Nakamura Baijaku II
Shinichi Mitsui, better known as Nakamura Baijaku II, is a Japanese actor, bassist, and composer. He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Ogikubo High School and later graduated from Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music. Nakamura also has relatives who are kabuki actors. • Great-grandfather: Nakamura Kanemon II. • Grandfather: Nakamura Kanemon III. • Father: Nakamura Umenosuke IV. His trade name is Narikomaya and debuted in 1965.
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Nakamura Baijaku II
- Name
- Nakamura Baijaku II
- Birth Name
- Shinichi Mitsui
- Born
- 12 December 1955
- Birthplace
- Musashino, Tokyo, Japan
- Occupation
- Actor, bassist, composer
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Shinichi Mitsui, better known as Nakamura Baijaku II, is a Japanese actor, bassist, and composer. He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Ogikubo High School and later graduated from Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music. Nakamura also has relatives who are kabuki actors. • Great-grandfather: Nakamura Kanemon II. • Grandfather: Nakamura Kanemon III. • Father: Nakamura Umenosuke IV. His trade name is Narikomaya and debuted in 1965.
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Nakamura learned about kabuki and modern theater at the Zenshinza troupe. His initial name was Manabu Nakamura. Nakamura took on the name of his great-grandfather Baijaku in 1980 during the 50th Anniversary Performance of Zenshinza and became "Baijaku II". At the final performance of Otose in 2007, Nakamura announced he was leaving Zenshinza and turning freelance.
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• Name — Nakamura Baijaku II • Native Name — 中村 梅雀 • Birth Name — Shinichi Mitsui • Born — 12 December 1955 • Birthplace — Musashino, Tokyo, Japan • Alias — Manabu Nakamura • Occupation — Actor, bassist, composer • Years Active — 1965–present
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• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. • 1969 — Ten to chi to — Suwa Katsuyori — Taiga drama • 1985 — Sanada Taiheiki — Tokugawa Hidetada • 1995 — Hachidai Shogun Yoshimune — Tokugawa Ieshige — Taiga drama • 1997 — Mōri Motonari — Shiji Hiroyoshi — Taiga drama • 2000 — Aoi — Tokugawa Mitsukuni / narrator — Taiga drama • 2003 — Teru Teru Kazoku — Senkichi Anzai — Asadora • 2006 — Kōmyō ga Tsuji — Tokugawa Hidetada — Taiga drama • 2008 — Atsuhime — Ii Naosuke — Taiga drama • 2009–17 — Prosecutor Akakabu — Shigeru Hiiragi — Lead role; 7 television films • 2010 — Prosecutor Akakabu in Kyoto — Shigeru Hiiragi — Lead role • 2012 — Taira no Kiyomori — Taira no Iesada — Taiga drama • 2014 — The Thorns of Alice — Kazufumi Mizuno • 2017 — Naotora: The Lady Warlord — Narrator — Taiga drama • 2022 — Bakumatsu Aibō-den — Iwakura Tomomi — Television film • Kamen Rider Black Sun — Darom • 2022–24 — Gannibal — Sabu — 2 seasons
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• Year — Title — Role — Notes — Ref. • 1997 — Lie Lie Lie — Mitani • 1998 — Tsuribaka Nisshi Ten — Kusamori • 2000 — Tsuribaka Nisshi Eleven — Kusamori • A Class to Remember — Kuroi Sensei • 2001 — Tsuribaka Nisshi 12: Shijō Saidai no Yūkyū Kyūka — Kusamori • 2002 — Tsuribaka Nisshi 13: Hama-chan Kikiippatsu! — Kusamori • The Twilight Samurai — Terauchi Gonbee • 2003 — The Blue Light — Eiji Yamamoto • 2004 — Tsuribaka Nisshi 15: Hama-chan ni Ashita Wanai!? — Kusamori • 2005 — Tsuribaka Nisshi 16: Hamasaki wa Kyō mo Damedatta — Kusamori • 2007 — Tsuribaka Nisshi 18: Hama-chan Sū-san Seto no Yakusoku — Kusamori • 2008 — Tsuribaka Nisshi 19: Yokoso! Suzuki Kensetsu Goikko Sama — Kusamori • 2011 — Bunny Drop — Daikichi's father • Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai — Chijiiwa Jinnai • 2018 — Kids on the Slope — Tsutomu Mukae • 2020 — The Dignified Death of Shizuo Yamanaka — Shizuo Yamanaka — Lead role • 2021 — Last of the Wolves — Takayuki Seshima • 2026 — Homura — Tomita Ujizane
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