Real name: Kondô Gen

Guild: Omodakaya

Line number: NIDAIME (II)

Birthday: 29 November 1970

Connections:

Master: Ichikawa Ennosuke III

Career:

March 1988: he graduates from the Actors Training Center of the National Theatre (ninth year).

May 1988: he makes his first appearance on stage at the Kabukiza, playing a minor role in the classic "Kanadehon Chûshingura".

July 1988: he becomes disciple of the actor Ichikawa Ennosuke III and receives the name of Ichikawa Shun'en II.

March 1994: Shun'en becomes heyago de the star Ichikawa Ennosuke III.

January 2008: revival at the Shimbashi Embujô of "Narukami Fudô Kitayama Zakura", which celebrates the 1070th anniversary of the Naritasan temple, where the Deity Fudô Myôô is worshipped; Shun'en plays the role of the page Hata no Hidetarô [casting].

Comments:

Ichikawa Shun'en II is a young and promising onnagata of the Omodakaya guild.