Onoe Kikugorō VII (七代目尾上菊五郎: October 1973 to present) (actor )
Terashima Hideyuki (birth name - 寺島秀幸)Onoe Kikunosuke IV (四代目尾上菊之助: May 1965 to October 1973)
Onoe Ushinosuke V (五代目尾上丑之助: April 1948 to May 1965)
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Biography:
Born October 2, 1942. He took this stage name in October 1973. His father was Onoe Baikō VII (1915-95).
He played Benten Kozō for the first time in July 1965. In a January 15, 2003 article in the Japan Times by Rei Sasaguchi the author said: "Highly enjoyable also is the last play in the afternoon program — part of Kawatake Mokuami’s 1862 masterpiece generally known as “The Five Shiranami Men.” (Shiranami means “robber” or “thief.”) Onoe Kikugoro is perfect as the good-looking rascal Bentenkozo — a character he has played countless times since his debut in the role in 1965. In one well-known scene set in a Kamakura fabric shop, Kikugoro dramatically throws off his disguise — as a demure young woman wearing an elegant kimono — to reveal his true identity, a yakuzalike conman clad only in a bright red undergarment, and revealing cherry-blossom tattoos all over his body."
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