Stage names:

Nakamura Jûjirô [1]
Nakamura Senhô
Nakamura Gankô

Real name: Tsuji Masao

Guild: Narikomaya

Birthday: 23 January 1938

Connections:

Masters: Sakata Tôjûrô IV (Nakamura Ganjirô III), Nakamura Ganjirô II

Career:

August 1952: he makes his debut on stage at the Ôsaka Kabukiza, where he receives the name of Nakamura Gankô and performs in the drama "Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami".

1958: he becomes disciple of Nakamura Senjaku II.

December 1971: he becomes nadai and receives the name of Nakamura Senhô at the Minamiza, where he performs in "Shunkan" and "Sonezaki Shinjû".

13 April 1983: his first master Nakamura Ganjirô II dies.

June ~ July 1988: Senhô takes part in the North and Central American Kabuki Tour with 37 performances in 12 cities (Toronto, Ann Arbor, Ottawa, Montreal, Chicago, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Seattle, Los Angeles, Honolulu and Mexico City.

March 1991: revival at the National Theatre of Namiki Gohei I's play "Sode Nikki Banshû Meguri"; Senhô plays the role of the yakko Okihei [more details].

January 1995: he takes the name of Nakamura Jûjirô ^[1] in Ôsaka at the Nakaza, playing the roles of the seller of white radishes and Tenmaya Sôbê in "Ya-no-Ne" and "Sonezaki Shinjû" which are staged in a program celebrating the shûmei of both Nakamura Kanjaku V and Nakamura Senjaku III.

April 2005: Jûjirô takes part in the Chikamatsuza tour in Korea with Nakamura Ganjirô, Nakamura Kanjaku and Nakamura Kikaku [more details].

January 2015: Jûjirô joins the first league of Kabuki actors (kanbu shôshin); he plays in Ôsaka at the Shôchikuza the role of Kajiwara Heizô Kagetoki in the drama "Soga no Taimen". This was part of Nakamura Ganjirô IV's shûmei performances.

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; Jûjirô plays the role of Dômyaku no Kinbê [more details|casting].

Comments:

Nakamura Jûjirô ^[1] is a veteran supporting actor of the Narikomaya guild, with more than 60 years of stage activity! One of his best roles is Gokan'ya Zenroku in the drama "Shigure no Kotatsu".

[1] His name was recorded as Nakamura Jujirô, not Jûjirô, in Nojima Jusaburô's book "Kabuki Jinmei Jiten". Ju is indeed the most common reading for the first ideogram of his first name but Jû is also possible.