The Second
Nakamura Kaishun
Nakamura Kaishun II
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A kabuki actor who carries Nakamura Kaishun, a hereditary name of the Kagaya house, having taken the second generation of it in 2002. The Directory records that Kaishun was the haiku name of his adoptive father, Nakamura Utaemon VI, taken up a year after his death.
According to the Kabuki Actor Directory, he was born on 1 January 1948. Adopted by Nakamura Utaemon VI, he made his stage debut in January 1956 at the Kabukiza as Kansai in Kumo no Hyōshimai, under the name Kagaya Hashinosuke, and in April–May 1967 took the name Nakamura Matsue V as Hatsugiku in Ehon Taikōki and Konami in Chūshingura.
In April 2002 he took the name Nakamura Kaishun II at the Kabukiza, as Takiyasha-hime in Masakado and Yaegakihime in Honchō Nijūshikō. The Directory records his election to the Japan Art Academy in 2024.
What They Inherit
He took his adoptive father's haiku name and made it a hereditary name. In this house, the moment a haiku name becomes a myōseki is a matter of record.
NAME VARIANTS
Names and spellings for this person: 中村魁春 / 二代目中村魁春 / 中村松江 / Nakamura Kaishun
Current and Upcoming Performances
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