Aran Kei
Acting
Born October 9, 1970, Konan, Aichi, Japan
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
- 2025Musical 『Misaeng』
- 2024The Rose of Versailles 50 ~Trajectory of Half a Century~
- 2022血の婚礼
- 2021Everybody's Talking About Jamie — Margaret New
- 2018Takarazuka Premiere Live 2018
- 2017Little Voice
- 2016『漂流劇ひょっこりひょうたん島』
- 2015Fantastic Girls — Takemi Akimoto (adult)
- 2014Takarazuka Revue 100th Anniversary Dream Festival
- 2014The Nutcracker 3D — Minister (voice)
- 2011Antony and Cleopatra
- 2011Mitsuko
- 2010Aran Kei's Ark 2010
- 2009My Dear New Orleans / à Bientôt
- 2009The Musical 「AIDA アイーダ」
- 2008Side Story: The Rose of Versailles -Bernard- / Neo Dandyism! III — ベルナール
- 2008Takarazuka Special 2008 ~La Festa!~
- 2008The Red and the Black
- 2008The Scarlet Pimpernel — パーシー・ブレイクニー
- 2007Cherry Blossoms / Secret Hunter -There's Nothing in This World I Can't Steal- — Dagobert
- 2007El Halcon -The Falcon- / Revue Orchis -A Star Named Orchis- — ティリアン・パーシモン
- 2007TCA Special 2007 "'Allo! Revue! -80th Anniversary of Mon Paris-"
- 2007ヘイズ・コード
- 2006TCA Special 2006 "Wonderful Dreamers ~People Dreaming~"
- 2006The Rose of Versailles -Fersen and Marie-Antoinette- — Andre Grandier/Oscar Francois de Jarjayes
- 2006The Rose of Versailles: Oscar — Andre Grandier
- 2006Too Short a Time to Fall in Love / Neo Dandyism! -Men's Aesthetics- — アンソニー・ランドルフ
- 2005TCA Special 2005 "Beautiful Melody, Beautiful Romance"
- 2005王家に捧ぐ歌 — アイーダ
- 2005龍星⎯闇を裂き天翔けよ。朕は、皇帝なり⎯ — 龍星
- 2004Aran Kei Dinner Show 「Sense」
- 2004Phantom — Count Philippe de Chandon
- 2004TCA Special 2004 "Takarazuka 90 ~On the Road to 100~"
- 2003Aran Kei Dinner Show 「Late Show」
- 2003Lightning in the Daytime / Temptation! — Edmond de Lambrouse
- 2003Singin' in the Rain — Don Lockwood
- 2003TCA Special 2003 "Dear Grand Theater"
- 2002Butterfly Lovers / Southern Cross Revue in China — Villager S
- 2002Revolt of a Gallant Poet — Fujiwara no Tokitsura
- 2002The Glassy Landscape / Babylon
- 2002The Prague Spring / Lucky Star! — Jan Palach
- 2001Revolt of a Gallant Poet — Fujiwara no Tokitsura
- 2001The Rose of Versailles 2001: Oscar and Andre (Star Troupe, 2001) — Hans Axel von Fersen
- 1999Meet Again / Nova Bossa Nova — Pierre Clement
- 1999The Wonder Three
- 1998Frozen Tomorrow: Bonnie & Clyde — Jeremy Methvin
- 1998Icarus — Icarus
- 1997Ghost at Midnight / Les Cherubim — William
- 1997Romanesque Mask / Golden Days — アゾラン
- 1997Wuthering Heights — Edgar Linton
- 1996Elisabeth — Young Rudolph
- 1995Love Blooms Out on the Murasakino — Midori
- 1994A Battlefield for the Two of Us — Shiek
- 1991'91 TMP Music Festival - Ethno Pops
- Revolt of a Gallant Poet — Fujiwara no Tokitsura