Aran Kei
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 Appearances
Mitsuko
2011
Singin' in the Rain
as Don Lockwood
2003
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
as Margaret New
2021
The Rose of Versailles 2001: Oscar and Andre (Star Troupe, 2001)
as Hans Axel von Fersen
2001
血の婚礼
2022
Cherry Blossoms / Secret Hunter -There's Nothing in This World I Can't Steal-
as Dagobert
2007
Elisabeth
as Young Rudolph
1996
The Nutcracker 3D
as Minister (voice)
2014
The Rose of Versailles: Oscar
as Andre Grandier
2006
Romanesque Mask / Golden Days
as アゾラン
1997
王家に捧ぐ歌
as アイーダ
2005
The Scarlet Pimpernel
as パーシー・ブレイクニー
2008
El Halcon -The Falcon- / Revue Orchis -A Star Named Orchis-
as ティリアン・パーシモン
2007
The Glassy Landscape / Babylon
2002
Too Short a Time to Fall in Love / Neo Dandyism! -Men's Aesthetics-
as アンソニー・ランドルフ
2006
Side Story: The Rose of Versailles -Bernard- / Neo Dandyism! III
as ベルナール
2008
Phantom
as Count Philippe de Chandon
2004
Fantastic Girls
as Takemi Akimoto (adult)
2015
ヘイズ・コード
2007
The Red and the Black
2008