Stage names:
| Nakamura Kashô IV |  |
| Nakamura Tanetarô IV | |
Real name: Ogawa Takeo
Guilds: Harimaya (from September 2010), Yorozuya (up to August 2010)
Line number: YODAIME (IV)
Birthday: 6 May 1989
Connections:
Great-great-great-grandfather: Nakamura Karoku I
Great-great-grandfather: Nakamura Karoku III
Great-grandfather: Nakamura Tokizô III
Grandfather: Nakamura Kashô II
Father: Nakamura Matagorô III
Brother: Nakamura Tanenosuke
Career:
June 1994: debut on stage (hatsubutai) at the Kabukiza, where the 32nd anniversary (33rd memorial service) of the passing away of late Nakamura Tokizô IV is celebrated; he receives the name of Nakamura Tanetarô IV, playing the role of a young traveller in the dance "Michiyuki Tabiji no Yomeiri".
February 1999: Tanetarô plays at the Kabukiza the role of Takatsuna's son Koshirô in the drama "Moritsuna Jin'ya"; the role of Koshirô's brother Kosaburô is played by Tanetarô's brother Nakamura Tanenosuke, who makes his debut on stage.
February 2000: special kodomo shibai dance program to end the evening program at the Kabukiza; Tanetarô plays the role of a fireman boss in the dance "Omatsuri".
September 2011: Nakamura Kashô III and his son Nakamura Tanetarô IV take the names of Nakamura Matagorô III and Nakamura Kashô IV at the Shimbashi Embujô; the new Kashô plays the roles of Senzai, the fireman Yûkichi and Sugiômaru in "Shitadashi Sambasô", "Kioi Jishi" and "Kurumabiki" [more details].
October 2011: Nakamura Kashô IV and his father Nakamura Matagorô III celebrate their shûmei in Nagoya at the Misonoza; Kashô performs in "Nansô Satomi Hakkenden" and "Soga no Taimen" [more details].
March 2012: Nakamura Kashô IV and his father Nakamura Matagorô III celebrate their shûmei in Kyôto at the Minamiza; Kashô plays the roles of a shôjô, Gunji, Shôshô and a boatman in "Shôjô", "Kumagai Jin'ya", "Shunkan" and "Funa Benkei" [more details].
April 2012: Nakamura Kashô IV and his father Nakamura Matagorô III celebrate their shûmei at the Kanamaruza (Shikoku); Kashô performs in "Kusazuribiki", "Ippon Gatana Dohyô Iri" and "Shi-no-Kiri" [more details].
June 2012: Nakamura Kashô IV and his father Nakamura Matagorô III celebrate their shûmei in Fukuoka at the Hakataza; Kashô plays the roles of Soga Gorô Tokimune, Dejiri Seibei and Mori no Ranmaru in "Musume Nanakusa", "Yudono no Chôbei" and "Badarai no Mitsuhide" [more details].
July 2012: Nakamura Kashô IV and his father Nakamura Matagorô III celebrate their shûmei in Ôsaka at the Shôchikuza; Kashô plays the roles of Irie Tanzô and Lord Matsue Izumo-no-Kami in "Tokaiya"/"Daimotsu no Ura" and "Kôchiyama" [more details].
Comments:
Nakamura Kashô IV is a promising young actor of the Harimaya guild.
The mon of Nakamura Kashô IV
The Nakamura Tanetarô line of actors
The Nakamura Kashô line of actors