Stage names:

Bandô Takesaburô V
Bandô Shinsha III
Onoe Sasatarô I

Dancer Name:

Yamamura Takaku II

Real name: Okazaki Masaji

Guild: Otowaya

Line number: GODAIME (V)

Poetry name: Chikushi

Existence: 4 August 1932 ~ 17 June 2022

Connections:

Adoptive father: Onoe Kikujirô IV

Disciples: Bandô Takenosuke III, Bandô Takeyuki

Career:

4 August 1932: born in Ôsaka.

Spring 1949: he became disciple of the actor Onoe Kikujirô IV.

May 1949: he made his first appearance on stage, in Ôsaka at the Nakaza, where he received the name of Onoe Sasatarô I and performed in the drama "Moritsuna Jin'ya".

September 1959: Onoe Sasatarô I took the name of Bandô Shinsha III at the Ôsaka Shinkabukiza, performing in the dramas "Kagotsurube" and "Minowa no Shinjû".

1967: Shinsha was adopted by the actor Onoe Kikujirô IV.

March 1967: Bandô Shinsha III took the name of Bandô Takesaburô V at the Asahiza (Ôsaka), playing the roles of Koganosuke and Okatsu in the dramas "Yoshinogawa" and "Terutora Haizen".

August 1980: revival at the National Theatre of Namiki Shôzô I's drama "Yadonashi Danshichi Shigure no Karakasa"; Takesaburô played the role of the actor Arashi Sangorô [casting].

24 July 1981: his adoptive father Onoe Kikujirô IV died.

September 1999: revival at the Minamiza of Katsu Genzô III's drama "Ogasawara Sôdô"; Takesaburô played the role of Ogasawara Buzen-no-Kami [casting].

June 2009: Takesaburô celebrated his coming 77th birthday at the Shôchikuza; his kiju kinen performance was a program made up of "Meibutsu Kenka Jaya", "Arima no Neko" and "Dôtonbori Kabuki no Nigiwai".

November 2010: 3rd Kabuki program with Kataoka Ainosuke as zagashira at the Eirakukan, a renovated traditional theater built in the city of Toyooka (prefecture of Hyôgo) [more details].

June 2012: Takesaburô played at the Shinbashi Enbujô the roles of Asuka and Owari no Kunizô in "Kawatsura Hôgen Yakata" and "Yamato Takeru", in a special program which celebrated the shûmei of both Ichikawa En'ô II and Ichikawa Ennosuke IV, the hatsubutai of both Ichikawa Chûsha IX and Ichikawa Danko V and commemorated the 49th anniversary (50th memorial service) of late Ichikawa En'ô I and Ichikawa Danshirô III.

December 2021: Takesaburô appeared on stage for the last time, in Kyôto at the Minamiza, where he played the role of the nakai Okimi in the drama "Kari no Tayori". He suddenly fell ill and had to be replaced from the 19th to the 23rd of December by Kataoka Aichirô.

17 June 2022: Takesaburô died in Ôsaka.

Comments:

Bandô Takesaburô V was was of the few post-WW2 onnagata actor trained in the great tradition of the Kamigata Kabuki. His best roles were Oyone ("Sushiya"), Okô ("Hikimado"), Okaya ("Kanpei Harakiri") or Oen ("Fûin Giri"). He was also outstanding in the roles of cruel stepmothers.

The mon of Bandô Takesaburô V

The Bandô Shinsha line of actors

The Bandô Takesaburô line of actors