29 May ~ 26 June 1994: first edition of the Cocoon Kabuki, which is staged at the Shibuya Bunkamura Theater Cocoon and recreates the atmosphere of the Edo koshibai and brings the actors closer to the audience. The play "Tôkaidô Yotsuya Kaidan" is coproduced by Nakamura Kankurô V and the playwright Kushida Kazumi, and is staged with the following casting:

30 August ~ 24 September 1996: second edition of the Cocoon Kabuki, which is staged at the Shibuya Bunkamura Theater Cocoon. The play "Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami" is coproduced by Nakamura Kankurô V and the playwright Kushida Kazumi, and is staged with the following casting:

2~ 26 September 1998: third edition of the Cocoon Kabuki, which is staged at the Shibuya Bunkamura Theater Cocoon. The play "Kamikakete Sango Taisetsu" is coproduced by Nakamura Kankurô V and the playwright Kushida Kazumi, and is staged with the following casting:

5 ~ 27 June 2001: 4th edition of the Cocoon Kabuki, which is staged at the Shibuya Bunkamura Theater Cocoon. The play "Sannin Kichisa" is coproduced by Nakamura Kankurô V and the playwright Kushida Kazumi, and is staged with the following casting:

2 ~ 26 June 2003: 5th edition of the Cocoon Kabuki, which is staged at the Shibuya Bunkamura Theater Cocoon. The play "Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami" is coproduced by Nakamura Kankurô V and the playwright Kushida Kazumi, and is staged with the following casting:

March 2005: Nakamura Kankurô V takes the name of Nakamura Kanzaburô XVIII.

5 ~ 26 June 2005: 6th edition of the Cocoon Kabuki (the first one without Nakamura Kanzaburô XVIII), which is staged at the Shibuya Bunkamura Theater Cocoon. The play "Sakura Hime" is produced by the playwright Kushida Kazumi, and is staged with the following casting:

18 March ~ 24 April 2006: 7th edition of the Cocoon Kabuki, which is staged at the Shibuya Bunkamura Theater Cocoon. The play "Tôkaidô Yotsuya Kaidan" is coproduced by Nakamura Kanzaburô XVIII and the playwright Kushida Kazumi, and is staged in 2 different productions; the first one (minamiban) is similar to the 1994 Coocon Kabuki, with Nakamura Kanzaburô XVIII playing the roles of Oiwa, Kobotoke Kohei and Satô Yomoshichi, while Nakamura Hashinosuke III plays the role of Tamiya Iemon; the second version (kitaban) includes the rarely-staged act IV, with its 2 scenes "the Misumi house in Fukagawa" and "the refuge of the Oshioda family".

Casting for the minamiban production:

Casting for the kitaban production:

7 ~ 28 June 2007: 8th edition of the Cocoon Kabuki, which is staged at the Shibuya Bunkamura Theater Cocoon. The play "Sannin Kichisa" is coproduced by Nakamura Kanzaburô XVIII and the playwright Kushida Kazumi, and is staged with the following casting:

10 ~ 29 June 2008: 9th edition of the Cocoon Kabuki, which is staged at the Shibuya Bunkamura Theater Cocoon. The play "Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami" is coproduced by Nakamura Kanzaburô XVIII and the playwright Kushida Kazumi, and is staged with the following casting:

9 ~ 30 July 2009: 10th edition of the Cocoon Kabuki, which is staged at the Shibuya Bunkamura Theater Cocoon. Tsuruya Namboku IV's masterpiece "Sakura Hime" is coproduced by Nakamura Kanzaburô XVIII and the playwright Kushida Kazumi; the main actors are Nakamura Kanzaburô, Nakamura Hashinosuke, Nakamura Senjaku, Bandô Yajûrô, Nakamura Shichinosuke and the non-Kabuki actor Sasano Takashi.

Cocoon Kabuki 2006

Cocoon Kabuki 2007