Maholo Onoe, front center, performs as he makes his official stage debut at the Kabuki Theater in Tokyo, on May 2. By YURI KAGEYAMATen-year-old Maholo Terajima Ghnassia loves watching anime and playing baseball. And he's breaking conventions in Japan’s 420-year-old kabuki theater tradition. In kabuki, all the roles are played by men, including beautiful princesses — a role Maholo accomplishes stunningly in his official stage debut as Maholo Onoe at the Kabuki Theater in downtown Tokyo. But Kikugoro Onoe is Maholo's maternal grandfather; the young Kabuki performer's father, Laurent Ghnassia, is French.

Source: The Guardian June 04, 2023 16:25 UTC