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A kabuki actor who carries Onoe Shōroku, a hereditary name of the Otowaya house, having taken the fourth generation of it in 2002. He is also head of the Fujima school of Japanese dance.
According to the Kabuki Actor Directory, he was born on 5 February 1975, the eldest son of Onoe Tatsunosuke I (Shōroku III). He made his stage debut in February 1981 at the Kabukiza as Chōmatsu in Banzuin Chōbei, under the name Onoe Sakon II, and took the name Onoe Tatsunosuke II in May 1991.
In May–June 2002 he took the name Onoe Shōroku IV at the Kabukiza, as Benkei in Kanjinchō and Ranpei in Ranpei Monogurui. In 2005 he received collective recognition as a holder of an Important Intangible Cultural Property and joined the Association for the Preservation of Traditional Kabuki. The Directory records the Japan Art Academy Prize for 2024, awarded in 2025 for Daihanji in Imoseyama Onna Teikin and for Arakawa Jūdayū.
What They Inherit
The art of the stage and the headship of a dance school: two inheritances carried at once.
NAME VARIANTS
Names and spellings for this person: 尾上松緑 / 四代目尾上松緑 / 尾上辰之助 / Onoe Shoroku / Onoe Shōroku
Current and Upcoming Performances
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