Stage names:

Nakamura Utae
Kagaya Utae II
Nakamura Utaji

Real name: Nakayama Yukio

Guild: Narikomaya

Birthday: 6 June 1932

Connections:

Master: Nakamura Utaemon VI

Career:

October 1951: he makes his first appearance on stage at the Ôsaka Kabukiza, receiving the name of Nakamura Utaji.

June 1957: Nakamura Utaji takes the name of Kagaya Utae II at the Kabukiza, playing in the dramas "Kagamiyama" and "Imamiya Shinjû".

April 1996: Kagaya Utae II takes the name of Nakamura Utae at the Kabukiza, playing the role of Omaki in the play "Kôchiyama".

Comments:

Nakamura Utae is a veteran onnagata actor of the Narikomaya guild.