The actor Ichikawa Sôzaburô I held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1717 to the 5th lunar month of 1752.

The actor Ichikawa Sôzaburô II held this name from the 11th lunar month of 1753 to 1776.

Date of birth unknown. Disciple of Ichikawa Danjûrô IV, his first stage name was Ichikawa Irizô. He became katakiyaku and took the name of Ichikawa Shôemon in the 11th lunar month of 1764 at the Nakamuraza, performing in the kaomise drama "Azuma no Hana Sôma no Dairi". He made another shûmei in the 11th lunar month of 1771 at the Nakamuraza, where he became Ichikawa Jun'emon and played in the kaomise drama "Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji". He was finally allowed to take the prestigious name of Ichikawa Sôzaburô III in the 11th lunar month of 1780 at the Ichimuraza, playing in the kaomise drama "Mure Takamatsu Yuki no Shirahata". This katakiyaku actor was active in Edo theaters up to the end of the Kansei era but he did not really improve his level and his fame. He left the Kabuki world around 1800 and died in Edo in the 10th lunar month of 1815.

Born in 1766 in Kamigata. His first master was Fujikawa Hachizô III and his first stage name was Fujikawa Kunizô. He settled in Edo in 1799 and changed the ideograms used in his family name. The sole ideogram for fuji (the wisteria) was replaced by the two ideograms of Mt. Fuji. He became a disciple of the young star Ichikawa Danjûrô VII in 1805 and took the name of Ichikawa Sôzaburô IV in the 11th lunar month of 1805 at the Ichimuraza, performing in the kaomise drama "Keisei Yoshino no Kane". He gave his name to his son in the 11th lunar month of 1825 to take the name of Naritaya Sôbê I at the Nakamuraza, playing the role of Hei Hangan Yasuyori in Tsuruya Nanboku IV's drama "Oniwaka Kongen Butai". His yearly salary in the 11th lunar month of 1828 was 150 ryô. He was active on Edo stages up to the 9th lunar month of 1833 and died the 12th of the 5th lunar month of 1835. He was a good katakiyaku and excelled in oyajigata roles in his latter years.

There will be in the future to come a full page dedicated to Naritaya Sôbê I in kabuki21.com.

Dates of birth and death unknown. Son of Ichikawa Sôzaburô IV, he learnt the art with his father, who gave him the name of Ichikawa Kôzô. He took the name of Ichikawa Sôzaburô V in the 11th lunar month of 1825 at the Nakamuraza, playing the role of Ichijô Jirô in Tsuruya Nanboku IV's drama "Oniwaka Kongen Butai". He played in the 11th lunar month of 1845 at the Kawarasakiza in the drama "Sekitori Senryô Nobori". This was his last-recorded stage performance. We don't know what happened to him afterwards. His yagô was Naritaya.

Dates of birth and death unknown. Son of Ichikawa Sôzaburô V, he was not trained by his father but became a disciple of the actor Ichikawa Ebijûrô V, who gave him the name of Ichikawa Komasaburô and trained him in Kamigata. He went back to Tôkyô with the Torikuma Shibai troupe and performed at the Harukiza. He became a disciple of Ichikawa Danjûrô IX and took the name of Ichikawa Sôzaburô VI in September 1888 at the Harukiza. He was active in Tôkyô koshibai up to the Taishô era. His yagô were Sakaiya or Naritaya.