ONOE KIKUNOSUKE V

Stage names:

Onoe Kikunosuke V
Onoe Ushinosuke VI

Real name: Terashima Kazuyasu

Guild: Otowaya

Line number: GODAIME (V)

Birthday: 1 August 1977

Connections:

Grandfather: Onoe Baikô VII

Father: Onoe Kikugorô VII

Career:

February 1984: he makes his first appearance on stage, at the Kabukiza, where he receives the name of Onoe Ushinosuke VI and plays in "Ehon Ushiwakamaru".

May 1996: Onoe Ushinosuke VI takes the name of Onoe Kikunosuke V at the Kabukiza, playing the roles of Yayoi and Benten Kozô Kikunosuke in the dance "Kagami Jishi" and the drama "Shiranami Gonin Otoko".

March 2001: the Kabukiza celebrates the 12th anniversary (13th memorial service) and the 6th anniversary (7th memorial service) of the deaths of Onoe Shôroku II and Onoe Baikô VII; Kikunosuke plays the role of Okaru in the classic "Kanadehon Chûshingura".

January 2002: revival at the National Theatre of Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Koharu Nagi Okitsu Shiranami", which has not been played in its full length since November 1864; Kikunosuke plays the role of the courtesan Kagetsu [casting].

October 2004: tour in Paris (France); Kikunosuke plays at the Théâtre de Chaillot the role of Osome in the drama "Toribeyama Shinjû", which celebrates the shûmei in Paris of Ichikawa Ebizô XI [more details].

March 2009: Kabuki adaptation by the famous stage director Ninagawa Yukio of Shakespeare’s "Twelfth Night", which is titled "Ninagawa Jûniya", from the 24th to the 28th of March 2009 in London (UK) at the Barbican Theater; Kikunosuke plays the roles of Shishimaru (Cesario), Princess Biwa (Viola) and Shiba Shuzennosuke (Sebastian) [more details]. The same play is staged with the same casting in June 2009 at the Shimbashi Embujô and in July 2009 at the Shôchikuza.

Comments:

Onoe Kikunosuke V is a young and promising onnagata actor. He is also an excellent nimaime and is very likely to be the next Onoe Kikugorô VIII.

Onoe Kikunosuke V in the drama "Kyô Ningyô"

The Onoe Ushinosuke line of actors

The Onoe Kikunosuke line of actors