Kyōgen-kata（狂言方） : actors who can take the following roles:
- In a kyōgen play (hon-kyōgen 本狂言), performed independently from a nō play :
- Shite
- Ado
- Ko-ado
- Within a nō performance (ai-kyōgen 間狂言)
- Ai (アイ or 間）: these are usually roles of servant, local men, or, in some cases, lesser deities. They often perform a narrative section between two acts of a play or, less often, at the beginning of a play. Alternatively, the ai may also appear as followers of the shite or waki and perform alongside them.
- Kōken（後見）: on-stage assistant. Usually one stage assistant sits upstage right during an independent kyōgen performance. The stage assistant is in charge of handing or removing small and hand-held properties, as well as prompting lines.
- Hataraki（働キ）: backstage assistants. Since kyōgen performances usually do not involve large stage properties, the main job of a kyōgen backstage assistant is to help kyōgen actors with their costumes.
- Kyōgen actors schools are: Ōkura, Izumi.
Contributor: Diego Pellecchia