Stage names:

Onoe Kikunosuke VI
Onoe Ushinosuke VII

Real name: Terajima Kazufumi

Guild: Otowaya

Line number: ROKUDAIME (VI)

Birthday: 28 November 2013

Connections:

Great-great-great-great-grandfather: Nakamura Karoku I

Great-great-great-grandfather: Nakamura Karoku III

Great-great-grandfathers: Matsumoto Kôshirô VII, Nakamura Kichiemon I

Great-grandfathers: Onoe Baikô VII, Matsumoto Hakuô I

Grandfathers: Onoe Kikugorô VII, Nakamura Kichiemon II

Father: Onoe Kikugorô VIII

Career:

May 2016: first stage appearance (omemie), in Tôkyô at the Kabukiza in the dance "Kioi Jishi Otowa no Hanakago".

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"; Kazufumi played the roles of Kunimatsu and Heisaku's son Heikichi (in reality Kunimatsu) [casting | more details].

May 2019: debut on stage (hatsubutai) at the Kabukiza, where he received the name of Onoe Ushinosuke VII and played the role of Ushiwakamaru in "Ehon Ushiwakamaru"; Ushinosuke's grandfathers Onoe Kikugorô VII and Nakamura Kichiemon II played the roles of Kiichi Hôgen and Yoshioka Kijirô; Ushinosuke's father Onoe Kikunosuke V played the role of Yoshioka Kisanta.

May 2025: great shûmei for the Otowaya guild; Onoe Kikunosuke V and his son Onoe Ushinosuke VII respectively take the names of Onoe Kikugorô VIII and Onoe Kikunosuke VI at the Kabukiza [more details]; the new Kikunosuke plays the roles of the shirabyôshi Hanako and Benten Kozô Kikunosuke in "Kyôganoko Musume Ninin Dôjôji" ^[1] and "Inasegawa Seizoroi".

Comments:

Onoe Kikunosuke VI is the young heir of the Otowaya guild.

[1] A special "Sannin Dôjôji" production, with 3 shirabyôshi Hanako instead of one: Living National Treasure Bandô Tamasaburô, Onoe Kikugorô VIII and Onoe Kikunosuke VI.

Onoe Kikunosuke VI (left) and his father Onoe Kikugorô VIII (right)

The Onoe Ushinosuke line of actors

The Onoe Kikunosuke line of actors