Yamada Sumio (山田純夫)
Sumio YAMADA (1937-) is a Noh actor, shite-kata (main roles) of Kongo school. He came from Kagoshima Prefecture, became a disciple of Tatsuya OKUNO in 1960 and started to perform for the audience the programs including "Stone bridge," "Dojo-ji Temple," "Ataka" and "Mochizuki "(The Full Moon, Noh play). He established Jyunsei-kai (純星会 literally meaning a group of pure stars, which was organized as an amateur group) in 1985 and Jyunsei-kai (潤星会 literally meaning a group of abundant stars, which was organized as a professional group) in 1992. He lives in Tokyo.