The Sixth
Nakamura Kankurō
Nakamura Kankurō VI
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A kabuki actor who carries Nakamura Kankurō, a hereditary name of the Nakamuraya house, having taken the sixth generation of it in 2012. He is the eldest son of Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII.
According to the Kabuki Actor Directory, he was born on 31 October 1981. He first appeared in January 1986 at the Kabukiza as Kozaburō in Moritsuna Jinya, under the name Namino Masayuki, and made his stage debut in January 1987 as the elder Momotarō in Kadode Futari Momotarō, taking the name Nakamura Kantarō II.
In February 2012 he took the name Nakamura Kankurō VI at the Shinbashi Enbujō, as the monk Chichū — in truth the spirit of the ground spider — in Tsuchigumo, and as the page Yayoi and then the lion spirit in Shunkyō Kagami Jishi. In 2009 he received collective recognition as a holder of an Important Intangible Cultural Property and the twenty-sixth Asakusa Entertainment Award for Encouragement (Kabuki Actor Directory).
What They Inherit
The Kabuki Encyclopedia describes Nakamuraya as the family of the Nakamura-za's proprietors. He belongs to the present generation of a house that became actors by profession from Kanzaburō XVII onward.
NAME VARIANTS
Names and spellings for this person: 中村勘九郎 / 六代目中村勘九郎 / 中村勘太郎 / Nakamura Kankuro / Nakamura Kankurō
Current and Upcoming Performances
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