Kikunosuke Onoe V

Biography

Onoe Kikugorō VIII, born August 1, 1977, is a Japanese Kabuki actor and the eighth kabuki actor to bear his family's prestigious stage name Onoe Kikugorō. He inherited the stage name from his father, Onoe Kikugorō VII, a Living National Treasure, and has also taken on the role of his late predecessor, Onoe Kikunosuke. A traditional ceremony marked his formal succession to the name, followed by a similar ritual for his son.