Stage names:

Nakamura Baigyoku IV
Nakamura Fukusuke VIII
Kagaya Fukunosuke I

Real name: Kawamura Toshiyuki

Guild: Takasagoya

Line number: YODAIME (IV)

Birthday: 2 August 1946

Connections:

Adoptive father: Nakamura Utaemon VI

Career:

January 1956: he makes his first appearance on stage, receiving the name of Kagaya Fukunosuke I and playing in the dance "Kumo no Hyôshimai" at the Kabukiza.

April 1960: premiere at the Kabukiza of Hagiwara Yukio's dance-drama "Onizoroi Momijigari"; Fukunosuke plays the role of the messenger from the God of the Otokoyama Hachiman shrine Chiakihiko [casting].

April 1967: great shûmei at the Kabukiza for the Narikomaya and Kagaya guilds; Nakamura Fukusuke VII, Kagaya Fukunosuke I, Kagaya Hashinosuke and Nakamura Tamatarô III respectively take the names of Nakamura Shikan VII, Nakamura Fukusuke VIII, Nakamura Matsue V and Nakamura Tôzô VI. The new Fukusuke plays the role of Koganosuke in the "Yoshinokawa" scene of the classic "Imoseyama Onna Teikin".

April 1981: revival at the National Theatre of Nishizawa Ippô's drama "Keisei Hama no Masago"; Fukusuke plays the role of the ashigaru Kinzô, in reality Yasuda no Sakubei, [casting].

April 1992: great shûmei at the Kabukiza for the Narikomaya and Takasagoya guilds; Nakamura Fukusuke VIII and Nakamura Kotarô V respectively take the names of Nakamura Baigyoku IV and Nakamura Fukusuke IX. The new Baigyoku IV plays in the dramas "Kinkakuji" and "Ise Ondô koi no Netaba".

January 1997: tôshi kyôgen revival at the National Theatre of the drama "Dan no Ura Kabuto Gunki"; Baigyoku plays the role of Chichibu no Shôji Shigetada [casting].

November 2007: Baigyoku receives the Purple Ribbon Medal (Shijû Hôshô in Japanese), one of the six japanese medals of honor awarded by the Japanese Government to deserving citizens.

Comments:

Nakamura Baigyoku IV is one of the best nimaime actors.

The mon of Nakamura Baigyoku IV