Stage names:

Bandô Shinsha IV
Bandô Takeshirô

Real name: ???

Guild: Otowaya

Line number: YODAIME (IV)

Birthday: 4 April 1972

Connections:

Master: Bandô Takesaburô V

Career:

September 1998: first stage appearance, at the Shôchikuza, where he receives the name of Bandô Takeshirô and plays a minor role in the drama "Yamato Takeru".

February 2005: Bandô Takeshirô takes the name of Bandô Shinsha IV at the Shôchikuza, playing the role of Sugiômaru in the drama "Kurumabiki".

Comments:

Bandô Shinsha IV is a promising supporting actor. He is in fact the geiyôshi of the Kamigata actor Bandô Takesaburô V, who teaches him his art to be both a tachiyaku and an onnagata actor. A geiyôshi is, more than a disciple, an adopted son from an artistic viewpoint but not in the civil status.

The mon of Bandô Shinsha IV