Tojuro SAKATA is also one of the top actors of the modern kabuki and also acts as one of the class-leading members of the renaissance project of Kansai-Kabuki (kabuki in the Kansai region); additionally, he has organized a theatrical troupe "Chikamatsu-za troupe" to revisit the works of Monzaemon CHIKAMATSU from their origin.
現代歌舞伎の名題のひとりでもあり、また関西歌舞伎の復興プロジェクトでもリーダー格を務めるほか、近松門左衛門作品を原点から勉強し直すべく劇団『近松座』を結成している。