In October, 1995, Kichiroku won a Special Award of the National Theatre of Japan for his Tachimawari (stylized fight scene) performance in the scene of the sea (Kikai ga shima Island) in the play "Heike Nyogo ga shima" (literally, the Taira clan [and] the legendary island of women).
1995年10月国立劇場『平家女護島』の海上の場の立廻りで国立劇場特別賞｡