Nakamura Kankurō VI

is a Japanese kabuki and film and television actor. Born , he is a tachiyaku actor (kabuki actor who plays male roles) like his father Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII and his younger brother Nakamura Shichinosuke II.

Names and lineage

Kankurō is a member of the acting guild Nakamura-ya. His family has performed kabuki going back to Onoe Kikugorō III and Ichimura Uzaemon XI, who performed in the early 19th century.

Life and career

Kankurō also works in television and film. In 2004, he played Tōdō Heisuke in the NHK Taiga drama Shinsengumi!. He starred in the 2001 Japanese film Turn and the 2009 film Zen, in which he played the monk Dōgen.

Filmography

Films Turn (2001), Yohei Izumi Zen (2009), Dōgen The Kiyosu Conference (2013), Oda Nobutada Sanada 10 Braves (2016), Sarutobi Sasuke Gintama (2017), Isao Kondō Gintama 2 (2018), Isao Kondō Pocket Monsters the Movie: Coco (2020), Zarude (voice) Shin Gekijōban Keroro Gunsō: Fukkatsu Shite Sokkō Chikyū Metsubō no Kiki de Arimasu! (2026), Isao Kondō (voice)

Television Shinsengumi! (2004), Tōdō Heisuke Aka Medaka (2013), Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII Idaten (2019), Shiso Kanakuri Nakamura Nakazo: Shusse no Kizahashi (2021), Nakamura Nakazo I What Will You Do, Ieyasu? (2023), Chaya Shirōjirō Kiyonobu and Chaya Shirōjirō Kiyotada

Nakamura Kankurō VI

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