Native name 中村 梅雀 Name Nakamura II Grandparents Kan'emon Nakamura Origin Japan Parents Umenosuke Nakamura | Also known as Manabu Nakamura Spouse Hisako Segawa (m. 2006) Birth name Shinichi Mitsui Role Actor | |
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Born December 12, 1955 (age 68) ( 1955-12-12 ) Occupation(s) Actor, bassist, composer Movies Ao no Hono, Bunny Drop, Hara‑Kiri: Death of a Samurai, The Twilight Samurai, Welcome Home - Hayabusa Similar People Umenosuke Nakamura, Hisako Segawa, Ken Matsudaira, Teruhiko Saigo, Sabu | ||
Great-grandparents Nakamura Kanemon II | ||
Shinichi Mitsui (三井 進一, Mitsui Shin'ichi, born December 12, 1955), better known as Nakamura Baijaku II (二代目 中村 梅雀, Nidaime Nakamura Baijaku), 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.
His trade name is Narikomaya (成駒屋) and debuted in 1965. Nakamura learned about kabuki and modern theater at the Zenshinza troupe. His initial name was Manabu Nakamura (中村 まなぶ, Nakamura Manabu). 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.