Stage names:

Kataoka Ichizô VI
Kataoka Jûzô VI
Kataoka Kôichi

Real name: Kataoka Kôichi

Guild: Matsushimaya

Line number: ROKUDAIME (VI)

Birthday: 12 December 1958

Connections:

Grandfather: Kataoka Ichizô IV

Father: Kataoka Ichizô V

Brother: Kataoka Kamezô IV

Career:

April 1962: he makes his first appearance on stage, at the Kabukiza, playing under his real name the role of a kamuro in the draa "Sukeroku".

November 1969: Kataoka Kôichi takes the name of Kataoka Jûzô VI at the Kabukiza, playing the roles of Otowaka and Kinta in the dance-drama "Kanjinchô" and the play "Sukeroku".

May 1985: Jûzô becomes nadai and plays the role of Kajiwara in the drama "Uirô Uri", which is staged at the Kabukiza.

June 1991: his father Kataoka Ichizô V dies.

May 2003: Kataoka Jûzô VI takes at the Kabukiza the name of Kataoka Ichizô VI by playing the roles of Senoo Jûrô, Danjûrô's stage assistant and a bonze in the dramas "Sanemori Monogatari", "Shibaraku" and "Kappore".

October 2004: tour in Paris (France); Ichizô plays at the Théâtre de Chaillot the roles of Sakata Genzaburô and the Minister in the drama "Toribeyama Shinjû" and the dance "Kagami Jishi", which celebrate the shûmei in Paris of Ichikawa Ebizô XI [more details].

March 2007: tour in Paris (France); Ichizô plays at the Palais Garnier the roles of Suruga Jirô and Iwahashi in the dance-dramas "Kanjinchô" and "Momijigari", which celebrate the Ichikawa clan [more details].

Comments:

Kataoka Ichizô is a talented and promising supporting tachiyaku actor. His official website is kataichi.com

The mon of Kataoka Ichizô VI

The Kataoka Jûzô line of actors

The Kataoka Ichizô line of actors