In 2007 Kakashi KATSURA assumed the grand household name of Utanosuke KATSURA (III), which was also his master's name, and in 2008 Kobeicho KATSURA (III) inherited the name of Yonedanji KATSURA V for the first time in fifty years.
2007年には桂歌々志が師匠の名跡である桂歌之助(3代目)を、2008年には桂小米朝(3代目)が半世紀ぶりに5代目桂米團治を襲名。