ONOE KIKUNOSUKE V

Stage names:

Onoe Kikunosuke V
Onoe Ushinosuke VI

Real name: Terashima Kazuyasu

Guild: Otowaya

Line number: GODAIME (V)

Birthday: 1 August 1977

Connections:

Grandfather: Onoe Baikô VII

Father: Onoe Kikugorô VII

Career:

February 1984: he makes his first appearance on stage, at the Kabukiza, where he receives the name of Onoe Ushinosuke VI and plays in "Ehon Ushiwakamaru".

May 1996: Onoe Ushinosuke VI takes the name of Onoe Kikunosuke V at the Kabukiza, playing the roles of Yayoi and Benten Kozô Kikunosuke in the dance "Kagami Jishi" and the drama "Shiranami Gonin Otoko".

January 2002: revival at the National Theater of Kawatake Mokuami's drama "Koharu Nagi Okitsu Shiranami", which has not been played in its full length since November 1864; Kikunosuke plays the role of the courtesan Kagetsu [casting].

October 2004: tour in Paris (France); Kikunosuke plays at the Théâtre de Chaillot the role of Osome in the drama "Toribeyama Shinjû", which celebrates the shûmei in Paris of Ichikawa Ebizô XI [more details].

Comments:

Onoe Kikunosuke V is a young and promising onnagata actor. He is also an excellent nimaime and is very likely to be the next Onoe Kikugorô VIII.

Onoe Kikunosuke V in the drama "Kyô Ningyô"

The Onoe Ushinosuke line of actors

The Onoe Kikunosuke line of actors