Hiroki Nanami (七海㠲゠ã , Nanami Hiroki) is a Japanese actress,
singer, voice actor, and former otokoyaku (male role) star of the
Takarazuka Revue (2003-2019).Unlike many Takarasiennes, Nanami
Hiroki’s life pre-Takarazuka was not marked with an abundance of
performing arts experience. Rather, with a brother two years older,
from a young age she'd roleplay the heroes in stories and do other
boys' things. She was class representative every year of elementary
school, an honor student in whom the teachers placed great faith.In
her 6th year of elementary school, she happened to catch Takarazuka
Moon Troupe's "Gone with the Wind" on television. She fell immediately
in love with the star, Amami Yuuki, and began collecting all the shows
she appeared in on video and watching them on repeat. A year later,
Nanami went to see Amami Yuuki live for the first time in "Me And My
Girl," and made the decision that she wanted to enter Takarazuka.
Though she had no previous dance experience, after entering middle
school, Nanami enrolled in a ballet class in Tokyo that her father
found specifically for those aspiring to enter the Takarazuka Music
School. Once a week, she commuted 5 hours round trip from her home in
Ibaraki to attend.
singer, voice actor, and former otokoyaku (male role) star of the
Takarazuka Revue (2003-2019).Unlike many Takarasiennes, Nanami
Hiroki’s life pre-Takarazuka was not marked with an abundance of
performing arts experience. Rather, with a brother two years older,
from a young age she'd roleplay the heroes in stories and do other
boys' things. She was class representative every year of elementary
school, an honor student in whom the teachers placed great faith.In
her 6th year of elementary school, she happened to catch Takarazuka
Moon Troupe's "Gone with the Wind" on television. She fell immediately
in love with the star, Amami Yuuki, and began collecting all the shows
she appeared in on video and watching them on repeat. A year later,
Nanami went to see Amami Yuuki live for the first time in "Me And My
Girl," and made the decision that she wanted to enter Takarazuka.
Though she had no previous dance experience, after entering middle
school, Nanami enrolled in a ballet class in Tokyo that her father
found specifically for those aspiring to enter the Takarazuka Music
School. Once a week, she commuted 5 hours round trip from her home in
Ibaraki to attend.
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