Stage names:

Nakamura Kinnosuke II
Nakamura Shinjirô

Real name: Ogawa Shinjirô

Guild: Yorozuya

Birthday: 29 September 1959

Connections:

Great-great-grandfather: Nakamura Karoku I

Great-grandfather: Nakamura Karoku III

Grandfather: Nakamura Tokizô III

Father: Nakamura Tokizô IV

Brother: Nakamura Tokizô V

Son: Nakamura Hayato

Career:

July 1964: he makes his first appearance on stage at the Kabukiza, receiving the name of Nakamura Shinjirô and playing in "Miyajima no Danmari".

May 1968: revival at the National Theater of "Ura Omote Sendai Hagi"; Shinjirô plays the role of Tsuruchiyo [casting].

April 1987: Shinjirô takes part in the revival at the Meijiza of the play "Jûni Hitoe Komachi Zakura", which includes the famous Tokiwazu-based dance-drama "Tsumoru Koi Yuki no seki no To" [more details].

1998: Shinjirô becomes nadai.

June 1999: Shinjirô plays the role of Lord Harima in the play "Banchô Sarayashiki" which is performed at the National Theater. His stage partner in the role of Okiku is Nakamura Shibajaku.

July 2000: Shinjirô plays the bombastic role of Soga Gorô at the National Theater in the dance "Ame no Gorô".

June 2001: Shinjirô plays the bombastic role of Soga Gorô in the play "Ya-no-Ne", which is performed at the Hakataza (Fukuoka).

January 2002: the National Theater produces the revival of Kawatake Mokuami's drama "Koharunagi Okitsu Shiranami", which has not been played in his full length since November 1864; Shinjirô plays the role of the samurai Tsukimoto Kazumanosuke.

April 2007: Nakamura Shinjirô takes the name of Nakamura Kinnosuke II at the Kabukiza, playing the roles of Torazô/Ushiwakamaru, Chôkichi/Yogorô and Isobe Kazunosuke in "Kikubatake", "Sumôba" and "Sakanaya Sôgorô".

September 2007: Kinnosuke celebrates his shûmei in the Western provinces, playing the roles of Hanaregoma Shirobei and Azuma no Yoshirô (in reality Mashiba Hisayoshi) in "Banchô Sarayashiki" and "Modori Kago".

December 2007: Kinnosuke celebrates his shûmei in Kyôto at the Minamiza, playing the roles of Togashi Saemon and Soga Gorô in "Kanjinchô" and "Kotobuki Soga no Taimen".

Comments:

Nakamura Kinnosuke II is a talented tachiyaku of the Yorozuya guild.