Real name: Ogawa Mikihiro

Guild: Yorozuya

Line number: NIDAIME (II)

Birthday:

14 September 1972

Connections:

Great-great-grandfather: Nakamura Karoku I

Great-grandfather: Nakamura Karoku III

Grandfather: Nakamura Tokizô III

Father: Nakamura Shidô I

Career:

June 1980: first appearance on stage at the Kabukiza; he plays under his real name a young woman role in the dance "Omatsuri".

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 Shidô plays the role of Ohiro in the play "Imoseyama Onna Teikin".

June 2001: 4th edition of the Cocoon Kabuki with the production of "Sannin Kichisa"; Shidô plays the role of Naganuma Rokurô [more details].

January 2002: Shidô plays at the Asakusa Kôkaidô the roles of Benkei and Hisamatsu in the dance-drama "Funa Benkei" and the sewamono "Nozaki-Mura".

2002: Shidô plays the role of Dragon in Sori Fumihiko's movie "Ping Pong".

June 2003: 5th edition of the Cocoon Kabuki with the production of "Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami"; Shidô plays the role of Tamashima Isonojô [more details].

December 2004: Shidô plays at the Shimbashi Embujô the role of Tange Sazen in the eponymous drama (not Kabuki, modern theatre production). Tange Sazen was an one-armed, one-eyed ex-samurai swordsman, who was the hero of dozen of movies. This production confirms that Shidô's popularity is on the rise.

Comments:

Nakamura Shidô II is a young promising and popular actor of the Yorozuya guild [More data in Japanese]. He has said: "The original Kabuki actors had a real punk attitude. It was the rock music of the Edo period."

Official website: http://www.shidou.jp/

The mon of Nakamura Shidô II