Stage names:

Bandô Kamezô III
Bandô Kametoshi

Dancer name: Fujima Rakuzô

Real name: Bandô Masatoshi

Guild: Otowaya

Line number: SANDAIME (III)

Birthday: 16 September 1978

Connections:

Great-great-great-great-grandfathers: Onoe Kikugorô III, Ichimura Uzaemon XI

Great-great-great-grandfather: Ichimura Takenojô V

Great-great-grandfather: Onoe Kikugorô V

Great-grandfather: Bandô Hikosaburô VI

Grandfather: Ichimura Uzaemon XVII

Father: Bandô Rakuzen (Bandô Hikosaburô VIII)

Brother: Bandô Hikosaburô IX

Career:

June 1984: he made his first appearance on stage at the Kabukiza, performing in the drama "Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami".

February 1989: he received the name of Bandô Kametoshi at the Kabukiza, playing the role of Matahachi in the drama "Megumi no Kenka".

January 2008: revival at the National Theatre of Sakurada Jisuke I's kaomise drama "Komachi-mura Shibai no Shôgatsu"; Kametoshi played the role of Kumaômaru Tsukiyasha [more details].

January 2010: revival at the National Theatre of Namiki Gohei's long-forgotten drama "Keisei Kogane no Shachihoko", which was revised and entitled "Asahi-ni Kagayaku Kin no Shachihoko"; it was staged to commemorate the 400-year anniversary of the establishment of the city of Nagoya; Kametoshi played the roles of the saigokudôsha Tarosaku and Kinsuke's kobun Koro no Sanzô [more details | casting].

January 2014: premiere at the National Theatre of "Sanzen Ryô Haru no Komahiki", a revival of Tatsuoka Mansaku's 1794 drama "Keisei Haru no Tori"; Kametoshi played the role of the yakko Kidahei and Masuda Chôbê [more details].

May 2017: 3-generation shûmei for the Bandô branch of the Otowaya guild at the Kabukiza; Bandô Hikosaburô VIII, his two sons Bandô Kamesaburô V and Bandô Kametoshi respectively took the names of Bandô Rakuzen, Bandô Hikosaburô IX and Bandô Kamezô III; the new Kamezô played the roles of Matano Gorô Kagehisa and Ômi no Kotôta" in the dramas Ishikiri Kajiwara" and "Soga no Taimen" and several roles in the dance "Yayoi no Hana Asakusa Matsuri" [more details]. There was also the hatsubutai of Bandô Kamesaburô VI. Terajima Maholo, the grandson of Living National Treasure Onoe Kikugorô and son of the actress Terajima Shinobu made his first stage appearance (omemie). Moreover, the 22nd and 16th anniversaries (23rd and 17th memorial services) of the passing away of Onoe Baikô VII and Ichimura Uzaemon XVII were commemorated.

January 2019: revival at the National Theatre of Namiki Gohei I's 1779 drama "Sode Nikki Banshû Meguri"; this Otowaya-powered revision was entitled "Himeji-jô Oto-ni Kiku Sono Ishizue"; Kamezô played the role of Kuzumi Shinpei [casting | more details].

Comments:

Bandô Kamezô III is a young and promising tachiyaku of the Otowaya guild.

The mon of Bandô Kamezô III

The Bandô Kamezô line of actors