Stage names:
Kataoka Gatô V
Kataoka Hidekimi
Real name: Kataoka Hidekimi
Guild: Matsushimaya
Line number: GODAIME (V)
Birthday: 7 January 1935
Connections:
Great-great-grandfather: Nakamura Karoku I
Great-grandfather: Kataoka Nizaemon VIII
Grandfather: Kataoka Nizaemon XI
Father: Kataoka Nizaemon XIII
Brothers: Kataoka Nizaemon XV, Kataoka Hidetarô II
Son: Kataoka Shinnosuke
Career:
October 1940: he makes his first appearance on stage at the Ôsaka Kabukiza, playing under his real name in the play "Horikawa".
February 1971: Kataoka Hidekimi takes the name of Kataoka Gatô V at the Ôsaka Shinkabukiza, playing in the dramas "Sakura Shigure" and "Nigatsudô" .
April 1976: revival in 5 acts and 9 scenes the National Theatre of Namiki Gohei I's drama "Kinmon Gosan no Kiri"; Gatô plays the roles of the yakko Yatahei, Junkikan and Katô Masakiyo [casting].
September 1978: revival at the National Theatre of Namiki Gohei I's drama "Suda no Haru Geisha Katagi"; Gatô plays the role of Gengobei [casting].
April 1981: revival at the National Theatre of Nishizawa Ippô's drama "Keisei Hama no Masago"; Gatô plays the role of Oda Nobuo [casting].
January 1997: tôshi kyôgen revival at the National Theatre of the drama "Dan no Ura Kabuto Gunki"; Gatô plays the role of Iwanaga Saemon Munetsura [casting].
November 2005: tôshi kyôgen revival at the National Theatre of the drama "Ehon Taikôki"; Gatô plays the role of Oda Harunaga [casting].
Comments:
Kataoka Gatô V is an outstanding tachiyaku actor of the Matsushimaya guild, endowed with an amazing voice (one of the best voices of Kabuki nowadays).
Kataoka Gatô V's best roles: Umeômaru ("Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami"), Soga Gorô ("Kotobuki Soga no Taimen"), Ishidô Umanojô ("Kanadehon Chûshingura"), Tambaya Hachiemon ("Fûin Giri"), Kuheiji ("Sonezaki Shinjû"), Sakata Ichinosuke ("Toribeyama Shinjû"), Arajishi Otokonosuke ("Meiboku Sendai Hagi"), Fujiwara no Shihei ("Shihei no Nana Warai"), Yoshidaya Kizaemon ("Kuruwa Bunshô") and Mashiba Hisayoshi ("Ehon Taikôki").
The mon of Kataoka Gatô V
The Kataoka Gatô line of actors
