# Chiyonosuke Azuma > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chiyonosuke_Azuma > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chiyonosuke_Azuma.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiyonosuke_Azuma > Source revision: 1356054028 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Japanese actor and dancer (1926–2000)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox person | image = Chiyonosuke_Azuma_1955-b_Scan10050.jpg | caption = Azuma in 1955 | name = Chiyonosuke Azuma | birth_name = Takayuki Wakawada | birth_date = 19 August 1926 | birth_place = [Shinjuku-ku](/source/Shinjuku-ku), [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), [Japan](/source/Japan) | death_date = {{Death date and age|2000|11|9|1926|8|19|df=yes}} | death_place = Tokyo, Japan | other_names = | occupation = Actor, dancer | years_active = 1954–1993 }} {{nihongo|'''Chiyonosuke Azuma'''|東 千代之介|Azuma Chiyonosuke|19 August 1926 – 9 November 2000}} was a Japanese actor and ''[Nihon-buyō](/source/Nihon-buy%C5%8D)'' dancer. He appeared in more than 40 films from 1954 to 1993. ==Biography== Azuma was born on 19 August 1926, in [Shinjuku, Tokyo](/source/Shinjuku%2C_Tokyo). He attended the [Tokyo University of the Arts](/source/Tokyo_University_of_the_Arts), while studying Japanese dance under [Bandō Mitsugorō VIII](/source/Band%C5%8D_Mitsugor%C5%8D_VIII).{{cite web|title=Azuma Chiyonosuke|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%9D%B1+%E5%8D%83%E4%BB%A3%E4%B9%8B%E4%BB%8B-1637196|website=20-seiki Nihon jinmei jiten|publisher=Nichigai Associates|accessdate=5 February 2015|language=Japanese}}{{cite web|title=Azuma Chiyonosuke|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%9D%B1%E5%8D%83%E4%BB%A3%E4%B9%8B%E4%BB%8B-1049988|website=Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus|publisher=Kodansha|accessdate=5 February 2015|language=Japanese}} thumb|Chiyonosuke Azuma and Shinobu Chihara in ''Satomi Hakken-den'' (1954) He joined the [Toei](/source/Toei_Company) studio in 1954 and became a star after his debut film, ''Yukinojo henge'', was a hit. His films with [Yorozuya Kinnosuke](/source/Yorozuya_Kinnosuke), such as the "Fuefuki Dōji" and "Beni Kujaku" series, were some of the more popular works during the golden age of [jidaigeki](/source/jidaigeki) in the 1950s. After leaving Toei in 1965, Azuma concentrated on teaching dance while occasionally appearing in film and on stage and television. Azuma died on 9 November 2000, in Tokyo, at the age of 74.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}} ==Selected filmography== {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} *''Shinsengumi Oni Taicho'' (1954) *''Yukinojō henge - Fukushū no koi'' (1954) - Yukinojō Nakamura / Yamitarō *''Yukinojō henge - Fukushū no mai'' (1954) - Yukinojō Nakamura / Yamitarō *''Yukinojō henge - Fukushū no ken'' (1954) - Yukinojō Nakamura / Yamitarō *''Shinshokoku monogatari: Fuefuki douji dai-ichi-bu dokuro no hata'' *''Shinshokoku monogatari: Fuefuki douji dai-san-bu mangetsu-jō no gaika'' *''Satomi Hakken-den: Dai-ichi-bu yōtō murasame maru'' (1954) *''Satomi Hakken-den: Dai-ni-bu Hōryūkaku no ryūko'' (1954) *''Satomi Hakken-den: Dai-san-bu kaibyō ranbu'' (1954) *''Satomi Hakken-den: Dai-yon-bu ketsumei hakkenshi'' (1954) *''Satomi Hakken-den: Kanketsu-hen akatsuki no