Leaving it to the adoptive family, he returned to his family home, the head family of Ichikawa, and succeeded the name Danjuro ICHIKAWA (the ninth) at the age of 37 in July, the same year.
これを養家への置き土産に実家の市川宗家に戻り、同年七月、37歳のとき、九代目市川團十郎を襲名した。