Izumi Yamamoto (younger sister) Kataoka Gatō V (uncle) Kataoka Nizaemon XV (uncle) Kataoka Takatarō I (cousin)[e] Kataoka Shinnosuke I (cousin)[f] Kataoka Sennosuke I (cousin)[g]
Kataoka Ainosuke VI (Japanese: 六代目 片岡 愛之助, Hepburn: Rokudaime Kataoka Ainosuke, born March 4, 1972) is a Japanese actor, kabuki actor and TV host.[4][1][2] His yagō is matsushimaya.[4] His mon is the Oikake Go-mai Ichō. His current stage name is Ainosuke Kataoka. He is a renowned tachiyaku, specializing in both the aragoto and wagoto styles, which is rare, considering he hails from the Kansai area, where most kabuki actors specialize in the wagoto style.[5]
^While the stage names of all kabuki actors have retained traditional order (Surname-Givenname) on Wikipedia, birth names of those born after the Meiji Restoration are in Western order (Givenname-Surname).
^Son of Kataoka Nizaemon XIII, he was the younger brother of Kataoka Gatō V and the older brother of Kataoka Nizaemon XV and the only one of the three brothers who acted as Onnagata (i.e. he was a Kabuki actor who specialized in female roles).
^She and Toshimitsu Yamamoto were Ainosuke VI's biological parents and both owned a screw manufacturing factory in Sakai, Osaka (Ainosuke VI's hometown). Unfortunately, she died from an unspecified terminal cancer in 1999.
^He and Jōkō Yamamoto were Ainosuke VI's biological parents and both owned a screw-making factory in Sakai (Ainosuke VI's hometown). Unfortunately, he died of subarachnoid hemorrhage, a rare bleedingdisease, in 2000 (one year after the death of his wife Jōkō).