(November 20, 1932 – March 10, 1997) was a Japanese kabuki actor. Born , son of kabuki actor Nakamura Tokizō III, he entered kabuki and became the first in the kabuki tradition to take the name Nakamura Kinnosuke. He took on his guild name (yagō) Yorozuya as his surname in 1971.

In addition to his kabuki activity, Kinnosuke had an extensive film career. A specialist in jidaigeki, Kinnosuke appeared in more than 140 films. These include a 1957 Mito Kōmon and a 1961 appearance as the title character in the Toei Company's Miyamoto Musashi series (a role he reprised in 1962, 1963, 1964, and 1965, and again in 1971). A versatile actor, he has played as many as seven characters in a single film. In various productions of Chūshingura, he also portrayed Oyamada Shōzaemon (1956), Asano Naganori (1959), Wakisaka Awaji no Kami (1961), and Ōishi Yoshio (1978). Other appearances include Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1957, 1958, 1962), Tokugawa Iemitsu (1958), Oda Nobunaga (1965), Takeda Shingen (1969), Sakamoto Ryōma (1970), Matsudaira Katamori (1980), and Oda Yūrakusai (1989).

Kinnosuke portrayed Yagyū Munenori multiple times, first on television as the star of the year-long 1971 NHK Taiga drama Haru no Sakamichi, then on the Big Screen in the 1978 film Shogun's Samurai. His next appearance as Munenori was in a 13 episode TV production entitled Yagyū Shinkage-ryū which aired in 1982. His final appearance as Munenori was in 4 of 5 Yagyu Bugeicho TV movies that aired between 1990 and 1992. From 1973 to 1976, he played Ogami Ittō, the Lone Wolf in the NTV series Kozure Ōkami based on the manga Lone Wolf and Cub. A late-career role was Yamana Sōzen in the Taiga drama Hana no Ran.

Kinnosuke's younger brother Nakamura Katsuo and nephew Nakamura Shidō II are currently active in kabuki, television, and film.

