Bandō Shūka I (初代坂東しうか: from 11/1839 to 11/1854) (actor 1813 – 1855)

Alternate names: Shūka (poetry name - 秀歌)
Bandō Mitsugorō V (五代目坂東三津五郎: the name awarded posthumously)
Bandō Tamanosuke I (初代坂東玉之助: the name given to him when he was adopted to 11/1824)
Bandō Tamasaburō I (初代坂東玉三郎: from 11/1824 to 11/1839)

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Biography:

This actor held this name from 11/1839 to 11/1854. He had been adopted in ca. 1824 by Bandō Mitsugorō III (三代目坂東三津五郎: 1775-1831) who gave him the stage name Bandō Tamanosuke. His birth father was Tachibanaya Jisuke, an accounting manager at the Ichimuraza. Shuka I's son was Bandō Mitsugorō VI (1846-1873), but he also adopted Bandō Minosuke IV (1831-72).

He was born in Edo in 1813 and died on the 6th day of the 3rd lunar month of 1855.

Bandō Shūka I was an outstanding onnagata, who developped excellent diction and personal acting techniques. His forte were courageous and wild-spirited female roles. His fame in Edo between 1840 and 1854 was as high as his tachiyaku stage partner Ichikawa Danjūrō VIII.

[His] best roles: Okaru ("Kanadehon Chūshingura"), Yae ("Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami"), Agemaki ("Sukeroku"), Shizuka Gozen ("Yoshitsune Sembon Zakura"), the ama Narukami ("Onna Narukami") and Ohan ("Katsuragawa Renri no Shigarami").

[He] received posthumously the name of Bandō Mitsugorō V and his son, who was Bandō Mitsugorō V, became Bandō Mitsugorō VI.

This information was taken directly from Kabuki21.