ICHIKAWA EMIZÔ

Stage names:

Ichikawa Emizô

Real name: Ueno Seiichi

Guild: Omodakaya

Birthday: 30 November 1969

Connections:

Master: Ichikawa En'ô II (Ichikawa Ennosuke III)

Career:

30 November 1969: born in Kumamoto.

April 1991: debut on stage (hatsubutai) at the Shinbashi Enbujô, where he performs in the Sûpâ Kabuki drama "Oguri".

April, May 1996: he receives the name of Ichikawa Emizô and performs at the Shinbashi Enbujô in the Sûpâ Kabuki drama "Kaguya".

June 1996: Emizô performs at the Chûnichi Theatre in the classic "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura".

July 1996: Emizô performs at the Kabukiza in "Kosan Kingorô", "Ichijô Ôkura Monogatari" and "Hitori Tabi Gojûsan Tsugi".

October 1996: Emizô performs at the National Theatre in the drama "Shitennô Momiji no Edoguma".

December 1996: Emizô performs at the Kabukiza in the classic "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura".

April, May 1997: Emizô performs at the Shinbashi Enbujô in the Sûpâ Kabuki drama "Ôkuninushi".

June 1997: Emizô performs at the Chûnichi Theatre in the drama "Hitori Tabi Gojûsan Tsugi".

July 1997: Emizô performs at the Kabukiza in "Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami", "Kaminari Sendô" and "Tôryû Oguri Hangan".

September, October 1997: Emizô performs at the Shôchikuza in the Sûpâ Kabuki drama "Kaguya".

December 1997: Emizô performs at the Kabukiza in "Kenuki" and "Mômoku Monogatari".

January 1998: Emizô performs at the PARCO Gekijô in the drama "Ryûjinden".

April, May 1998: Emizô performs at the Shinbashi Enbujô in the Sûpâ Kabuki drama "Oguri".

July 1998: Emizô performs at the Kabukiza in the classic "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura".

September, October 1998: Emizô performs at the Shôchikuza in the Sûpâ Kabuki drama "Yamato Takeru".

November 1998: Emizô performs at the Kabukiza in the drama "Mikasayama Goten".

December 1998: Emizô performs at the Kabukiza in "Tengajaya", "Kumo no Hyôshimai" and "Kokusen'ya Gassen".

April, May 1999: Emizô performs at the Shinbashi Enbujô in the Sûpâ Kabuki drama "Shin Sangokushi".

June 1999: Emizô performs at the Chûnichi Theatre in the Sûpâ Kabuki drama "Shin Sangokushi".

July 1999: Emizô performs at the Kabukiza in "Nansô Satomi Hakkenden", "Yakko Dôjôji, "Ippon Gatana Dohyô Iri" and "Date no Jûyaku".

September, October 1999: Emizô performs at the Shôchikuza in the Sûpâ Kabuki drama "Shin Sangokushi".

January 2000: Emizô performs at the Shinbashi Enbujô in "Torii Mae" and "Sukeroku".

April, May 2000: Emizô performs at the Shinbashi Enbujô in the Sûpâ Kabuki drama "Shin Sangokushi".

June 2000: Emizô performs at the Shôchikuza in the Sûpâ Kabuki drama "Shin Sangokushi".

July 2000: Emizô performs at the Kabukiza in the drama "Uwajima Sôdô".

September 2000: Emizô performs at the Shôchikuza in the classic "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura".

October 2000: Emizô performs at the Kabukiza in the drama "Kagamiyama Gonichi no Iwafuji".

November 2000: Emizô performs at the Hakataza in the Sûpâ Kabuki drama "Shin Sangokushi".

December 2000: Emizô performs at the Kabukiza in the drama "Kaka Saiyûki".

February 2001: Emizô performs at the Shôchikuza in "Kurumabiki", "Ippon Gatana Dohyô Iri", "Kagatobi" and "Ukiyo Buro".