Personal life He was first married to Arima Ineko between 1961 and 1965. During his marriage with Ineko he had a relationship with Kieko Awaji and, following his divorce from Ineko they were married in 1966, thus becoming stepfather to her sons from her first marriage. They had two sons together -- Akhiro and Yosuke -- before they divorced, after his affair with Nishiki Kō was exposed in 1990; he then married Kō. His third son, Ogawa Akihiro, died in a motorcycle accident in 1990. Despite quitting kabuki, he urged his nephew, Nakamura Shido II, in his career as a kabuki actor in 1989 , where he found success as a mainstream entertainer. He was good friends with Shintaro Katsu.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1954 Shinshokoku monogatari Part 1 & 2 Satomi Hakken-den Part 1–5 Mangetsu tanuki-bayashi Mametaro / Gen'nosuke Shinshokoku monogatari, benikujaku dai-ippen Shinsengumi Oni Taicho 1955 Seizoroi Kenka Wakashu Benten Kozo Kikunosuke Shinshokoku monogatari benikujaku Part 2–4 Sezuroi kenkawa kashu Shinshokoku monogatari benikujaku kanketsu-hen Seishun kôro: Umi no wakôdo Eiichirô Yamazato Beni kujaku Minamoto Yoshitsune 1956 Akô rôshi - Ten no maki; Chi no maki Shôzaemon Oyamada Kaidan Chidori ga fuchi Minosuke 1957 Shinshokoku monogatari Part 1–3 Daibosatsu tōge Uzuki Hyoma Mito kômon Yurei-sen Jirômaru Part 1 & 2 Ninkyō Shimizu-minato Mori no Ishimatsu 1957–1958 Genji Kurô Sassôki Genji Kurô Part 1 & 2 1958 Edo no meibutsuotoko Isshin Tasuke Part 1 Kaze to onna to tabigarasu Ginji Daibosatsu tōge - Dai ni bu Onmitsu Shichishoki Isshin Tasuke - Tenka no ichidaiji Isshin Tasuke / Tokugawa Iemitsu Shimizu Minato no meibutso otoko: Enshūmori no Ishimatsu Obuzo tengu Ninkyo Tokaido Onikichi 1959 Ken wa shitte ita Asama no abarenbo Doku-ganryu Masamune Date Masamune Binan-jo Daibosatsu tōge - Kanketsu-hen Fuunji Oda Nobunaga Tenka no fuku-shogun Doto no taiketsu 1960 Naniwa no koi no monogatari Chubei Kameya Isshin Tasuke Torimono dochu Abarenbo kyodai Shinran Shinran Tôei All Star Eiga: Mito Kômon Zoku shinran Mori no Ishimatsu Tokai no kaoyaku Jirocho 1961 Yatarō gasa Yataro Tonosama Yaji kita Iyemitsu to Hikoza to isshin yasuke Eddoko bugyo tenka o kiru otoko Akō Rōshi Wakisaka 1962 Miyamoto Musashi Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo) Hangyakuji Tokugawa Nobuyasu Eddoko hanseiki Wakaki ni ho Jirocho: Tokaido no tsumujikaze Mabuta no haha Banba no Chutaro Chiisakobe Shigetsugu Miyamoto Musashi: Hannyazaka no ketto Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo) 1963 Sen-hime to Hideyori Toyotomi Hideyori Jirochō to kotengu: nagurikomi kōshūji Genji Kurō sassōki: Hiken ageha no chō Otoko ippiki dochuki 1964 Bushido, Samurai Saga Jirozaemon / Iikura / Sajiemon / Kyutaro /Shuzo / Shingo / Osamu / Susumu Miyamoto Musashi: Nitoryu kaigen Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo) Seki no yatappe Fuji dōzan-koku monogatari Brave Records of the Sanada Clan Sasuke Miyamoto Musashi: Ichijoji no ketto Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo) Samé Same 1965 Nihon kyôkaku-den Seiji Revenge Shinpachi Ezaki Shark Tokugawa Ieyasu Oda Nobunaga Hiya-meshi to Osan to Chan Daishiro Shibayama / Santa / Jyukichi Anthologies film (episodes 1–3) Matatabi san ning yakuza Kaze-no-Kyutaro 1966 Miyamoto Musashi: Ganryū-jima no kettō Miyamoto Musashi (Takezo) Hana to ryu Kutsukake Tokijiro yukyo ippiki 1967 Tange Sazen: Hien iaigiri Samanosuke / Tange Sazen Hana To Ryu: Do Kâiwan No Kêtto 1968 Gion Matsuri Shinkichi 1969 Samurai Banners Takeda Shingen Goyokin Samon Fujimaki Shirikurae Magoichi Magoichi Saika Portrait of Hell Lord Horikawa 1970 Shinsengumi Fujita Arima Bakumatsu Ryoma Sakamoto Machibuse Heima Ibuki Tenka no Abarembō Yataro Iwasaki 1971 Shokon ichidai tenka no abarenbo Shinken shobu Musashi Miyamoto 1972 Akatsuki no chôsen 1978 Shogun's Samurai Yagyū Munenori Ogin-sama The Fall of Ako Castle Kuranosuke Ohishi 1979 Nichiren Nichiren Sanada Yukimura no Bōryaku Tokugawa Ieyasu Renegade ninjas 1980 Tokugawa ichizoku no houkai Matsudaira Katamori Lord of Aizu 1981 Shikake-nin Baian Baian Fujieda 1982 Seishun no mon: Jiritsu hen Eiji Niki 1983 Kita kara minami nishi kara higashi Ittô Ogami 1984 Tori ni tsubasa kemono ni kiba Ittô Ogami The Fugitive Samurai Ittô Ogami English compilation film of 1972 TV series 1985 Saigo no Bakuto Harunobu Kiyoshima Kozure Ôkami: osanago no me Ittô Ogami 1989 Death of a Tea Master Urakusai Oda TBA Minamoto Yoshitsune Jishi maru ippei

Television Year Title Role Notes 1965 Hiya-meshi to Osanto-chan Daishiro Shibayama / Santa / Jūkichi Episodes 1–3 1971 Haru no Sakamichi Yagyū Munenori 1973–1976 Lone Wolf and Cub Ittō Ogami 1975 Nagasaki Hangachōu Hiramatsu Chūshirō 1978 The Yagyu Conspiracy Tokugawa Yoshinao 1979 Akō Rōshi Ōishi Kuranosuke Yoshio / Yoshitaka 1981 Sorekara no Musashi Miyamoto Musashi 1982 Yagyū Shinkage-ryū Yagyū Munenori 1986 Musashibō Benkei Fujiwara no Hidehira 1987 Tabaruzaka Katsu Kaishū 1990–1992 Yagyū Bugei-chō Yagyū Munenori 1994 Hana no Ran Yamana Sōzen 1996 Kanpanî Himself

Producer Sorekara no Musashi (1981) TV series Bakumatsu (1970) (associate producer)

Awards and nominations In 1958 he won for Best Actor in Isshin Tasuke - Tenka no ichidaiji by the Asia-Pacific Film Festival. In 1959 he won the Most Popular Award by the Blue Ribbon Awards. In 1964 he won for Best Actor in Bushidô zankoku monogatari by the Blue Ribbon Awards. In 1979 he was Nominated for the Award of the Japanese Academy for Best Actor in Yagyû ichizoku no inbô. In 1990 he was Nominated for the Award of the Japanese Academy for Best Supporting Actor in Sen no Rikyu. In 1996 he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Awards of the Japanese Academy. In 1998 he was awarded a Special Award by the Awards of the Japanese Academy for his career. In 1998 he was awarded a Special Award by the Mainichi Film Concours for his career.

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