Stage names:

Nakamura Kashô IV
Nakamura Tanetarô IV

Real name: Ogawa Takeo

Guilds: Harimaya (from September 2010), Yorozuya (up to August 2010)

Line number: YODAIME (IV)

Birthday: 6 May 1989

Connections:

Great-great-great-grandfather: Nakamura Karoku I

Great-great-grandfather: Nakamura Karoku III

Great-grandfather: Nakamura Tokizô III

Grandfather: Nakamura Kashô II

Father: Nakamura Matagorô III

Brother: Nakamura Tanenosuke

Sons: Nakamura Tanetarô V, Nakamura Hidenosuke

Career:

June 1994: debut on stage (hatsubutai) at the Kabukiza, where the 32nd anniversary (33rd memorial service) of the passing away of Nakamura Tokizô IV was celebrated; he received the name of Nakamura Tanetarô IV, playing the role of a young traveller in the dance "Michiyuki Tabiji no Yomeiri".

February 1999: Tanetarô played at the Kabukiza the role of Takatsuna's son Koshirô in the drama "Moritsuna Jin'ya"; the role of Koshirô's cousin Kosaburô was played by Tanetarô's brother Nakamura Tanenosuke, who made his debut on stage.

February 2000: special kodomo shibai dance program to end the evening program at the Kabukiza; Tanetarô played the role of a fireman boss in the dance "Omatsuri".

September 2011: Nakamura Kashô III and his son Nakamura Tanetarô IV took the names of Nakamura Matagorô III and Nakamura Kashô IV at the Shinbashi Enbujô; the new Kashô played the roles of Senzai, the fireman Yûkichi and Sugiômaru in "Shitadashi Sanbasô", "Kioi Jishi" and "Kurumabiki" [more details].

October 2011: Nakamura Kashô IV and his father Nakamura Matagorô III celebrated their shûmei in Nagoya at the Misonoza; Kashô performed in "Nansô Satomi Hakkenden" and "Soga no Taimen" [more details].

March 2012: Nakamura Kashô IV and his father Nakamura Matagorô III celebrated their shûmei in Kyôto at the Minamiza; Kashô played the roles of a shôjô, Gunji, Shôshô and a boatman in "Shôjô", "Kumagai Jin'ya", "Shunkan" and "Funa Benkei" [more details].

April 2012: Nakamura Kashô IV and his father Nakamura Matagorô III celebrated their shûmei at the Kanamaruza (Shikoku); Kashô performed in "Kusazuribiki", "Ippon Gatana Dohyô Iri" and "Shi-no-Kiri" [more details].

June 2012: Nakamura Kashô IV and his father Nakamura Matagorô III celebrated their shûmei in Fukuoka at the Hakataza; Kashô played the roles of Soga Gorô Tokimune, Dejiri Seibê and Mori no Ranmaru in "Musume Nanakusa", "Yudono no Chôbê" and "Badarai no Mitsuhide" [more details].

July 2012: Nakamura Kashô IV and his father Nakamura Matagorô III celebrated their shûmei in Ôsaka at the Shôchikuza; Kashô played the roles of Irie Tanzô and Lord Matsue Izumo-no-Kami in "Tokaiya"/"Daimotsu no Ura" and "Kôchiyama" [more details].

July 2013: Nakamura Kashô IV and his father Nakamura Matagorô III celebrated their shûmei in the central provinces [more details].

September 2013: Nakamura Kashô IV and his father Nakamura Matagorô III celebrated their shûmei in the western provinces [more details].

July 2014: Nakamura Kashô IV and his father Nakamura Matagorô III celebrated their shûmei in the eastern provinces [more details].

November 2015: revival at the National Theatre of the drama "Shinrei Yaguchi no Watashi" (tôshi kyôgen in 4 acts); Kashô played the role of Nitta Yoshimine [more details|casting].

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; Kashô played the role of Kondô Nomorinosuke [more details | casting].

Comments:

Nakamura Kashô IV is a promising young actor of the Harimaya guild.

The mon of Nakamura Kashô IV

The Nakamura Tanetarô line of actors

The Nakamura Kashô line of actors