Stage names:
Nakamura Kinnosuke II
Nakamura Shinjirô
Real name: Ogawa Shinjirô
Guild: Yorozuya
Birthday: 29 September 1959
Connections:
Great-great-grandfather: Nakamura Karoku I
Great-grandfather: Nakamura Karoku III
Grandfather: Nakamura Tokizô III
Father: Nakamura Tokizô IV
Brother: Nakamura Tokizô V
Son: Nakamura Hayato
Career:
July 1964: he makes his first appearance on stage at the Kabukiza, receiving the name of Nakamura Shinjirô and playing in "Miyajima no Danmari".
May 1968: revival at the National Theatre of "Ura Omote Sendai Hagi"; Shinjirô plays the role of Tsuruchiyo [casting].
July 1980: revival at the Kabukiza of the never-performed 5th act of "Yoshitsune Sembon Zakura"; Shinjirô plays the role of Ise Saburô Yoshimori [more details].
April 1987: Shinjirô takes part in the revival at the Meijiza of the play "Jûni Hitoe Komachi Zakura", which includes the famous Tokiwazu-based dance-drama "Tsumoru Koi Yuki no seki no To" [more details].
1998: Shinjirô becomes nadai.
June 1999: Shinjirô plays the role of Lord Harima in the play "Banchô Sarayashiki" which is performed at the National Theatre. His stage partner in the role of Okiku is Nakamura Shibajaku.
July 2000: Shinjirô plays the bombastic role of Soga Gorô at the National Theatre in the dance "Ame no Gorô".
June 2001: Shinjirô plays the bombastic role of Soga Gorô in the play "Ya-no-Ne", which is performed at the Hakataza (Fukuoka).
January 2002: the National Theatre produces the revival of Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Koharunagi Okitsu Shiranami", which has not been played in his full length since 11th lunar month of 1864; Shinjirô plays the role of the samurai Tsukimoto Kazumanosuke.
April 2007: Nakamura Shinjirô takes the name of Nakamura Kinnosuke II at the Kabukiza, playing the roles of Torazô/Ushiwakamaru, Chôkichi/Yogorô and Isobe Kazunosuke in "Kikubatake", "Sumôba" and "Sakanaya Sôgorô".
September 2007: Kinnosuke celebrates his shûmei in the Western provinces, playing the roles of Hanaregoma Shirobei and Azuma no Yoshirô (in reality Mashiba Hisayoshi) in "Banchô Sarayashiki" and "Modori Kago".
December 2007: Kinnosuke celebrates his shûmei in Kyôto at the Minamiza, playing the roles of Togashi Saemon and Soga Gorô in "Kanjinchô" and "Kotobuki Soga no Taimen".
July 2008: Kinnosuke celebrates his shûmei in the Central provinces, playing the role of Rokusuke in the drama "Keya-Mura".
October 2008: Kinnosuke celebrates his shûmei in Nagoya at the Misonoza, playing the roles of Konoshita Tôkichi, Minamoto no Yoriie and Lord Matsue in "Kinkakuji", "Shuzenji Monogatari" and "Kôchiyama".
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; Kinnosuke plays the role of Ôshino Sadaijin (Orsino) [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.
February 2010: revival at the Kabukiza of the Nagauta-based dance "Tsumeô", which is staged to commemorate the 22nd anniversary (23rd memorial service) of late Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII; Kinnosuke plays the role of the shôya [casting].
Comments:
Nakamura Kinnosuke II is a talented tachiyaku of the Yorozuya guild.
The mon of Nakamura Kinnosuke II
The Nakamura Kinnosuke line of actors