He is the first son of Yoshio UMANO, who is Kanze-ryu noh shite-kata (a person who plays the main role in Kanze school noh plays) (second child of four siblings and his sister (third child) is the photographer Noriko UMANO).
観世流能シテ方馬野義男の長男(四人兄弟姉妹の二番目。妹に写真家馬野訓子(三女)がいる)