Aran Kei

Acting

Aran Kei

Born

1970-10-09 (56)

Place of birth

Konan, Aichi, Japan

Known for

Acting

Credits

55 titles

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.

Known for

Everybody's Talking About Jamie poster
8.0

Jamie is 16 and lives on a council estate in Sheffield. Jamie doesn't quite fit in. Jamie is terrified about the future. Jamie is going to be a sensation. Supported by his brilliant loving mum and surrounded by his friends, Jamie overcomes prejudice, beats the bullies and steps out of the darkness, into the spotlight. Sixteen: the edge of possibility. Time to make your dreams come true.

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

2021

Aran Kei Dinner Show 「Late Show」 poster
NR

Aran Kei's dinner show.

Aran Kei Dinner Show 「Late Show」

2003

Fantastic Girls poster
6.0

In 1980, Ayuko is a new transfer student in Okayama from Tokyo. She doesn't have any friends and relies on her boyfriend Hideo who is a college student. Ayuko likes to draw a romance manga of herself and her boyfriend. Ayuko's classmate, Takemi, becomes a huge fan of Ayuko's manga and they become close friends. Due to an incident though, they drift apart. 30 years later, Ayuko is now a manga artist and comes back to Okayama to give a lecture at her former high school. There, Ayuko meets Takemi who is now a teacher.

Fantastic Girls

2015

Aran Kei Dinner Show 「Sense」 poster
NR

Aran Kei's dinner show.

Aran Kei Dinner Show 「Sense」

2004

Revolt of a Gallant Poet poster
NR

The beginning of the Heian Era, there was a young nobleman named Ariwara no Narihira serving in various government posts, such as Keeper of the Archives. This gentleman had great poetic ability, a handsome honor, was valorous, and was generally of an open and natural nature. This Narihara meets the beautiful Princess Takaiko, who is working as a dancing girl at one of the imperial flower banquets...

Revolt of a Gallant Poet

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Phantom poster
NR

Takarazuka Revue's Phantom based on the play by Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit.

Phantom

2004

Film credits

2010s · 9 titles

Fantastic Girls poster
6.0

In 1980, Ayuko is a new transfer student in Okayama from Tokyo. She doesn't have any friends and relies on her boyfriend Hideo who is a college student. Ayuko likes to draw a romance manga of herself and her boyfriend. Ayuko's classmate, Takemi, becomes a huge fan of Ayuko's manga and they become close friends. Due to an incident though, they drift apart. 30 years later, Ayuko is now a manga artist and comes back to Okayama to give a lecture at her former high school. There, Ayuko meets Takemi who is now a teacher.

Fantastic Girls

2015

The Nutcracker 3D poster
4.0

This adaptation of the Nutcracker story (by Tchaikovsky and original choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov) is updated in this stop-motion animation from the original Japanese release of 1979. The new 3-D rendering is complemented by the art direction of Sebastian Masuda who is responsible for much of Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's style. She also provides music here.

The Nutcracker 3D

2014

Mitsuko poster
NR

The show focuses on Mitsuko Aoyama (1874-1941), who was the first Japanese woman to marry a westerner.

Mitsuko

2011

Antony and Cleopatra poster
NR

Stage play.

Antony and Cleopatra

2011

Takarazuka Revue 100th Anniversary Dream Festival poster
NR

Special performance.

Takarazuka Revue 100th Anniversary Dream Festival

2014

Little Voice poster
NR

Musical adaptation of the movie with the same name.

Little Voice

2017

Aran Kei's Ark 2010 poster
NR

Aran Kei's concert.

Aran Kei's Ark 2010

2010

Takarazuka Premiere Live 2018 poster
NR

This special event brings together former top stars born in the 21st century, who ushered in a new era for the Takarazuka Revue, to sing Takarazuka Revue classics in a one-night-only live performance and talk show.

Takarazuka Premiere Live 2018

2018

『漂流劇ひょっこりひょうたん島』 poster
NR

Stage play.

『漂流劇ひょっこりひょうたん島』

2016

2000s · 30 titles

Aran Kei Dinner Show 「Late Show」 poster
NR

Aran Kei's dinner show.

Aran Kei Dinner Show 「Late Show」

2003

Aran Kei Dinner Show 「Sense」 poster
NR

Aran Kei's dinner show.

Aran Kei Dinner Show 「Sense」

2004

Phantom poster
NR

Takarazuka Revue's Phantom based on the play by Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit.

