In October 1941, he acted for the first time in his life as Kintoki in "Yaegiri-Kuruwa-Banashi," a story of Yaegiri working in a licensed quarters, at the Kado-za theater in Dotonbori when he succeeded to the stage name Senjaku NAKAMUA and became the second thereof.
1941年10月　道頓堀・角座にて『八重桐廓話』の金時で二代目中村扇雀を襲名し初舞台。