ICHIKAWA ARAGORÔ
   
FIVE GENERATIONS
Ichikawa Aragorô I
 

The actor Ichikawa Aragorô I held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1798 to the 11th lunar month of 1813.

Ichikawa Aragorô I playing the role of Umeômaru in the drama "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami", which was staged in the 3rd lunar month of 1808 at the Kawarasakiza (print made by Utagawa Toyokuni I)

Ichikawa Aragorô II
Ichikawa Aragorô II  In Japanese | Ichikawa Emizô  In Japanese | Ichikawa Kôzô  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. Disciple of Ichikawa Danzô V, he started his career in Kyôto in the 11th lunar month of 1818 at the Kitagawa no Shibai, where he received the name of Ichikawa Kôzô and performed as a koyaku. He became tachiyaku and took the name of Ichikawa Emizô around 1832. He finally took the name of Ichikawa Aragorô II in the 11th lunar month of 1841 in Kyôto at the Kitagawa no Shibai. His rank in the 1842 Kyôto hyôbanki, tachiyaku section, was jô-jô (superior - superior) [visual]. No record afterwards.

The name of Ichikawa Aragorô II in the 1842 Kyôto hyôbanki (the zone within the red box)

Ichikawa Aragorô 2.3
Ichikawa Aragorô  In Japanese | Ichikawa Senzô  In Japanese
 

Dates of birth and death unknown. Relationship to the Ichikawa clan unknown. His Yagô being Mikawaya, he was most likely a disciple of an actor, who was related to the Ichikawa Danzô line of actors (Ichikawa Danzô VI?). His first stage name was Ichikawa Senzô. He took the name of Ichikawa Aragorô in 1868 but he was never acknowledged as an official holder of the name. No record afterwards.

Yagô Haimyô
Mikawaya Senshô
Ichikawa Aragorô III
 

The actor Ichikawa Aragorô III held this name from 1866 to February 1906.

Ichikawa Aragorô III

Ichikawa Aragorô IV
 

The actor Ichikawa Aragorô IV held this name from September 1906 to May 1930.

Ichikawa Aragorô IV

Ichikawa Aragorô V
Ichikawa Aragorô V  In Japanese | Ichikawa Shigenosuke  In Japanese
 

Born in 1970. He graduated from the Actors Training Center of the National Theatre (13th graduation) and made his debut on stage in April 1996 at the Kabukiza. He became a disciple of Ichikawa Danzô IX in March 1999 and received the name of Ichikawa Shigenosuke in April 1999 at the National Theatre, performing in the drama "Izayoi Seishin". He passed the nadai exam in September 2012 and officially became nadai in May 2014 at the Kabukiza, where he took the name of Ichikawa Aragorô V (a name not holden for 84 years!).

Yagô Honmyô
Mikawaya Ôuchi Shigeki
 
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