Matsunosuke Onoe

Matsunosuke Onoe
Matsunosuke Onoe during the filming of Chushin-gura (1910)
Born	(1875-09-12)September 12, 1875 Okayama, Japan
Died	September 11, 1926(1926-09-11) (aged 50) Kyoto, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1880–1926

Matsunosuke Onoe (尾上 松之助, Onoe Matsunosuke, September 12, 1875 – September 11, 1926^{[citation needed]}), sometimes known as Medama no Matchan ("Eyeballs" Matsu), was a Japanese actor. His birth name is Tsuruzo Nakamura.^[1] He is sometimes credited as Yukio Koki, Tamijaku Onoe, or Tsunusaburo Onoe, and as a kabuki artist he went by the name Tsurusaburo Onoe. He gained great popularity, appearing in over 1,000 films, and has been called the first superstar of Japanese cinema.