Stage names:

Nakamura Tokizô IV
Nakamura Shibajaku VI
Nakamura Baishi II

Real name: Ogawa Shigeo

Guilds: Yorozuya, Kyôya

Line number: YODAIME (IV)

Existence: 1 December 1927 ~ 28 January 1962

Connections:

Great-grandfather: Nakamura Karoku I

Grandfather: Nakamura Karoku III

Father: Nakamura Tokizô III

Brothers: Yorozuya Kinnosuke, Nakamura Shidô I, Nakamura Kashô II (Karoku IV), Nakamura Kazuo

Sons: Nakamura Tokizô V, Nakamura Kinnosuke II

Grandsons: Nakamura Baishi IV, Nakamura Mantarô, Nakamura Hayato

Career:

November 1936: he makes his first appearance on stage, at the Kabukiza, where he receives the name of Nakamura Baishi II.

April 1953: he becomes nadai and takes the name of Nakamura Shibajaku VI at the Kabukiza.

July 1959: his father Nakamura Tokizô III dies.

April 1960: Nakamura Shibajaku VI takes the name of Nakamura Tokizô IV at the Kabukiza, playing the roles of Oginoya Yaegiri, Kagaribi and Omiwa in the dramas "Komochi Yamamba", "Moritsuna Jin'ya" and "Mikasayama Goten".

June ~ July 1960: Tokizô takes part in the first Kabuki tour in the USA; he plays the roles of Yoshitsune, Rikiya, Saeda and the Princess in the plays "Kanjinchô", "Kanadehon Chûshingura", "Migawari Zazen" and "Takatsuki" [casting].

Comments:

Nakamura Tokizô IV was a talented and good-looking onnagata actor, who unfortunately died too young, at the age of 34. His most notable performances include Chidori ("Shunkan"), Omiwa ("Imoseyama Onna Teikin"), Konami ("Kanadehon Chûshingura"), Kozue ("Ishikiri Kajiwara"), Onaka ("Irezumi Chôhan") and Otoki ("Kiwametsuki Banzuiin Chôbei").

The Nakamura Tokizô line of actors