Kabuki actor Nakamura Shibajaku to become Nakamura Jakuemon V

Kabuki actor Nakamura Shibajaku to become Nakamura Jakuemon V

Nakamura Shibajaku, a Kabuki actor who impersonates women, stands beside a picture of himself during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on March 24, 2015, held to express his feelings about assuming the name Nakamura Jakuemon V in spring 2016. Shibajaku, 59, the second son of Nakamura Jakuemon IV, a former "Living National Treasure" who died aged 91 in 2012, said he will devote more effort to the theater. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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