Aran Kei
Actor
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.
Filmography
The Nutcracker 3D
as Minister (voice) 2014
Singin' in the Rain
as Don Lockwood 2003
Cherry Blossoms / Secret Hunter -There's Nothing in This World I Can't Steal-
as Dagobert 2007
Elisabeth
as Young Rudolph 1996
Wuthering Heights
as Edgar Linton 1997
'91 TMP Music Festival - Ethno Pops
1991
Mitsuko
2011
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
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