaper and interviewed the people of the town. Although his news is not something that will be useful to someone's life, Daan believes that through his reporting, he will be able to find the "words" that he is looking for. Daan always visits the cafe where his childhood friend Mira works. As she grew older, Mila laughed less and less. Is there a connection between the reason Daan is looking for "words" and the reason Mira doesn’t smile, or is there not?

Mid 1960's. In the sea-port town of Genova in the Northern part of Italy. In the secret club "Primavera", Italy's high-class married ladies, party every night with gigolos. Among them, there is one noticeably charming and sparkling young man called Luca. This man has been chosen as a "companion", by Irene, the wife of a shipping magnate. The club proprietress, Aura, together with Antonio, fear for Luca. In that woman's eye there is a look of foreboding... Luca, unminding, probably naively starts to fall for Irene.

Snow Troupe's play based on The Captain's Daughter.

A tragic love story about a soldier and a circus performer, based on the 1967 Swedish film Elvira Madigan.

Sidestory of The Rose of Versailles was written by Ikeda Riyoko herself.

Set in a fictitious duchy in medieval France. This is the story of how the son of an earl grows up as he searches for the truth about the death of his first love. Lucian, the son of an earl, receives secret orders to look into the truth of the circumstances regarding the execution of Lady Charlotte, a noblewoman who married into a neighboring duchy. Charlotte was executed for the suspicious murder of her husband, Lord Garnier. Lucian believes that Charlotte was set up, so he goes to Lord Garnier's lands to contact his heir Emma, Garnier's daughter by his first wife. As Lucian struggles to uncover the hidden truth about Charlotte's death, will both duchies be able to evade war?

Based on Itou Keiichi's novel "Elegy for the Setting Sun".

Star Troupe's performance.

Based on the play Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand.

The Asuka period. In a school opened by the Buddhist priest Sōmin who has returned from studying abroad in China, amongst the sons of the nobility studying the continent's latest culture and disciplines, two young men are in attendance who will come to play a big part in upending an era.

Stuart Menfield was awarded first prize in so many contests of fine arts since he was ten years old that he has won the status as a most talented young artist and enjoys fame as a prince among creators of modern art. His cherished dream since childhood has been to become an animator and to produce a TV animated cartoon series, Paradise Prince, which he had been working on since he was a child.

Reflections on the Year. The entire Japanese archipelago is completely soaked. A must-read moral education theory based on pornography for all citizens!

Takarazuka Cosmos Troupe. The first installment of Tanaka Yoshiki's Legend of the Galactic Heroes was published in November 1982, and since then approximately 1.5 billion copies have been sold of his best-selling series of science fiction novels. Even now SF fans are still talking about his works, which have captured the hearts of many people.

Based on the life of Dae Inseon, the last king of Balhae.

A dramatic musical written by Shibata Yukihiro, based on the full-length novel by literary master Stendahl. It depicts the attempts of Julien Sorel, a provincial young man, to rise socially beyond his modest upbringing through a combination of talent, hard work, deception, and hypocrisy.

The 2010 Takarazuka Star Troupe production of Gérard Presgurvic's 'Romeo & Juliette'

It is 17th-century France, where Louis XIV, the "Sun King," reigns. The Musketeers, who answer to the king, diligently train themselves day in and day out to protect their liege and the state. Each of these highly skilled warriors also has a unique personality: Porthos is courageous and daring, Athos is calm and reassuring, Aramis is a ladies' man like none other in his time, while d'Artagnan is our invincible hero. All, meanwhile, are utterly proud and brave warriors.

Karl was a ship hand, who has decided to return to his hometown of Hamburg. There on the night of the yearly beer festival, he meets Margit, who tells him she has left her family home in search of freedom. They spend the night in a hotel, and fall in love. Not wanting to part, Karl proposes to Margit and the two rent an apartment together. In truth, Margit is the daughter of a prominent Hamburg family, and is engaged to a man named Florian. When her family comes in search of her, Margit vows to only return with Karl by her side.

The 2013 Takarazuka Star Troupe production of Gérard Presgurvic's "Romeo & Juliette".

Takarazuka Snow Troupe's 1997 stage adaptation of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights.