
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.
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Filmography

ユージニア
TV · as Teruaki Kuriki · 6 eps

LUPIN THE IIIRD: The Movie - The Immortal Bloodline
Movie · as Muom (voice)

Unbound
TV · as Urokogataya Magobe · 48 eps

Lupin the Third: Kabuki
Movie · as Arsène Lupin III

Cells at Work!
Movie · as Pneumonia Coccus

Kingdom: Return of the Great General
Movie · as Fuukii (Feng Ji)

Stage Play "Journey to the West"
TV · as Son Goku · 1 ep

Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 1
Movie · as Hikojiro

Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2
Movie · as Hikojiro

Fly Me to the Saitama: From Biwa Lake with Love
Movie

Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny
Movie · as Fuu Ki (Feng Ji)

Ooku: The Inner Chambers
TV · as 藤波(ふじなみ) · 10 eps
シリーズ御堂筋線モダン建築でたどる大阪100年
TV · 1 ep

London no Yamamoto Isoroku
Movie

First Gentleman
Movie

Kabuki Kool
Movie

The Romance Manga Artist
TV · as Kogo Tatsuya · 11 eps

God of Novels
Movie

Whistleblower
Movie · as Nobuhiko Sakado

Fuunjitachi ~ Rangaku Kakumei-hen
Movie · as Maeno Ryotaku

We Rent Tsukumogami
TV · as Narration (voice) · 12 eps

Mampuku
TV · as Kajitani Keisuke · 151 eps

Onihei side story: The Final Chapter - The Fourth Wife
Movie · as Inomatsu

The Land of Rain Trees
Movie · as Toru Sawai

Seven Detectives
TV · as Takumi Yamashita · 28 eps

Aruhi, Ahiru Bus
TV · 8 eps

Jekyll & Hyde & Tears & Liquor
Movie

Mother
Movie

Kabukicho High School
Movie

Kamen Rider Gaim the Movie: Great Soccer Battle! Golden Fruits Cup!
Movie · as Kogane / Kamen Rider Mars

Yo-kai Watch: The Movie
Movie · as Tokio Ubaune (voice)

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

The Woman Without a Shadow
Movie · as Kyosuke Kamitsu

KABUKI KOOL
TV · as Himself · 41 eps
名探偵 神津恭介
TV · as 神津 恭介 · 2 eps

Hanzawa Naoki
TV · as Shunichi Kurosaki · 20 eps

At River's Edge
Movie · as Morie Sakuma

Two Portraits of MIYAGINO
Movie · as Yataro

Raise the Castle!
Movie

Cinema Kabuki Ghost Story: Peony Lantern
Movie

I Want to Be a Shellfish
Movie · as Captain Hidaka

Beauty
Movie · as Yukio Katsuragi

新選組!! 土方歳三 最期の一日
Movie · as Enomoto Takeaki

Night Cherry Blossom Dyeing
TV · as Otoji no Hayate · 10 eps

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

