Bandō Minosuke II (二代目 坂東 巳之助, Nidaime Bandō Minosuke, born 16 September 1989, in Tokyo)[1] is a Japanese actor, kabuki actor, and the leading bassist of buyō Bandō-ryū.
Born into a famous Kabuki acting family, Minosuke II is the eldest son of the renowned Kabuki actor and TV host Bandō Mitsugorō X and former Takarazuka Revue actress Hizuru Kotobuki[c], the grandson of Bandō Mitsugorō IX and the great-grandson of celebrated Bandō Mitsugorō VIII.
From April 2006, he formed an amateur band called Zero click with his real name Mitsuhisa Morita.
Bandō was in charge of drums, but since March 2007, he ceased activities for members to take the university entrance exam.
[2] According to his father Mitsugorō, from the severity of the family environment and practice, Minosuke said that there was a time when he was troubled becoming an actor, but now he is determined to make a move to a kabuki way.