Stage names:

Bandô Hikosaburô IX
Bandô Kamesaburô V

Dancer name: Fujima Zenzô

Real name: Bandô Terusato

Guild: Otowaya

Line number: KUDAIME (IX)

Birthday: 29 June 1976

Connections:

Great-great-great-great-grandfathers: Onoe Kikugorô III, Ichimura Uzaemon XI

Great-great-great-grandfather: Ichimura Takenojô V

Great-great-grandfather: Onoe Kikugorô V

Great-grandfather: Bandô Hikosaburô VI

Grandfather: Ichimura Uzaemon XVII

Father: Bandô Rakuzen (Bandô Hikosaburô VIII)

Brother: Bandô Kamezô III

Son: Bandô Kamesaburô VI

Career:

December 1981: he made his first appearance on stage at the National Theatre, performing in the "Terakoya" scene of the classic "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami".

May 1982: he received the name of Bandô Kamesaburô V at the Kabukiza, playing the role of Kamemaru in the drama "Yodogimi Jôshi".

January 2008: revival at the National Theatre of Sakurada Jisuke I's kaomise drama "Komachi-mura Shibai no Shôgatsu"; Kamesaburô played the role of Toraômaru Takeyasha [more details].

March 2009: Kabuki adaptation by the famous stage director Ninagawa Yukio of Shakespeare’s "Twelfth Night", which was entitled "Ninagawa Jûniya", from the 24th to the 28th of March 2009 in London (UK) at the Barbican Theater; Kamesaburô played the role of Saô Kakubei (the Head Officer) [more details]. The same play was staged with the same casting in June 2009 at the Shinbashi Enbujô and in July 2009 at the Shôchikuza.

January 2010: revival at the National Theatre of Namiki Gohei's long-forgotten drama "Keisei Kogane no Shachihoko", which was revised and entitled "Asahi-ni Kagayaku Kin no Shachihoko"; it was staged to commemorate the 400-year anniversary of the establishment of the city of Nagoya; Kamesaburô played the roles of Kinsuke's kobun Neri no Sadahachi and Ebisudayû's disciple Sensai (in reality Neri no Sadahachi) [more details | casting].

January 2014: premiere at the National Theatre of "Sanzen Ryô Haru no Komahiki", a revival of Tatsuoka Mansaku's 1794 drama "Keisei Haru no Tori"; Kamesaburô played the roles of the fisherman Tsunazô (in reality Takuma Koheita) and Ishida Saburoemon [more details].

May 2017: 3-generation shûmei for the Bandô branch of the Otowaya guild at the Kabukiza; Bandô Hikosaburô VIII, his two sons Bandô Kamesaburô V and Bandô Kametoshi respectively took the names of Bandô Rakuzen, Bandô Hikosaburô IX and Bandô Kamezô III; the new Hikosaburô played the roles of Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki and Soga Gorô Tokimune in "Ishikiri Kajiwara" and "Soga no Taimen" [more details]. There was also the hatsubutai of Bandô Kamesaburô VI. Terajima Maholo, the grandson of Living National Treasure Onoe Kikugorô and son of the actress Terajima Shinobu made his first stage appearance (omemie). Moreover, the 22nd and 16th anniversaries (23rd and 17th memorial services) of the passing away of Onoe Baikô VII and Ichimura Uzaemon XVII were commemorated.

January 2019: revival at the National Theatre of Namiki Gohei I's 1779 drama "Sode Nikki Banshû Meguri"; this Otowaya-powered revision was entitled "Himeji-jô Oto-ni Kiku Sono Ishizue"; Hikosaburô played the roles of Innami Daizô and the yakko Nadahei [casting | more details].

Comments:

Bandô Hikosaburô IX is a young and promising tachiyaku of the Otowaya guild.

Official internet website: http://www.bankame.isao.net/

The mon of Bandô Hikosaburô IX

The Bandô Kamesaburô line of actors

The Bandô Hikosaburô line of actors