Stage names:

Kataoka Ainosuke VI
Kataoka Chiyomaru

Real name: Kataoka Hiroyuki

Guild: Matsushimaya

Line number: ROKUDAIME (VI)

Birthday: 4 March 1972

Connections:

Adopted father: Kataoka Hidetarô II

Career:

December 1981: he becomes heyago of the actor Kataoka Nizaemon XIII, who gives him the name of Kataoka Chiyomaru; he plays at the Minamiza the role of the sword-holder Otowaka in the dance-drama "Kanjinchô".

January 1992: he's adopted by Kataoka Hidetarô II and takes the name of Kataoka Ainosuke VI at the Nakaza, playing in "Shuten Dôji" and "Kanjinchô".

Comments:

Kataoka Ainosuke VI is a young onnagata and nimaime actor trained in the great tradition of the Kamigata Kabuki.