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Eiko Minami
Eiko Minami
	Autographed photo, 1931
Born	Sakae Gosha; February 20, 1909; Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Occupation(s)	Dancer, actress

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Eiko Minami (南みなみ栄子えいこ, Minami Eiko, born February 20, 1909) was a Japanese dancer.^[1]

Biography[edit]

Eiko Minami was born Sakae Gosha (五ご社しゃ栄さかえ, Gosha Sakae) in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture. She joined the Shōchiku Gakugekibu theater revue in Asakusa shortly after its founding in 1922 as one of its first dancers. While at Shōchiku she studied dance under the famous Russian ballerina Xenia Makletzova. Throughout her career she was active mainly on stage, performing dance recitals in many venues around Japan, though she made 2 film appearances in her life. Her best known role was that of a dancer in a mental hospital in Teinosuke Kinugasa's 1926 avant-garde classic A Page of Madness. Her second and final film appearance was in the 1927 film Tabigeinin, directed by Yutaka Abe and Yasunaga Higashibōjō. Tabigeinin is now lost and it is unknown what role she played in the film.

After her film career, Minami taught and choreographed dancers for movies at the Nikkatsu film studios and also taught dance at Nihon Eiga Haiyū Gakkō, a pre-war acting school founded in 1923 by theater director Biyō Minaguchi (水口みずぐち薇陽びよう). In 1934, she opened the Minami Buyō Kenkyūsho, her own dance school where she taught students. In 1939, she changed her stage name to Reiko Gosha (五ご社しゃ玲子れいこ) while continuing to teach dance throughout wartime.

Filmography[edit]

A Page of Madness (1926) - Dancer
Tabigeinin (1927)

Gallery[edit]

References[edit]

^ Ongaku Nenkan Shōwa 11 Nen ~ 13 Nenban. Dai Nippon Ongaku Kyōkaihen Kyōeki Shōsha.

External links[edit]

Eiko Minami at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
Eiko Minami at IMDb

[1] Ongaku Nenkan Shōwa 11 Nen ~ 13 Nenban. Dai Nippon Ongaku Kyōkaihen Kyōeki Shōsha.

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 {{Infobox person
 | name               = Eiko Minami
 | image       = File:Eiko Minami 1931 1.jpg
+| caption = Autographed photo, 1931
 | birth_name   = Sakae Gosha
 | birth_date   = {{Birth date|1909|02|20}}
-| birth_place  = [[Hiroshima Prefecture]], [[Japan]]
+| birth_place  = [[Onomichi]], [[Hiroshima Prefecture]], [[Japan]]
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 ==Biography==
-Eiko Minami was born {{nihongo|'''Sakae Gosha'''|五ご社しゃ 栄さかえ|Gosha Sakae}} in [[Hiroshima Prefecture]]. She joined the [[Shōchiku]] Gakugekibu theater revue shortly after its founding in 1922 as one of its first dancers. While at Shōchiku she studied dance under the famous Russian ballerina [[Xenia Makletzova]]. Throughout her career she was active mainly in the theatre, though she made 2 film appearances in her life. Her best known role was that of a dancer in a mental hospital in [[Teinosuke Kinugasa]]'s 1926 [[avant-garde]] classic ''[[A Page of Madness]]''. Her second and final film appearance was in the 1927 film ''Tabigeinin'', directed by [[Yutaka Abe]] and Yasunaga Higashibōjō. ''Tabigeinin'' is now [[Lost film|lost]] and it is unknown what role she played in the film.
+Eiko Minami was born {{nihongo|'''Sakae Gosha'''|五ご社しゃ 栄さかえ|Gosha Sakae}} in [[Onomichi]], [[Hiroshima Prefecture]]. She joined the [[Shōchiku]] Gakugekibu theater revue in [[Asakusa]] shortly after its founding in 1922 as one of its first dancers. While at Shōchiku she studied dance under the famous Russian ballerina [[Xenia Makletzova]]. Throughout her career she was active mainly on stage, performing dance recitals in many venues around Japan, though she made 2 film appearances in her life. Her best known role was that of a dancer in a mental hospital in [[Teinosuke Kinugasa]]'s 1926 [[avant-garde]] classic ''[[A Page of Madness]]''. Her second and final film appearance was in the 1927 film ''Tabigeinin'', directed by [[Yutaka Abe]] and Yasunaga Higashibōjō. ''Tabigeinin'' is now [[Lost film|lost]] and it is unknown what role she played in the film.
-After her film career, Minami taught and choreographed dancers for movies at the [[Nikkatsu]] film studios and also taught dance at Nihon Eiga Haiyū Gakkō, a pre-war acting school founded in 1923 by theater director Biyō Minaguchi (水口みずぐち薇陽びよう). Minami later opened the Minami Buyō Kenkyūsho, her own dance school where she taught students.
+After her film career, Minami taught and choreographed dancers for movies at the [[Nikkatsu]] film studios and also taught dance at Nihon Eiga Haiyū Gakkō, a pre-war acting school founded in 1923 by theater director Biyō Minaguchi (水口みずぐち薇陽びよう). In 1934, she opened the Minami Buyō Kenkyūsho, her own dance school where she taught students. In 1939, she changed her stage name to Reiko Gosha (五ご社しゃ玲子れいこ) while continuing to teach dance throughout wartime.
 ==Filmography==
 * ''[[A Page of Madness]]'' (1926) - Dancer
 * ''Tabigeinin'' (1927)
+==Gallery==
+<gallery mode="packed" heights="250">
+File:南みなみ栄子えいこ Eiko Minami 1930s signed postcard.jpg|
+File:Eiko Minami.jpg|
+File:Eiko Minami 1931 2.jpg|
+File:A Page of Madness Still.jpg|
+File:Eiko Minami circa 1930.jpg|
+File:Eiko Minami Shukan Asahi 1933.jpg|
+</gallery>
 ==References==
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 [[Category:Year of death unknown]]
 [[Category:Japanese female dancers]]
+[[Category:Japanese women choreographers]]
 [[Category:Japanese choreographers]]
 [[Category:Actors from Hiroshima Prefecture]]
 [[Category:20th-century Japanese actresses]]
 [[Category:Japanese silent film actresses]]
+[[Category:People from Onomichi, Hiroshima]]