Stage names:

Kataoka Gatô V
Kataoka Hidekimi

Real name: Kataoka Hidekimi

Guild: Matsushimaya

Line number: GODAIME (V)

Birthday: 7 January 1935

Connections:

Great-great-grandfather: Nakamura Karoku I

Great-grandfather: Kataoka Nizaemon VIII

Grandfather: Kataoka Nizaemon XI

Father: Kataoka Nizaemon XIII

Brothers: Kataoka Nizaemon XV, Kataoka Hidetarô II

Son: Kataoka Shinnosuke

Career:

October 1940: he makes his first appearance on stage at the Ôsaka Kabukiza, playing under his real name in the play "Horikawa".

February 1971: Kataoka Hidekimi takes the name of Kataoka Gatô V at the Shinkabukiza (Ôsaka), playing in the dramas "Sakura Shigure" and "Nigatsudô" .

April 1976: revival in 5 acts and 9 scenes the National Theater of Namiki Gohei I's drama "Kinmon Gosan no Kiri"; Gatô plays the roles of the yakko Yatahei, Junkikan and Katô Masakiyo [casting].

September 1978: revival at the National Theater of Namiki Gohei I's drama "Suda no Haru Geisha Katagi"; Gatô plays the role of Gengobei [casting].

January 1997: tôshi kyôgen revival at the National Theater of the drama "Dan no Ura Kabuto Gunki"; Gatô plays the role of Iwanaga Saemon Munetsura [casting].

November 2005: tôshi kyôgen revival at the National Theater of the drama "Ehon Taikôki"; Gatô plays the role of Oda Harunaga [casting].

Comments:

Kataoka Gatô V is an outstanding tachiyaku actor of the Matsushimaya guild, endowed with an amazing voice (one of the best voices of Kabuki nowadays).

Kataoka Gatô V's best roles: Umeômaru ("Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami"), Soga Gorô ("Kotobuki Soga no Taimen"), Ishidô Umanojô ("Kanadehon Chûshingura"), Tambaya Hachiemon ("Fûin Giri"), Kuheiji ("Sonezaki Shinjû"), Sakata Ichinosuke ("Toribeyama Shinjû"), Arajishi Otokonosuke ("Meiboku Sendai Hagi"), Fujiwara Shihei ("Tenmangû Natane no Gokû"), Yoshidaya Kizaemon ("Kuruwa Bunshô") and Mashiba Hisayoshi ("Ehon Taikôki").

The mon of Kataoka Gatô V

The Kataoka Gatô line of actors