| BANDÔ HIKOSABURÔ |
| NINE GENERATIONS | |
| Bandô Hikosaburô I | |
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The actor Bandô Hikosaburô I held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1707 to the 1st lunar month of 1751. |
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| Bandô Hikosaburô I playing the role of Soga Jűrô in a print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III (1862~1863) | |
| Bandô Hikosaburô II | |
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The actor Bandô Hikosaburô II held this name from 11th lunar month of 1751 to the 5th lunar month of 1768. |
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| Bandô Hikosaburô II playing the role of Ono no Tôfű in a print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III (1862~1863) | |
| Bandô Hikosaburô III | |
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The actor Bandô Hikosaburô III held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1770 to the 11th lunar month of 1813. |
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| Bandô Hikosaburô III playing the role of Oda Harunaga in a print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III (1862~1863) | |
| Bandô Hikosaburô IV | |
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The actor Bandô Kamezô I held the name of Bandô Hikosaburô IV from the 11th lunar month of 1816 to the 2nd lunar month of 1856. |
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| Bandô Hikosaburô IV playing the role of Takechi Mitsuhide in a print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III (1862~1863) | |
| Bandô Hikosaburô V | |
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The actor Bandô Hikosaburô V held this name from the 3rd lunar month of 1856 to October 1877. |
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| Bandô Hikosaburô V playing the role of Konoshita Tôkichi in a print made by Utagawa Toyokuni III (1862~1863) | |
| Bandô Hikosaburô VI | |
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The actor Bandô Hikosaburô VI held this name from April 1915 to December 1938. |
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| Bandô Hikosaburô VI playing the role of Takezawa Kenmotsu Hidetoki in the drama "Shinrei Yaguchi no Watashi" (print made by Matsuda Seifű in 1915) | |
| Bandô Hikosaburô VII | |
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The actor Ichimura Uzaemon XVII held the name of Bandô Hikosaburô VII from October 1942 to September 1955. |
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| Bandô Hikosaburô VII playing the role of Benkei in the dance "Hashi Benkei" (print made by Natori Shunsen in 1952) | |
| Bandô Hikosaburô VIII | |
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The actor Bandô Rakuzen held the name of Bandô Hikosaburô VIII from February 1980 to April 2017. |
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Bandô Hikosaburô VIII playing the role of Sugawara no Michizane in the drama "Shihei no Nana Warai" (illustration courtesy of RANCHUROW (2009) all rights reserved) |
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| Bandô Hikosaburô IX | |
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The actor Bandô Hikosaburô IX is the current holder of the name since May 2017. |
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