Phantom

2004

Revolt of a Gallant Poet poster
NR

The beginning of the Heian Era, there was a young nobleman named Ariwara no Narihira serving in various government posts, such as Keeper of the Archives. This gentleman had great poetic ability, a handsome honor, was valorous, and was generally of an open and natural nature. This Narihara meets the beautiful Princess Takaiko, who is working as a dancing girl at one of the imperial flower banquets... (Same cast but 2002 version.)

Revolt of a Gallant Poet

2002

Cherry Blossoms / Secret Hunter -There's Nothing in This World I Can't Steal- poster
7.0

Takarazuka Star Troupe 2007 performance of the musical Secret Hunter and the revue Sakura, performed at the Takarazuka Grand Theater and Tokyo Takarazuka Theater.

Cherry Blossoms / Secret Hunter -There's Nothing in This World I Can't Steal-

2007

Lightning in the Daytime / Temptation! poster
NR

Early in the nineteenth century in Paris, an evening party is held at Martin's residence on rue de la Chaussee d'Antin. Galantine, the residence's owner and widow of Duke Martin, holds a salon which is a social gathering of important people such as famous nobles, artists, and industrialists. At the party, a baron's second son Albert reunites with a count's daughter Vivianne whom he has known since childhood. After the loss of her father and elder brother who had stood against the present government, she was exiled to England along with her mother. However, following the advice of her aunt Galantine, she returned to Paris several years later when the government's vengeance against the opposition had subsided. Vivian and Albert are very delighted at their meeting again after a long interval and enthusiastically talk as if they were filling in the long blank of several years.

Lightning in the Daytime / Temptation!

2003

Revolt of a Gallant Poet poster
NR

The beginning of the Heian Era, there was a young nobleman named Ariwara no Narihira serving in various government posts, such as Keeper of the Archives. This gentleman had great poetic ability, a handsome honor, was valorous, and was generally of an open and natural nature. This Narihara meets the beautiful Princess Takaiko, who is working as a dancing girl at one of the imperial flower banquets...

Revolt of a Gallant Poet

2001

Butterfly Lovers / Southern Cross Revue in China poster
NR

Set in the Heian Age, this is the tale of Yukiwaka and Kirine, two young men who have both come to the capital to learn Bugaku. They are both learning together, and grow close as siblings as they aim to become official Bugaku dancers. However, Kirine has a secret...

Butterfly Lovers / Southern Cross Revue in China

2002

My Dear New Orleans / à Bientôt poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

My Dear New Orleans / à Bientôt

2009

龍星⎯闇を裂き天翔けよ。朕は、皇帝なり⎯ poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

龍星⎯闇を裂き天翔けよ。朕は、皇帝なり⎯

2005

Side Story: The Rose of Versailles -Bernard- / Neo Dandyism! III poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Side Story: The Rose of Versailles -Bernard- / Neo Dandyism! III

2008

Singin' in the Rain poster
6.0

Takarazuka Revue 2003 Star Troupe production based on the MGM film Singin' in the Rain

Singin' in the Rain

2003

Takarazuka Special 2008 ~La Festa!~ poster
NR

Takarazuka special performance.

Takarazuka Special 2008 ~La Festa!~

2008

TCA Special 2004 "Takarazuka 90 ~On the Road to 100~" poster
NR

Takarazuka special performance.

TCA Special 2004 "Takarazuka 90 ~On the Road to 100~"

2004

The Rose of Versailles: Oscar poster
NR

Musical adaptation of The Rose of Versailles, focusing on the Lady Oscar's service in the French Guard during the early days of the revolution, and the relationship between her and her childhood friend Andre.

The Rose of Versailles: Oscar

2006

The Red and the Black poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Red and the Black

2008

Too Short a Time to Fall in Love / Neo Dandyism! -Men's Aesthetics- poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Too Short a Time to Fall in Love / Neo Dandyism! -Men's Aesthetics-

2006

TCA Special 2005 "Beautiful Melody, Beautiful Romance" poster
NR

Takarazuka special performance.

TCA Special 2005 "Beautiful Melody, Beautiful Romance"

2005

El Halcon -The Falcon- / Revue Orchis -A Star Named Orchis- poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

El Halcon -The Falcon- / Revue Orchis -A Star Named Orchis-

2007

The Prague Spring / Lucky Star! poster
NR

In the course of the wintry period under the socialist regime which froze all freedoms, there was an ephemeral but lively spring called the Prague Spring. This is recalled as an important page in modern history.

The Prague Spring / Lucky Star!

2002

The Rose of Versailles 2001: Oscar and Andre (Star Troupe, 2001) poster
NR

Takarazuka Revue’s 1992 production of "The Rose of Versailles 2001: Oscar and Andre". This version focuses on the relationship between Oscar and Andre.

