At first, the second Shoraku became a pupil of Hikoroku HAYASHIYA to become a comic storyteller, but had to give up this path because of his accent, so instead, he became a pupil of the first Shoraku to be a kamikiri performer.
2代目正楽は当初、落語家として林家彦六に入門したが、言葉の訛りが抜けず落語家を断念、紙切りとして初代正楽に弟子入りした。