kachidoki'' (1954) *''Shinshokoku monogatari benikujaku 2: Noroi no mateki'' (1955) *''Shinshokoku monogatari benikujaku 3: Tsuki no hakkotsu shiro'' (1955) *''Ōedo senryō bayashi'' (1955) *''Shinshokoku monogatari benikujaku 4: Kenmō ukinemaru'' (1955) *''Shinshokoku monogatari benikujaku kanketsu-hen: Haikyo no hihō'' (1955) *''Kaidan botan-dōrō'' (1955) *''Yumiharizuki'' (1955) *''Bijo to kairyu'' (1955) *''[Akō Rōshi: Ten no Maki, Chi no Maki](/source/Ak%C5%8D_R%C5%8Dshi%3A_Ten_no_Maki%2C_Chi_no_Maki)'' (1956) - Takuminokami Asano *''Kengō nitōryū'' (1956) - Sasaki Kojiro *''Yūhi to kenjū'' (1956) - Rin'nosuke Date *''Shinshokoku monogatari: Nanatsu no chikai kurosuisen no maki'' (1956) *''Shinshokoku monogatari: Nanatsu no chikai doreisen no maki'' (1957) *''Shinshokoku monogatari: Nanatsu no chikai gaisen uta no maki'' (1957) *''Sasaki Kojiro'' (1957) - Sasaki Kojiro *''Kaidan Banchō sara-yashiki'' (1957) *''Mito kōmon'' (1957) *''Sasaki Kojiro Kohen'' (1957) - Sasaki Kojiro *''[Ninkyō Shimizu-minato](/source/Ninky%C5%8D_Shimizu-minato)'' (1957) - Shichigoro *''Junjō butai'' (1957) *''Onmitsu Shichishoki'' (1958) *''Ninkyo Tokaido'' (1958) - Hangoro *''Hibari torimonocho: Kanzashi koban'' (1958) - Sasaki *''Ninjutsu suikoden inazuma kotengu'' (1958) *''Daibosatsu tōge - Dai ni bu'' (1958) *''Ōedo shichininshū'' (1958) *''Utamatsuri kanzashi matoi'' (1958) *''Daibosatsu tōge - Kanketsu-hen'' (1959) *''Hibari torimonochō: furisode koban'' (1959) *''Tatsumaki bugyō'' (1959) *''Kurama Tengu'' (1959) *''Futari wakagishi'' (1959) *''Beni-dasuki kenkajo'' (1959) *''Mito Komon 3: All Star Version'' (1960) *''Tenpō rokkasen - Jigoku no hanamichi'' (1960) - Ichinojō Kaneko *''Hibari torimonochō: orizuru kago'' (1960) *''Yatarō gasa'' (1960) - Magistrate Kuwayama *''Suronin hyakuman-goku'' (1960) *''Abare kago'' (1960) *''[Akō Rōshi](/source/Ak%C5%8D_R%C5%8Dshi_(1961_film))'' (1961) - Horibe *''Hangyakuji'' (1961) *''Yurei-jima no okite'' (1961) *''Wakasama yakuza'' (1961) *''Kisaragi musō ken'' (1962) - Yoshimune Tokugawa *''Chiisakobe'' (1962) - Washichi *''Yoi-dore musoken'' (1962) *''Hibari Chiemi no Yaji Kita Dochu'' (1963) *''Seventeen Ninja'' (1963) - Bunzo Minuma *''Kutsukake Tokijiro - yukyo ippiki'' (1966) *''Kindaichi Kosuke no boken'' (1979) - Kojuro Akechi *''[Battle Fever J](/source/Battle_Fever_J)'' (1979-1980, TV Series) - General Tetsuzan Kurama *''[Sanada Taiheiki](/source/Sanada_Taiheiki_(TV_series))'' (1985) - [Yagyū Munetoshi](/source/Yagy%C5%AB_Munetoshi) *''Jipangu'' (1990) - Ieyasu Tokugawa *''Anego - Gokudō wo aishita onna: Kiriko'' (1993) - Wakasa (final film role) {{div col end}} == References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|44445}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Azuma, Chiyonosuke}} Category:1926 births Category:2000 deaths Category:Artists from Tokyo Category:Japanese male film actors Category:Japanese male television actors Category:Tokyo University of the Arts alumni Category:Japanese male dancers Category:20th-century Japanese dancers Category:People from Shinjuku --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Chiyonosuke Azuma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiyonosuke_Azuma) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiyonosuke_Azuma?action=history)). 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