The Rose of Versailles 2001: Oscar and Andre (Star Troupe, 2001)

2001

The Rose of Versailles -Fersen and Marie-Antoinette- poster
NR

Star Troupe's stage play.

The Rose of Versailles -Fersen and Marie-Antoinette-

2006

TCA Special 2006 "Wonderful Dreamers ~People Dreaming~" poster
NR

Takarazuka special performance.

TCA Special 2006 "Wonderful Dreamers ~People Dreaming~"

2006

TCA Special 2007 "'Allo! Revue! -80th Anniversary of Mon Paris-" poster
NR

Takarazuka special performance.

TCA Special 2007 "'Allo! Revue! -80th Anniversary of Mon Paris-"

2007

王家に捧ぐ歌 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

王家に捧ぐ歌

2005

The Glassy Landscape / Babylon poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Glassy Landscape / Babylon

2002

TCA Special 2003 "Dear Grand Theater" poster
NR

Takarazuka special performance.

TCA Special 2003 "Dear Grand Theater"

2003

The Scarlet Pimpernel poster
NR

Takarazuka Revue Star Troupe 2008 production based on Baroness Orczy's novel 'The Scarlet Pimpernel'

The Scarlet Pimpernel

2008

The Musical 「AIDA アイーダ」 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Musical 「AIDA アイーダ」

2009

ヘイズ・コード poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

ヘイズ・コード

2007

1990s · 11 titles

Meet Again / Nova Bossa Nova poster
NR

Gerard is a playboy novelist in New York, living off of his father and friends' money because none of his novels sell. He's a confirmed bachelor. One day, he gets a letter from his father in Monaco. His father is a very successful hotel owner, and the letter basically states that Gerard is to come home, buckle down and learn the business, and marry a woman of his father's choosing.

Meet Again / Nova Bossa Nova

1999

Romanesque Mask / Golden Days poster
NR

Paris, 1830. After the fall of Napoleon, Imperial Rule is restored by Charles X, younger brother of Louis XVI who was guillotined during the French Revolution. The aristocrats are somewhat fearful of the changing status quo, but nonetheless continue to live in luxury. In this social circle of truth and deception, much attention is gathered on one particular young noble, the Viscount Valmont. The Viscount family was ruined, but using his talent and charisma, he plans to make his house powerful once more.

Romanesque Mask / Golden Days

1997

Elisabeth poster
10.0

Takarazuka Revue Snow Troupe 1996 production of the Viennese musical 'Elisabeth'. This was the Revue Company's first 'Elisabeth' production.

Elisabeth

1996

Love Blooms Out on the Murasakino poster
NR

Asuka Period, Japan. Ooama no Miko meets Nukata no Ookimi when he goes with his older brother (Nakano Ooe no Miko) to her house. There Nakano Ooe is wooing Nukata's older sister, and so the two younger siblings meet and fall in love. Five years later, Ooama and Nukata are married, and a daughter has just been born. Ooama talks happily to Nukata about his plans with his brother to jointly rule their empire of Yamato. As Nukata listens to his naive, happy chatter, she becomes uneasy. Later, Nakano Ooe arrives and tells Nukata that she has grown and become very lovely. He has fallen in love with her, and wants her for his own. Caught between the two brothers, Nukata flees back to her father's house. (Takawiki)

Love Blooms Out on the Murasakino

1995

Ghost at Midnight / Les Cherubim poster
NR

TV director Eric and his film crew are in Scotland, filming an old castle. At an auction, Eric buys his reporter Marie a pendant. This pendant helps to awaken the ghost of the castle, a man dead for 140 years, and former heir to the castle, Charles.

Ghost at Midnight / Les Cherubim

1997

'91 TMP Music Festival - Ethno Pops poster
5.0

Takarazuka Revue's special performance including all troupes.

'91 TMP Music Festival - Ethno Pops

1991

A Battlefield for the Two of Us poster
NR

A military trial is being held in a certain federal state in a corner of Europe. The defendant's name is Thierry Sinclair, and the charge is murder of his superior. Why did he, a well-behaved young officer from a prestigious family and a soldier who was loyal to his duties, commit the crime of murdering his superior?

A Battlefield for the Two of Us

1994

Wuthering Heights poster
7.0

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

Wuthering Heights

1997

Icarus poster
NR

A show inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's "The Little Prince".

Icarus

1998

Frozen Tomorrow: Bonnie & Clyde poster
NR

Snow Troupe's performance.

Frozen Tomorrow: Bonnie & Clyde

1998

The Wonder Three poster
NR

Special performance of Snow Troupe.

The Wonder Three

1999