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World Exposition in Osaka

Kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke (C) performs during the opening ceremony of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on April 12, 2025.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke (C) performs during the opening ceremony of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on April 12, 2025.

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Japan's new banknotes

Popular Kabuki actor Onoe Matsuya, dressed as industrialist Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), widely known as the "father of Japanese capitalism," poses at an event in Tokyo on July 2, 2024, celebrating his being featured in a new 10,000 yen Japanese banknote to be issued with new 1,000 yen and 5,000 yen notes starting the following day.(Kyodo)

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Japan's new banknotes

Popular Kabuki actor Onoe Matsuya, dressed as industrialist Eiichi Shibusawa (1840-1931), widely known as the "father of Japanese capitalism," poses at an event in Tokyo on July 2, 2024, celebrating his being featured in a new 10,000 yen Japanese banknote to be issued with new 1,000 yen and 5,000 yen notes starting the following day.

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Kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke engaged

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke (L) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2018, to announce his engagement to Yoko Namino (R), daughter of kabuki actor Nakamura Kichiemon.

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Kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke engaged

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke (L) and Yoko Namino, daughter of kabuki actor Nakamura Kichiemon, pose for photos after a press conference to announce their engagement in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2013.

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Kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke engaged

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke (L) and Yoko Namino, daughter of kabuki actor Nakamura Kichiemon, hold a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2018, to announce their engagement.

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Ex-ozeki Baruto retires

TOKYO, Japan - Estonian former ozeki Baruto (R) holds a press conference to announce his retirement at Ryogoku Kokugikan hall in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2013. To the left is his stablemaster Onoe.

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Ozeki Baruto at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Estonian ozeki Baruto smiles during a press conference at the Onoe stable in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2012, a day after the grand finale of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament. Baruto won the tournament with a 14-1 record.

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Baruto clinches 1st title at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Baruto (R) toasts with his stablemaster Onoe in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2012, to celebrate his winning of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament the same day. The Estonian ozeki became the ninth foreign-born wrestler and second from Europe to win a championship.

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Baruto clinches 1st title at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Baruto waves as he is surrounded by fans who gathered at Onoe stable in Tokyo following his winning of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Jan. 20, 2012. The Estonian ozeki became the ninth foreign-born wrestler and second from Europe to win a championship.

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92-yr-old woman undergoes heart surgery

OSAKA, Japan - Shikae Ide (L), 92, laughs with surgeon Masahiko Onoe at Kishiwada City Hospital in Osaka Prefecture on May 13, 2010, after she had two kinds of heart operation, a rare move for a patient over 90. The doctor said the operations were a success and Shikae can walk using a walker and take meals.

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Kabuki actors at new key theater

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki actors (from the left) Nakamura Shichinosuke, Ichikawa Ebizo, Ichikawa Somegoro, Onoe Shoroku and Nakamura Kantaro line up in front of Shimbashi Embujo theater in Tokyo on May 4, 2010. Shimbashi Embujo became the key kabuki theater as the Kabuki-za theater closed to undergo renovation after serving as the mainstay host of kabuki performances for more than a century.

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Sumo rankings for Summer Grand Sumo Tournament released

TOKYO, Japan - Newly promoted ozeki Baruto of Estonia (R) and his stable master Onoe hold up a sumo rankings list for the upcoming Summer Grand Sumo Tournament released by the Japan Sumo Association at Onoe's stable in Tokyo on April 26, 2010. Baruto was promoted to sumo's second-highest ranking of ozeki on March 31 after the 25-year-old compiled a 14-1 record at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Estonian wrestler Baruto promoted to ozeki

OSAKA, Japan - Estonian sumo wrestler Baruto (L) reacts to a comment by stablemaster Onoe during a press conference at the city of Daito, Osaka Prefecture, on March 31, 2010. Baruto was promoted to Ozeki by the Japan Sumo Association, becoming the second European wrestler after Kotooshu from Bulgaria to attain sumo's second-highest rank.

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Estonian wrestler Baruto promoted to ozeki

OSAKA, Japan - Estonian sumo wrestler Baruto (C), flanked by his stablemaster Onoe and Onoe's wife, bows as he receives a message from emissaries of the Japan Sumo Association of his promotion to ozeki in the city of Daito, Osaka Prefecture, on March 31, 2010. Baruto became the second European wrestler after Kotooshu from Bulgaria to attain sumo's second-highest rank.

