Ainosuke Kataoka
Acting • Born 1972-03-04
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.
Filmography
43 credits
Fuunjitachi ~ Rangaku Kakumei-hen
Movie • 2018
Maeno Ryotaku
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 1
Movie • 2023
Hikojiro
Jekyll & Hyde & Tears & Liquor
Movie • 2014
Baian the Assassin, M.D.: Part 2
Movie • 2023
Hikojiro
London no Yamamoto Isoroku
Movie • 2021
First Gentleman
Movie • 2021
Fly Me to the Saitama: From Biwa Lake with Love
Movie • 2023
Kingdom III: The Flame of Destiny
Movie • 2023
Fuu Ki (Feng Ji)
Onihei side story: The Final Chapter - The Fourth Wife
Movie • 2016
Inomatsu
Mother
Movie • 2014
I Want to Be a Shellfish
Movie • 2008
Captain Hidaka
At River's Edge
Movie • 2011
Morie Sakuma
新選組!! 土方歳三 最期の一日
Movie • 2006
Enomoto Takeaki
Kabukicho High School
Movie • 2014
Kabuki Kool
Movie • 2021
Lupin the Third: Kabuki
Movie • 2024
Arsène Lupin III
Who Were We?
Movie • 2024
The Land of Rain Trees
Movie • 2015
Toru Sawai
Cells at Work!
Movie • 2024
Pneumonia Coccus
Kamen Rider Gaim the Movie: The Great Soccer Match! The Golden Fruit Cup!
Movie • 2014
Kogane / Kamen Rider Mars
Yo-kai Watch: The Movie
Movie • 2014
Tokio Ubaune (voice)
Raise the Castle!
Movie • 2009
Whistleblower
Movie • 2019
Nobuhiko Sakado
God of Novels
Movie • 2020
Making of KAMEN RIDER GAIM : Soccer Grand Final! Golden Fruit Contest! Hero Japan's National Team Summer
Movie • 2014
Two Portraits of MIYAGINO
Movie • 2010
Yataro
Beauty
Movie • 2008
Yukio Katsuragi
Kingdom: Return of the Great General
Movie • 2024
Fuukii (Feng Ji)
LUPIN THE IIIRD: The Movie - The Immortal Bloodline
Movie • 2025
Muom (voice)
The Woman Without a Shadow
Movie • 2014
Kyosuke Kamitsu
Cinema Kabuki Ghost Story: Peony Lantern
Movie • 2009
The Romance Manga Artist
TV • 2021
Kogo Tatsuya
Seven Detectives
TV • 2015
Takumi Yamashita
Kamen Rider
TV • 1971
Kamen Rider Mars (voiec)
Ooku: The Inner Chambers
TV • 2023
Fujinami
シリーズ御堂筋線モダン建築でたどる大阪100年
TV • 2023
Aruhi, Ahiru Bus
TV • 2015
Night Cherry Blossom Dyeing
TV • 2003
Otoji no Hayate
Stage Play "Journey to the West"
TV • 2024
Son Goku
We Rent Tsukumogami
TV • 2018
Narration (voice)
KABUKI KOOL
TV • 2014
Himself
Hanzawa Naoki
TV • 2013
Shunichi Kurosaki
Unbound
TV • 2025
Urokogataya Magobe