As for tachi-yaku (male role), he performed grandly with a dignified appearance; besides Goemon mentioned above, his well-known tachi-yaku were MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune in "Kanjincho" which he had performed in his younger days in the presence of Emperor Meiji, and Kudo in "Kotobuki Soga no Taimen," Uke in "Shibaraku," Shihei in 'Kuruma-biki' of "Sugawara Denju Tenarai Kagami," and Nuregami in 'Sumo-ba' of "Futatsu-chocho Kuruwa Nikki."
また立役では、前述の五右衛門のほか、若き日に明治天皇臨席の天覧劇で演じた『勧進帳』の源義経、『寿曽我対面』の工藤、『暫』のウケ、『菅原伝授手習鑑・車引』の時平、『双蝶々曲輪日記・角力場』の濡髪なども堂々たる押しだしで見事にこなした。