Stage names:
Nakamura Kashô III
Nakamura Mitsuteru
Real name: Ogawa Mitsuteru
Guilds: Harimaya (from September 2010), Yorozuya (up to August 2010)
Line number: SANDAIME (III)
Birthday: 26 April 1956
Connections:
Great-great-grandfather: Nakamura Karoku I
Great-grandfather: Nakamura Karoku III
Grandfather: Nakamura Tokizô III
Father: Nakamura Kashô II (Karoku IV)
Brother: Nakamura Karoku V
Sons: Nakamura Tanetarô IV, Nakamura Tanenosuke
Career:
July 1964: he makes his first appearance on stage at the Kabukiza, performing under the name of Nakamura Mitsuteru.
June 1981: great shûmei at the Kabukiza for the Yorozuya guild; Nakamura Yonekichi IV, Nakamura Baishi III, Nakamura Mitsuteru and Ogawa Mikihiro respectively take the names of Nakamura Karoku V, Nakamura Tokizô V, Nakamura Kashô III and Nakamura Shidô II; the new Kashô plays the roles of Shizuka Gozen and the ghost of Taira no Tomomori in the dance-drama "Funa Benkei".
May ~ June 1985: Kashô takes part in a Kabuki tour in Europe, performing 18 shows in 4 cities; he plays the role of Benkei in the classic "Yoshitsune Sembon Zakura".
October 1988: Kashô takes part in a Kabuki tour in Egypt; he plays the roles of Naritsune and Tarôkaja in the drama "Shunkan" and the burlesque dance "Bô Shibari".
June ~ July 1990: Kashô takes part in a Kabuki tour in the USA, performing 26 shows in several big cities; he plays the role of Tarôkaja in the dance-drama "Migawari Zazen" [casting]. Kashô also plays the role of Yoshitsune in the dance-drama "Kanjinchô", which is staged only for 2 shows in Los Angeles.
1996: Kashô takes part in a Kabuki tour in Italy.
February 1998: Kashô plays for the first time the prestigious role of the sumô wrestler Nuregami Chôgorô in the "Sumôba" and "Hikimado" scenes of the drama "Futatsu Chôchô Kuruwa Nikki", which is staged at the Misonoza (Nagoya).
Comments:
Nakamura Kashô III is a dynamic and talented tachiyaku actor of the Yorozuya guild.
Nakamura Kashô III playing the role of the kyôgenshi Sakon in the dance-drama "Meoto Dôjôji" in a print made by Tsuruya Kôkei in 1982
Print courtesy of Ted Jagoda
The Nakamura Kashô line of actors
