Stage names:

Ichikawa Omezô VI
Ichikawa Otora VI

Real name: Arakawa Kinji

Guild: Takinoya

Line number: ROKUDAIME (VI)

Birthday: 9 October 1967

Connections:

Great-grandfather: Ichikawa Monnosuke VI

Grandfather: Ichikawa Sadanji III

Father: Ichikawa Sadanji IV

Son: Ichikawa Otora VII

Career:

January 1973: first appearance on stage at the Kabukiza in the play "Sakaya".

February 1974: he receives the name of Ichikawa Otora VI at the Kabukiza by playing the roles of Umekichi and Michimaro in the plays "Tanuki" and "Tôdaiki".

May 2003: Ichikawa Otora VI takes at the Kabukiza the name of Ichikawa Omezô VI by playing the roles of Dejiri Seibê, Narita Gorô and a bonze in the dramas "Kiwametsuki Banzuiin Chôbê", "Shibaraku" and "Kappore". His son makes his first stage appearance, receiving the name of Ichikawa Otora VII and playing the roles of Chôbê's son Chômatsu and the little apprentice Chômatsu in the plays "Kiwametsuki Banzuiin Chôbê" and "Kamiyui Shinza".

November 2005: tôshi kyôgen revival at the National Theatre of the drama "Ehon Taikôki"; Omezô plays the role of Satô Masakiyo [casting].

August 2009: 2nd 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].

Comments:

Ichikawa Omezô VI is a young and promising tachiyaku, excelling in aragoto roles.
[More data in Japanese]

The mon of Ichikawa Omezô VI

The Ichikawa Otora line of actors

The Ichikawa Omezô line of actors