37.A new face of Kabuki

Today, I write about “A new face of Kabuki”
The actor made debut with TV dramas in 1989.
He is “Teruyuki Kagawa.”
He was not conspicuous.
However, his career was conspicuous.
Graduate from “The University of Tokyo.”
“The University of Tokyo” is the most distinguished university in Japan.
Many people thought that it was better to choose “a stable life.”
He continues an actor.
And he grows as an actor.
2002, He appear on “Devils on the Doorstep” (The film won the Grand Prix at the Cannes International Film Festival.).
2004, He appear on “Nuan“, He wins the best actor prize of the Tokyo International Film Festival..
Now, he is a leading actor.

2011, he declares, “I become a Kabuki actor.”
Performance of Kabuki is handed down from parents to a child.
A kabuki actor’s child becomes a kabuki actor.
They do exercise from childhood.
I got to know his personal history.
He is a famous kabuki actor’s child.
His father is Ichikawa Ennosuke III.
The father and the mother were divorced when he was 3 years old.
He was brought up by a mother.
He went to the theater at the age of 25 in order to meet his father.
Father refuses it.
2003, Father shows the symptoms of cerebral infarction.
He went to meet a father again.
He says to his father, “I would like to become a kabuki actor.”

March, 2012
He declares “Ichikawa chusya IX” and made debut with kabuki.
He said, “I need to become a kabuki actor.”
Also his son declares “Ichikawa Danko V” and made debut with kabuki.

His 46 years are may be the time for becoming a kabuki actor.