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Kabuki actors take part in annual cruising on Osaka river

OSAKA, Japan - Popular Kabuki actors -- (from C to L) Onoe Kikugoro (C in front), Kataoka Nizaemon (C in back) and Sakata Tojuro -- greet well-wishers aboard a boat cruising on a river in Osaka on July 1 in an annual event ahead of a Kabuki performance in Osaka from July 5 through July 29. Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto (2nd from R) joined the actors.

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Knee injury forces Baruto out of spring sumo

OSAKA, Japan - Estonian rank-and-filer Baruto will sit out the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka because of a knee injury, his stable master Onoe said March 8.

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(1)Posts minister Katayama presents stamps to Kabuki actors

TOKYO, Japan - Posts minister Toranosuke Katayama (C) presents two kinds of stamps now on sale, which commemorate the 400th anniversary of the birth of the Kabuki play, to Kabuki actors Onoe Kikugoro (L) and Ichikawa Danjuro (R) at the Kabukiza theater in Tokyo's Higashi-Ginza district.

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Imperial Palace ceremony for Order of Culture recipients

Kabuki actor Onoe Kikugoro,79, (R) receives the Order of Culture, Japan's top cultural award, from Emperor Naruhito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2021. (Pool photo)

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Knee injury forces Baruto out of spring sumo

OSAKA, Japan - Estonian rank-and-filer Baruto will sit out the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka because of a knee injury, his stable master Onoe said March 8. (Kyodo)

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(2)Posts minister Katayama presents stamps to Kabuki actors

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows two kinds of stamps now on sale, which commemorate the 400th anniversary of the birth of the Kabuki play. Posts minister Toranosuke Katayama presented the stamps Jan. 22 to Kabuki actors Onoe Kikugoro and Ichikawa Danjuro at the Kabukiza theater in Tokyo's Higashi-Ginza district. (Kyodo)

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Kikunosuke performs traditional Kabuki stage show

Onoe Kikunosuke (C) and other kabuki actors perform "Shunkyo Kagami Jishi," or Young Yayoi and the Spirit of the Lion, during a Kabuki-Peking Opera performance event held at the Mei Lanfang Grand Theater in Beijing on April 2, 2015, to promote exchanges between the two countries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kabuki actors, Peking Opera company greet audience

Kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke (C), other Kabuki actors and China National Peking Opera Company performers greet the audience at the end of a Kabuki-Peking Opera performance event held at Beijing's Mei Lanfang Grand Theater on April 2, 2015, to promote exchanges between the two countries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kabuki actor Kikunosuke performs in Beijing

Japan's Kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke (C) greets the audience together with performers of the classic Beijing opera at the end of their joint performance in Beijing on April 2, 2015. The event was held to promote bilateral friendship through traditional entertainment. ==Kyodo

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Kabuki actor Kikunosuke performs in Beijing

Japan's Kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke performs in Beijing on April 2, 2015, to promote bilateral friendship through traditional entertainment. The Chinese side performed the classic Beijing opera. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kabuki actor Kikunosuke performs in Beijing

Japan's Kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke (C) performs in Beijing on April 2, 2015, to promote bilateral friendship through traditional entertainment. The Chinese side performed the classic Beijing opera. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kabuki actor Kikunosuke's son to debut in May

Kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke, 38, and his 2-year-old son Kazufumi Terajima, attend a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on March 2, 2016, held to announce that Kazufumi will make his debut on a Kabuki stage in a program starting May 2 at the Kabukiza Theatre in the Japanese capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese kabuki actor Kikunosuke popular with Chinese audience

A female theatergoer gets her picture taken in front of a poster of Japanese kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke in a kabuki-Peking opera joint performance at Beijing's Mei Lanfang Grand Theater on April 2, 2015. It was held to deepen Sino-Japanese cultural ties. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kabuki plays to be staged in Beijing along with Chinese opera

Kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke (C) is flanked by Shochiku Co. Chairman Nobuyoshi Otani (L) and former Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone at a press conference in Tokyo on March 25, 2015, held to announce the staging of kabuki plays jointly with Chinese opera in Beijing in April. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Funeral held for Kabuki star Bando Mitsugoro in Tokyo

Kabuki actor Onoe Kikugoro leaves a funeral hall in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2015, after paying his last respects to fellow Kabuki actor Bando Mitsugoro who died of pancreatic cancer at 59 four days before. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Mad chatter" Furutachi overwhelms crowd with nonstop talk

Kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke (L) and TV personality Ichiro Furutachi pose in front of Kabukiza Theatre, where they performed in an event in collaboration with the Tokyo International Film Festival, on Oct. 27, 2016. Furutachi, known as "the mad chatter," overwhelmed the crowd -- and interpreters -- there with his nonstop talk. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese kabuki actor, silent film narrator keep traditions alive

(From L) "Benshi" silent film narrator Ichiro Kataoka, kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke and TV personality Ichiro Furutachi pose in front of Kabukiza Theatre in Tokyo, where they performed in an event in collaboration with the Tokyo International Film Festival, on Oct. 27, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kabuki actors take part in annual cruising on Osaka river

OSAKA, Japan - Popular Kabuki actors -- (from C to L) Onoe Kikugoro (C in front), Kataoka Nizaemon (C in back) and Sakata Tojuro -- greet well-wishers aboard a boat cruising on a river in Osaka on July 1 in an annual event ahead of a Kabuki performance in Osaka from July 5 through July 29. Osaka Gov. Toru Hashimoto (2nd from R) joined the actors. (Kyodo)

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Kabuki actors at new key theater

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki actors (from the left) Nakamura Shichinosuke, Ichikawa Ebizo, Ichikawa Somegoro, Onoe Shoroku and Nakamura Kantaro line up in front of Shimbashi Embujo theater in Tokyo on May 4, 2010. Shimbashi Embujo became the key kabuki theater as the Kabuki-za theater closed to undergo renovation after serving as the mainstay host of kabuki performances for more than a century. (Kyodo)

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92-yr-old woman undergoes heart surgery

OSAKA, Japan - Shikae Ide (L), 92, laughs with surgeon Masahiko Onoe at Kishiwada City Hospital in Osaka Prefecture on May 13, 2010, after she had two kinds of heart operation, a rare move for a patient over 90. The doctor said the operations were a success and Shikae can walk using a walker and take meals. (Kyodo)

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Sumo rankings for Summer Grand Sumo Tournament released

TOKYO, Japan - Newly promoted ozeki Baruto of Estonia (R) and his stable master Onoe hold up a sumo rankings list for the upcoming Summer Grand Sumo Tournament released by the Japan Sumo Association at Onoe's stable in Tokyo on April 26, 2010. Baruto was promoted to sumo's second-highest ranking of ozeki on March 31 after the 25-year-old compiled a 14-1 record at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament. (Kyodo)

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Estonian wrestler Baruto promoted to ozeki

OSAKA, Japan - Estonian sumo wrestler Baruto (L) reacts to a comment by stablemaster Onoe during a press conference at the city of Daito, Osaka Prefecture, on March 31, 2010. Baruto was promoted to Ozeki by the Japan Sumo Association, becoming the second European wrestler after Kotooshu from Bulgaria to attain sumo's second-highest rank. (Kyodo)

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Estonian wrestler Baruto promoted to ozeki

OSAKA, Japan - Estonian sumo wrestler Baruto (C), flanked by his stablemaster Onoe and Onoe's wife, bows as he receives a message from emissaries of the Japan Sumo Association of his promotion to ozeki in the city of Daito, Osaka Prefecture, on March 31, 2010. Baruto became the second European wrestler after Kotooshu from Bulgaria to attain sumo's second-highest rank. (Kyodo)

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Ozeki Baruto at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Estonian ozeki Baruto smiles during a press conference at the Onoe stable in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2012, a day after the grand finale of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament. Baruto won the tournament with a 14-1 record. (Kyodo)

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Baruto clinches 1st title at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Baruto (R) toasts with his stablemaster Onoe in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2012, to celebrate his winning of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament the same day. The Estonian ozeki became the ninth foreign-born wrestler and second from Europe to win a championship. (Kyodo)

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Baruto clinches 1st title at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Baruto waves as he is surrounded by fans who gathered at Onoe stable in Tokyo following his winning of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Jan. 20, 2012. The Estonian ozeki became the ninth foreign-born wrestler and second from Europe to win a championship. (Kyodo)

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(1)Posts minister Katayama presents stamps to Kabuki actors

TOKYO, Japan - Posts minister Toranosuke Katayama (C) presents two kinds of stamps now on sale, which commemorate the 400th anniversary of the birth of the Kabuki play, to Kabuki actors Onoe Kikugoro (L) and Ichikawa Danjuro (R) at the Kabukiza theater in Tokyo's Higashi-Ginza district. (Kyodo)