Kanami Ayano

Kanami Ayano is a former top star (musumyaku) for Moon Troupe of Takarazuka Revue. She joined the revue company in 1997 and became the top star along with Jun Sena, a former troupe mate from Flower Troupe. She is from Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture, her birthday is August 7 and her nickname is Mihoko.

She is the first of her class to reach the top.

She resigned from the company on July 6, 2008 after finishing the Tokyo performance of Me and My Girl.

Troupe History

* 1997 - 2001 Flower Troupe
* 2001 - 2005 Cosmo Troupe
* 2005 - 2008 Moon Troupe

General Information

Starting her career in Flower Troupe, she gradually developed her performing skill and when she is in the new actor production of "Speakeasy", she caught people's attention. During that time, she had participated two Bow Hall musical: "Romeo and Juliet '99" starring Natsuki Mizu, whom she would with in Comso Troupe later on; and "Manon" starring Sena, her current top star partner. Her portray as Manon won praises and applause.

When she was transferred to Cosmo Troupe, she understudied for the part of legard Mari Hanafusa and one of them is Turandot from "Calaf & Turandot", whom both she and Hanafusa won praises on the portray. Also she teamed up with Mizu in the performance of "Figaro!". She steadily became the second tier musumyaku and took charge of singing the etoile in Cosmo Troupe. In 2004, she teamed up with Yūga Yamato as Zelda Fitzgerald in the Bow Hall musical "Last Party: S. Fitzgerald's last day".

After 8 months with no musumyaku-top-star for Moon Troupe, she reunioned with Sena with the perfoamance of Ernest in Love as their debute as top star.

In 2006, she repraised her role as Zelda by teaming up with fellow star (as well as a classmate and good friend of Sena) Yūhi Ōzora for the Moon's repraise of "Last Party: S. Fitzgerald's last day".

She is going to resign from the company after the performance of "Me and My Girl".

Notable Performance and Role

Takarazuka Era

Flower New Actor Era

* "Speakeasy" - Lucy
* "Tango Argentino" - Marguerite (first lead musumeyaku role; her role in the regular cast is Rene)
* "Romeo and Juliet '99" - Juliet (Bowhall performance, starring Natsuki Mizu)
* "Asaki Yume Mishi - Genji Monogatari" - Akashi-no-Ue
* "The Great Adventures of Tom Jones" - Honour (Bowhall performance, starring Hibiki Takumi)
* "Manon" - Manon (Bowhall performance, starring Jun Sena)

Cosmo New Actor Era

* "Castel Mirage" - Eva-Marie
* "Calaf & Turandot" - Turandot
* "Pierre the Mercenary" - Joan of Arc

Cosmo Era

* "Figaro!" - Susanna (Bowhall performance, starring Natsuki Mizu)
* "Castel Mirage" - Patty
* "Calaf & Turandot" - Tamal
* "Pierre the Mercenary" - Louise
* "Lightning in the Daytime" - Bella
* "Phantom" - Sorelli
* "Last Party: S. Fitzgerald's last day" - Zelda Fitzgerald (Bowhall performance, starring Yūga Yamato)

Moon Top Star Era

* "Ernest in Love" - Gwendolen Fairfax
* "Jazzy Fairies" - Shannon McNeil
* "Violets Growing Red" - Nukata no Ookimi
* "Last Party: S. Fitzgerald's last day" - Zelda Fitzgerald (starring Yūhi Ōzora)
* "Rome at Dawn" - Porcia (with special appearance of Yu Todoroki)
* "Higher Than the Sky of Paris" - Mimi
* "Love at Dal Lake" - Kamara Shandra Kumar
* "The Magician's Melancholy" - Veronica
* "Me and My Girl" - Sally (Last show for Takarazuka)

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title=Top Star (Musumeyaku) for Moon Troupe
years=2005-2008
before=Emi Kurara (with 8 months of vacuity in between)
after=introducing interchangeable musumeyaku system