Shochiku said it wants to verify the facts first as it cannot confirm the accuracy of the magazine's report. Ennosuke was born in 1975 to Kabuki actor Danshiro and made his Kabuki debut in 1983.

This is a photograph of the popular Meiji actor Matsumoto Koshiro ... and would have been one of first of the last of that decades visits to the Kabuki by Westerners.

Ennosuke, 47, whose real name is Takahiko Kinoshi, admitted to the charges at the first hearing in October ... Ennosuke was accused of helping his father, Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danshiro, 76 ...

Kataoka Ainosuke takes his first turn as our host. Ainosuke is a renowned kabuki actor. He'll be our guide to the attractions of kabuki looking at some of the roles he's played. He'll be our guide ...

Is it just coincidence that kabuki’s onnagata (male actors specializing in female roles ... period), from the exhibition “Kabuki Prints: First Exhibition of Treasured Ukiyo-e Prints ...

Child Kabuki actors go through a difficult transitional period when their voices change with puberty but they aren’t yet mature enough to take adult roles. Only the truly determined ones pull ...

An oshiguma, or face pressing by three Kabuki actors; Ichimura Takematsu IV, Ichimura Uzaemon XV and Onoe Baiko VI created after a performance of Momijigari, or Contemplating Maples, at the ...

Stunningly beautiful and utterly bizarre Japanese fable about a medieval Kabuki actor (Kazuo Hasegawa), renowned as a female impersonator, who carries his on-stage portrayal of a woman out into ...

How do the cast and crew prepare for a kabuki performance? Actor Kataoka Ainosuke guides ... all the way up to our first performance. The first day of rehearsals begins with a ceremony from ...