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# Nakamura Shichinosuke II

Actor. Born 18 May 1983 in Tokyo, Japan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 May 1983, Tokyo, Japan
- **Also known as:** Shichinosuke Nakamura, 二代目 中村 七之助, 中村 七之助, Nidaime Nakamura Shichinosuke, Nakamura Shichinosuke, Shichinosuke Nakamura II, なかむら しちのすけ
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11365245, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1258003/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9189

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Tale of The Princess Kaguya*](https://film.one/film/the-tale-of-the-princess-kaguya.md) (84)

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## Biography

Nakamura Shichinosuke II (二代目 中村 七之助, Nidaime Nakamura Shichinosuke), born Takayuki Namino on 18 May 1983 in Tokyo, is a Japanese Kabuki, theatre, television and film actor. He is the second son of Kabuki performer Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII and a member of the Nakamura-ya guild. He made his stage debut in 1986 and assumed his hereditary name the following year; he performs both male (tachiyaku) and female (onnagata) roles.

His film work includes the role of Emperor Meiji in *The Last Samurai* (2003) and the voice of the Mikado in *The Tale of the Princess Kaguya* (2013). He has also appeared in other films such as *Mayonaka no Yaji-san Kita-san* (2005) and in NHK television dramas.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, ghibli.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Tale of The Princess Kaguya* (2013), Fi1m 84, as The Emperor (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-tale-of-the-princess-kaguya.md)

## Also known for

- *The Last Samurai* (2003), Emperor Meiji

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