Aran Kei
Acting
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.
Filmography
The Musical 「AIDA アイーダ」
My Dear New Orleans / à Bientôt
Takarazuka Special 2008 ~La Festa!~
Side Story: The Rose of Versailles -Bernard- / Neo Dandyism! III
as ベルナール
The Scarlet Pimpernel
as パーシー・ブレイクニー
The Red and the Black
El Halcon -The Falcon- / Revue Orchis -A Star Named Orchis-
as ティリアン・パーシモン
TCA Special 2007 "'Allo! Revue! -80th Anniversary of Mon Paris-"
Cherry Blossoms / Secret Hunter -There's Nothing in This World I Can't Steal-
as Dagobert
ヘイズ・コード
Too Short a Time to Fall in Love / Neo Dandyism! -Men's Aesthetics-
as アンソニー・ランドルフ
TCA Special 2006 "Wonderful Dreamers ~People Dreaming~"
The Rose of Versailles: Oscar
as Andre Grandier
The Rose of Versailles -Fersen and Marie-Antoinette-
as Andre Grandier/Oscar Francois de Jarjayes
龍星⎯闇を裂き天翔けよ。朕は、皇帝なり⎯
as 龍星
TCA Special 2005 "Beautiful Melody, Beautiful Romance"
王家に捧ぐ歌
as アイーダ
Phantom
as Count Philippe de Chandon
TCA Special 2004 "Takarazuka 90 ~On the Road to 100~"
Aran Kei Dinner Show 「Sense」
Lightning in the Daytime / Temptation!
as Edmond de Lambrouse
TCA Special 2003 "Dear Grand Theater"
Singin' in the Rain
as Don Lockwood
Aran Kei Dinner Show 「Late Show」
The Glassy Landscape / Babylon
Butterfly Lovers / Southern Cross Revue in China
as Villager S
The Prague Spring / Lucky Star!
as Jan Palach
Revolt of a Gallant Poet
as Fujiwara no Tokitsura
Revolt of a Gallant Poet
as Fujiwara no Tokitsura
The Rose of Versailles 2001: Oscar and Andre (Star Troupe, 2001)
as Hans Axel von Fersen
The Wonder Three
Meet Again / Nova Bossa Nova
as Pierre Clement
Frozen Tomorrow: Bonnie & Clyde
as Jeremy Methvin
Icarus
as Icarus
Ghost at Midnight / Les Cherubim
as William
Wuthering Heights
as Edgar Linton
Romanesque Mask / Golden Days
as アゾラン
Elisabeth
as Young Rudolph
Love Blooms Out on the Murasakino
as Midori
A Battlefield for the Two of Us
as Shiek
'91 TMP Music Festival - Ethno Pops