Usually means: Female role specialist in Kabuki.
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▸ noun:  A male actor who plays female roles in Japanese kabuki theatre.

Similar:
Nobunaga, Ayuko, Nobuhisa, Naohiro, Natsuko, Masateru, Yoshimatsu, Nobuko, Kazuyoshi, Noro, more...

Opposite:
tachiyaku, male actor, non-onnagata
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Similar:
Nobunaga, Ayuko, Nobuhisa, Naohiro, Natsuko, Masateru, Yoshimatsu, Nobuko, Kazuyoshi, Noro, more...

Opposite:
tachiyaku, male actor, non-onnagata



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