Ichikawa Ebizo XI (Ichikawa Shinnosuke VII)

Speaking of performances, Ebizo will be performing on Konpira Kabuki from april 6 to 23, at Kanamaru theather, in Kompira. That's the poster of Kompira Kabuki (with Ebizo at down left as Kampei, of the play "Kanadehon Chushingura"), from

A funny pic from the book "Shinsei: Creating New Forms":

Cover of an old issue of MR - Mr. Fashion Magazine. From Yahoo! Auctions:

Ebizo and his father Danjuro in a pic taken from the book "Kabuki Genji Monogatari". From Yahoo! Auctions:

An Ad for Itoen's Oi-Ocha, taken from Shukan Post Magazine, January 2006:

Another funny pic from the book "Shinsei: Creating New Forms":

Pages of Pia Magazine, issue April 2004. From Yahoo! Auctions:

The Horikoshi Family (from left to right: Danjuro, Ebizo's mother Kimiko, Ebizo's younger sister Chieko and Ebizo himself) at National Theather of Chaillot, Paris. From the book "Soshite Ebizo":

A poster with Ebizo as Musashi:

Hi everybody! Hi Betsy!

I've been off for quite a while. I feel like having lost track of Ebi-sama, the most-looking guy on earth!! (Wish he could hear my compliment :hehe: ), which highly unlikely :puppydog:

Betsy-san, you rock!! Thanks a lot for the pics of Ebi-sama, girl!! :bow: :bow: :bow:

I tried to get acces to this site at home for days after having been off but no luck. So I went to this cyber cafe to see if it worked and it's worked!!
What has happened actually? Did jdorama move or something? How can I get access from my PC at home?

Betsy, you mentioned that Ebi-sama is Ichikawa Somegoro's cousin. I have recently Somegoro's dorama "Brand". Have they ever been on stage together?

Betsy Hayashi wrote:

Yeah, they're relatives. They (and Somegoro as well) are grand-grandsons of Matsumoto Koshiro VII. But the surename Ichikawa doesn't come from the fact they're relatives. There's a lot of Kabuki actors who have the surname Ichikawa, but are not relatives. In the case of the most of these actors, the surname Ichikawa comes from the fact that the founder of their line of acting was a disciple of some actor who owned the name Ichikawa Danjuro.
In the case of Somegoro, the surname Ichikawa came from the fact that the Matsumoto Koshiro line of actors (to witch he belongs) and the Ichikawa Danjuro line were always close.

Thanks Betsy =)

I visited DEGUCHI NO NAI UMI website and saw the trailer..

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etoile wrote:Betsy, you mentioned that Ebi-sama is Ichikawa Somegoro's cousin. I have recently Somegoro's dorama "Brand". Have they ever been on stage together?

Hi etoile !!!!! Sorry for not answering to your question before. I haven't been posting here on j-dorama much lately ...
Looks like Ebizo and Somegoro never been on stage together. I looked for a performance of them together on Kabuki-21 website's databasis, but I haven't found anything.
I've watched Somegoro's performances in the dorama "Pride" and in the movie "Ashura", and I must say he's amazing !!!! It would be fabulous to watch Ebizo and Somegoro together on stage ...

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Thanks Betsy =)

I visited DEGUCHI NO NAI UMI website and saw the trailer..

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Hi Hanbok !!!!!!! Long time no see !!!!! :mrgreen:
Thanks a lot for these amazing screencaps !!!!!!!! Love them all !!!!:smitten:

Good news for Ebizo fans in France :victory: :victory: :


Ichikawa Ebizo (28) is to take kabuki to Europe. The young "prince" of the traditional theater will put on the first ever performance of kabuki at the Opera Garnier theater in Paris next March. This summer, he will perform "Fujimusume" and "Kasane" at the Sadler's Wells theater in London (May 31 - June 11) and the City Theater in Amsterdam (June 15-18). The Paris shows follow the success of a performance there in 2004 to commemorate the former Ichikawa Shinnosuke's succession to become the 11th Ichikawa Ebizo. In that show at the Chaillot Theater he was joined by high school classmate Onoe Kikunosuke (28). Next year, he will perform for a week alongside his father, Ichikawa Danjuro (59), who has been recovering from a recurrence of leukemia. Ebizo will also make his big screen debut this year in "Deguchi no nai Umi", due for release in September. The Opera Garnier theater has been one of the world's most famous homes of opera and ballet since its construction in 1875, and was the inspiration for the famous "Phantom of the Opera".

(From www.japan-zone.com)

Those are the pics from a press conference in Japan that took place last week to promote the new performances in Paris:

Another press conference, this time to promote the "shumei" of Ebizo's younger sister, Horikoshi Chieko. She's a Nihon Buyo (Japanese Classical Dance) dancer and will assume the name Ichikawa Botan and give performances at National Theather in Tokyo on next August. Ebizo and his father Danjuro will make special apperances on Chieko's performances. Those are the pics:

The most recent ad for Yamaki. From

Cover of Tarzan Magazine, issue January 2006:

More form Tarzan Magazine, January 2006:

Ebizo during a reharsal for the May 2004 performances to celebrate his "shumei" - From the book "Soshite Ebizo":