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Ennosuke had been arrested on suspicion of assisting his parents suicides

Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke is given a suspended jail term for helping his parents kill themselves with sleeping pills in a family suicide pact in May after learning of a magazine report accusing him of sexual abuse and harassment.

Kabuki star Ichikawa Ennosuke was sentenced to three years in prison, suspended for five years, on Nov. 17 for helping his parents commit suicide.

Popular Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke admitted in court to helping his parents commit suicide as a scandal of his own making threatened to envelop the acting dynasty family.

Prominent Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke admits to helping his parents to end their lives with sleeping drugs, in a suspected family suicide pact prior to the publication of a magazine report accusing him of sexual abuse and harassment.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Ichikawa Eno, a Kabuki actor who combined traditional elements with modern theater technology, has died of arrhythmia in Tokyo, Shoch

Ichikawa Eno, who revived the spectacular in Japanese Kabuki theater to woo younger and global audiences, has died. He was 83.

Ichikawa Eno, a Kabuki actor who combined traditional elements with modern theater technology, has died of arrhythmia in Tokyo, according to Shochiku Co.

Suspected of helping his parents commit suicide, Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ennosuke IV was released on Monday, with bail set at ¥5 million.

Ennosuke had been arrested twice in June, July on suspicion of assisting his parents suicides