Stage names:

Bandô Takesaburô V
Bandô Shinsha III
Onoe Sasatarô I

Dancer Name: Yamamura Taikaku

Real name: Okazaki Shôji

Guild: Otowaya

Line number: GODAIME (V)

Birthday: 4 August 1932

Connections:

Adoptive father: Onoe Kikujirô IV

Disciples: Bandô Takenosuke III, Bandô Takeyuki

Career:

April 1949: he makes his first appearance on stage at the Nakaza in Ôsaka, where he receives the name of Onoe Sasatarô I.

September 1959: Onoe Sasatarô I takes the name of Bandô Shinsha III at the Ôsaka Shinkabukiza, playing in the dramas "Kagotsurube" and "Minowa no Shinjû".

1967: Shinsha is adopted by the actor Onoe Kikujirô IV.

March 1967: Bandô Shinsha III takes the name of Bandô Takesaburô V at the Asahiza (Ôsaka), playing the roles of Koganosuke and Okatsu in the dramas "Yoshinogawa" and "Terutora Haizen".

August 1980: revival at the National Theatre of Namiki Shôzô I's drama "Yadonashi Danshichi Shigure no Karakasa"; Takesaburô plays the role of the actor Arashi Sangorô [casting].

24 July 1981: his adoptive father Onoe Kikujirô IV dies.

September 1999: revival at the Minamiza of Katsu Genzô III's drama "Ogasawara Sôdô"; Takesaburô plays the role of Ogasawara Buzen-no-Kami [casting].

June 2009: Takesaburô celebrates his coming 77th birthday at the Shôchikuza; his kiju kinen performance is a program made up of "Meibutsu Kenka Jaya", "Arima no Neko" and "Dôtonbori Kabuki no Nigiwai".

November 2010: 3rd Kabuki program with Kataoka Ainosuke as zagashira at the Eirakukan, a renovated traditional theater built in the city of Toyooka (prefecture of Hyôgo) [more details].

June 2012: Takesaburô plays at the Shinbashi Enbujô the roles of Asuka and Owari no Kunizô in "Kawatsura Hôgen Yakata" and "Yamato Takeru", in a special program which celebrates the shûmei of both Ichikawa En'ô II and Ichikawa Ennosuke IV, the hatsubutai of both Ichikawa Chûsha IX and Ichikawa Danko V and commemorates the 49th anniversary (50th memorial service) of late Ichikawa En'ô I and Ichikawa Danshirô III.

Comments:

Bandô Takesaburô V is one of the few onnagata actor trained in the great tradition of the Kamigata Kabuki. He is amazing in the roles of cruel stepmothers.

The mon of Bandô Takesaburô V

The Bandô Shinsha line of actors

The Bandô Takesaburô line of actors