Aran Kei
Known For
Acting
Born
1970-10-09 in Konan, Aichi, Japan
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.
Most Known For
Mitsuko
The Nutcracker 3D
as Minister (voice)
Fantastic Girls
as Takemi Akimoto (adult)
Wuthering Heights
as Edgar Linton
'91 TMP Music Festival - Ethno Pops
The Rose of Versailles 50 ~Trajectory of Half a Century~
TCA Special 2006 "Wonderful Dreamers ~People Dreaming~"
TCA Special 2004 "Takarazuka 90 ~On the Road to 100~"
Singin' in the Rain
as Don Lockwood
Lightning in the Daytime / Temptation!
as Edmond de Lambrouse
TCA Special 2003 "Dear Grand Theater"
血の婚礼
The Rose of Versailles 2001: Oscar and Andre (Star Troupe, 2001)
as Hans Axel von Fersen
Takarazuka Revue 100th Anniversary Dream Festival
Phantom
as Count Philippe de Chandon
Takarazuka Special 2008 ~La Festa!~
TCA Special 2005 "Beautiful Melody, Beautiful Romance"
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
as Margaret New
A Battlefield for the Two of Us
as Shiek
The Rose of Versailles -Fersen and Marie-Antoinette-
as Andre Grandier/Oscar Francois de Jarjayes