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Ichikawa Raizō VIII

1931 - 1969

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Ichikawa Raizō VIII (八代目 市川 雷蔵, Hachidaime Ichikawa Raizō; August 29, 1931 – July 17, 1969) was a Japanese film and kabuki actor. His birth name was Akio Kamezaki (亀崎 章雄, Kamezaki Akio), and his name was legally changed several times, first to Yoshio Takeuchi (武内 嘉男, Takeuchi Yoshio), and later to Yoshiya Ōta (太田 吉哉, Ōta Yoshiya), separate from his performing name. Six months after his birth in Kyoto he became the adopted son of Ichikawa Kudanji III (三代目 市川 九團次, Sandaime Ichikawa Kudanji). He made his kabuki acting debut at the age of 15 under the name Ichikawa Enzō (市川延蔵, Ichikawa Enzō). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ichikawa Raizō VIII is the 4,529th most popular actor (up from 4,678th in 2019), the 1,303rd most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,264th in 2019) and the 76th most popular Japanese Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Ichikawa Raizō VIII ranks 4,529 out of 13,578. Before him are Tarcísio Meira, Elizabeth Berkley, Rupert Graves, Kajal Aggarwal, Karin Baal, and Thure Lindhardt. After him are Kelsey Chow, Colleen Camp, Anton Lesser, Meg Tilly, David Bailie, and Keith Ferguson.

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Among people born in 1931, Ichikawa Raizō VIII ranks 376. Before him are Mario Tronti, Phil Woods, Skeeter Davis, Sakyo Komatsu, Shuhrat Abbosov, and Paulo Maluf. After him are Frédérick Tristan, Zakaria Tamer, David Eddings, George Jones, Juan Pereda, and Gilles Perrault. Among people deceased in 1969, Ichikawa Raizō VIII ranks 175. Before him are Ture Nerman, José Piendibene, Gisela Arendt, Julius Saaristo, Ben Shahn, and Marek Hłasko. After him are André Gaboriaud, Jim Bellamy, Paul Scherrer, Camille Mandrillon, Mildred Davis, and Zeki Rıza Sporel.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Ichikawa Raizō VIII ranks 1,303 out of 6,245. Before him are Eijun Kiyokumo (1950), Takayuki Kubota (1934), Kappei Yamaguchi (1965), Takako Doi (1928), Masafumi Terada (1994), and Minoru Honda (1913). After him are Seiichiro Kashio (1892), Michitsuna's mother (935), Koto Matsudaira (1903), Eiji Ueda (1953), Haruhiko Kuroda (1944), and Hideki Maeda (1954).

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Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Ichikawa Raizō VIII ranks 76. Before him are Kenichi Ogata (1942), Banjō Ginga (1948), Hōchū Ōtsuka (1954), Haruko Sugimura (1909), Momoe Yamaguchi (1959), and Kappei Yamaguchi (1965). After him are Akio Ōtsuka (1959), Daisuke Gōri (1952), Minami Takayama (1964), Rinko Kikuchi (1981), Masi Oka (1974), and Kaori Momoi (1951).

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