人妻、ゆりのトンでも大作戦！

15歳にして女形をこなし「流し目王子」の愛称で人気を集める少年

Aglophile55  2008-06-25

Taichi Saotome is amazing. I think he is one of the best onegata performers I have ever seen.

09seven01  2008-06-24

that's like asking 'Why do the Middle Easterners insist on veiling their women" Why do men consistantly get more pay than a woman for tha same job; in any country.

mikoto1989  2008-06-17

目が綺麗??

hirehireko  2008-06-17

真是天才，太?害了。

SUZUNE13  2008-06-03

はじめてみました・・・・ すごい素敵です＞＜

TsukiNoMahou  2008-05-10

Well said, I believe so too. A male is always a male, no matter how much one feels like a female, so it gives a certain feeling a female can never have. It's hard to explaing but that's how I feel. Anyway, this guy seems awesome.

karadin  2008-04-18

There is no longer a condition of only men playing the roles, Taichi would be considered a great performer regardless of his sex.

victimofsleep  2008-04-17

hmmm i dun think shakiin000 and kementari answered your qn! so the second opinion here is that onna-gata forms a unique part of tradition...attractions for tourists too! plus this should be accompanied by the mentality that being an onna-gata is ok, that it doesn't come with the negative impression of typical cross-dressing.

Kementari8  2008-04-07

traditionally it was performed by women but during those times it proved that temptation was too much for the audience and it was dangerous for the women to perform so it was changed to men therefore the custom stuck as men performing instead of women.

DarkMistress  2008-03-30

Thank you for sharing! It was great watching him "backstage"! ^^

Furzkopf888  2008-03-08

Wow.... He is incredible! As good as Tamasaburo (maybe better)^^

shakiin000  2008-03-06

Oh haven't you seen Geisha dancing? His family does traditional performance, that's all. Don't get caught up with your image, do your research.

nekodaisuki2008  2008-03-01

I think the beauty of Oyama(a male actor who plays female roles) is a different kind from the beauty of woman.

ilovesamsungverymuch  2008-02-26

Can somebody answer my question: I believe in Japan, there are many talented women capable of portraying a role like this or performing traditional dance.Yet, why is it that Japanese still insists that guys must play the roles of women during the play/dance?

xxliew  2008-02-16

yes, but that's not a sword I think.... it looks more like a staff... XD

xxliew  2008-02-16

So beautiful~~ I love that red costume he was dancing in! And that hair! So pretty!!! His dancing is sooooo good! And the martial arts dance was mind-blowingly AWESOME!!!!! He is so talented!!!!! So good.... But he looks a bit tired..... I suppose it must be really busy having to do so many performances.... and he's only fifteen here!! I salute you, Saotome-sama!!!

Chexpeare  2008-01-26

WOW!!!! I'm very impressed! He's wonderful! Hard work and talent = high artistry. Arigatoo gozaimasu. Gambate kudasai.

MIKAKO1117  2008-01-19

私底下也好帥? 真的很喜歡他跳舞?

seukitchoge  2008-01-03

He is soooo amamazing! I would like to meet him one day.. *^_^*

seukitchoge  2008-01-03

Very well said!

lleylian  2007-12-25

Wow, his dance is amazing. I wonder how he will look like when he becomes an adult. I think it'll be hard to dress like a woman then. But is he dancing the sword dance as well? Is so, that's incredible as well.

UreMezzo  2007-12-16

Likewise, Beethoven's music would never have come into existence, b/c the classical form, like Mozart's, would have remained the only acceptable type of music. & these examples are only based on the idea that music/dance were even "allowed" to progress from chant & tribal movements. Please give something an open-minded chance before you discount it completely. (& I *love* Kabuki too!) (*^_^*)

UreMezzo  2007-12-16

No, it's not Kabuki, but it's a dance that has evolved from Kabuki. & just to give my opinion, it annoys me when people won't even give a new art the time of day, & immediately judge it on it's modernity, instead of its creative content. If everything stayed traditional & nothing every evolved, we wouldn't even have Kabuki - it would still be Noh theater.

cherrie439  2007-12-15

his parents are kabuki actors, he was born into it (like loads other kabuki actors) and these particular actors start from a early age, like 3 or 4. There's a need of younger actors within the show at times.

JPandCo  2007-11-07

just let me give my opinion... as long this is not kabuki, personally i don't like it, costumes and music well.. i'm sorry it breaks the tradition and i don't know if he is 16 or 14, but kabuki actors are not that age. Looks more like a cabaret show P: