Risa Junna

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Field	Value
name	Risa Junna
native_name	純名里沙
native_name_lang	Japanese
birth_name	Junko Nakanishi (中西純子)
birth_date
birth_place	Minoh, Osaka, Japan
nationality	Japanese
occupation	{{flatlist
years_active	1990–present
module	{{Infobox musical artist
embed	yes
background	solo_singer
origin	Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
genre	{{flatlist
instrument	Vocals
label	{{flatlist
website
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| birth_place = Minoh, Osaka, Japan | nationality = Japanese | occupation = {{flatlist|

• Actress
• singer
• voice actress}} | years_active = 1990–present | module = {{Infobox musical artist | embed = yes | background = solo_singer | origin = Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan | genre = {{flatlist|
• J-pop
• Crossover}} | instrument = Vocals | label = {{flatlist|
• Columbia
• Pony Canyon
• Media Remoras
• Geneon
• BMG Japan
• Victor}} | website =

Risa Junna is a Japanese actress, singer, and voice actress. She was part of Takarazuka Revue's Snow Troupe and Flower Troupe. During her time in the Revue, she specialized in female roles (musumeyaku). She was the musumeyaku top star from 1995 to 1996.

Career

Junna was born on March 15, 1971, in Minoh, Osaka, and grew up in the nearby Toyonaka. Her parents were both junior high school teachers. Her father taught English and her mother taught physical education.

In March 1988, she passed the audition for Takarazuka Music School and subsequently entered the school. She trained for two years and graduated at the top of her class. She joined the Takarazuka Revue in 1990. Her first stage was in Flower Troupe's The Rose of Versailles: Fersen. Due to her singing ability, she was chosen to be the etoile (the singer in the last scene). From then on she was part of the Snow Troupe.

In 1994, following encouragement from the troupe, she auditioned and was chosen to star in NHK's 51st asadora Piano. She took one year off from the revue for the drama. After returning in 1995, she transferred to the Flower Troupe. She made her top musumeyaku debut that same year, starring alongside Miki Maya in East of Eden/Dandyism! Her final stage was How to Succeed in 1996. Since her retirement, she has had success as an actress in television, film, and commercials.

In 2001, she starred alongside Anita Mui and Simon Yam in the 2001 Hong Kong film Midnight Fly. She also sang its theme song. The film was nominated for nine Golden Horse Awards (including Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Film Song for Junna) and won one for Best Original Film Song.

Stage

::data[format=table title="Takarazuka Revue"]

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Theatre	The Rose of Versailles: Fersen	The Apollon Mystery/Jesus Diamante	Snow Troupe	Kagenshou/Sweet Typhoon	The Land of Smiles	The Great Gatsby/Lovers’ Concerto	Kono Koi wa Kumo no Hate Made	Valentino	Chuushingura (Hana ni Chiri Yuki ni Chiri)	Jump For Joy	Heaven and Hell/Take Off	Bourbon no Fūin/La Côte d’Azur	Flower Troupe	Kanashimi no Córdoba/Mega Vision	Last Dance	East of Eden/Dandyism!	Beni wa Kobe/Mega Vision	Hana wa Hana Nari/Hyperion	How to Succeed
1990		Flower Troupe, etoile	Takarazuka Grand Theater
1990–1991	Newspaper seller/Liza (shinjin kōen)	Star Troupe, Two performances as Liza	Takarazuka Grand Theater
1991	Girl (shinjin kōen)	Two performances as Girl	Takarazuka Grand Theater
1991–1992	Lisa	Lead role	Takarazuka Bow Hall
1991–1992	Judy/Daisy Buchanan (shinjin kōen)	Two performances as Daisy Buchanan (musumeyaku lead), etoile	Takarazuka Grand Theater
1992	Setona	Etoile	Takarazuka Grand Theater
1992–1993	Alice		Takarazuka Bow Hall
1992–1993	Okiku/Aguri/Oran (shinjin kōen)	Two performances as Aguri/Oran (musumeyaku lead)	Takarazuka Grand Theater
1992	Maria		Theater Drama City
1993	Jean/Hortense/Amanda/Hérminie (shinjin kōen)	Two performances as Amanda/Hérminie (musumeyaku lead)	Takarazuka Grand Theater
1993–1994	Henriette/Liza	Etoile	Takarazuka Grand Theater
1995	Anfelita Navarro	Etoile	Takarazuka Grand Theater
1995	Claudia		Takarazuka Bow Hall
1995	Abra Bacon	Musumeyaku lead	Takarazuka Grand Theater
1995	Marguerite Blakeney	Musumeyaku lead	National Tour
1996	Kasumi	Musumeyaku lead	Takarazuka, Tokyo
1996	Rosemary Pilkington	Musumeyaku lead	Takarazuka, Tokyo
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::data[format=table title="Post-Takarazuka"]

Year	Title	Role	Theatre	Les Misérables	Chikyu Gorgeous Vol 3: Chizu ni Nai Machi	The Makioka Sisters	Chikyu Gorgeous Vol 4: Sakura no Uta	Christmas Box	Love Letters	The Angels with Closed Eyes	Saturday Night Fever: The Musical	Nine The Musical	Nobunaga	Me and My Girl	Blue Stockings no Onna-tachi	LOVE 30 (Kitamuki no Onna)	Misuzu to Teru to Haha-sama to	Ijin no uta: Antigone	Reijō to Meshitsukai
1997–1999	Cosette	Imperial Theatre
1999	Izumi Sunahara	The Galaxy Theatre, Theater Drama City
2000	Taeko	Imperial Theatre
2000	Tomiko Azuma	Bunkamura Theatre Cocoon, Theater Drama City
2001	Kelly	Aoyama Theatre
2002	Melissa Gardner	Parco Theater
2003		Le Theatre Ginza
2003	Stephanie Mangano	Shinjuku Koma Theater
2004–2005	Claudia	Theater Brava!, The Galaxy Theatre
2006	Nōhime	Shinbashi Enbujō, Osaka Shochikuza Theatre
2006	Jacqueline Carstone	Imperial Theatre
2007	Noe Itō	Kinokuniya Hall
2007	Misako	Parco Theater
2007	Teru Kaneko/Misuzu Kaneko	Suntory Hall
2007	Mei	New National Theatre Tokyo
2009		Akasaka Red Theater
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Filmography

