Stage names:

Nakamura Kosanza II
Nakamura Shiomi
Nakamura Chôkichi
Nakamura Koyone

Real name: Fukui Sadao

Guild: Nakamuraya

Line number: NIDAIME (II)

Birthday: 20 August 1920

Connections:

Masters: Nakamura Kanzaburô XVIII, Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII

Career:

October 1926: he becomes disciple of Nakamura Yonekichi III and appears on stage for the first time, at the Hongôza, where he receives the name of Nakamura Koyone and plays the role of Jûtarô's son in the drama "Taiheiki Chûshin Kôshaku". He later on takes the name of Nakamura Chôkichi.

June 1948: he becomes nadai and takes the name of Nakamura Shiomi at the Tôkyô Gekijô, playing in the drama "Manaita Chôbei".

April 1959: Nakamura Shiomi takes the name of Nakamura Kosanza II at the Kabukiza, playing in the drama "Mukashi Banashi Momotarô", which celebrates the first stage appearance of his master's son Nakamura Kankurô V.

16 April 1988: his master Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII dies.

Comments:

Nakamura Kosanza II is a veteran onnagata actor of the Nakamuraya and a faithful stage/backstage assistant of both Nakamura Kanzaburô XVII and Nakamura Kanzaburô XVIII. The former actor once said, while he was sick, "if I die, put Kosanza with me in my coffin". His most notable role is Takuetsu's wife Oiro in Tsuruya Namboku IV's masterpiece "Tôkaidô Yotsuya Kaidan".