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
Fantastic Girls
as Takemi Akimoto (adult)
The Nutcracker 3D
as Minister (voice)
Singin' in the Rain
as Don Lockwood
Everybody's Talking About Jamie
as Margaret New
Elisabeth
as Young Rudolph
Wuthering Heights
as Edgar Linton
The Rose of Versailles 2001: Oscar and Andre (Star Troupe, 2001)
as Hans Axel von Fersen
The Rose of Versailles: Oscar
as Andre Grandier
Romanesque Mask / Golden Days
as アゾラン
王家に捧ぐ歌
as アイーダ
The Scarlet Pimpernel
as パーシー・ブレイクニー
El Halcon -The Falcon- / Revue Orchis -A Star Named Orchis-
as ティリアン・パーシモン
Phantom
as Count Philippe de Chandon