April, May 2001: Emizô performs at the Shinbashi Enbujô in the Sûpâ Kabuki drama "Shin Sangokushi II".

June 2001: Emizô performs at the Chûnichi Theatre in the Sûpâ Kabuki drama "Shin Sangokushi II".

July 2001: Emizô performs at the Kabukiza in "Kaka Saiyûki", "Shunkan" and "Sanmon Gosan no Kiri".

September, October 2001: Emizô performs at the Shôchikuza in the Sûpâ Kabuki drama "Shin Sangokushi II".

December 2001: Emizô performs at the Kabukiza in "Kaka Saiyûki", "Ukiyo Buro" and "Mikasayama Goten".

January 2002: Emizô performs at the Asakusa Kôkaidô in the drama "Gozonji Suzu-ga-Mori".

February 2002: Emizô performs at the Shôchikuza in "Nansô Satomi Hakkenden" and "Kagamiyama Gonichi no Iwafuji".

March 2002: Emizô performs at the Hakataza in the Sûpâ Kabuki drama "Shin Sangokushi II".

July 2002: Emizô performs at the Kabukiza in "Gohiiki Kanjinchô", "Yoshinoyama", "Kurayami no Ushimatsu" and "Nansô Satomi Hakkenden".

October 2002: Emizô performs at the Misonoza in "Kenuki".

December 2002: Emizô performs at the Kabukiza in "Sakura Giminden" and "Chinsetsu Yumihari-zuki".

January 2003: Emizô performs at the National Theatre in the drama "Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki".

March, April 2003: Emizô performs at the Shinbashi Enbujô in the Sûpâ Kabuki drama "Shin Sangokushi III".

May 2003: Emizô performs at the Hakataza in the Sûpâ Kabuki drama "Shin Sangokushi III".

June 2003: Emizô performs at the Chûnichi Theatre in the drama "Nansô Satomi Hakkenden".

July 2003: Emizô performs at the Kabukiza in "Emiji Yakata", "Kagatobi" and "Kanadehon Futae Zôshi".

October 2003: Emizô performs at the National Theatre in the drama "Hade Kurabe Ise Monogatari".

November 2003: Emizô performs at the Hakataza in the drama "Seitaigô".

December 2003: Emizô performs at the Minamiza in "Domo Mata" and "Kaka Saiyûki".

January 2004: Emizô performs at the National Theatre in the drama "Ukiyozuka Hiyoku no Inazuma".

March 2004: Emizô performs at the Shôchikuza in the Sûpâ Kabuki drama "Shin Sangokushi III".

April, May 2004: Emizô performs at the Shinbashi Enbujô in the Sûpâ Kabuki drama "Shin Sangokushi III".

June 2004: Emizô performs at the Chûnichi Theatre in the drama "Seitaigô".

July 2004: Emizô performs at the Kabukiza in "Shuzenji Monogatari", "Sakura Hime Azuma Bunshô" and "Kawatsura Hôgen Yakata".

September 2004: Emizô performs at the Shinbashi Enbujô in the drama "Seitaigô".

December 2004: Emizô performs at the Kabukiza in "Yaegiri Kuruwa Banashi" and "Gozonji Suzu-ga-Mori".

January 2005: Emizô performs at the Kabukiza in "Ishikiri Kajiwara", "Kagatobi" and "Narukami".

March, April 2005: Emizô performs at the Shinbashi Enbujô in the Sûpâ Kabuki drama "Yamato Takeru".

May 2005: Emizô performs at the Shôchikuza in the Sûpâ Kabuki drama "Yamato Takeru".

July 2005: Emizô performs at the National Theatre in "Kawatsura Hôgen Yakata".

September 2005: Emizô performs at the Hakataza in "Sannin Kichisa" and "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura".

November 2005: Emizô performs at the Shôchikuza in the drama "Tanuki Goten".

January 2006: Emizô performs at the Shôchikuza in "Yoshikata Saigo" and "Kanadehon Chûshingura".

