ONOE KIKUNOSUKE V

Stage names:

Onoe Kikunosuke V
Onoe Ushinosuke VI

Real name: Terashima Kazuyasu

Guild: Otowaya

Line number: GODAIME (V)

Birthday: 1 August 1977

Connections:

Grandfather: Onoe Baikô VII

Father: Onoe Kikugorô VII

Father-in-law: Nakamura Kichiemon II

Son: Onoe Ushinosuke VII

Career:

February 1984: he made his first appearance on stage, at the Kabukiza, where he received the name of Onoe Ushinosuke VI and performed in "Ehon Ushiwakamaru".

May 1996: Onoe Ushinosuke VI took the name of Onoe Kikunosuke V at the Kabukiza, playing the roles of Yayoi and Benten Kozô Kikunosuke in the dance "Kagami Jishi" and the drama "Shiranami Gonin Otoko".

March 2001: Kikunosuke played at the Shinbashi Enbujô the role of Okaru in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura", which was staged by the Onoe Kikugorô Gekidan to commemorate the 12th anniversary (13th memorial service) and the 6th anniversary (7th memorial service) of the deaths of late Onoe Shôroku II and Onoe Baikô VII.

January 2002: revival at the National Theatre of Kawatake Shinshichi II's drama "Koharu Nagi Okitsu Shiranami", which had not been played in its full length since 11th lunar month of 1864; Kikunosuke played the role of the courtesan Kagetsu [casting].

October 2004: tour in Paris (France); Kikunosuke played at the Théâtre de Chaillot the role of Osome in the drama "Toribeyama Shinjû", which celebrated the shûmei in Paris of Ichikawa Ebizô XI [more details].

January 2008: revival at the National Theatre of Sakurada Jisuke I's kaomise drama "Komachi-mura Shibai no Shôgatsu"; Kikunosuke played the roles of Goinosuke Kanemichi, The flowers-selling girl Otatsu, Omiki, Natora's sister Hatsune and female foxes [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; Kikunosuke played the roles of Shishimaru (Cesario), Princess Biwa (Viola) and Shiba Shuzennosuke (Sebastian) [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; Kikunosuke played the roles of Oda Harunaga (in reality Yamagata Dôkan's son, the Oda kerai Narumi Haruyoshi) and Ebisudayû's disciple Mansai (in reality Narumi Haruyoshi) [more details | casting].

February 2014: revival at the Kabukiza of Tsuruya Nanboku IV's drama "Kokoro no Nazo Toketa Iroito"; Kikunosuke played the role of the geisha Koito [more details].

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"; Kikunosuke played the roles of the Korean Imperial Princess Shôgiku (later disguised as the nakai Okiku and Kiku-no-Mae), the keisei Sonogiku and the carpenter Yoshirô [more details].

November 2014: the Annual Festive Face-Showing Grand Kabuki at the Kabukiza commemorated the 32nd anniversary (33rd memorial service) of the passing away of Matsumoto Hakuô I. His two sons, Matsumoto Kôshirô and Living National Treasure Nakamura Kichiemon, were the zagashira [more details].

December 2014: "Igagoe Dôchû Sugoroku" was staged as a tôshi kyôgen (5 acts, 6 scenes), including the rarely-staged "Fujikawa Shinseki" and "Okazaki Yamada Kôbê Sumika" acts (they were staged for the last time more than 44 years ago, in September 1970 at the National Theatre), at the National Theatre with Nakamura Kichiemon as zagashira; Kikunosuke played the role of Wada Shizuma [more details].

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; Kikunosuke played the role of Wada Shizuma [more details | casting].

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"; Kikunosuke played the roles of Yumiya Tarô (in reality Tajimi Juntarô), Mondo's nyôbô Otatsu and the female fox Kojorô [casting | more details].

Comments:

Onoe Kikunosuke V is a young and promising onnagata actor. He is also an excellent nimaime and is very likely to be the next Onoe Kikugorô VIII.

Onoe Kikunosuke V in the drama "Kyô Ningyô"

The Onoe Ushinosuke line of actors

The Onoe Kikunosuke line of actors