After the ninth Tokuro MIYAKE passed away, everyone expected the ninth Tokuro's second son, Ukon MIYAKE would succeed to the name but Shoko succeeded to it at the age of seventeen.
九世三宅藤九郎死去後、誰もが九世の次男・三宅右近が継ぐ物と思っていた名跡を17歳で襲名。