Nakamura Shichinosuke II

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Nakamura Shichinosuke II
Renjishi by Heisei Nakamura-za during the APEC Summit week.jpg
Nakamura Shichinosuke II performing Renjishi in Yokohama, 2010
Born
Takayuki Namino[1]

(1983-05-18) May 18, 1983 (age 38)
Tokyo, Japan
Other namesNakamuraya
Years active1995-present

Nakamura Shichinosuke II (二代目 中村 七之助, Nidaime Nakamura Shichinosuke) (born May 18, 1983) is a Japanese Kabuki, theatre, TV, and film actor. He was born Takayuki Namino (波野 隆行, Namino Takayuki),[1] the second son of famed Kabuki performer, Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII. Unlike many kabuki actors, who specialize in a single type of role, Shichinosuke plays both male (tachiyaku) and female (onnagata) parts.

Name and Lineage[]

Nakamura, often represented as "Shichinosuke Nakamura" in reference to his American film career, is a member of the kabuki guild Nakamura-ya, and currently performs kabuki along with his brother Nakamura Kantarō II. His family can trace their lineage back, within the kabuki world, at least seven generations, to Onoe Kikugorō III and Ichimura Uzaemon XI, who performed in the early 19th century. As is the case with the names of all kabuki actors, "Nakamura Shichinosuke" is a yagō or stage name.

Life and career[]

In September 1986 he made his first appearance on stage at the Kabuki-za, taking the name Nakamura Shichinosuke the following year. Within a few years he was described as "one of the 21st Century's most promising young Kabuki Actors". He has performed Kabuki in numerous international theaters, often alongside his father and brother, as part of the . He also performs annually in at the , a production aimed at attracting the younger generation and encouraging in them an interest in kabuki.

In 1994, Shichinosuke performed in the modern play "Sukapan". He has also appeared in such NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) TV drama series as Takeda Shingen (a dramatization of Shingen's life), and Genroku Ryoran.

Nakamura graduated from high school in March 2002 and the following year he played the role of Emperor Meiji in Edward Zwick's movie The Last Samurai. The Last Samurai marks his film debut. In 2004 he appeared in the film version of Wataya Risa's novel Insutooru, and in 2005, he played an Edo period recovering drug addict in the absurdly comical film Mayonaka no Yaji-san Kita-san, based on a comic book.

Nakamura was arrested in January 2005 in Tokyo's Bunkyō-ku for punching a police officer after a taxi driver claimed he did not pay his fare while intoxicated[2] in what could be the first arrest of a kabuki actor since the arrest of for a murder charge in 1871. The subsequent controversy after the arrest barred Nakamura from participating in the celebration of his father's shūmei (naming ceremony) in March 2005.

Filmography[]

Film
Television

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b While the stage names of all kabuki actors have retained traditional order (Surname-Given name) on Wikipedia, birth names of those born after the Meiji Restoration are in Western order (Given name-Surname).
  2. ^ "Metropolis Tokyo :: THE SMALL PRINT - 569". Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
  3. ^ "中村勘九郎がNHKドラマで"伝説の歌舞伎俳優"中村仲蔵に、共演に上白石萌音ら". eiga.com. Retrieved July 26, 2021.

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