His four pupils, Bunnosuke KATSURA (later Shinzaemon SORORI), Bunto KATSURA (later Bunto TSUKITEI) and Bunzo KATSURA (later Bunshi KATSURA II), and Bundanji KATSURA I, were also hugely popular and gifted.
その門下の桂文之助（のち曽呂利新左衛門）、桂文都（のち月亭文都）、桂文三（のち2代目桂文枝）、桂文團治初代も人気・実力ともに高かった。