Matsumoto Kōshirō X
十代目 松本幸四郎
Matsumoto Kōshirō X (十代目 松本 幸四郎) is a Japanese kabuki actor was born on January 8, 1973 in Tokyo, Japan as Terumasa Fujima (藤間 照薫). He has also acted in movies, including April Story (1998), Ashura (2005), and The Samurai I Loved (2005). He is a well-known kabuki actor. Stage names: Matsumoto Kōshirō X, Ichikawa Somegorō VII, Matsumoto Kintarō III. Other name: Matsumoto Kinshō. Real name: Fujima Terumasa. 1978: he makes his first appearance on stage at the Kabukiza, receiving the name of Matsumoto Kintarō III. October 1981: great name-taking ceremony at the Kabukiza for 3 generations of actors belonging to the Kōraiya guild (Kōraiya Sandai Shūmei); Matsumoto Kōshirō VIII retires under the name of Matsumoto Hakuō, Ichikawa Somegorō VI and Matsumoto Kintarō III respectively take the names of Matsumoto Kōshirō IX and Ichikawa Somegorō VII. the new Somegorō plays the roles of Fukuyama and Rikiya in the dramas Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura and Gion Ichiriki Jaya.
