Stage names:

Nakamura Kichinojô III
Nakamura Kichinosuke III
Nakamura Kichio

Real name: Morishima Keisuke

Guild: Harimaya

Line number: SANDAIME (III)

Birthday: 31 March 1967

Connections:

Masters: Nakamura Kichinojô II, Nakamura Kichiemon II

Career:

31st of March 1967: born in Tôkyô.

July 1978: he made his debut on stage at the Kabukiza, where he played the role of the decchi Chôta in the drama "Kagamiyama Gonichi no Iwafuji".

March 1981: he became a disciple of Nakamura Kichiemon II.

April 1981: he received the name of Nakamura Kichio at the Kabukiza in the drama "Genroku Chûshingura".

April 1994: he became nadai and took the name of Nakamura Kichinosuke III at the Kabukiza, where he played the role of Suruga Jirô in both the dance-drama "Kanjinchô" and the classic "Kumagai Jin'ya", which were staged within a special program commemorating the 1st anniversary (13th memorial service) of the passing away of Matsumoto Hakuô and also celebrating the success at the nadai exam for the young star Ichikawa Somegorô VII.

September 1995: he became the geiyôshi ^[1] of the actor Nakamura Kichinojô II.

26 January 2014: his master Nakamura Kichinojô II died.

September 2016: he joined the first league of Kabuki actors (kanbu shôshin) and took the name of Nakamura Kichinojô III at the Kabukiza, playing the roles of Yatsurugi Kageyu and a Genroku male in the classic "Ichijô Ôkura Monogatari" and the dance "Genroku Hanami Odori".

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; Kichinojô played the roles of Sawai Jôgorô and Tokiroku [more details | casting].

Comments:

Nakamura Kichinojô III is a supporting tachiyaku actor of the Harimaya guild.

[1] A geiyôshi is, more than a disciple, an adopted son from an artistic viewpoint but not in the civil status.

The Nakamura Kichinosuke line of actors

The Nakamura Kichinojô line of actors