Kayoko Kumono (1908 - 1991) (雲野かよ子 in Japanese, or くもの かよこ in kana)宝塚歌劇今昔物語 小学館 (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 November 2022. was the former Takarazuka Girls' Revue Company. She was a person in the class of the leading daughter of the Tsuki Troupe. She was born in Kanda-ku, Tokyo (now Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo).Fusando, Hirai (5 October 1934). 宝塚 啓方閣 (in Japanese). p.196. Her nickname was Hana-chan.キネマ旬報 文生書院 (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 November 2022. Her stage name, along with her older sister, came from a poem by Henjō included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.百人一首万華鏡 思文閣出版 (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 November 2022. Otome Amatsu who served as the top star and director of the Takarazuka Revue Moon Troupe, is her older sister. She also had a younger sister, Tsuruko Ikebe.
Life Kayoko was born in 1908 as the younger sister of Otome Amatsu. In 1921, Kayoko entered the Takarazuka Music and Opera School (current Takarazuka Music School) as a member of the 11th class, and made her stage debut in 1923. At that time, the school and the theater company were one, and admission was equal to joining the company. In 1923, Kayoko played the role of Toyotama-hime in "Niisan Heikou". In 1924, Kayoko played Tsuruchiyo, the young prince of the Oshu Date family in Masaoka no Tsubone. In 1925, Kayoko played the role of Setsu in "Kuruma Kuyo". In 1942, Kayoko left the Takarazuka Revue Company. Kayoko married Tadashi Kawaguchi after leaving the company.映画史研究第11～21号 佐藤忠男 (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 November 2022. Kayoko was in Shanghai during the war and withdrew from Shanghai to Japan after the war as a repatriate.続高見順日記 勁草書房 (in Japanese). Retrieved 30 November 2022. After Kayoko returned to Japan, she worked as a teacher at Takarazuka Music School. After Kayoko's death, she was inducted into the Takarazuka Revue Hall of Fame in 2014 with her older sister Otome. The Tezuka Osamu family lived next door to Kayoko's parents' house.常設展1「宝塚と手塚治虫」3｜常設展｜手塚治虫記念館 手塚プロダクション (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 June 2022.
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