Stage names:

Kataoka Hidetarô II
Kataoka Yoshihito

Real name: Kataoka Yoshihito

Guild: Matsushimaya

Line number: NIDAIME (II)

Birthday: 13 September 1941

Connections:

Great-great-grandfather: Nakamura Karoku I

Great-grandfather: Kataoka Nizaemon VIII

Grandfather: Kataoka Nizaemon XI

Father: Kataoka Nizaemon XIII

Brothers: Kataoka Gatô V, Kataoka Nizaemon XV

Adopted son: Kataoka Ainosuke VI

Career:

October 1946: he makes his first appearance on stage, at the Minamiza, playing under his real name a kamuro role in the drama "Kuruwa Bunshô".

March 1956: Kataoka Yoshihito takes the name of Kataoka Hidetarô II at the Ôsaka Kabukiza, playing the role of Namiji in the drama "Kôchiyama".

March 1958: Hidetarô takes part in the final Kabuki performance at the Ôsaka Kabukiza [more details].

November 1966: opening ceremony of the National Theatre in Tôkyô with the full length performance of the classic "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami"; Hidetarô plays the role of Princess Kariya [casting].

April 1967: revival at the National Theatre of Chikamatsu Monzaemon I's drama "Yari no Gonza Kasane Katabira"; Hidetarô plays the role of Bannojô's sister and Gonza's betrothed Oyuki [casting].

May 1973: revival at the National Theatre of Chikamatsu Monzaemon I's drama "Horikawa Nami no Tsuzumi" to commemorate the 249th anniversary (250th memorial service) of the playwright; Hidetarô plays the role of Ofuji [casting].

24 March 1999: Hidetarô is tied up and robbed by three people who break into his home in Suita, Ôsaka Prefecture. The three men threaten the 57-year-old actor with a knife and rob him of about 300,000 JPY. Hidetarô is fortunately uninjured.

Comments:

Kataoka Hidetarô II is an excellent onnagata and nimaime actor, trained in the great tradition of the Kamigata Kabuki.

The mon of Kataoka Hidetarô II

The Kataoka Hidetarô line of actors