The actor Ichikawa Danshirô I held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1687 to the 5th lunar month of 1717.

Dates of birth and death unknown. Son of Kamakura Chôkurô I and brother of Kamakura Chôkurô II, he started his career in Ôsaka as a disciple of Yamanaka Heikurô I. His first stage name was Yamanaka Heishirô I and he made his debut on stage in the 11th lunar month of 1711, performing in the kaomise drama "Futabashira Aioi Chôja", which was coproduced by Ogino Yaegiri I and Miyazaki Denkichi. He went back to his native city of Edo in the 2nd lunar month of 1713 and became a disciple of Ichikawa Danjûrô II in 1721, receiving the name of Ichikawa Danshirô II in the 11th lunar month of 1721 at the Nakamuraza, performing as a tachiyaku in the kaomise drama "Torisaka no Jô Tsuru no Sugomori". He became jitsuaku in the 11th lunar month of 1723 and katakiyaku in the 11th lunar month of 1729. He definitively switched to jitsuaku in the 11th lunar month of 1731, playing at the Moritaza the role of Akaboshi Tarô in the kaomise drama "Honryô Sakae Hachinoki". He settled in Kyôto in the 1st lunar month of 1738 and his last-recorded performance occurred in the 2nd lunar month of 1739 in Ôsaka. We don't know what happens to him afterwards.

Dates of birth and death unknown. His first stage name was Nakayama Tsuruzô. Most likely a disciple of Sawamura Shirogorô II (to be confirmed). He took the name of Sawamura Tôzô II in the 9th lunar month of 1812. He became a disciple of Ichikawa Danjûrô VII and took the name of Ichikawa Danshirô III in 1825. He was active in Edo up to 1838.

Born in Gifu the 12th of December 1906. He started his career in Tôkyô in 1935 as a disciple of Iwai Kumesaburô V. His stage name was not Iwai but Ichikawa Danshirô I. He quickly left Tôkyô and became a travelling actor. He settled in Hakodate (on the Hokkaidô Island) at the end of the 1930s, where he founded his own troupe, the Ichikawa Danshirô Gekidan, which toured a lot in the Japanese Empire (China, Taiwan, Korea). After WW2, his troupe became the Tomoeza and it was active in Hakodate or on tours up to the beginning of the 1960s. He retired the 30th of August 1987, performing the role of Matsuômaru in "Terakoya" and giving his name to his son-in-law (and adopted son). He died the 6th of December 1988.

Born in Okazaki in February 1940. Son of Ichikawa Ichizô IV (?), his first stage names were Ichikawa Tsurunosuke and Nakamura Shikan. He received the name of Ichikawa Danshirô II the 30th of August 1987, when his father-in-law (and adoptive father) retired. He became a renowned Buyô master and choreographer in Hakodate, and founded in 1989 the Hakodate Kodomo Kabuki troupe, which is still active nowadays.