Ichikawa Ebizō XI
| Ichikawa Ebizō XI 十一代目市川海老蔵 |
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Ebizō (on the right) with Danshirō Ichikawa IV, ca. 2007.
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Takatoshi Horikoshi 6 December 1977 Tokyo, Japan |
| Other names | Ichikawa Shinnosuke VII |
| Spouse(s) | Mao Kobayashi |
Ichikawa Ebizō XI (十一代目市川海老蔵 Jūichidaime Ichikawa Ebizō?, born December 6, 1977) is the eleventh and current holder of the Ebizō name. He is a famous Kabuki, television and film actor and heir to the prestigious Ichikawa clan of kabuki actors.
The son of Danjūrō XII, he was born in Tokyo and began his career at the age of six in a 1983 play of Genji Monogatari. In 1985 he was bestowed the name Shinnosuke VII and continued to perform in kabuki under this name until 2003. He made his first television appearance in 1994 in the NHK Taiga drama, Hanna no Ran, which starred his father.
In 2002-2003, he had a starring television role as the great samurai, Miyamoto Musashi, in the NHK drama, Musashi. After the series ended, he starred again as the great warrior in a kabuki drama. He would go on to take part in several plays before his name was changed to Ebizō XI in May 2004.
He has appeared in several commercials, and in his first film role, Deguchi no Nai Umi, (Sea With No Exit) in 2006. He toured Europe, Australia and various other prefectures in Japan doing kabuki. In 2007 he was awarded the L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres after a performance at the Palais Garnier in Paris. A total of twelve performances of Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura by the Shochiku Grand Kabuki featuring Ebizō were held at Sadler's Wells Theatre in London from June 4 to 15, 2010.
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