Nakamura Baijaku II

, better known as , is a Japanese actor, bassist, and composer. He graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Ogikubo High School and later graduated from Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music.

Nakamura also has relatives who are kabuki actors. Great-grandfather: Nakamura Kanemon II. Grandfather: Nakamura Kanemon III. Father: Nakamura Umenosuke IV.

His trade name is and debuted in 1965. Nakamura learned about kabuki and modern theater at the Zenshinza troupe. His initial name was . Nakamura took on the name of his great-grandfather Baijaku in 1980 during the 50th Anniversary Performance of Zenshinza and became "Baijaku II". At the final performance of Otose in 2007, Nakamura announced he was leaving Zenshinza and turning freelance.

Filmography

TV series Year Title RoleNotesRef. 1969 Ten to chi to Suwa Katsuyori Taiga drama 1985 Sanada Taiheiki Tokugawa Hidetada 1995 Hachidai Shogun Yoshimune Tokugawa Ieshige Taiga drama 1997 Mōri Motonari Shiji Hiroyoshi Taiga drama 2000 Aoi Tokugawa Mitsukuni / narrator Taiga drama 2003 Teru Teru Kazoku Senkichi Anzai Asadora 2006 Kōmyō ga Tsuji Tokugawa Hidetada Taiga drama 2008 Atsuhime Ii Naosuke Taiga drama 2009–17 Prosecutor Akakabu Shigeru Hiiragi Lead role; 7 television films 2010 Prosecutor Akakabu in Kyoto Shigeru Hiiragi Lead role 2012 Taira no Kiyomori Taira no Iesada Taiga drama 2014 The Thorns of Alice Kazufumi Mizuno 2017 Naotora: The Lady Warlord Narrator Taiga drama 2022 Bakumatsu Aibō-den Iwakura Tomomi Television film Kamen Rider Black Sun Darom 2022–24 Gannibal Sabu 2 seasons

Films Year Title Role Notes Ref. 1997 Lie Lie Lie Mitani 1998 Tsuribaka Nisshi Ten Kusamori 2000 Tsuribaka Nisshi Eleven Kusamori A Class to Remember Kuroi Sensei 2001 Tsuribaka Nisshi 12: Shijō Saidai no Yūkyū Kyūka Kusamori 2002 Tsuribaka Nisshi 13: Hama-chan Kikiippatsu! Kusamori The Twilight Samurai Terauchi Gonbee 2003 The Blue Light Eiji Yamamoto 2004 Tsuribaka Nisshi 15: Hama-chan ni Ashita Wanai!? Kusamori 2005 Tsuribaka Nisshi 16: Hamasaki wa Kyō mo Damedatta Kusamori 2007 Tsuribaka Nisshi 18: Hama-chan Sū-san Seto no Yakusoku Kusamori 2008 Tsuribaka Nisshi 19: Yokoso! Suzuki Kensetsu Goikko Sama Kusamori 2011 Bunny Drop Daikichi's father Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai Chijiiwa Jinnai 2018 Kids on the Slope Tsutomu Mukae 2020 The Dignified Death of Shizuo Yamanaka Shizuo Yamanaka Lead role 2021 Last of the Wolves Takayuki Seshima 2026 Homura Tomita Ujizane