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A kabuki actor who carries Matsumoto Hakuō, a hereditary name of the Kōraiya house, having taken the second generation of it in 2018. He was elected to the Japan Art Academy in 2009 and received the Order of Culture in 2022.
According to the Kabuki Actor Directory, he was born on 19 August 1942, the eldest son of Matsumoto Kōshirō VIII (Matsumoto Hakuō I). He made his stage debut in May 1946 at the Tokyo Gekijō in Sukeroku, under the name Matsumoto Kintarō II; took the name Ichikawa Somegorō VI in September 1949; and became Matsumoto Kōshirō IX in October–November 1981, as Benkei in Kanjinchō.
In January–February 2018 he took the name Matsumoto Hakuō II at the Kabukiza. The Directory records collective recognition in 1972, the Japan Art Academy Prize for 1979, the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 2005, election to the Japan Art Academy in 2009, designation as a Person of Cultural Merit in 2012, and in 2022 both the Order of Culture and a special Kikuta Kazuo Theatre Award.
What They Inherit
He took up 'Hakuō', the name his father bore late in life, late in his own. The Kabuki Encyclopedia records that his father played Benkei in Kanjinchō more than 1,600 times.
NAME VARIANTS
Names and spellings for this person: 松本白鸚 / 二代目松本白鸚 / 松本幸四郎 / Matsumoto Hakuo / Matsumoto Hakuō
Current and Upcoming Performances
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