Stage names:

Nakamura Matsue VI
Nakamura Tamatarô IV

Real name: Kôno Katsuyuki

Guild: Kagaya

Line number: ROKUDAIME (VI)

Birthday: 8 March 1966

Connections:

Father: Nakamura Tôzô VI

Son: Nakamura Tamatarô V

Career:

April 1976: first appearance on stage at the Kabukiza; he plays in the dance "Kagami Jishi".

November 1976: he takes the name of Nakamura Tamatarô IV at the Kabukiza, playing the role of Tsuruchiyo in the play "Meiboku Sendai Hagi".

1998: Tamatarô becomes nadai.

April 2006: Nakamura Tamatarô IV takes the name of Nakamura Matsue VI at the Kabukiza, playing the roles of Minamoto no Yorihira and Imada Manjirô in the dramas "Kanhasshû Tsunagi Uma" and "Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba"; his son makes his first stage apperance, receiving the name of Nakamura Tamatarô V and playing the role of the child Umematsu in the former play.

October 2015: production at the National Theatre of "Ise Ondo Koi no Netaba" in a tôshi kyôgen production (3 acts; 8 scenes) with the revival of the rarely-staged "Daidaikô" act; Matsue plays the role of Aburaya Oshika [more details|casting].

Comments:

Nakamura Matsue VI is a young actor of the Kagaya guild, able to play both male and female second roles.
[More data in Japanese]

The mon of Nakamura Matsue VI

The Nakamura Tamatarô line of actors

The Nakamura Matsue line of actors