Nakamura Baijaku II

Nakamura Baijaku II
中村梅雀
Nakamura Baijaku II 中村梅雀
Birth name	Shinichi Mitsui
Also known as	Manabu Nakamura
Born	December 12, 1955 (age 65); Musashino, Tokyo, Japan
Occupation(s)	Actor, bassist, composer
Years active	1965–present

Shinichi Mitsui (三井進一, Mitsui Shin'ichi, born December 12, 1955),^[1] better known as Nakamura Baijaku II (二代目中村梅雀, Nidaime Nakamura Baijaku), is a Japanese actor, bassist, and composer. He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Ogikubo High School and later graduated from Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music.

Nakamura also has relatives who are kabuki actors.

Great-grandfather: Nakamura Kanemon II.
Grandfather: Nakamura Kanemon III.
Father: Nakamura Umenosuke IV.

His trade name is Narikomaya (成駒屋) and debuted in 1965. Nakamura learned about kabuki and modern theater at the troupe. His initial name was Manabu Nakamura (中村まなぶ, Nakamura Manabu). Nakamura took on the name of his great-grandfather Baijaku in 1980 during the 50th Anniversary Performance of Zenshinza and became "Baijaku II". At the final performance of Otose in 2007, Nakamura announced he was leaving Zenshinza and turning freelance.^[2]

Filmography[]

TV series[]

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref.
1968	Bungo Torimono Ezu	Apprentice	NHK	Credited as Manabu Nakamura
1969	Ten to chi to	Takeda Katsuyori	NHK	Taiga drama
1972	Shin Heike Monogatari	Tairanoto Kitada	NHK	Taiga drama
1979	Yaruki Manman		TBS
1980	Uwasa no Keiji Tomī to Matsu	Junsa Kishimoto	TBS	Episode 24
1980	Nat-chan no Shashin-kan		NHK	Asadora
1982	Tōge no Gunzō	Kayano Sanpei	NHK	Taiga drama
1985	Sanada Taiheiki	Tokugawa Hidetada	NHK
1993	Onihei Hanka-chō	Shinsuke Sasaki	Fuji TV	Fourth series, episode 18
1994	Zenigata Heiji	Fukutaro	Fuji TV	Fourth series, episode 16
1995	Hachidai Shogun Yoshimune	Tokugawa Ieshige	NHK	Taiga drama	^[3]
1996	Hanayome Kaizoe-nin ga Yuku 11	Osamu	Kansai
1996	Sonzai no Fukaki Nemuri	Ryuichi Urushibara	NHK
1997	Mōri Motonari	Shijihiro Yoshi	NHK	Taiga drama
1998	Makasete Darling	Yudai Kameyama	TBS
1998	Oji-san Kaizō Kōza		NHK
1999	The Laughing Salesman	Yuichiro Yugara	TV Asahi
2000	Aoi Tokugawa Sandai	Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Narrator	NHK	Taiga drama	^[3]
2002	Kosuke Kindaichi	Keibu Todoroki	TV Tokyo
2002	Onsen Waka Okami no Satsujin Suiri	Yusaku Nakagawa	TV Asahi	Episodes 11 to 21
2003	Musashi	Mosuke	NHK	Taiga drama
	Chūshingura: Ketsudan Notoki	Tamonden Hachiro	TV Tokyo
	Teru Teru Kazoku	Senkichi Anzai	NHK	Asadora
2004	Ryōma ga Yuku	Nakahama Manjirō	TV Tokyo
2004	Akai Tsuki	Keisuke Himuro	TV Tokyo
2006	Kōmyō ga Tsuji	Tokugawa Hidetada	NHK	Taiga drama
2006	Nobunaga no Hitsugi	Toyotomi Hideyoshi	TV Asahi
2007	Horibe Yasubee	Ōishi Yoshio	NHK
	Vengeance is Mine	Shinpu Ueda	TV Asahi	Special appearance
	Teki wa Hon'nouji ni Ari	Akechi Mitsuhide	TV Asahi
2008	Atsuhime	Ii Naosuke	NHK	Taiga drama
	Mito Kōmon	Dainagon, Ryobo Kujo	C.A.L, TBS	Episode 9
	The Miracle of 300,000 People: The Second Happy Birthday	Ishi Kakizawa	TV Tokyo
	Yukkuri Aruke, Sorawomiro	Eiji Kitamura	Kansai
	Yorozuya Chōbee no Sumidagawa Jiken File	Tatsuzo Hirase	TBS
	A New Testimony! 300 Million yen Robbery	Hachibee Hiratsuka	Fuji TV
2009	Tsubasa	Takeo Tamaki	NHK	Asadora	^[3]
	Aka Kabu Kenji Funsen-ki Kyoto Tenkin-hen	Shigeru Hiragi	TBS
	Reiko Kamijō no Jiken Suiri	Musashi Yamamoto	TBS
	Bengoshi Harusaku Morie no Jiken	Harusaku Morie	TV Asahi	Lead role
2010	Unubore Keiji	Principal	TBS	Episode 2
	Tsuri Keiji	Goemon Suzuki	TBS	Lead role
	Aka Kabu Kenji Kyoto-hen	Shigeru Hiragi	TBS
	Kenkaku Shōbai Special	Miheisuke Washizu	Fuji TV
	Sakuya Kono Hana	Katari (Fujiwara no Teika)	NHK
2011	Onihei Gaiden Yousagi no Sumi Uemon	Yousagi no Sumi Uemon	Sky PerfecTV!
2011	Sotsugyō Home Run	Kono	TV Tokyo
	Shinano no Koronbo Jiken File Series	Iwao Takemura	TV Tokyo	Lead role
2012	Taira no Kiyomori	Taira no Iesada	NHK	Taiga drama
	Chūshingura: Sono Yoshi Sono Ai	Hosoi Hirosawa	TV Tokyo
	Sōsa Chizu no Onna	Rokuro Kido	TV Asahi
	Ganriki Keibuho Yaichi Kishima	Yaichi Kishima	TV Tokyo	Lead role
	Oni Keiji Kosaku Yoneda	Kosaku Yoneda	Fuji TV	Lead role
	Ikkyū-san	Oshō	Fuji TV
2013	Nijūyon no Hitomi	Tadashisuke Nogawa	TV Asahi
2014	Kamiya Genjirō Torimono Hikae	Ginzo	NHK BS-P
	Alice no Toge	Kazufumi Mizuno	TBS
	Hissatsu Shigoto Hito 2014	Yorimasa Nakanoshima	ABC
	Yami no Kariudo	Kumozu no Heiji Wataru	Sky PerecTV!
	Kansatsu-kan Soichi Hanyu	Soichi Hanyu	TV Asahi	Lead role
2015	Bar Lemon Heart	Master	BS Fuji	Lead role	^[4]
2017	Naotora: The Lady Warlord	Narrator	NHK	Taiga drama
	Sorry, I Love You	Tsuneo Mita	TBS
	Chiisana Hashi de	Sōbei	Sky PerecTV!
	Konuka Ame	Narrator	Sky PerecTV!
2019	Kishū Hanshu Tokugawa Yoshimune	Tokugawa Tsunayoshi	NHK	TV movie

