Date of birth unknown. He was the son of Nakamura Kanzaburô II, who gave him the name of Nakamura Akashi II. He became a playwright in the beginning of the 1690s, using the names of Nakamura Akashi Seizaburô or Nakamura Seizaburô I. One of his most notable dramas was "Neko no Koneko", commonly called "Onna Narukami", which was staged in November 1696 at the Nakamuraza, starring Ichikawa Danjûrô I and Ogino Sawanojô. He worked on more than 10 dramas. He took the name of Nakamura Rengan to retire and died in Edo the 17th of February 1743. He had two sons, Nakamura Shichisaburô II (Nakamura Shôchô) and Nakamura Seizaburô II.

Born the 9th of April 1873 in Tôkyô. Son of Nakamura Kanzaburô XIII, he received the name of Nakamura Akashi V. He became the zamoto of the Saruwakaza in June 1882, renting the Shintomiza to produce the dramas "Kawanakajima Azuma Nishikie", "Kiri Kogata Kyô no Benisome" and the dance "Mochizuki". He quickly gave up the management of the family theater and became the producer in February 1883 at the Kotobukiza of a female troupe. He left the theater world in 1884 and tried to become a painter. He failed and was back in the Kabuki world in 1889, performing the dance "Saruwaka" in Ueno (Tôkyô) in duo with Nakamura Kangorô XII. They performed it one more time in September 1900 at the Meijiza. Akashi became nadai in March 1907. He financed the erection of a commemorative stone dedicated to his father in April 1909 by performing the dance "Saruwaka" at the Meijiza. Later on, he spent some time in Ôsaka, performing in the troupe led by Nakamura Ganjirô I. He made his final stage appearance in January 1919, at the Imperial Theater, where he performed in the ... dance "Saruwaka". He died in Tôkyô in 1940.

Haimyô	Yagô
Kakudô	Maizuruya