Real name: Fukui Kôji

Guild: Omodakaya

Line number: SANDAIME (III)

Birthday: 6 May 1970

Connections:

Master: Ichikawa Ennosuke III

Career:

May 1986: he makes his first appearance on stage at the Chûnichi Gekijô (Nagoya), receiving the name of Ichikawa Emisaburô III and playing in the Super Kabuki play "Yamato Takeru".

March 1994: Emisaburô becomes heyago of the star Ichikawa Ennosuke III and plays at the Ôsaka Shinkabukiza in the drama "Jûnitoki Chûshingura".

July 1998: Emisaburô becomes nadai and plays the role of Shizuka Gozen in the "Shi-no-Kiri" scene of the classic "Yoshitsune Sembon Zakura", which is staged at the Kabukiza.

January 2008: revival at the Shimbashi Embujô of "Narukami Fudô Kitayama Zakura", which celebrates the 1070th anniversary of the Naritasan temple, where the Deity Fudô Myôô is worshipped; Emisaburô plays the role of the koshimoto Makiginu [casting].

Comments:

Ichikawa Emisaburô III is a young and popular onnagata actor of the Omodakaya guild.

The mon of Ichikawa Emisaburô III