Films[]

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1972	Kaigun Tokubetsu Nenshō-hei	Takuji Hayashi	Credited as Manabu Nakamura
1992	Rakuyō	Seiichiro Mamiya
1997	Shin Salaryman Senka	Yoshino
1998	Tsuribaka Nisshi Ten	Kusamori
1999	Hana no Oedo no Tsuribaka Nisshi	Ganger
2000	Tsuribaka Nisshi Eleven	Kusamori
	Tsuki	Teiichi Matsuo
	Home Sweet Home	Police officer
	A Class to Remember	Kuroi Sensei
2001	Tsuribaka Nisshi 12: Shijō Saidai no Yūkyū Kyūka	Kusamori
	Distance	Keiji Kikuma
	Kaa-chan	Man of livery coat
2002	Tsuribaka Nisshi 13: Hama-chan Kikiippatsu!	Kusamori
2002	The Twilight Samurai	Gonbee Terauchi
2003	The Blue Light	Eiji Yamamoto
2004	Tsuribaka Nisshi 15: Hama-chan ni Ashita Wanai!?	Kusamori
2005	Tsuribaka Nisshi 16: Hamasaki wa Kyō mo Damedatta	Kusamori
2006	Tsuribaka Nisshi 17: Ato wa Noto Nare Hama to Nare!	Kusamori
2006	Bunny Drop	Daikichi's father
2007	Tsuribaka Nisshi 18: Hama-chan Sū-san Seto no Yakusoku	Kusamori
2008	Tsuribaka Nisshi 19: Yokoso! Suzuki Kensetsu Goikko Sama	Kusamori
2009	Tsuribaka Nisshi 20: Final	Kusamori
2011	Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai	Jinkichinai Chijiiwa
2012	Okaeri, Hayabusa	Kimitaka Masuzawa
2018	Kids on the Slope	Tsutomu Mukae
2019	Iwane: Sword of Serenity
2020	The Dignified Death of Shizuo Yamanaka	Shizuo Yamanaka	Lead role
2021	Last of the Wolves	Takayuki Seshima		^[5]

References[]

^ "Official website" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-09-04.
^ "中村梅雀さん、「前進座」退団し、フリーに - 文化・芸能" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-09-04. Asahi.com (Asahi Shimbun) (September 12, 2007)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "中村梅雀". NHK. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
^ "中村梅雀主演で人気酒コミック「BARレモン・ハート」初の連ドラ化" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-09-04. Sponichi Annex (July 7, 2015)
^ "松坂桃李主演『孤狼の血 LEVEL2』8.20公開決定鈴木亮平、西野七瀬らキャスト解禁". Crank-in!. Retrieved February 4, 2021.

External links[]

Official website (in Japanese)

[1] "Official website" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-09-04.

[2] "中村梅雀さん、「前進座」退団し、フリーに - 文化・芸能" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-09-04. Asahi.com (Asahi Shimbun) (September 12, 2007)

[NHKa-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "中村梅雀". NHK. Retrieved March 5, 2021.

[4] "中村梅雀主演で人気酒コミック「BARレモン・ハート」初の連ドラ化" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-09-04. Sponichi Annex (July 7, 2015)

[5] "松坂桃李主演『孤狼の血 LEVEL2』8.20公開決定鈴木亮平、西野七瀬らキャスト解禁". Crank-in!. Retrieved February 4, 2021.

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