Moreover, he selected 30 to 40 kinds of 'Shin Kabuki Juhachi Ban' (18 programs of new Kabuki) including many favorite arts of his, by supplementing his father's (the seventh) 18 kinds of 'Kabuki Juhachi Ban.'
また父・七代目の撰した「歌舞伎十八番」18種を補足するかたちで、自らの得意芸を多く盛り込んだ「新歌舞伎十八番」32〜40種も撰している。