Stage names:

Kataoka Hidetarô II
Kataoka Yoshihito

Real name: Kataoka Yoshihito

Guild: Matsushimaya

Line number: NIDAIME (II)

Birthday: 13 September 1941

Connections:

Great-great-grandfather: Nakamura Karoku I

Great-grandfather: Kataoka Nizaemon VIII

Grandfather: Kataoka Nizaemon XI

Father: Kataoka Nizaemon XIII

Brothers: Kataoka Gatô V, Kataoka Nizaemon XV

Adopted son: Kataoka Ainosuke VI

Career:

October 1946: he makes his first appearance on stage, at the Minamiza, playing under his real name a kamuro role in the drama "Kuruwa Bunshô".

March 1956: Kataoka Yoshihito takes the name of Kataoka Hidetarô II at the Ôsaka Kabukiza, playing the role of Namiji in the drama "Kôchiyama".

March 1958: Hidetarô takes part in the final Kabuki performance at the Ôsaka Kabukiza [more details].

November 1966: opening ceremony of the National Theater in Tôkyô with the full length performance of the classic "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami"; Hidetarô plays the role of Princess Kariya [casting].

April 1967: revival at the National Theater of Chikamatsu Monzaemon's drama "Yari no Gonza Kasane Katabira"; Hidetarô plays the role of Bannojô's sister and Gonza's betrothed Oyuki [casting].

May 1973: revival at the National Theater of Chikamatsu Monzaemon's drama "Horikawa Nami no Tsuzumi" to commemorate the 249th anniversary (250th memorial service) of the playwright; Hidetarô plays the role of Ofuji [casting].

24 March 1999: Hidetarô is tied up and robbed by three people who break into his home in Suita, Ôsaka Prefecture. The three men threaten the 57-year-old actor with a knife and rob him of about 300,000 JPY. Hidetarô is fortunately uninjured.

Comments:

Kataoka Hidetarô II is an excellent onnagata and nimaime actor, trained in the great tradition of the Kamigata Kabuki.

The mon of Kataoka Hidetarô II