kabuki actor specializing in rough, heroic roles
Refers to a kabuki actor who performs aragoto (荒事), a bombastic style featuring exaggerated movements, bold makeup, and superhuman characters. The term is specific to traditional Japanese theater.
He is famous as a kabuki actor specializing in aragoto roles.
Compound of 荒事 (aragoto, 'rough business', a kabuki genre) and 師 (shi, 'master' or 'specialist'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is conventionally associated with kabuki performers of the aragoto style.