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ultraman Gaia: The Battle in Hyperspace	Shokoki!	Midnight Fly	Ashita o Tsukutta Otoko	Pet Box: Ichioku no Neko	Hanamuko wa 18-Sai
1999	Teacher
2001		Lead role
2001	Miki	Golden Horse Award for Best Original Film Song
Nomination, Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actress
2003	Unknown	Voice role
2006	Unknown
2009	Aiko Hatsuki
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::data[format=table title="Television"]

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Piano	Love Generation	Love Generation '98	Hitoribocchi no Kimi ni	Seikimatsu no Uta	Rasen	Aijin no Okite	Akui	Joshi-ana Keiji Kareinaru Zaihō Satsujin	Okashina Futari 2	24th NHK Kayō Charity Concert	Kuro no Honryū	Aibō	Ally McBeal	Kasai Chōsakan Kurenai Renjirō	Koi no Etude	Chūshingura	Kōgen e Irasshai	Astro Boy	Yosomono	Sekai de Ichiban Nagai 24-jikan	Ruri no Shima	Kuidōraku! Shutchō Ryōrijin	Yaoh	NHK Kansai Special Feature	Shokatsudeka 3	Zou no Hanako	Manhattan Diaries	Seikatsu Hot Morning	Little Charo: Karada ni Shimikomu Eikaiwa	Little Charo	37th NHK Kayō Charity Concert	Mito Kōmon	Risa Junna Yūkyū no Taiga 800km no Tabi	Okan no Gyakushū	Keiji no Genba 2	Kareinaru Spy	Little Charo 2	Natsuko to Tensai Sagishi-tachi	Kyūkyū Kyūmei-shi 8	Yume Kikō Minamisatsuma	Little Charo: Tōhoku-hen	Little Charo 4: Eigo de Aruku New York	Hana wa Saku: Tōhoku ni Saku
1994		Lead role, asadora
1997
1998		Television special
1998
1998		Episode: "Kurumaisu no Koi"
1999
2000
2001
2002		Television special
2002		Television special
2002	Host	Music program
2002		Television special
2002		Season 1, episode 1
2002		Voice role, 13 episodes
2003		Television special
2003	Unknown	Episode: "Storm"
2003	Okaru	Television special
2003	Karu
2003		Voice role, Episode: "Robot Boy"
2003		Television special
2004	Nao	Television special
2005		2 episodes
2005		Television special
2006	Tamaki	Episode 9
2007	Herself	Television special
2007		Television special
2007		Television special
2007
2008	Herself	Television special
2008	Herself (guest)	Episode 1
2008–2009	Charo	Voice role, 50 episodes
2008	Herself	Television special
2008		Season 39, episode 1
2009	Herself	Documentary
2009		Lead role, television special
2009	Unknown	Episode 4
2009		Episode: Mission 6
2010–2011	Charo	Voice role, 50 episodes
2010
2011		Television special
2012	Herself	Documentary
2012	Charo	Voice role, 12 episodes
2013	Charo	Voice role, 36 episodes
2014	Charo	Voice role
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::data[format=table title="Radio"]

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Arigatō Sensei! Another Story	Seishun Adventure: Kosode Nikki	Survivors Guilt: Watashi no Inai Machi de	Seishun Adventure: Toki Suna no Ō
2010–present	Narrator	Tokyo FM
2011	Kyoko (Murasaki Shikibu)	NHK FM Broadcast
2011		NHK FM Broadcast
2018	Himiko	NHK FM Broadcast
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::data[format=table title="Video games"]

Year	Title	Role	Little Charo Travels in English!
2011	Charo
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Discography

Albums

1. [1995.09.21] Propose
2. [2007.08.22] Misty Moon
3. [2015.10.21] Silent Love (Anata o Omou 12 no Uta){{cite web |url=https://www.musicman-net.com/artist/45470 |script-title=ja:宝塚出身の歌手・女優の純名里沙、笹子重治とのデュオで8年ぶりにアルバムを発表 |date=September 10, 2015 |accessdate=February 24, 2018 |work=musicman.net |publisher=F.B.Communications Inc. & Magnet Co. |language=Japanese }}

Singles

1. [1994.08.21] "Pīka Pika"
2. [1995.09.06] "Propose"

References

References

1. link. (February 5, 2009). Zakzak. [[Sankei Shimbun. Sankei Digital Inc.]]
2. link. (December 5, 2014). Kiku-Masamune. Kiku-Masamune Sake Brewing Co.
3. Toba, Nobihiro. (October 14, 2015). "Toriba Coffee". Toriba Coffee.
4. {{cite magazine. (April 28, 2017). Flash
5. "38th Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards". Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee.
6. link. (May 28, 2005). Movable Type
7. link. (May 23, 2005). Theater Guide
8. link. Mushi Production. [[Mushi Production]]. (August 28, 2010)
9. "NHK Hana wa Saku: Tōhoku ni Saku". [[NHK]].

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