Nakamura Umemaru

Nakamura Umemaru (初代中村梅丸, Shodai Nakamura Umemaru, b. 12 September 1996) is a Japanese kabuki actor, the apprentice to Nakamura Baigyoku IV.

He was first exposed to kabuki when his parents, both of whom work in the publishing industry, brought him to see a play when he was three years old. At age six, he was first introduced to Nakamura Baigyoku, and began helping out backstage at the theatre.

Taken under Baigyoku's wing, he first appeared on stage in 2005, under his birth name, in the role of Tōgashi's page in a production of Kanjinchō. and was granted his kabuki stage-name in 2007.