His father, Utaemon V was the acting master who dominated the then theater world as the chief of the executive artistry committee of Kabuki-za Theatrical Corporation and spent his childhood in the lap of luxury as a son of a distinguished family.
父・五代目歌右衛門は歌舞伎座幹部技芸委員長として当時の劇界を支配する名優であり、御曹司として何不自由ない幼年時代を過ごした。