Real name: Kusumi Yoshihiro

Guild: Omodakaya

Line number: NIDAIME (II)

Birthday: 15 August 1967

Connections:

Master: Ichikawa Ennosuke III

Career:

January 1975: he makes his first appearance on stage at the Kabukiza; he plays a schoolboy role in the scene "Terakoya" of the drama "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami".

January 1978: he becomes heyago of the star Ichikawa Ennosuke III.

May 1978: he takes the name of Ichikawa En'ya II at the Minamiza, playing the role of Shigaichi in the drama "Kagamiyama Gonichi no Iwafuji" and a kamuro role in the play "Sukeroku".

July 1998: En'ya becomes nadai and plays the role of Benkei in the classic "Yoshitsune Sembon Zakura", which is staged at the Kabukiza.

January 2000: En'ya plays at the Kabukiza the role of Hayami no Tôta in the "Yoshinoyama" scene of the drama "Yoshitsune Sembon Zakura".

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; En'ya plays the role of Yamagami Kanzô [casting].

Comments:

Ichikawa En'ya II is a young tachiyaku of the Omodakaya guild.