Torii Kiyomitsu graduated at the Tokyo University of Arts. She is the 9th headmaster of renowned Torii school. She was a daughter of Torii Kotondo and became the first woman headmaster of traditional kabuki-e schools in 1982, when she was designated Torii IX. From 1962 she has worked for various Kabuki theatres in Tokyo, the Nissei Theatre, the Kabuki-za and the Imperial Theatre.
