TÔKYÔ TAKARAZUKA THEATER

City

Tôkyô

History

1 January 1934: opening of the Tôkyô Takarazuka Theater (Tôkyô Takarazuka Gekijô).

1945~1955: the Tôkyô Takarazuka Theater was taken over by the American occupation forces in 1945, becoming the Ernie Pyle Theater. It was forbiden to Japanese for 10 years and was finally given back to the Tôhô Company in 1955, which renamed it with its original name.

July 1955: first program at the Tôkyô Takarazuka Theater for the Tôhô Kabuki troupe, which was made up of Uno Nobuo's drama "Mômoku Monogatari", the dance "Shunkashûtô" and Kawaguchi Matsutarô's drama "Kaette-kita Otoko". It was the premiere of Uno Nobuo's drama "Mômoku Monogatari", which was staged with the following casting:

Roles	Actors
Tôkichirô/Hideyoshi, Yaichi	Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII
Shibata Katsuie	Hasegawa Kazuo
Oichi-no-Kata	Nakamura Utaemon VI
Ochacha/Yodogimi	Nakamura Senjaku II
Asai Nagamatsu	Nakamura Matagorô II
Chôroken	Nakamura Fukusuke V
Bunkasai	Ichikawa Danzô VIII
Sôbê	Ichikawa Dannosuke VI
The rôjo Kaede	Matsumoto Kingo II
Kiheita	Sawamura Sôgorô II
Ochacha/Yodogimi	Nakamura Kuriko

February 1961: premiere at the Tôkyô Takarazuka Theater of Hôjô Hideji's drama "Korikori Banashi" with Hisaya Morishige (Inosuke), Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII (the priest Jûzen), Yamada Isuzu (Okiwa) and Miki Norihei (Matahei)^[1].

1998: the first theater was demolished.

2001: the second theater was built in the Tôkyô Takarazuka Bldg.

Notes

[1] Because both Hisaya Morishige and Yamada Isuzu were from Kansai, they were portrayed as Ôsaka natives and "Korikori Banashi" was set in Ôsaka.

The Tôkyô Takarazuka Theater before WWII