Stage names:

Kawarasaki Kunitarô VI
Arashi Ichitarô V

Real name: Terada Katsumi

Guild: Yamazakiya

Line number: ROKUDAIME (VI)

Birthday: 15 April 1962

Connections:

Great-grandfather: Arashi Yoshisaburô IV

Grandfathers: Arashi Yoshisaburô V, Kawarasaki Kunitarô V

Father: Arashi Yoshisaburô VI

Brother: Arashi Hironari

Career:

June 1968: he makes his first appearance on stage at the Shinbashi Enbujô, playing in "Sakanaya Sôgorô".

December 1977: he takes the name of Arashi Ichitarô V at the Shinbashi Enbujô, playing in the drama "Oroku to Gantestu".

April 1982: Ichitarô joins the Zenshinza troupe.

April 1984: Ichitarô becomes an official member of the Zenshinza troupe.

January 1998: Ichitarô plays for the first time the role of Otoki in the drama "Honchô Itoya no Musume".

May 1998: Arashi Ichitarô V takes the name of Kawarasaki Kunitarô VI at the National Theatre, playing seven roles in Tsuruya Nanboku IV's drama "Osome Hisamatsu Ukina no Yomiuri" (commonly called "Osome no Nanayaku").

January 1999: Kunitarô celebrates his shûmei in Kyôto at the Minamiza, playing seven roles in Tsuruya Nanboku IV's drama "Osome Hisamatsu Ukina no Yomiuri" (commonly called "Osome no Nanayaku").

May 2000: Kunitarô plays the role of Sakuraya Koman in Namiki Gohei I's drama "Godairiki Koi no Fûjime", which is staged at the National Theatre to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the death of Kawarasaki Kunitarô V. His stage partners are Fujikawa Yanosuke (Sasano Sangobê) and Arashi Keishi (Satsuma Gengobê).

Comments:

Kawarasaki Kunitarô VI is the tateonnagata of the third generation of actors of the Zenshinza troupe.

Kawarasaki Kunitarô VI's best roles: Taema ("Narukami"), Chidori ("Heike Nyogo no Shima"), Otsuta ("Shin Sarayashiki Tsuki no Amagasa"), Benten Oteru ("Shima Chidori") and Shimazu Shigetoshi ("Koshû no Kishi").

The Kawarasaki Kunitarô line of actors