Real name: Yamanaka Fujihiko

Guild: Kinokuniya

Line number: GODAIME (V)

Birthday: 8 August 1946

Connections:

Father: Sawamura Shozan III

Brothers: Sawamura Tanosuke VI, Sawamura Rokurô

Career:

March 1967: he makes his first appearance on stage at the Kabukiza, where he receives the name of Sawamura Yoshijirô V and plays the role of Kimura Okaemon in the play "Kanadehon Chûshingura".

December 1968: his father Sawamura Shozan III dies.

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

1998: Yoshijirô becomes nadai.

21 June 2009: his brother Sawamura Rokurô died.

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; Yoshijirô plays the role of Aidamaya Kitaroku, in reality Tokushima Iwaji [more details|casting].

Comments:

Sawamura Yoshijirô V is a supporting tachiyaku actor of the Kinokuniya guild.
[more data in Japanese]

The mon of Sawamura Yoshijirô V

The Sawamura Yoshijirô line of actors