Ray Yuzuka (formerly Rei) (柚香 光, born 5 March) is a Japanese actress and a former Takarazuka Revue otokoyaku (男役, "male role").
[6] After Toa Serika's transfer in 2017, Yuzuka became the second-ranking otokoyaku (二番手, nibante)[Note 2] of the Flower Troupe after then-Top Star Rio Asumi, starting from "The Poe Clan".
[3] The first Takarazuka Revue show that she saw live was Moon Troupe's "Higher than the Sky of Paris / Fancy Dance" (2007).
[18] While in Takarazuka Music School, students have to decide whether to become an otokoyaku or a musumeyaku; at the time, Yuzuka's height was in between of excpected for male and female roles (around 167 cm).
She made the decision on the spot when already asked and later commented: "I wonder what would have happened if I had chosen to be a musumeyaku instead [...] Choosing to be an otokoyaku was a big turning point in my life.
Some of her roles were based on the characters from shōjo manga and later she has received illustrations from their original creators (Waki Yamato, Moto Hagio and Yoko Kamio).
[27] Hoshikaze has also appeared in Rei's Personal Book as a High School Girl in 2016,[28] before becoming Cosmos Troupe Top musumeyaku in 2017.