Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII

Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII
Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII
十八代目 中村 勘三郎
Born Noriaki Namino[1]
May 30, 1955 (1955-05-30) (age 56)
Tokyo, Japan
Other names Nakamura Kankurō V
Website
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Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII (十八代目 中村 勘三郎 Jūhachidaime Nakamura Kanzaburō?), born Noriaki Namino (波野 哲明 Namino Noriaki?, born May 30, 1955), is a Japanese actor active in kabuki, other forms of live theatre, television and commercials. Kanzaburō is a versatile actor whose credits include farce, period pieces, and Shin Kabuki.

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Lineage

Kanzaburō is the eighteenth in the line of Nakamura Kanzaburō, his father the seventeenth. Kanzaburō actually traces his ancestry within the Nakamuraya kabuki guild back to his great-great-great grandfathers, if not further. Both his grandfathers were kabuki actors, as were their fathers.

Kanzaburō is the younger brother of film actress Kuriko Namino.[1] With his wife Yoshie, he has two sons, Nakamura Kantarō II and Nakamura Shichinosuke II. Both perform kabuki, and in other venues.

Life and career

He made his debut under the name Nakamura Kankurō V in April 1959 in the role of Momotaro. His kabuki credits under that name include roles in Kagami-jishi, Kamiyui Shinza and Yotsuya Kaidan.

In addition to performing at the Kabuki-za and other kabuki venues, Kankurō helped establish the Heisei Nakamura-za, a temporary kabuki stage erected for only one set of performances, in a variety of locations. He has erected it, and performed on it, in Asakusa (Tokyo), Osaka, and, in 2004, on a US tour, performing in Boston, New York, and Washington DC. The Heisei Nakamura-za performed again in New York and Washington in 2007.

Noteworthy television roles include Imagawa Yoshimoto in the 1988 Taiga drama Takeda Shingen, Oishi Kuranosuke in the 1999 Taiga drama Genroku Ryoran, Terumasa Ikeda in 武蔵 MUSASHI (2003), and a TBS special Koyoi wa KANKURO. Commercial endorsements include Contac, Japan Post, JT, Suntory and Tokyo Mitsubishi Bank.

He took the name Kanzaburō at a shūmei on March 3, 2005.

Note

  1. ^ a b While the stage names of all kabuki actors have retained traditional order (Surname-Givenname) on Wikipedia, birth names of those born after the Meiji Restoration are in Western order (Givenname-Surname).

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