Stage names:

Ichikawa Somegorô VIII
Matsumoto Kintarô IV

Real name: Fujima Itsuki

Guild: Kôraiya

Line number: HACHIDAIME (VIII)

Birthday: 27 March 2005

Connections:

Great-great-great-great-grandfather: Nakamura Karoku I

Great-great-great-grandfather: Nakamura Karoku III

Great-great-grandfathers: Matsumoto Kôshirô VII, Nakamura Kichiemon I

Great-grandfather: Matsumoto Hakuô I (Kôshirô VIII)

Grandfather: Matsumoto Hakuô II (Kôshirô IX)

Father: Matsumoto Kôshirô X

Career:

June 2007: first stage appearance (omemie), at the Kabukiza where he plays the role of Kôraiya Saikichi in the drama "Kyôkaku Harusame Gasa".

June 2009: debut on stage (hatsubutai) at the Kabukiza, where he receives the name of Matsumoto Kintarô IV and plays the role of a shishi cub in the dance-drama "Kadonde Iô Kotobuki Renjishi".

January 2018: great name-taking ceremony at the Kabukiza for 3 generations of actors belonging to the Kôraiya guild (Kôraiya Sandai Shûmei); Matsumoto Kôshirô IX, his son Ichikawa Somegorô VII and his grandson Matsumoto Kintarô IV took the names of Matsumoto Hakuô II, Matsumoto Kôshirô X and Ichikawa Somegorô VIII at the Kabukiza; the new Somegorô played the role of Minamoto no Yoshitsune in "Kanjinchô" [more details].

February 2018: second month of shûmei at the Kabukiza for Matsumoto Hakuô II, Matsumoto Kôshirô X and Ichikawa Somegorô VIII; the new Somegorô played the role of Ôboshi Rikiya in "Gion Ichiriki Jaya" [more details].

November 2018: Matsumoto Hakuô II, Matsumoto Kôshirô X and Ichikawa Somegorô VIII celebrated their shûmei in Kyôto at the Minamiza; the new Somegorô played the roles of the shishi cub and Minamoto no Yoshitsune in "Renjishi" and "Kanjinchô" [more details].

Comments:

Ichikawa Somegorô VIII is the young heir of the Kôraiya guild.

The mon of Ichikawa Somegorô VIII

The Matsumoto Kintarô line of actors

The Ichikawa Somegorô line of actors