Dates of birth and death unknown. He was recorded for the first time in 1824 in a Kamigata hyôbanki. His first stage name was Arashi Okakurô (unknown relationship to any Arashi clan). He became disciple of Nakamura Utaemon III and took the name of Nakamura Kan'emon I in the 11th lunar month of 1837. This katakiyaku/jitsuaku minor actor was active in Kamigata, Nagoya or Edo up to the middle of the Ansei era.

Dates of birth and death unknown. This minor actor was active from the end of the Ansei era to 1871.

Born in 1851. Disciple of Ichikawa Monnosuke IV from 1854, his first stage name was Ichikawa Momiji. He became a disciple of Nakamura Shikan IV at the beginning of the Meiji era and received the name of Nakamura Umenosuke I. He switched to Nakamura Baijaku I in 1878. He became nadai and celebrated it in April 1913 at the Kabukiza, where he took the name of Nakamura Kan'emon II. He was active in Tôkyô, mainly in koshibai ^[3] and occasionally in ôshibai (in his latter year). He died the 27th of April 1919. He was the father of Nakamura Nakasuke III and the Zenshinza star Nakamura Kan'emon III.

The actor Nakamura Kan'emon III held this name from April 1920 to September 1989.