Stage names:
| Nakamura Matagorô III |  |
| Nakamura Kashô III | |
| Nakamura Mitsuteru | |
Real name: Ogawa Mitsuteru
Guilds: Harimaya (from September 2010), Yorozuya (up to August 2010)
Line number: SANDAIME (III)
Birthday: 26 April 1956
Connections:
Great-great-grandfather: Nakamura Karoku I
Great-grandfather: Nakamura Karoku III
Grandfather: Nakamura Tokizô III
Father: Nakamura Kashô II
Brother: Nakamura Karoku V
Sons: Nakamura Kashô IV, Nakamura Tanenosuke
Career:
July 1964: he makes his first appearance on stage at the Kabukiza, performing under the name of Nakamura Mitsuteru.
June 1981: great shûmei at the Kabukiza for the Yorozuya guild; Nakamura Yonekichi IV, Nakamura Baishi III, Nakamura Mitsuteru and Ogawa Mikihiro respectively take the names of Nakamura Karoku V, Nakamura Tokizô V, Nakamura Kashô III and Nakamura Shidô II; the new Kashô plays the roles of Shizuka Gozen and the ghost of Taira no Tomomori in the dance-drama "Funa Benkei".
May ~ June 1985: Kashô takes part in a Kabuki tour in Europe, performing 18 shows in 4 cities; he plays the role of Benkei in the classic "Yoshitsune Sembon Zakura".
October 1988: Kashô takes part in a Kabuki tour in Egypt; he plays the roles of Naritsune and Tarôkaja in the drama "Shunkan" and the burlesque dance "Bô Shibari".
June ~ July 1990: Kashô takes part in a Kabuki tour in the USA, performing 26 shows in several big cities; he plays the role of Tarôkaja in the dance-drama "Migawari Zazen" [casting]. Kashô also plays the role of Yoshitsune in the dance-drama "Kanjinchô", which is staged only for 2 shows in Los Angeles.
1996: Kashô takes part in a Kabuki tour in Italy.
February 1998: Kashô plays for the first time the prestigious role of the sumô wrestler Nuregami Chôgorô in the "Sumôba" and "Hikimado" scenes of the drama "Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki", which is staged at the Misonoza (Nagoya).
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 Matagorô plays the roles of Takebe Genzô, Toyotomi Hideyori and Umeômaru in "Terakoya", "Hototogisu Kojô no Rakugetsu" and "Kurumabiki" [more details].
October 2011: Nakamura Matagorô III and his son Nakamura Kashô IV celebrate their shûmei in Nagoya at the Misonoza; Matagorô plays the roles of Soga Gorô Tokimune and Hanaregoma Chôkichi in "Soga no Taimen" and "Sumôba" [more details].
March 2012: Nakamura Matagorô III and his son Nakamura Kashô IV celebrate their shûmei in Kyôto at the Minamiza; Matagorô plays the roles of Yoshitsune and Shizuka Gozen (and the ghost of Tomomori) in "Kumagai Jin'ya" and "Funa Benkei" [more details].
April 2012: Nakamura Matagorô III and his son Nakamura Kashô IV celebrate their shûmei at the Kanamaruza (Shikoku); Matagorô plays the roles of Kobayashi no Asahina and the fox Tadanobu in "Kusazuribiki" and "Shi-no-Kiri" [more details].
June 2012: Nakamura Matagorô III and his son Nakamura Kashô IV celebrate their shûmei in Fukuoka at the Hakataza; Matagorô plays the roles of the thief Kurobei and Rokusuke in "Tachi Nusubito" and "Keya-Mura" [more details].
July 2012: Nakamura Matagorô III and his son Nakamura Kashô IV celebrate their shûmei in Ôsaka at the Shôchikuza; Matagorô plays the roles of Jirôkaja, Tatsugorô and Satô Tadanobu (in reality the fox Genkurô) in "Bô Shibari", "Arakawa no Sakichi" and "Yoshinoyama" [more details].
Comments:
Nakamura Matagorô III is a dynamic and talented tachiyaku actor of the Harimaya guild.
Nakamura Matagorô III playing the role of the kyôgenshi Sakon in the dance-drama "Meoto Dôjôji" in a print made by Tsuruya Kôkei
Print courtesy of Ted Jagoda
The Nakamura Kashô line of actors
The Nakamura Matagorô line of actors