Nowadays this name is often used before Fukusuke NAKAMURA as the first professional name of Kabuki actors who will eventually succeed to the name of Shikan NAKAMURA or the name of Utaemon NAKAMURA.
現在では中村福助の前に襲名、中村芝翫か中村歌右衛門を嗣ぐべき役者の初名とすることが多い。