Nakamura Kanzaburō XVIII

, was a Japanese actor active in kabuki, other forms of live theatre, television and commercials. Kanzaburō was a versatile actor whose credits include farce, period pieces and Shin Kabuki.

Lineage Kanzaburō was the eighteenth in the line of Nakamura Kanzaburō, his father the seventeenth. Kanzaburō actually traced his ancestry within the Nakamuraya kabuki guild back to his great-great-great grandfathers, if not further. Both his grandfathers were kabuki actors, as were their fathers.

Kanzaburō was the younger brother of film actress Kuriko Namino.

Awards and honors 2002 Golden Arrow Award 2004 Kikuchi Kan Prize 2008 Medal of Honor with purple ribbon 2012 Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd Class, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon (posthumous)