Stage names:

Nakamura Hayato

Real name: Ogawa Hayato

Guild: Yorozuya

Birthday: 30 November 1993

Connections:

Great-great-great-grandfather: Nakamura Karoku I

Great-great-grandfather: Nakamura Karoku III

Great-grandfather: Nakamura Tokizô III

Grandfather: Nakamura Tokizô IV

Father: Nakamura Kinnosuke II

Uncle: Nakamura Manju (Nakamura Tokizô V)

Career:

February 2002: debut on stage (hatsubutai) at the Kabukiza, where he received the name of Nakamura Hayato and played the role of Matsuômaru's son Kotarô in the drama "Terakoya".

June 2010: Hayato played at the Minamiza the role of Yoshimine Munesada in the dance-drama "Seki no To"; his stage partners in the roles of Sekibê (in reality Ôtomo no Kuronushi) and Ono no Komachi/the courtesan Sumizome (in reality the spirit of Komachi's cherry tree) were Nakamura Shidô and Bandô Tamasaburô.

November 2011: 4th Kabuki program with Kataoka Ainosuke as zagashira at the Eirakukan, a renovated traditional theater built in the city of Toyooka (prefecture of Hyôgo) [more details].

March 2017: "Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku" was staged as a tôshi kyôgen at the National Theatre. The core of this revival was "Okazaki". The third act, commonly called "Engakuji", which was staged for the last time in February 1931 at the Meijiza, was revived as well; Hayato played the role of Ikezoe Magohachi [more details | casting].

June 2024: great shûmei at the Kabukiza for the Yorozuya guild; Nakamura Tokizô V and Nakamura Baishi IV respectively took the names of Nakamura Manju and Nakamura Tokizô VI [more details]. Hayato played the roles of Mikurumi no Sanji and Isobe Kazunosuke in "Jôshû Miyage Hyakuryô Kubi" and "Sakanaya Sôgorô". It was also the hatsubutai of Nakamura Tokizô VI's son Nakamura Baishi V and Nakamura Shidô II's sons Nakamura Haruki and Nakamura Natsuki.

Comments:

Nakamura Hayato is a young and promising actor of the Yorozuya guild.

Official website: hayato-nakamura.com

The mon of Nakamura Hayato