Aran Kei
Date of birth: 1970-10-09
Place of birth: Konan, Aichi, Japan
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
Biography
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
Mitsuko
2011-08-06
The show focuses on Mitsuko Aoyama (1874-1941), who was the first Japanese woman to marry a westerne
Singin' in the Rain
2003-05-06
Takarazuka Revue 2003 Star Troupe production based on the MGM film Singin' in the Rain
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
2021-08-17
Jamie is 16 and lives on a council estate in Sheffield. Jamie doesn't quite fit in. Jamie is terrifi
The Rose of Versailles 2001: Oscar and Andre (Star Troupe, 2001)
2001-11-10
Takarazuka Revue’s 1992 production of "The Rose of Versailles 2001: Oscar and Andre". This version f
血の婚礼
2022-09-15
Cherry Blossoms / Secret Hunter -There's Nothing in This World I Can't Steal-
2007-06-20
Takarazuka Star Troupe 2007 performance of the musical Secret Hunter and the revue Sakura, performed
Elisabeth
1996-01-01
Takarazuka Revue Snow Troupe 1996 production of the Viennese musical 'Elisabeth'. This was the Revue
The Nutcracker 3D
2014-11-29
This adaptation of the Nutcracker story (by Tchaikovsky and original choreography by Marius Petipa a
The Rose of Versailles: Oscar
2006-04-20
Musical adaptation of The Rose of Versailles, focusing on the Lady Oscar's service in the French Gua
Romanesque Mask / Golden Days
1997-02-14
Paris, 1830. After the fall of Napoleon, Imperial Rule is restored by Charles X, younger brother of
王家に捧ぐ歌
2005-02-02
The Scarlet Pimpernel
2008-06-20
Takarazuka Revue Star Troupe 2008 production based on Baroness Orczy's novel 'The Scarlet Pimpernel'
El Halcon -The Falcon- / Revue Orchis -A Star Named Orchis-
2007-11-02
The Glassy Landscape / Babylon
2002-11-22
Too Short a Time to Fall in Love / Neo Dandyism! -Men's Aesthetics-
2006-10-06
Side Story: The Rose of Versailles -Bernard- / Neo Dandyism! III
2008-11-08
Phantom
2004-07-21
Takarazuka Revue's Phantom based on the play by Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit.
Fantastic Girls
2015-02-21
In 1980, Ayuko is a new transfer student in Okayama from Tokyo. She doesn't have any friends and rel
ヘイズ・コード
2007-01-04
The Red and the Black
2008-03-13
My Dear New Orleans / à Bientôt
2009-03-26
Ghost at Midnight / Les Cherubim
1997-09-19
TV director Eric and his film crew are in Scotland, filming an old castle. At an auction, Eric buys
A Battlefield for the Two of Us
1994-01-15
A military trial is being held in a certain federal state in a corner of Europe. The defendant's nam
The Rose of Versailles -Fersen and Marie-Antoinette-
2006-01-01
Star Troupe's stage play.
Love Blooms Out on the Murasakino
1995-12-18
Asuka Period, Japan. Ooama no Miko meets Nukata no Ookimi when he goes with his older brother (Nakan
Wuthering Heights
1997-05-31
Takarazuka Snow Troupe's 1997 stage adaptation of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights.
Aran Kei's Ark 2010
2010-10-20
Aran Kei's concert.
'91 TMP Music Festival - Ethno Pops
1991-05-18
Takarazuka Revue's special performance including all troupes.
Takarazuka Revue 100th Anniversary Dream Festival
2014-04-04
Special performance.
The Prague Spring / Lucky Star!
2002-08-11
In the course of the wintry period under the socialist regime which froze all freedoms, there was an
Frozen Tomorrow: Bonnie & Clyde
1998-11-01
Snow Troupe's performance.
龍星⎯闇を裂き天翔けよ。朕は、皇帝なり⎯
2005-09-30
Takarazuka Special 2008 ~La Festa!~
2008-12-21
Takarazuka special performance.
TCA Special 2007 "'Allo! Revue! -80th Anniversary of Mon Paris-"
2007-09-08
Takarazuka special performance.
TCA Special 2006 "Wonderful Dreamers ~People Dreaming~"
2006-09-02
Takarazuka special performance.
TCA Special 2005 "Beautiful Melody, Beautiful Romance"
2005-04-30
Takarazuka special performance.
TCA Special 2004 "Takarazuka 90 ~On the Road to 100~"
2004-07-13
Takarazuka special performance.
TCA Special 2003 "Dear Grand Theater"
2003-06-06
Takarazuka special performance.
The Wonder Three
1999-06-13
Special performance of Snow Troupe.
Takarazuka Premiere Live 2018
2018-03-24
This special event brings together former top stars born in the 21st century, who ushered in a new e
Icarus
1998-03-08
A show inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's "The Little Prince".
The Rose of Versailles 50 ~Trajectory of Half a Century~
2024-05-19
Anniversary concert for The Rose of Versailles.
Musical 『Misaeng』
2025-02-11
Musical adaptation of the Webtoon.
Butterfly Lovers / Southern Cross Revue in China
2002-09-20
Set in the Heian Age, this is the tale of Yukiwaka and Kirine, two young men who have both come to t
Revolt of a Gallant Poet
The beginning of the Heian Era, there was a young nobleman named Ariwara no Narihira serving in vari
Revolt of a Gallant Poet
2001-12-23
The beginning of the Heian Era, there was a young nobleman named Ariwara no Narihira serving in vari
Revolt of a Gallant Poet
2002-02-21
The beginning of the Heian Era, there was a young nobleman named Ariwara no Narihira serving in vari
Lightning in the Daytime / Temptation!
2003-11-17
Early in the nineteenth century in Paris, an evening party is held at Martin's residence on rue de l
Meet Again / Nova Bossa Nova
1999-05-10
Gerard is a playboy novelist in New York, living off of his father and friends' money because none o
The Musical 「AIDA アイーダ」
2009-09-13
Aran Kei Dinner Show 「Sense」
2004-03-11
Aran Kei's dinner show.
Aran Kei Dinner Show 「Late Show」
2003-01-09
Aran Kei's dinner show.
『漂流劇ひょっこりひょうたん島』
2016-02-11
Stage play.
Antony and Cleopatra
2011-11-27
Stage play.
Little Voice
2017-05-28
Musical adaptation of the movie with the same name.