The founder of the line Ichikawa Monnosuke I held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1713 to the 1st lunar month of 1729.

The actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1770 to the 11th lunar month of 1794.

The actor Ichikawa Monnosuke III held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1815 to the 7th lunar month of 1824.

Born in Edo in 1804. His father was the actor Ichikawa Omezô I and his elder brother was Ichikawa Monnosuke III. He started his career as a child-actor performing under the names of Ichikawa Denzô II and Ichikawa Okuma. He was adopted in 1819 by the widow of Tokiwazu Mojidayû III, the head of the Tokiwazu school, and took the musician name of Tokiwazu Komojidayû I. For a while, he was both a musician and an actor performing under the name of Nakamura Denshichi VIII. He formally took the name of Ichikawa Monnosuke IV in the 11th lunar month of 1825 and kept it up to his death but appeared on stage for his shûmei as a musican, no more as an actor. He became the head of the Tokiwazu school in the 1st lunar month of 1837, when he finally took the name of Tokiwazu Mojidayû IV. He took the name of Tokiwazu Bungonodaijô I in the 10th lunar month of 1851 and died the 8th of the 8th lunar month of 1862.

The actor Ichikawa Monnosuke V held this name from the 2nd lunar month of 1870 to September 1878.

The actor Ichikawa Monnosuke VI held this name from June 1910 to August 1914.

The actor Ichikawa Monnosuke VII held this name from February 1963 to October 1990.

The actor Ichikawa Monnosuke VIII is the current holder of the name since December 1990.