During the war, he went on a tour in Manchuria with Ensho SANYUTEI (the sixth) because he heard that he could drink as much as he wanted, and he disappeared there.
戦争中、酒がたらふく飲めると聞いて三遊亭圓生_(6代目)と共に満州巡業に出かけ、そのまま行方不明。