Takarazuka can be seen as the female equivalent of the Kabuki, the traditional all-male Japanese theatre in which female roles are played by men, and many Takarazuka fans are also fans of Kabuki.
Takarazuka actresses end their careers while they are still young; youth and beauty is the essence of Takarazuka.
At Takarazuka the male role stars are strong and handsome and the female role stars are soft and pretty.
The all-female Takarazuka Revue Company is such a fanatically supported institution that you know it must touch something deep in the Japanese psyche, or at least the female Japanese psyche.
Though Takarazuka incorporates many elements of western theater (at the time of writing, the main theater was hosting a performance of Guys and Dolls), it retains strong Japanese elements.
Takarazuka was founded in the city of the same name in 1913 by Kobayashi Ichizo, the president of Hankyu Railways.
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