Arashi Hinasuke X

Arashi Hinasuke X is one of those figures where the sheer weight of the name does most of the talking. Born in 1913 in Tokyo, he carried the tenth iteration of a storied kabuki lineage through some of the most turbulent decades Japan ever saw — war, occupation, postwar reinvention — and he kept stepping onto the stage anyway. That's not a small thing. The "Arashi Hinasuke" name stretches back generations, and inheriting it means inheriting a kind of responsibility that would flatten most people before they even got their costume on. Kabuki in the Showa era was a world of iron discipline and inherited form, and his path is on record: a debut at the Ichimura-za in 1920, a move to Kansai kabuki in 1941 and the name-taking in 1943 — he was the craft, not the celebrity. Died in 1986 at 72, a working piece of living history. I find that quietly remarkable.

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Arashi Hinasuke X (1913–1986) was a Japanese kabuki actor born in Tokyo on October 4, 1913. He carried the distinguished hereditary stage name Arashi Hinasuke as its tenth holder, a lineage with deep roots in the classical kabuki tradition. He died on January 29, 1986, at the age of 72.

Name (English)

Arashi Hinasuke X

Name (Japanese)

十代目 嵐雛助

Reading

あらし ひなすけ

Born

October 4, 1913 – January 29, 1986

Origin

Tokyo, Japan

Occupation

Kabuki actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Ox

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B5%90%E9%9B%9B%E5%8A%A9%20(10%E4%BB%A3%E7%9B%AE)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11477285

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Kabuki actor

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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