The Eighth
Ichikawa Somegorō
Ichikawa Somegorō VIII
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A kabuki actor who carries Ichikawa Somegorō, a hereditary name of the Kōraiya house. He took the eighth generation of it in 2018, in the same run in which his father and grandfather also succeeded to new names.
According to the Kabuki Actor Directory, he was born on 27 March 2005, the eldest son of Matsumoto Kōshirō; his grandfather is Matsumoto Hakuō. He first appeared in June 2007 at the Kabukiza under the name Fujima Itsuki, and made his stage debut in June 2009 in Kadonde Iō Kotobuki Renjishi, as the child and then the grandson-lion spirit, under the name Matsumoto Kintarō IV.
In January–February 2018 he took the name Ichikawa Somegorō VIII at the Kabukiza. The Directory records National Theatre Special Awards in 2012 and 2013 and a National Theatre Encouragement Award in 2020.
What They Inherit
A Kōraiya name that bears the Ichikawa surname: the long connection between this house and the Ichikawa Danjūrō family, recorded by the Kabuki Encyclopedia, survives in the shape of the name itself.
NAME VARIANTS
Names and spellings for this person: 市川染五郎 / 八代目市川染五郎 / 松本金太郎 / Ichikawa Somegoro / Ichikawa Somegorō
Current and Upcoming Performances
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