Ichikawa has played the three characters in the kabuki adaptation of Eiichiro Oda’s internationally popular manga One Piece since 2015.
41-year-old kabuki star Ennosuke Ichikawa IV, who played Monkey D. Luffy, Boa Hancock and Shanks in the ongoing “Super Kabuki II One Piece”, broke his left arm in the end of the performance at Shinbashi Enbujo in Tokyo yesterday, October 9, and is now forced to leave the show for undecided period of time.
Its highly-anticipated rerun began at the venue just four days ago, October 6, and is scheduled to run till November 25. has not been made yet.