- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 12, 1875
- Died
- Sep 11, 1926 (aged 50)
- Place of birth
- Okayama, Japan
Matsunosuke Onoe
Matsunosuke Onoe 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 1000 films, and has been called the first superstar of Japanese cinema.
