Stage names:

Arashi Yoshisaburô V
Arashi Ichitarô III

Real name: Terada Shinji

Guild: Teshimaya

Line number: GODAIME (V)

Poetry name: Kitsujô

Existence: 17 April 1907 ~ 14 November 1977

Connection:

Father: Arashi Yoshisaburô IV

Sons: Arashi Keishi, Arashi Yoshisaburô VI

Grandsons: Kawarasaki Kunitarô VI, Arashi Yoshisaburô VII

Career:

17 April 1907: born in Tôkyô.

11 October 1912: his father Arashi Yoshisaburô IV died.

March 1914: he made his first stage appearance, at the Hongôza, where he received the name of Arashi Ichitarô III and played the role of Komawakamaru in the drama "Wada Gassen Onna Maizuru".

June 1927: Arashi Ichitarô III took the name of Arashi Yoshisaburô V at the Shinbashi Enbujô; he started to learn the art of wakaonnagata around that time from Onoe Kikugorô VI.

June 1934: Yoshisaburô joined the Zenshinza troupe.

14 November 1977: Yoshisaburô died in Tôkyô.

Comments:

Arashi Yoshisaburô V was a talented onnagata and nimaime actor belonging to the first generations of actors who built the Zenshinza troupe.

Arashi Yoshisaburô V's atariyaku: Tanzaemon Motoyasu ("Shunkan"), Princess Taema ("Narukami"), Chiyo ("Terakoya"), Hayano Kanpei ("Kanadehon Chûshingura") and Honjô Tsunagorô ("Kokoro no Nazo Toketa Iroito").

Arashi Yoshisaburô V playing the role of Hayano Kanpei in the drama "Kanadehon Chûshingura", which was staged in June 1939 at the Shinbashi Enbujô

The Arashi Yoshisaburô line of actors