In November 2005, he succeeded to the stage name, Tojuro SAKATA and became the fourth thereof, which is a great stage name in Kamigata-kabuki (the kabuki society in the Kansai region) when he played Yaegaki-hime, the princess of Jusshu-ko (10 kinds of incense), O-Hatsu of Sonezaki-shinju and Izaemon of Yuen-no-Tsuki in the all-actor show-up performance at the Minami-za theater in Kyoto (however, he didn't refer to himself as 'the fourth' in the New Year's performance at the Kabuki-za theater in 2006 but said the stage name was the one he had revived after its 231-year absence).
2005年11月　京都・南座顔見世にて十種香の八重垣姫、曽根崎心中のお初、由縁の月の伊左衛門で上方歌舞伎の大名跡・四代目坂田藤十郎を襲名（但し、2006年歌舞伎座の初春興行では｢四代目｣を名乗っておらず、231年ぶりに復活させた名跡であるとしている）。