Ainosuke Kataoka

Ainosuke Kataoka

Known for
Acting
Born
March 4, 1972 (age 54)
Birthplace
Sakai, Osaka, Japan

Biography

The 6th generation Kataoka Ainosuke is Yamamoto Hiroyuki. Yamamoto Hiroyuki was born on March 4, 1972, in Jinnanbe-cho, Sakai-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka. His parents ran a manufacturing business in Sakai, Osaka and did not have any association with the world of Kabuki. At the age of 5, Hiroyuki passed the audition for child actor held by Shochiku Geino and started receiving acting lessons and stage experience. His first screen TV appearance was child role for a drama in NHK's Galaxy TV Novel program. At the same time, he began appearing on Kabuki stage with his birth name. His talent was noticed by Kataoka Jinzaemon XIII in 1983, and also received the invitation for apprentice from Kataoka Hidetaro II. He then took the names Kataoka Chiyonosuke (real name of Kataoka Nizaemon XIII) and Kataoka Chiyomaru, and performed his first major Kabuki act "Kanjincho" in Kyoto Minamiza . Kataoka Hidetaro II adopted him to the family as his successor in 1993. The same year, he played the role of Sugawa Jiro in the "Kanjincho" staged at Nakaza in Osaka. He was promoted to the title of Kataoka Ainosuke VI in 1994. Kataoka Ainosuke VI is married to actress Fujiwara Norika since September 23, 2016.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

2026
ユージニア poster

ユージニア

TV · as Teruaki Kuriki · 6 eps

2025
LUPIN THE IIIRD: The Movie - The Immortal Bloodline poster

LUPIN THE IIIRD: The Movie - The Immortal Bloodline

Movie · as Muom (voice)

2025
Unbound poster

Unbound

TV · as Urokogataya Magobe · 48 eps

2024
Lupin the Third: Kabuki poster

Lupin the Third: Kabuki

Movie · as Arsène Lupin III

2024
Cells at Work! poster

Cells at Work!

Movie · as Pneumonia Coccus

2024
Kingdom: Return of the Great General poster

Kingdom: Return of the Great General

Movie · as Fuukii (Feng Ji)

2024
Stage Play "Journey to the West" poster

Stage Play "Journey to the West"

TV · as Son Goku · 1 ep

2023
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 1 poster

Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 1

Movie · as Hikojiro

2023
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2 poster

Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2

Movie · as Hikojiro

2023
Fly Me to the Saitama: From Biwa Lake with Love poster

Fly Me to the Saitama: From Biwa Lake with Love

Movie

2023
Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny poster

Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny

Movie · as Fuu Ki (Feng Ji)

2023
Ooku: The Inner Chambers poster

Ooku: The Inner Chambers

TV · as 藤波(ふじなみ) · 10 eps

2023
シリーズ御堂筋線モダン建築でたどる大阪100年

シリーズ御堂筋線モダン建築でたどる大阪100年

TV · 1 ep

2021
London no Yamamoto Isoroku poster

London no Yamamoto Isoroku

Movie

2021
First Gentleman poster

First Gentleman

Movie

2021
Kabuki Kool poster

Kabuki Kool

Movie

2021
The Romance Manga Artist poster

The Romance Manga Artist

TV · as Kogo Tatsuya · 11 eps

2020
God of Novels poster

God of Novels

Movie

2019
Whistleblower poster

Whistleblower

Movie · as Nobuhiko Sakado

2018
Fuunjitachi ~ Rangaku Kakumei-hen poster

Fuunjitachi ~ Rangaku Kakumei-hen

Movie · as Maeno Ryotaku

2018
We Rent Tsukumogami poster

We Rent Tsukumogami

TV · as Narration (voice) · 12 eps

2018
Mampuku poster

Mampuku

TV · as Kajitani Keisuke · 151 eps

2016
Onihei side story: The Final Chapter - The Fourth Wife poster

Onihei side story: The Final Chapter - The Fourth Wife

Movie · as Inomatsu

2015
The Land of Rain Trees poster

The Land of Rain Trees

Movie · as Toru Sawai

2015
Seven Detectives poster

Seven Detectives

TV · as Takumi Yamashita · 28 eps

2015
Aruhi, Ahiru Bus poster

Aruhi, Ahiru Bus

TV · 8 eps

2014
Jekyll & Hyde & Tears & Liquor poster

Jekyll & Hyde & Tears & Liquor

Movie

2014
Mother poster

Mother

Movie

2014
Kabukicho High School poster

Kabukicho High School

Movie

2014
Kamen Rider Gaim the Movie: Great Soccer Battle! Golden Fruits Cup! poster

Kamen Rider Gaim the Movie: Great Soccer Battle! Golden Fruits Cup!

Movie · as Kogane / Kamen Rider Mars

2014
Yo-kai Watch: The Movie poster

Yo-kai Watch: The Movie

Movie · as Tokio Ubaune (voice)

2014
Making of KAMEN RIDER GAIM : Soccer Grand Final! Golden Fruit Contest! Hero Japan's National Team Summer poster

Making of KAMEN RIDER GAIM : Soccer Grand Final! Golden Fruit Contest! Hero Japan's National Team Summer

Movie

2014
The Woman Without a Shadow poster

The Woman Without a Shadow

Movie · as Kyosuke Kamitsu

2014
KABUKI KOOL poster

KABUKI KOOL

TV · as Himself · 41 eps

2014
名探偵 神津恭介

名探偵 神津恭介

TV · as 神津 恭介 · 2 eps

2013
Hanzawa Naoki poster

Hanzawa Naoki

TV · as Shunichi Kurosaki · 20 eps

2011
At River's Edge poster

At River's Edge

Movie · as Morie Sakuma

2010
Two Portraits of MIYAGINO poster

Two Portraits of MIYAGINO

Movie · as Yataro

2009
Raise the Castle! poster

Raise the Castle!

Movie

2009
Cinema Kabuki Ghost Story: Peony Lantern poster

Cinema Kabuki Ghost Story: Peony Lantern

Movie

2008
I Want to Be a Shellfish poster

I Want to Be a Shellfish

Movie · as Captain Hidaka

2008
Beauty poster

Beauty

Movie · as Yukio Katsuragi

2006
新選組!! 土方歳三 最期の一日 poster

新選組!! 土方歳三 最期の一日

Movie · as Enomoto Takeaki

2003
Night Cherry Blossom Dyeing poster

Night Cherry Blossom Dyeing

TV · as Otoji no Hayate · 10 eps

1971
Kamen Rider poster

Kamen Rider

TV · as Kamen Rider Mars (voiec) · 1 ep