Real name: Terada Hiromi

Guild: Teshimaya

Birthday: 13 January 1965

Connections:

Great-grandfather: Arashi Yoshisaburô IV

Grandfathers: Arashi Yoshisaburô V, Kawarazaki Kunitarô V

Father: Arashi Yoshisaburô VI

Brother: Kawarazaki Kunitarô VI

Career:

December 1970: he makes his first appearance on stage at the Shimbashi Embujô, playing in "Ame Agaru".

14 November 1977: his grandfather Arashi Yoshisaburô V dies.

April 1986: he joins the Zenshinza troupe and takes the name of Arashi Hironari.

April 1990: Arashi Hironari becomes an official member of the Zenshinza troupe.

22 August 1996: his father Arashi Yoshisaburô VI dies.

Comments:

Arashi Hironari is a young and promising tachiyaku actor of the third generation of actors of the Zenshinza troupe. He will take the name of Arashi Yoshisaburô VII in May 2010 at the National Theater, playing the prestigious role of Yosaburô in the drama "Kirare Yosa".

Arashi Hironari's best roles: Yohei ("Onna Goroshi Abura no Jigoku"), Itamiya Tanjirô ("Shisenryô Koban no Ume-no-Ha"), Ushiwakamaru ("Ushiwakamaru"/"Heike Nyogo-ga-Shima") and Hata no Hidetarô ("Kenuki").

Official website: www.arashihironari.com