Stage name:

Onoe Ushinosuke VII

Real name: Terajima Kazufumi

Guild: Otowaya

Line number: SHICHIDAIME (VII)

Birthday: 28 November 2013

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-grandfathers: Onoe Baikô VII, Matsumoto Hakuô I

Grandfathers: Onoe Kikugorô VII, Nakamura Kichiemon II

Father: Onoe Kikunosuke V

Career:

May 2016: first stage appearance (omemie), in Tôkyô at the Kabukiza in the dance "Kioi Jishi Otowa no Hanakago".

January 2019: revival at the National Theatre of Namiki Gohei I's 1779 drama "Sode Nikki Banshû Meguri"; this Otowaya-powered revision was entitled "Himeji-jô Oto-ni Kiku Sono Ishizue"; Kazufumi played the roles of Kunimatsu and Heisaku's son Heikichi (in reality Kunimatsu) [casting | more details].

May 2019: debut on stage (hatsubutai) at the Kabukiza, where he received the name of Onoe Ushinosuke VII and played the role of Ushiwakamaru in "Ehon Ushiwakamaru"; Ushinosuke's grandfathers Onoe Kikugorô VII and Nakamura Kichiemon II played the roles of Kiichi Hôgen and Yoshioka Kijirô; Ushinosuke's father Onoe Kikunosuke V played the role of Yoshioka Kisanta.

Comments:

Onoe Ushinosuke VII is the young heir of the Otowaya guild. He will take the name of Onoe Kikunosuke VI in May 2025!

The Onoe Ushinosuke line of actors