Stage names:

Nakamura Tanenosuke

Real name: Ogawa Akihisa

Guilds: Harimaya (from September 2010), Yorozuya (up to August 2010)

Birthday: 22 February 1993

Connections:

Great-great-great-grandfather: Nakamura Karoku I

Great-great-grandfather: Nakamura Karoku III

Great-grandfather: Nakamura Tokizô III

Grandfather: Nakamura Kashô II

Father: Nakamura Matagorô III

Brother: Nakamura Kashô IV

Career:

October 1998: first stage appearance (omemie), in Tôkyô at the National Theatre in the drama "Sakura Giminden".

February 1999: debut on stage (hatsubutai) at the Kabukiza, where he received the name of Nakamura Tanenosuke and played the role of Takatsuna's son Kosaburô in the drama "Moritsuna Jin'ya"; the roles of Sasaki Takatsuna and Kosaburô's cousin Koshirô were played by Nakamura Kichiemon and Tanenosuke's brother Nakamura Tanetarô.

February 2000: special kodomo shibai dance program to end the evening program at the Kabukiza; Tanenosuke played the role of a young man in the dance "Omatsuri".

September 2011: his father Nakamura Kashô III and his brother Nakamura Tanetarô IV took the names of Nakamura Matagorô III and Nakamura Kashô IV at the Shinbashi Enbujô; Tanenosuke played the roles of a fireman boss and Uheita in "Kioi Jishi" and "Ishikawa Goemon" [more details].

November 2012: 5th 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].

November 2015: revival at the National Theatre of the drama "Shinrei Yaguchi no Watashi" (tôshi kyôgen in 4 acts); Tanenosuke played the role of Rokuzô [more details|casting].

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; Tanenosuke played the roles of Inagaki Hanshichirô and Ishidome Busuke [more details | casting].

Comments:

Nakamura Tanenosuke is a promising young actor of the Harimaya guild.

The mon of Nakamura Tanenosuke