Real name: Terada Masayuki

Guild: Teshimaya

Birthday: 31 March 1940

Connections:

Grandfather: Arashi Yoshisaburô IV

Father: Arashi Yoshisaburô V

Brother: Arashi Yoshisaburô VI

Career:

September 1948: he makes his first appearance on stage in a troupe of children-actors.

August 1959: he joins the Zenshinza troupe and takes the name of Arashi Keishi.

January 1964: Keishi becomes an official member of the Zenshinza troupe.

August 1983: Keishi plays the role of Shirafuji Genta in Tsuruya Namboku IV's drama "Kachi Zumô Ukina no Hanabure", which is performed at the National Theater. His stage partners are Kawarazaki Kunitarô V and Nakamura Umenosuke IV in the roles of Oshun and Gonsuke.

April 1992: Keishi receives the 47th Artistic Prize of the Japanese Government Cultural Agency (bunkachô geijutsusai shô) for his performance in the role of Ina Hanzaemon in the play "Ikaru Fuji".

May 2000: Keishi plays the role of Satsuma Gengobei in Namiki Gohei I's drama "Godairiki Koi no Fûjime", which is performed at the National Theater to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the death of Kawarazaki Kunitarô V. His stage partners are Fujikawa Yanosuke (Sasano Sangobei) and Kawarazaki Kunitarô VI (Sakuraya Koman).

Comments:

Arashi Keishi is a talented tachiyaku actor and one of the leaders of the second generation of actors of the Zenshinza troupe.

Arashi Keishi's best roles: the wicked priest Narukami ("Narukami"), Yohei ("Onna Goroshi Abura no Jigoku"), Kûgetsu ("Gedatsu no Kinu Momiji Kasane") and Obô Kichisa ("Sannin Kichisa").