March 2006: Emizô performs at the National Theatre in "Tôryû Oguri Hangan".

May 2006: Emizô performs at the Chûnichi Theatre in the drama "Yukinojô Henge 2006".

June 2006: Emizô performs at the Mitsukoshi Gekijô in "Kurumabiki" and "Abura no Jigoku".

July 2006: Emizô performs at the Kabukiza in "Yasha-ga-Ike", "Kaijin Bessô" and "Tenshu Monogatari".

August 2006: Emizô performs at the Kabukiza in "Keian Taiheiki" and "Nansô Satomi Hakkenden".

September 2006: Emizô performs at the Kabukiza in "Terakoya".

October 2006: Emizô performs at the Kabukiza in "Kuzu-no-Ha".

November 2006: Emizô performs at the Shinbashi Enbujô in "Badarai no Mitsuhide" and "Kawatsura Hôgen Yakata".

December 2006: Emizô performs at the National Theatre in "Genroku Chûshingura".

January 2007: Emizô performs at the Asakusa Kôkaidô in "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura".

March 2007: Emizô performs at the National Theatre in the newly-created drama "Hachisu no Ito Koi no Mandara".

May 2007: Emizô performs at the Minamiza in "Kumo no Hyôshimai".

August 2007: Emizô performs at the Kabukiza in "Echizen Ichijô-ga-Tani", "Shitakiri Suzume" and "Ura Omote Sendai Hagi".

September 2007: Emizô performs at the Kabukiza in "Nijô-jô no Kiyomasa".

December 2007: Emizô performs at the Kabukiza in "Fudeya Kôbê".

January 2008: Emizô performs at the Shinbashi Enbujô in "Narukami Fudô Kitayama Zakura".

March 2008: Emizô performs at the Shinbashi Enbujô in the Sûpâ Kabuki drama "Yamato Takeru".

April 2008: Emizô performs at the Hakataza in the Sûpâ Kabuki drama "Yamato Takeru".

May 2008: Emizô performs at the Shôchikuza in the Sûpâ Kabuki drama "Yamato Takeru".

June 2008: Emizô performs at the Chûnichi Theatre in the Sûpâ Kabuki drama "Yamato Takeru".

July 2008: Emizô performs at the Kabukiza in the classic "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura" and "Yasha-ga-Ike".

November 2008: Emizô performs at the National Theatre in "Edo no Yami Ayashi no Kagizume".

December 2008: Emizô performs at the Minamiza in "Jiisan Baasan".

January 2009: Emizô performs at the Shinbashi Enbujô in the classic "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura" and "Shiranami Gonin Otoko".

March 2009: Emizô performs at the Shinbashi Enbujô in "Hitori Tabi Gojûsan Tsugi".

April 2009: Emizô performs at the Misonoza in "Narukami Fudô Kitayama Zakura".

May 2009: Emizô performs at the Chûnichi Theatre in "Tôkaidôchû Hizakurige".

June 2009: Emizô performs at the National Theatre in "Kaka Saiyuki".

July 2009: Emizô performs at the Kabukiza in "Gojû no Tô", "Kaijin Bessô", "Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami" and "Tenshu Monogatari".

October 2009: Emizô performs at the Hakataza in "Narukami Fudô Kitayama Zakura".

December 2009: Emizô performs at the Kabukiza in "Ôedo Ribingu Deddo" and "Noda-ban Nezumi Kozô".

August 2010: Emizô goes to Edinburgh (Scotland) for the Fringe Festival; three days of street performances, called "Emizô Shichi Henge" (The Seven Transformations of Emizô), in which he performs brief extracts from 7 different Kabuki plays, changing costume and makeup on the spot.

Comments:

Ichikawa Emizô is a young and talented actor of the Omodakaya guild. He not only acts in Sûpâ Kabuki and classical Kabuki, but is also exploring ways to create contemporary Kabuki.

For more details and pictures, check his official website: emizouichikawa.com