Stage names:

Nakamura Fukunosuke III
Nakamura Muneo

Real name: Nakamura Muneo

Guild: Narikomaya

Line number: SANDAIME (III)

Birthday: 13 November 1997

Connections:

Great-great-grandfather: Nakamura Utaemon V

Great-grandfather: Nakamura Fukusuke V

Grandfather: Nakamura Shikan VII

Father: Nakamura Shikan VIII

Brothers: Nakamura Hashinosuke IV, Nakamura Utanosuke IV

Career:

September 2000: debut on stage (hatsubutai) at the Kabukiza, where he received the name of Nakamura Muneo, performing in the dances "Kyôganoko Musume Dôjôji" and "Kiku Biyori Kioi no Wakakoma" which were part of the special program commemorating the 60th anniversary of the passing away of Nakamura Utaemon V.

September 2008: Muneo played at the Kabukiza the role of Koshirô in the drama "Moritsuna Jin'ya".

October 2016: Nakamura Hashinosuke III and his three sons Nakamura Kunio, Nakamura Muneo and Nakamura Yoshio took the names of Nakamura Shikan VIII, Nakamura Hashinosuke IV, Nakamura Fukunosuke III and Nakamura Utanosuke IV at the Kabukiza; the new Fukunosuke played the roles of Fukuhiko and Kaminari Jûgorô in "Ho Agete Iô Takarabune" and "Kiwametsuki Banzui Chôbê" [more details].

November 2016: Nakamura Shikan VIII, Nakamura Hashinosuke IV, Nakamura Fukunosuke III and Nakamura Utanosuke IV celebrated their second month of shûmei at the Kabukiza; the new Fukunosuke played the roles of a shishi cub, Goshuden Monji and a yakko in "Renjishi", "Kagatobi" and "Shikan Yakko" [more details].

January 2017: Nakamura Shikan VIII, Nakamura Hashinosuke IV, Nakamura Fukunosuke III and Nakamura Utanosuke IV celebrated their shûmei in Ôsaka at the Shôchikuza; the new Fukunosuke played the roles of Soga Hakoô, the tortoise and Kataoka Hachirô in "Kichirei Kotobuki Soga", "Tsuru Kame" and "Kanjinchô" [more details].

March 2017: Kabuki performances in the People's Republic of China in Beijing from the 18th to the 20th of March 2017 at the Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center in the heart of the Tianqiao District; Fukunosuke played the role of Hayami no Tôta in "Torii Mae" [more details].

June 2017: Nakamura Shikan VIII, Nakamura Hashinosuke IV, Nakamura Fukunosuke III and Nakamura Utanosuke IV celebrated their shûmei in Fukuoka at the Hakataza; the new Fukunosuke played the roles of Sakuramaru, Miyazaki Kazuma and a shishi cub in "Kurumabiki", "Kôchiyama" and "Renjishi" [more details].

July 2017: Nakamura Shikan VIII and two of his three sons, Nakamura Hashinosuke IV and Nakamura Fukunosuke III, celebrated their shûmei in the eastern provinces; Fukunosuke played the roles of a shôjô and Tsutsumi Gunji in "Shôjô" and "Kumagai Jin'ya" [more details].

September 2017: Nakamura Shikan VIII and two of his three sons, Nakamura Hashinosuke IV and Nakamura Fukunosuke III, celebrated their shûmei in the western provinces; Fukunosuke played the role of a shôjô and Tsutsumi Gunji in "Shôjô" and "Kumagai Jin'ya" [more details].

December 2017: Nakamura Shikan VIII and his three sons, Nakamura Hashinosuke IV, Nakamura Fukunosuke III and Nakamura Utanosuke IV, celebrated their shûmei in Kyôto at the ROHM Theatre; Fukunosuke played the roles of Ômi no Kotôta, a tobigashira and the abducted woman Nadeshiko in "Soga no Taimen", "Niwaka Jishi" and "Ôeyama Shuten Dôji" [more details].

April 2018: Nakamura Shikan VIII and two of his three sons, Nakamura Hashinosuke IV and Nakamura Fukunosuke III, celebrated their shûmei at the Kanamaruza; Fukunosuke played the roles of a chaya customer, Sankichi and a shishi in "Sayaate", "Sakanaya Sôgorô" and "Shakkyô" [more details].

July 2018: Nakamura Shikan VIII and two of his three sons, Nakamura Hashinosuke IV and Nakamura Fukunosuke III, celebrated their shûmei in the central provinces; the new Fukunosuke played the roles of the tedai Bunshichi (and alternatively the tobigashira Ibê) and Tarôkaja in "Bunshichi Mottoi" and "Bô Shibari" [more details].

Comments:

Nakamura Fukunosuke III is a young heir of the Narikomaya guild.

The mon of Nakamura Fukunosuke III

The Nakamura Fukunosuke line of actors