Stage names:

Nakamura Baishi IV

Real name: Ogawa Yoshiharu

Guild: Yorozuya

Line number: YODAIME (IV)

Birthday: 22 November 1987

Connections:

Great-great-great-grandfather: Nakamura Karoku I

Great-great-grandfather: Nakamura Karoku III

Great-grandfather: Nakamura Tokizô III

Grandfather: Nakamura Tokizô IV

Father: Nakamura Tokizô V

Brother: Nakamura Mantarô

Career:

June 1991: first stage appearance (omemie), at the Kabukiza where he plays the role of Tsurunosuke in the drama "Ninjô Ura Nagaya".

June 1994: debut on stage (hatsubutai) at the Kabukiza, where the 32nd anniversary (33rd memorial service) of the death of late Nakamura Tokizô IV is celebrated; he receives the name of Nakamura Baishi IV, playing the roles of Chôbei's son Chômatsu and a young traveller in the play "Yudono no Chôbei" and the dance "Michiyuki Tabiji no Yomeiri"; the role of Chôbei is played by Yorozuya Kinnosuke.

February 2000: special kodomo shibai dance program to end the evening program at the Kabukiza; Baishi plays the role of Maizuru in the dance "Kusazuribiki".

September 2009: short Kabuki tour in Monaco for the Naritaya guild; Baishi plays the role of a butterfly spirit in the dance-drama "Kagami Jishi" [more details].

Comments:

Nakamura Baishi IV is a promising young onnagata actor of the Yorozuya guild.

The mon of Nakamura Baishi IV