Popular kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke was taken to hospital Thursday after his supervisor discovered him collapsed alongside together with his mother and father at their dwelling in Tokyo, an investigative supply mentioned, including he’s believed to have tried suicide.
The 47-year-old actor was hazy in his responses when he was roused and responded whereas being transported to the hospital, the supply mentioned.
A weekly journal on Thursday reported on his alleged involvement in sexual abuse and energy harassment of individuals together with actors and workers concerned in his theater collective. What is believed to be a suicide word was discovered close to Ennosuke, the supply mentioned.
His mom, 75, was confirmed to have died on the dwelling in Tokyo’s Meguro Ward whereas his 76-year-old father Ichikawa Danshiro, additionally a kabuki actor, was confirmed lifeless after reaching the hospital. No bodily accidents have been obvious on both individual’s physique, the supply mentioned.
Born because the son of Danshiro in 1975, Ennosuke first took to the stage in 1980 in a efficiency of “Yoshitsune Sembon Zakura” (Yoshitsune and the thousand cherry bushes). He assumed his household’s prestigious stage title of Ennosuke as its fourth-generation holder in June 2012 at age 36.
He was well-known not solely as kabuki actor but additionally for taking part in roles in theaters and TV dramas. He acted in and produced a “Super Kabuki” piece based mostly on the favored Japanese manga “One Piece.”
Award-winning stage actor Teruyuki Kagawa, who has adopted the stage title of Ichikawa Chusha as its ninth-generation holder, is his cousin.
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