FEBRUARY 2026

2 shows in Tôkyô (Kabukiza) and 1 in Fukuoka (Hakataza)!

  • ??? perform at the Kabukiza !
  • Nakamura Shidô & Nakamura Kazutarô perform at the Hakataza!
  • Kabukiza (Tôkyô)
    Dates 1 ~ 26 February 2026
    Saruwakasai Nigatsu Ôkabuki
    Saruwaka Festival February Grand Kabuki
    Matinée

    ???

    Evening

    ???

    Casting

    Nakamura Kankurô, Nakamura Shichinosuke, ???

    Comments

    The Saruwaka Festival February Grand Kabuki at the Kabukiza. This festival was first held in 2024 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the founding of the Saruwakaza Theatre (later, the Nakamuraza) by Saruwaka (Nakamura) Kanzaburô I and the staging of the first Kabuki performance in Edo.

    Hakataza (Fukuoka)
    Dates 7 ~ 20 February 2026
    Nigatsu Hanagata Kabuki
    February Young Actors Kabuki
    Program

    Arashi no Yoru ni

    Casting

    Nakamura Shidô, Nakamura Kazutarô, ???

    Comments

    A special program starring Nakamura Shidô and Nakamura Kazutarô and reviving the 2015 Kabuki drama based on Kimura Yûichi's famous series of illustrated child books "Arashi no Yoru ni" (in English 'One Stormy Night').

  • Arashi no Yoru ni: it is a series of picture books written by Kimura Yûichi. The first edition was published in 1994. As many people wanted to read a sequel to the story, it lasted to the seventh volume and became a best seller. More than 3,000,000 books have been sold. It became so popular that it has been turned into a game and made into plays. In 2005, it was made into an animated movie (the voice for the main character Gabu was supplied by Nakamura Shidô) by Sugii Gisaburô, an esteemed movie producer in the animation industry. On the night of a storm, a wolf Gabu (Nakamura Shidô) and a goat Mei (Nakamura Kazutarô) encounters in a mountain hut in pitch darkness by chance. They talk through night not knowing their identity and become friends. They determine their password as 'On the night of a storm' and promise to meet again. They are shocked when they meet again, but they nurture friendship keeping it secret to their each group. But their friendship is at last known to both groups and meets with violent opposition. The two are pushed to the edge ...
  • Source: Shôchiku Kabuki Official Website

     
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