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Nakamura Shido (中村獅童)(born 14 September, 1972 in Tokyo) is a Japanese actor and Kabuki actor.

From stage to screen

The art of Kabuki acting is traditionally associated with elder generations, an art form which most youngsters in Japan would rather be seen anywhere else than inside a Kabuki theatre. Shido, on the other hand, is one of the few young Kabuki actors that have been able to tempt young Japanese back to the traditional theatre.

At the tender age of nine, Shido had already made his kabuki debut. 21 years later he tried his hand in movies and succeeded in making the leap. Despite being a relative latecomer to the silver screen the 30-year-old Kabuki actor entered the movie industry with 2002's "Ping Pong", in which he portrayed a skin-headed, demonically intense table-tennis champion named Dragon. His big screen debut left a deep impression on many an audience and even won Shido a Best Newcomer award at the Japanese Academy Awards that year. Since then, Shido has starred in a string of high-profile movies as well as TV dramas.

International Fame

Shido came to international attention in 2004 after starring in the highly successful romance movie Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu (Be With You) with Takeuchi Yuko, when the two co-starred as a couple separated by death. Incidentally, the two developed a strong bonding off-screen, with Shido proposing to Takeuchi after the film was completed. The couple married in 2005.

Shido has recently finishing filming the Hong Kong/China martial art movie Fearless starring international Kung Fu star Jet Li, set back in 1910s Imperial China. In this film, Shido plays a Japanese sword expert who is Jet Li's biggest rival.

Trivia

Nakamura Shido is not his real name, just his Kabuki stage name. Shiod's real name is 小川幹弘.

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